5 Lima, 6
Santiago
2025
15 Nanjing, 16 Seoul
3 Luanda
2030
17 Ho Chi Minh,
18 Chengdu
9
Ahmedabad,
10 Tehran
3
London
4 Dar
es-Salaam
2035
19 Kuala Lumpur,
20 Surat,
21 Wuhan
11 Baghdad,
12 Xian
(The numbers in the cells indicate the numbers of megacities in the region at the time. Seoul became a megacity in 1990 and 1995. Its population fell below
10,000,000 from 2000 to 2020, and then it became a megacity again in 2025. Other cities retained their megacity status after their populations rose over
10,000,000)
Bold font indicates cities that were the capital of the nation state. Bold italic fonts indicate a primary city of a nation state
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