The world's biggest city: past, present and future - Statistics

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Clue	City	% Correct
The biggest city by urban area population, and by metropolitan area population	Tokyo	100%
The biggest city (by most measures) in the largest metropolis	Guangzhou	83%
1830s	London	83%
Predicted to be the biggest city by 2028	Delhi	75%
1920s-60s	New York	75%
1st century AD	Rome	75%
6th century	Constantinople	67%
The biggest by city proper (ie, the local government district) when non-connected towns are removed from the count	Shanghai	67%
12th century	Baghdad	50%
Predicted to be the biggest city by 2100	Lagos	50%
15th century	Jinling(Nanjing)	42%
Predicted to be the biggest city by 2050	Mumbai	42%
The biggest, according to estimates, from around: 500 BC	Babylon	33%
16th century	Beijing	33%
Forecast to become the most populous metropolitan area by 2030	Jakarta	33%
Predicted to be the biggest city by 2075	Kinshasa	33%
The biggest (by urban area population) in the largest metropolis	Shenzhen	33%
200 BC	Alexandria	25%
14th century	Hangzhou	25%
7th century	Daxing(Chang'an)	17%

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