World's Largest Cities by Century

Sources: http://www.thingsmadethinkable.com/item/top_ten_cities_through_history.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/MWH/readings/Urban/City%20Pop%20-%20History.pdf
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Population
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2017
48.6 million
Guangzhou
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39.8 million
Tokyo
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31.1 million
Shanghai
2000
26.4 million
Tokyo
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18.1 million
Mexico City
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18.1 million
Mumbai
1900
6.4 million
London
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4.2 million
New York
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3.3 million
Paris
1800
1.1 million
Beijing
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1 million
London
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750 thousand
Guangzhou
1700
1 million
Ayutthaya
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700 thousand
Istanbul
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650 thousand
Beijing
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Population
Answer
1600
1 million
Beijing
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700 thousand
Istanbul
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500 thousand
Agra
1500
670 thousand
Beijing
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500 thousand
Vijayanagar
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400 thousand
Cairo
1000
450 thousand
Cordoba
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400 thousand
Kaifeng
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300 thousand
Constantinople
500
450 thousand
Constantinople
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450 thousand
Baghdad
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300 thousand
Luoyang
100
1 million
Rome
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400 thousand
Luoyang
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300 thousand
Selucia
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Level 56
May 13, 2018
Should accept Constantinople for Istanbul and vice versa.
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Level 82
Sep 8, 2020
What do the ------ mean? And why is Baghdad there at 500 when it didn't exist back then?