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First to Reach: City Population Milestones

Can you name every city that reached a population milestone first?
Metropolitan Populations Used, the other 2 Cities that are tied for 1000 population are allowed as type-ins
10K population city from George Modelski's World Cities 3000 to 2000 was used to fill in a gap between the 5k and 50k cities
UK's USA's and Japan's city populations based on census data
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Last updated: October 4, 2025
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Current Country
Approx. Year
Milestone
City
Turkey
7000 BC
1K
Çatalhöyük
Iraq
4000 BC
5K
Uruk
Iraq
3700 BC
10K
Eridu
Iraq
2500 BC
50K
Uruk
Iraq
1500 BC
75K
Uruk
Iraq
700 BC
100K
Nineveh
Iraq
500 BC
150K
Babylon
Egypt
200 BC
300K
Alexandria
Egypt
100 - 50 BC
500K
Alexandria
Italy
1 BC
1M
Rome
United Kingdom
1830
2M
London
United Kingdom
1860
3M
London
United Kingdom
1870
4M
London
United Kingdom
1880
5M
London
United Kingdom
1890
6M
London
United States
1909
7M
New York City
United States
1915
8M
New York City
United States
1926
9M
New York City
United States
1930
10M
New York City
Japan
1965
20M
Tokyo
Japan
1985
30M
Tokyo
Japan
2005
35M
Tokyo
Japan
2024
40M
Tokyo
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