This chart show the population of Cairo, Beijing, and Shanghai from 1950 to 2020.
| Year | Cairo | Shanghai | Beijing |
| 1950 | 2494000 | 4288000 | 1671000 |
| 1951 | 2592000 | 4590000 | 1791000 |
| 1952 | 2696000 | 4913000 | 1920000 |
| 1953 | 2802000 | 5258000 | 2058000 |
| 1954 | 2914000 | 5481000 | 2206000 |
| 1955 | 3029000 | 5713000 | 2365000 |
| 1956 | 3150000 | 5955000 | 2535000 |
| 1957 | 3274000 | 6207000 | 2717000 |
| 1958 | 3404000 | 6478000 | 2912000 |
| 1959 | 3539000 | 6771000 | 3284000 |
| 1960 | 3680000 | 6865000 | 3900000 |
| 1961 | 3862000 | 6752000 | 4249000 |
| 1962 | 4065000 | 6641000 | 4246000 |
| 1963 | 4278000 | 6531000 | 4244000 |
| 1964 | 4502000 | 6423000 | 4242000 |
| 1965 | 4738000 | 6428000 | 4582000 |
| 1966 | 4977000 | 6388000 | 4724000 |
| 1967 | 5122000 | 6302000 | 4648000 |
| 1968 | 5272000 | 6218000 | 4573000 |
| 1969 | 5426000 | 6135000 | 4499000 |
| 1970 | 5585000 | 6052000 | 4426000 |
| 1971 | 5748000 | 5971000 | 4437000 |
| 1972 | 5916000 | 5891000 | 4531000 |
| 1973 | 6089000 | 5813000 | 4628000 |
| 1974 | 6267000 | 5735000 | 4727000 |
| 1975 | 6450000 | 5658000 | 4828000 |
| 1976 | 6639000 | 5582000 | 4931000 |
| 1977 | 6817000 | 5508000 | 5036000 |
| 1978 | 6990000 | 5559000 | 5144000 |
| 1979 | 7167000 | 5740000 | 5254000 |
| 1980 | 7349000 | 5928000 | 5366000 |
| 1981 | 7535000 | 6121000 | 5481000 |
| 1982 | 7726000 | 6321000 | 5598000 |
| 1983 | 7922000 | 6569000 | 5734000 |
| 1984 | 8123000 | 6828000 | 5874000 |
| 1985 | 8328000 | 7096000 | 6017000 |
| 1986 | 8539000 | 7375000 | 6164000 |
| 1987 | 8826000 | 7665000 | 6315000 |
| 1988 | 9169000 | 7967000 | 6469000 |
| 1989 | 9523000 | 8280000 | 6626000 |
| 1990 | 9892000 | 8606000 | 6788000 |
| 1991 | 10275000 | 9050000 | 7076000 |
| 1992 | 10674000 | 9519000 | 7376000 |
| 1993 | 11087000 | 10010000 | 7689000 |
| 1994 | 11516000 | 10528000 | 8015000 |
| 1995 | 11962000 | 11072000 | 8355000 |
| 1996 | 12426000 | 11645000 | 8710000 |
| 1997 | 12773000 | 12246000 | 9079000 |
| 1998 | 13051000 | 12879000 | 9464000 |
| 1999 | 13335000 | 13545000 | 9866000 |
| 2000 | 13626000 | 14247000 | 10285000 |
| 2001 | 13922000 | 14830000 | 10760000 |
| 2002 | 14225000 | 15357000 | 11279000 |
| 2003 | 14534000 | 15904000 | 11823000 |
| 2004 | 14851000 | 16470000 | 12394000 |
| 2005 | 15174000 | 17056000 | 12991000 |
| 2006 | 15504000 | 17663000 | 13618000 |
| 2007 | 15842000 | 18291000 | 14275000 |
| 2008 | 16187000 | 18943000 | 14964000 |
| 2009 | 16539000 | 19616000 | 15685000 |
| 2010 | 16899000 | 20314000 | 16441000 |
| 2011 | 17267000 | 20948000 | 16938000 |
| 2012 | 17643000 | 21555000 | 17298000 |
| 2013 | 18027000 | 22179000 | 17664000 |
| 2014 | 18419000 | 22821000 | 18039000 |
| 2015 | 18820000 | 23482000 | 18421000 |
| 2016 | 19230000 | 24163000 | 18812000 |
| 2017 | 19648000 | 24862000 | 19211000 |
| 2018 | 20076000 | 25582000 | 19618000 |
| 2019 | 20485000 | 26317000 | 20035000 |
| 2020 | 20901000 | 27058000 | 20463000 |
