Statistics for Oldest and Most Populous Cities (Asia, Top 30)

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Age	Population	City	% Correct
2000 BC	7,150,000	Baghdad	95%
6000 BC	15,500,000	Tehran	95%
9000 BC	3,900,000	Damascus	89%
c. 3000 BC	1,010,000	Jerusalem	89%
7250 BC	5,700,000	Amman	79%
c. 4700 BC	7,100,000	Xi'an	74%
5000 BC	1,940,000	Aleppo	68%
c. 6500 BC	3,050,000	İzmir	63%
c. 3000 BC	1,500,000	Yerevan	53%
5200 BC	2,125,000	Bursa	47%
c. 3000 BC	7,550,000	Hong Kong	47%
c. 2700 BC	3,250,000	Isfahan	47%
2400s BC	1,430,000	Mosul	47%
6000 BC	1,750,000	Adana	42%
3000s BC	1,700,000	Gaziantep	42%
3300 BC	2,025,000	Gaza	37%
3000 BC	1,330,000	Konya	37%
2300 BC	1,120,000	Erbil	32%
before 2070 BC	5,100,000	Zhengzhou	21%
2070 BC	2,650,000	Luoyang	16%
4800 BC	3,325,000	Ningbo	16%
c. 2500 BC	5,400,000	Wenzhou	16%
c. 2300s BC	1,050,000	Kirkuk	11%
4700 BC	1,150,000	Chifeng	0%
6500 BC	1,730,000	Handan	0%
2000s BC	1,270,000	Rizhao	0%
c. 4100 BC	1,490,000	Tai'an	0%
2000s BC	1,230,000	Tiruchirappalli	0%
3500 BC	1,580,000	Xingtai	0%
2500 BC	1,530,000	Zhangjiakou	0%