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Overtaking Cities in terms of Population

Name the cities which overtook another city within the same country in terms of population
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Country
Year
City 1
overtook
City 2
 
Australia
By 1984,
Perth
overtook
Adelaide
to become the 4th largest city
By 2019,
Melbourne
overtook
Sydney
to become the largest city
Brazil
By 1966,
São Paulo
overtook
Rio de Janeiro
to become the largest city
By 1975,
Belo Horizonte
overtook
Recife
to become the 3rd largest city
Cameroon
By 2011,
Yaoundé
overtook
Douala
to become the largest city
Canada
By 1976,
Toronto
overtook
Montréal
to become the largest city
By 2000,
Calgary
overtook
Edmonton
to become the 5th largest city
By 2013,
Calgary
overtook
Ottawa
to become the 4th largest city
China
By 1958,
Beijing
overtook
Tianjin
to become the 2nd largest city
France
By 1955,
Lyon
overtook
Lille
to become the 3rd largest city
By 2010,
Lyon
overtook
Marseille
to become the 2nd largest city
Ghana
By 2011,
Kumasi
overtook
Accra
to become the largest city
India
By 1980,
Mumbai
overtook
Kolkata
to become the largest city
By 2002,
Delhi
overtook
Mumbai
to become the largest city
Iran
By 1975,
Mashhad
overtook
Esfahan
to become the 2nd largest city
Morocco
By 1964,
Rabat
overtook
Fès
to become the 2nd largest city
Nigeria
By 1956,
Lagos
overtook
Ibadan
to become the largest city
By 1978,
Kano
overtook
Ibadan
to become the 2nd largest city
Russia
By 1989,
Novosibirsk
overtook
Nizhny Novgorod
to become the 3rd largest city
Saudi Arabia
By 1961,
Riyadh
overtook
Mecca
to become the largest city
By 1965,
Jeddah
overtook
Mecca
to become the 2nd largest city
Spain
By 1968,
Madrid
overtook
Barcelona
to become the largest city
Syria
By 1995,
Aleppo
overtook
Damascus
to become the largest city
By 2011,
Damascus
overtook
Aleppo
to become the largest city
USA
By 1958,
Los Angeles
overtook
Chicago
to become the 2nd largest city
By 2008,
Miami
overtook
Philadelphia
to become the 4th largest city
By 2017,
Dallas
overtook
Miami
to become the 4th largest city
By 2018,
Houston
overtook
Dallas
to become the 4th largest city
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