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

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Age	Country	Population	City	% Correct
before 3000s BC	Egypt	21,500,000	Cairo	92%
7250 BC	Jordan	5,700,000	Amman	88%
9000 BC	Syria	3,900,000	Damascus	88%
c. 6500 BC	Turkey	3,050,000	İzmir	88%
5000s BC	Bulgaria	1,300,000	Sofia	88%
6000 BC	Iran	15,500,000	Tehran	88%
c. 3000 BC	Israel	1,010,000	Jerusalem	84%
5000 BC	Syria	1,940,000	Aleppo	76%
c. 4700 BC	China	7,100,000	Xi'an	76%
c. 3300 BC	Armenia	1,500,000	Yerevan	76%
2400s BC	Iraq	1,430,000	Mosul	64%
3300 BC	Palestine	2,025,000	Gaza	60%
c. 2700 BC	Iran	3,250,000	Isfahan	56%
6000 BC	Turkey	1,750,000	Adana	52%
5200 BC	Turkey	2,125,000	Bursa	48%
2300 BC	Iraq	1,120,000	Erbil	44%
3000s BC	Turkey	1,700,000	Gaziantep	32%
2070 BC	China	2,650,000	Luoyang	32%
c. 3000 BC	China	7,550,000	Hong Kong	28%
3000 BC	Turkey	1,330,000	Konya	28%
c. 2300s BC	Iraq	1,050,000	Kirkuk	16%
c. 2500 BC	China	5,400,000	Wenzhou	12%
before 2070 BC	China	5,100,000	Zhengzhou	12%
4800 BC	China	3,325,000	Ningbo	8%
6500 BC	China	1,730,000	Handan	4%
4700 BC	China	1,150,000	Chifeng	0%
2000s BC	China	1,270,000	Rizhao	0%
c. 4100 BC	China	1,490,000	Tai'an	0%
3500 BC	China	1,580,000	Xingtai	0%
2500 BC	China	1,530,000	Zhangjiakou	0%