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Biggest Cities By Year
Name the Cities that were the biggest at some point, cities rise and fall so beware of fluctuating populations.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/dec/06/world-largest-cities-mapped-through-history-data-viz
"Year" is for the year it first became the biggest
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Year
Population
Modern Country
Answer
7000 BC
1k-2k
Palestine* (West Bank)
Jericho
6500 BC
5k-2k
Turkey
Catalhoyuk
5000 BC
4k
Syria
Tell Brak
4000 BC
5k
Iraq
Uruk
3800 BC
10k
Ukraine
Dobrovody
3700 BC
3-11k
Iraq
Eridu
3600 BC
10k
Ukraine
Maydanets
3500 BC
10k
Ukraine
Talianki
3400 BC
20k
Egypt
Abydos
3100 BC
20k
Egypt
Memphis
2500 BC
60k
Iraq
Lagash
2400 BC
40k
Pakistan
Mohenjo-daro
2300 BC
80k
Iraq
Girsu
2250 BC
35k
Iraq
Akkad
2100 BC
100k
Iraq
Ur
1800 BC
60k
Syria
Mari
1650 BC
100k
Egypt
Avaris
1360 BC
80k
Egypt
Thebes
1300 BC
120k
China
Yinxu
1200 BC
160k
Egypt
Pi-Rameses
1000 BC
100k
China
Luoyang
900 BC
125k
China
Xi'an
700 BC
100k
China
Linzi
650 BC
120k
Iraq
Nineveh
500 BC
200k
Iraq
Babylon
479 BC
300k-400k
India
Sravasti
Year
Population
Modern Country
Answer
460 BC
410k-440k
India
Rajagriha
300 BC
700k
Tunisia
Carthage
200 BC
350k
India
Pataliputra
100 BC
1M
Egypt
Alexandria
200 AD
1.2M
Italy
Rome
500 AD
500k
Turkey
Constantinople
575 AD
500k
Iraq
Ctesiphon
600 AD
600k
China
Daxing
800 AD
700k
Iraq
Baghdad
935 AD
435k
Spain
Cordova
1100 AD
1M
China
Kaifeng
1160 AD
250k
Morocco
Fez
1180 AD
250k
Sri Lanka
Polonnaruwa
1210 AD
500k
Turkmenistan
Merv
1300 AD
1.5M
China
Hangzhou
1350 AD
660k
Egypt
Cairo
1400 AD
1M
China
Jinling
1500 AD
1M
China
Beijing
1700 AD
1M
Thailand
Ayutthaya
1850 AD
2.3M
United Kingdom
London
1925 AD
7.7M
United States
New York City
2000 AD
20M
Japan
Tokyo
2010 AD
40M
China
Guangzhou
2040 AD
42M
India
Mumbai
2075 AD
58M
DR of Congo
Kinshasa
2100 AD
88M
Nigeria
Lagos
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May 18, 2021
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