Statistics for Biggest Cities By Year

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Year	Population	Modern Country	Answer	% Correct
1500 AD	1M	China	Beijing	100%
1850 AD	2.3M	United Kingdom	London	100%
2040 AD	42M	India	Mumbai	100%
1925 AD	7.7M	United States	New York City	100%
2000 AD	20M	Japan	Tokyo	100%
1350 AD	660k	Egypt	Cairo	98%
500 AD	500k	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
2010 AD	40M	China	Guangzhou	95%
2075 AD	58M	DR of Congo	Kinshasa	95%
2100 AD	88M	Nigeria	Lagos	95%
800 AD	700k	Iraq	Baghdad	90%
100 BC	1M	Egypt	Alexandria	88%
200 AD	1.2M	Italy	Rome	88%
300 BC	700k	Tunisia	Carthage	57%
500 BC	200k	Iraq	Babylon	52%
1160 AD	250k	Morocco	Fez	50%
900 BC	125k	China	Xi'an	48%
2100 BC	100k	Iraq	Ur	45%
3100 BC	20k	Egypt	Memphis	40%
7000 BC	1k-2k	Palestine* (West Bank)	Jericho	33%
1360 BC	80k	Egypt	Thebes	24%
1300 AD	1.5M	China	Hangzhou	19%
650 BC	120k	Iraq	Nineveh	14%
1210 AD	500k	Turkmenistan	Merv	12%
2250 BC	35k	Iraq	Akkad	7%
935 AD	435k	Spain	Cordova	7%
1000 BC	100k	China	Luoyang	7%
200 BC	350k	India	Pataliputra	7%
4000 BC	5k	Iraq	Uruk	7%
1700 AD	1M	Thailand	Ayutthaya	5%
1100 AD	1M	China	Kaifeng	5%
2500 BC	60k	Iraq	Lagash	5%
2400 BC	40k	Pakistan	Mohenjo-daro	5%
1650 BC	100k	Egypt	Avaris	2%
6500 BC	5k-2k	Turkey	Catalhoyuk	2%
575 AD	500k	Iraq	Ctesiphon	2%
600 AD	600k	China	Daxing	2%
3700 BC	3-11k	Iraq	Eridu	2%
700 BC	100k	China	Linzi	2%
1800 BC	60k	Syria	Mari	2%
1180 AD	250k	Sri Lanka	Polonnaruwa	2%
3400 BC	20k	Egypt	Abydos	0%
3800 BC	10k	Ukraine	Dobrovody	0%
2300 BC	80k	Iraq	Girsu	0%
1400 AD	1M	China	Jinling	0%
3600 BC	10k	Ukraine	Maydanets	0%
1200 BC	160k	Egypt	Pi-Rameses	0%
460 BC	410k-440k	India	Rajagriha	0%
479 BC	300k-400k	India	Sravasti	0%
3500 BC	10k	Ukraine	Talianki	0%
5000 BC	4k	Syria	Tell Brak	0%
1300 BC	120k	China	Yinxu	0%