New Megacities in 2030

Currently there are 31 megacities (that is, cities with 10 million inhabitants or more) in 2016. There are 10 cities projected to become megacities between 2016 and 2030. Can you name them all?

Hint: think of the big cities in the developing countries that are not yet in the list

Source: United Nations

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Rank	City, Country	Population in 2016	City, Country	Population in 2030
1	Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan	38,140,000	Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan	37,190,000
2	Delhi, India	26,454,000	Delhi, India	36,060,000
3	Shanghai, China	24,484,000	Shanghai, China	30,725,000
4	Mumbai, India	21,357,000	Mumbai, India	27,797,000
5	São Paulo, Brazil	21,297,000	Beijing, China	27,706,000
6	Beijing, China	21,240,000	Dhaka, Bangladesh	27,374,000
7	Mexico City, Mexico	21,157,000	Karachi, Pakistan	24,838,000
8	Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe, Japan	20,337,000	Cairo, Egypt	24,502,000
9	Cairo, Egypt	19,128,000	Lagos, Nigeria	24,239,000
10	New York-Newark, USA	18,604,000	Mexico City, Mexico	23,865,000
11	Dhaka, Bangladesh	18,237,000	São Paulo, Brazil	23,444,000
12	Karachi, Pakistan	17,121,000	Kinshasa, DR Congo	19,996,000
13	Buenos Aires, Argentina	15,334,000	Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe, Japan	19,976,000
14	Kolkata, India	14,980,000	New York-Newark, USA	19,885,000
15	Istanbul, Turkey	14,365,000	Kolkata, India	19,092,000
16	Chongqing, China	13,744,000	Guangzhou, China	17,574,000
17	Lagos, Nigeria	13,661,000	Chongqing, China	17,380,000
18	Manila, Philippines	13,131,000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	16,956,000
19	Guangzhou, China	13,000,070	Manila, Philippines	16,756,000
20	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12,981,000	Istanbul, Turkey	16,694,000
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, USA	12,317,000	Bangalore, India	14,762,000
22	Moscow, Russia	12,260,000	Tianjin, China	14,655,000
23	Kinshasa, DR Congo	12,071,000	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14,174,000
24	Tianjin, China	11,558,000	Chennai, India	13,921,000
25	Paris, France	10,925,000	Jakarta, Indonesia	13,812,000
26	Shenzhen, China	10,828,000	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, USA	13,257,000
27	Jakarta, Indonesia	10,483,000	Lahore, Pakistan	13,033,000
28	Bangalore, India	10,456,000	Hyderabad, India	12,774,000
29	London, United Kingdom	10,434,000	Shenzhen, China	12,673,000
30	Chennai, India	10,163,000	Lima, Peru	12,221,000
31	Lima, Peru	10,072,000	Moscow, Russia	12,200,000
32			Bogotá, Colombia	11,966,000
33			Paris, France	11,803,000
34			Johannesburg, South Africa	11,573,000
35			Bangkok, Thailand	11,528,000
36			London, United Kingdom	11,467,000
37			Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	10,760,000
38			Ahmedabad, India	10,527,000
39			Luanda, Angola	10,429,000
40			Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	10,200,000
41			Chengdu, China	10,104,000

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