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
|
|