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Liberty UniversityDigitalCommons@LibertyUniversityFaculty Publications and Presentations Helms School of Government2004Cities: Comparative Population GrowthSteven Alan SamsonLiberty University, ssamson@liberty.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/gov_fac_pubsPart of the Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, Political Science Commons, and thePublic Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Helms School of Government at DigitalCommons@Liberty University. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Liberty University. For moreinformation, please contact scholarlycommunication@liberty.edu.Recommended CitationSamson, Steven Alan, "Cities: Comparative Population Growth" (2004). Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 251.http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/gov_fac_pubs/251THIRD WORLD CITIES:  COMPARATIVE POPULATION GROWTH  African City  Population:    c. 1920  c. 1960            c. 2000  Africa          180,000,000      233,718,700      805,000,000  Abidjan (Bingerville), Côte d’Ivoire   --------- 127,585          3,305,000 Accra, Ghana      19,588 491,000          1,976,000 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia     50,000 500,000          2,639,000 Algiers (El Djazair), Algeria  206,595 587,570          1,885,000 Bamako, Mali      --------- 100,443          1,131,000 Cairo, Egypt                            790,939          3,300,000        10,552,000  Capetown, South Africa   206,558 731,500          2,993,000 Conakry, Guinea     ---------     52,521          1,824,000 Dakar, Senegal      24,831 230,887          2,079,000  Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania    22,215 128,742          2,347,000  Harare (Salisbury), Zimbabwe                   ---------       210,000          1,752,000 Freetown, Sierra Leone     37,724   77,420 669,000  Johannesburg, South Africa        284,191          1,600,000          2,335,000 Kampala, Uganda     ---------   46,735          1,212,000 Khartoum, Sudan     32,182 260,000          2,731,000  Kinshasa (Leopoldville), Congo    --------- 390,000          5,064,000  Lagos, Nigeria      60,000 364,000        13,427,000  Mogadishu (Magadoxo), Somalia   ---------   77,000          1,219,000  Monrovia, Liberia       8,000   41,391 962,000  Nairobi, Kenya       16,107 250,800          2,310,000 N’Djamena (Fort-Lamy), Chad    ---------   23,470          1,043,000 Ouagadougou (Wagadugu), Burkina Faso---------   63,000          1,130,000 Rabat, Morocco      34,000 310,000          1,496,000   Asian or Latin City Population:  c. 1920  c. 1960  c. 2000  Asia          920,000,000   1,493,600,000   3,688,000,000  South America                                    50,000,000      118,000,000      347,000,000 Ankara, Turkey      38,000 646,200          3,203,000  Baghdad, Iraq     250,000 650,000          4,797,000  Bangkok, Thailand    630,000          2,075,000          7,281,000  Bogotá, Colombia    160,000 715,000          6,288,000 Buenos Aires, Argentina            1,692,327          6,975,000        12,560,000 Calcutta, India              1,263,292          6,350,000        12,918,000 Damascus, Syria    250,000 408,774          2,335,000 Delhi, India     303,149          2,644,000        11,695,000 Dhaka (Dacca), Bangladesh   117,304 720,000        12,317,000 Guatemala City, Guatemala   125,000 284,922          3,242,000 Hanoi, Vietnam    109,500 237,500          3,734.000 Jakarta (Batavia), Indonesia   234,697          2,922,000        11,018,000 Karachi, Pakistan    215,781          1,916,000        11,794,000 Manila, The Philippines    285,306          2,500,000        10,870,000  Mexico City, Mexico             1,080,000          4,800,000        18,131,000  Mumbai (Bombay), India            1,172,953          4,350,000        18,066,000  Osaka, Japan              1,252,972          8,050,000        11,013,000  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil             1,157,873          4,700,000        10,582,000  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia      --------- 150,000          3,324,000  Sao Paulo, Brazil    504,300          4,400,000        17,755,000  Seoul, South Korea    302,686          2,444,900          9,888,000  Shanghai, China             1,538,500          9,500,000        12,887,000  Tashkent, Uzbekistan    271,665             971,000          2,148,000  Tehran, Iran     220,000          1,590,000          7,225,000 Tokyo, Japan              2,173,162        14,085,000        26,444,000 FIRST WORLD CITIES:  COMPARATIVE POPULATION GROWTH  European or Australian City  c. 1920  c. 1960  c. 2000 Europe          400,000,000      553,300,000      729,000,000 Amsterdam, The Netherlands   642,162           869,600          1,144,000 Athens, Greece (metro)   300,701          1,852,709          3,116,000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia     89,876 470,172          1,482,000 Berlin, Germany (East and West)         1,904,650          3,340,000          3,458,763 Budapest, Hungary            1,184,616          1,825,299          1,825,000 Cardiff, Wales (metro)   200,262 257,270 315,050 Copenhagen, Denmark (metro)  581,344          1,325,000          1,388,000 Edinburgh, Scotland    420,281 468,378 448,850 London, England             4,483,249          8,346,137          7,074,265 Istanbul, Turkey (metro)            1,000,000          1,775,000          9,451,000 Madrid, Spain    751,352          1,848,901          4,072,000 Moscow, Russia (metro)           1,050,011          8,075,000          9,321,000  Oslo (Christiania), Norway (metro) 258,341 520,000 978,000  Paris, France             2,906,472          3,035,000          2,152,000  Prague, Czech Republic  676,476 998,700          1,226,000  Rome, Italy     590,960          2,160,773          2,646,000  Sofia, Bulgaria (metro)   154,431 434,888          1,192,000  Stockholm, Sweden (metro)  475,000          1,043,000          1,583,000  Sydney, Australia (metro)  897,640          2,235,000          3,664,000  Vienna, Austria              1,841.326          1,627,034          2,070,000  Warsaw, Poland (metro)  931,176          1,480,000          2,269,000   North American City   c. 1920  c. 1960  c. 1998  United States         105,710,620      179,325,100      275,562,673 Albany, New York (metro)  113,344 592,400 871,000 Atlanta, Georgia (metro)  200,616          1,011,100          3,746,059  Austin, Texas (metro)     34,876 210,000          1,106,000  Cheyenne, Wyoming     13,829   43,505   53,640  Chicago, Illinois (metro)            2,701,705          6,517,600          8,809,846 Concord, New Hampshire    22,167   28,991               37,444 Denver, Colorado (metro)  256,491 858,300          2,365,000 Helena, Montana     12,037   20,227               38,306  Jackson, Mississippi     22,817 144,422 188,419  Jefferson City, Missouri     14,490   28,228               34,911  Lansing, Michigan     57,327 107,807    127,825  Lincoln, Nebraska     54,948 128,521 213,088 Los Angeles, California (metro)  576,673          6,565,000        15,781,273 Montpelier, Vermont       7,125     8,782                 7,734 New York, New York (metro)           7,642,000        15,404,300        20,124,377 Olympia, Washington       7,795   18,273   39,188 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (metro)      1,823,779          3,969,000          5,988,348  Phoenix, Arizona (metro)    29,053 619,600          2,931,000   Pierre, South Dakota       3,209   10,088   13,267  Portland, Oregon   258,288 372,676 503,891  Richmond, Virginia (metro)  171,667 409,100 957,000  Sacramento, California (metro)    65,908 536,000          1,686,000  St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota (metro) 615,000          1,491,000          2,831,000  Tallahassee, Florida       5,637   48,174 136,628  Toronto, Ontario (metro)  521,894          1,824,481          4,700,000  Vancouver, British Columbia (metro) 117,217 790,165          2,000,000  Washington, District of Columbia 285,291 763.956 523,124 

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