Growth of urban agglomerations, 1950-2015

This graph shows growth of urban agglomerations between different cities with different trends of

population growth. Overall , Tokyo has the highest population , but London has the lowest population

growth.

In 1950 , the two largest cities in the world were New York and London. The population of New York was 12 million people, in contrast the population of London was 8 million people. In 1970, the largest cities  were Tokyo and New York with almost the same number of population with over 16 million people. In 2000, Tokyo was the largest city with a  population of 22 million people , and the second highest city with population 18 million people was Mexico city. The greatest cities increases in population between 1950-2015 were Cairo, Mexico, Bombay, Sao Paulo, and Tokyo. On the other hand, the lowest increases in population were in London , New York and Shanghai. Also the city with the highest population in the future are Tokyo at 27 million people and Bombay with the same number of population.

In conclusion. In 2015 Tokyo and Bombay have the largest population, but London and New York have the lowest number of population growth.