The 10 largest cities in the world from 1500 to 2019, based on population (measured in multiples of thousands). A Rankings Hub video.
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John Burns-Murdoch of the Financial Times created this population visualization of the 10 largest cities in the world for the last five centuries.
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It took 200,000 years for the human population to reach 1 billion—and only another 200 years to reach 7 billion. When will global population peak? And what will be the impact on Earth’s resources as we approach 11 billion?
See the map here.
Video by the American Museum of Natural History
Writer/Producer: Laura Moustakerski
Animator: Shay Krasinski
Sound Design: J. Morfoot
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