What is the most popular city in the world?

Answer 1

The answer to this question naturally depends on the criteria by which one judges the 'greatest city'. 'Great' is ambiguous.

That said, we can have a general idea by dividing the question into sections. For example, here are a number of categories and world city that many people affiliate with the 'greatest':

Finance: New York and London

Emerging Asian city: Shanghai

Tourism: Paris, Rome, sometimes London

Largest: Mexico City, Mumbai

Cosmopolitan: London, New York

Political clout: Washington, London, Brussels, Peking, Moscow

History: Rome, Jerusalem, Paris, London

Skyline: Hong Kong, New York, Chicago, Shanghai

Living: Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne

Nightlife/ Entertainment: London

Movie Industry: Los Angeles (Hollywood) and Mumbai (Bollywood)

Concluding comments: London comes up the most often because it has 'a little bit of everything'- although it is not the best world city to live in because of over-crowding, cost of living and the British weather.

New York comes a close second. As New York is a major city in the US, a global superpower, it does have a leading edge. It is only categories such as history and arguably culture where it scores low. London however is more centrally placed from a geographical point of view, which makes it truly international. Yet, here is no way of telling if a big city on a small island on the west coast of Europe can maintain its status for decades to come.

Answer 2

These are some of the world's most populous countries of the world!!!

Shanghai, China

Karachi, Pakistan

Mumbai, India

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Beijing, China

Moscow, Russia

Istanbul, Turkey

São Paulo, Brazil

Tianjin, China

Guangzhou, China

Delhi, India

Shenzhen, China

Seoul South Korea

Jakarta, Indonesia

Tokyo, Japan

Mexico City, Mexico

Lima, Peru

Bangalore, India

Tehran, Iran

Dongguan, China

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Answer 3

Which is the largest city on the planet, this issue is sometimes the subject of small talk and you may impress, or may not, your audience when you state that this is the city of Chongqing, because most certainly nobody ever had heard of that city.

Chongqing in southwest China is one of the emerging Megacities with a population of more than 32 million people, sprawled over an area of 82 300 km² (this is larger than the Czech Republic, with 78 867 km²). Chongqing is de facto a Chinese province with the status of a provincial-level municipality like Shanghai, Beijing and Tanjin.

And this should be the largest?

Answer 4

Shanghai China with over 17 million people

Answer 5

Vatican city

Answer 6

The one where you live.