WORLD'S BIGGEST CITY

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 73, 23 September 1922, Page 12

WORLD'S BIGGEST CITY

LONDON OR NEW YORK—WHIOH ?

The latest' statistics show that the largest city in the -world f judged by population, is not London but New York. According to recently published figures the population of New York, including Brooklyn, is 7,820,676; whereas Greater London has only 7,476,168 in-, habitants. It must be remembered, however (says the "Children's Newspaper"), that adjoining Greater London are other large areas practically continuous with it whose people are not included in the ■published figures of the population of London. Yet their streets are continuous with those of the great city, a.nd if the population „of these areas that are really part of London, though not officially joined to it, were included, London would easily beat New York, and maintain its proud position a3 the biggest city in the world. Four other cities have over two million inhabitants :— Berlin, 4,000,000; Paris 2,863,741; Chicago, 2,701,705; Tokio, 2,173,401. Fifteen other cities have over a raillion people each :— Budapest, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, Constantinople, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hankow, Mexico, Moscow, Osaka, Pekin, Philadelphia, Rio Janeiro, Shanghai, Vienna. - With regard to British, cities, though the record for the metropolis places London far ahead of all competitors, if we include the country within a radius of 75 miles from the city's centre, then Manchester beats London by a considerable amount, and if within 100 miles, Hull runs it very close, These are the figures for London, Manchester, and Hull within various radiuses:— Miles. London. Manchester. Hull. 25 .. 9,026,850 3,967,350 594,300 50 .. 10,424,400 9.163,350 1,760,850 75 .. 11,698,050 12,754,350 4,654,650 100 .. 13,225,350 16,070,250 12,712,350 In the North, of course, larg« manufacturing centres with dense populations are very close to one another..