POPULATION OF THE LARGEST CITIES OF THE WORLD.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6462, 30 September 1887, Page 4

POPULATION OF THE LARGEST CITIES OF THE WORLD.

An English contemporary publishes 'Io following table ebowirg the popxiUiion d the largest cities In the world. It sa; a : «'The following information ie o<"trn en • quired for, «nd asit may be useful in nmtsv case* for reference, we give below a iab!r of the largest cities of the world, with tb.ir population* aa stated by the laKst authorities. In tbe absence of nny official cen<ue the Ohineie cities have simply to be ertimated, and of course must be accepted ac an approximate calculation only. We hare not given any cily whose population ii below half a million, though there r-re many we could anumerate which olof?Iy approach that figure. It will be eeen that in the 35 cities tabulated below there ntf 32 510,319 souls, or nearly the population of the British I»les, a fact which otnuo' be grasped in a moment by any ordinerv intellect : Aitchi, Japsn, 1,332,050 ; Bsnqkok, Slam, 500,000 ; Berlin. Prussia, 1122 330; Brooklyn, NY., 771 (.00 ; Calcutta, India. 766,298; Canton, 1500.0C0; Changchootoo, China, 1,000,000 ; Chicago 111. 715,000; Conntnn'inoplp, Turkry, 700 000; Foochow, China, 630,000; Gl«s gow, Sco'lsnd, 514 048; Hang cbosv-fro, China, 600,000; Hangtcheon, China, 800,000 ; Bankow, China, 600,000 ; Kiruj-te-cbiang, China, 500,000; Liverpool, Etiplnncl, 573,000; Loodon, EnglouJ, 3,955 819 ; Madrid. Sp^in, 500,000 ; Mobcow. Bnsiia, 611,974; New York, N.Y.. 1,400,000; P«ris. France. 2,269,023; Pfk^ot-g*, Java, 505,204 ; Pekin, Cnina, 800 000- Philadelphia, Pa , 850,000 ; Si. Louia, Mo., 500,000; St Petersburg Russia, 766,964 ; Sariama Japan, 962.717 ; Sinn, China, 1,000,000; Tat-seen-los, China, 500,000; Tientsin, Chiua, 950,000 ; Tokio, Japan, 987,887 ; Tscbautchau fu, China, 1,000.000; Tichinstu fu, Clii»«>. 800 000; Vienna, Aus-ria, 726,105; Woo Chang, Caina, 800,000."