The World’s Great Cities.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 45

The World’s Great Cities.

Some interesting facts relating to the population statistics of the world’s great cities are cited by Prof. W. B. Bailey in the ‘"lndependent." There are at present ten cities in the world with a population of over 1,000000. Of these, three are in the United States. Russia is the only other country to have more than one city of thi, size.

London leads with a population of over 7,000,000; but its area is over 440,000 acres. The area of Greater New York is less than half that of London If New York city could annex enough of its suburbs to make its area equal to that of London, it would at present have a population of over 6,000,000. Even without annexing any more territory,

New York may, within twenty years, become the greatest city In the world. If it were possible to include suburbs, as has been done by London, it might become the leader within ten years. The area of Registration London, not including the outer ring, is 74,839 acres. On this territory is found a population of nearly 5,000,000, but within the past decade the population of the old city of London has actually decreased. Business is crowding residences from the centre. Berlin lias recently annexed suburbs with a population of nearly 1,000,000. It seems likely that when figures are available it will be discovered that Berlin has displaced Paris as the third city In the world. The following are the population and area of the ten largest cities in the world at the latest date for which figures are available:

Area in CityAcres. Population. London . . 441,600 7,252,963 New York .. 209,218 4,766,883 Paris 19,280 2,763,393 Tokio 27,989 2.186,079 Chicago .. 117,447 2,185,283 Vienna 39,686 2 085,888 Berlin 15,698 2,070,695 St. Petersburg .. .. 22,991 167k'(K>0 Philadelphia .. 81,828 V549.008 Moscow 17,654 1,359,254