Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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This video shows the top 105 largest cities by population from 1600 to 2100.
A 500 year population battle between history's most influential and famous cities showing the drastic changes in rankings from Asian cities to European and North American cities back to Asian cities and then to African Cities. Does your city appear on this ranking? Comment below!

Source: NASA for data up to 1975, UN World Urbanization prospects for data from 1975-2100.

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