On an outline map of the world show the location of all the 15 cities of 1950 and 2000 is listed in following table.

Largest Cities in the World 1950 – 2000

Rank 1950

Population in Millions

Rank 2000

Population in Millions

1.

New York

12.3

1.

Mexico

31.0

2.

London

10.4

2.

Sao Paulo

25.8

3.

Rhine Ruhr

6.9

3.

Shanghai

23.7

4.

Tokyo

6.7

4.

Tokyo

23.7

5.

Shanghai

5.8

5.

New York

22.4

6.

Paris

5.5

6.

Beijing

20.9

7.

Buenos Aires

5.3

7.

Reo de Jeneiro

19.0

8.

Chicago

4.9

8.

Mumbai

16.8

9.

Moscow

4.8

9.

Kolkata

16.4

10.

Kolkata

4.6

10.

Jakarta

15.7

11.

Los Angeles

4.0

11.

Los Angeles

13.9

12.

Osaka

3.8

12.

Seoul

13.7

13.

Milan

3.6

13.

Cairo

12.9

14.

Mumbai

3.0

14.

Chennai

12.7

15.

Mexico

3.0

15.

Buenos Aires

12.7

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