Memphis, Egypt3100 BCEWell over 30,000
Akkad, Babylonia (Iraq)2240
Lagash, Babylonia (Iraq)2075
Ur, Babylonia (Iraq)203065,000
Thebes, Egypt1980
Babylon, Babylonia (Iraq)1770
Avaris, Egypt1670
Memphis, Egypt1557
Thebes, Egypt1400
Nineveh, Assyria (Iraq)668
Babylon, Babylonia (Iraq)612First above 200,000
Alexandria320
Pataliputra (Patna), India300
Changan (Xi'an), China195400,000
Rome25450,000 (100 CE)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey340 CE400,000 (500)
Ctesiphon, Iraq570
Changan (Xi'an), China637400,000 (622); 600,000 (800)
Baghdad, Iraq775First over 1 million; 700,000 (800)
Cordova, Spain935
Kaifeng, China1013400,000 (1000); 442,000 (1100)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1127
Merv (Mary), Turkmenistan1145200,000 (1150)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1153
Fez (Fes), Morocco1170
Hangzhou, China1180255,000 (1200); 320,000 (1250)
Cairo, Egypt1315
Hangzhou, China1348432,000 (1350)
Nanking, China1358487,000 (1400)
Beijing, China1425600,000 (1450); 672,000 (1500)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1650700,000 (1650 & 1700)
Beijing, China1710900,000 (1750); 1.1 million (1800)
London, United Kingdom1825First over 5 million; 1.35 million (1825); 2.32 million (1850); 4.241 million (1875); 6.480 million (1900)
New York1925First over 10 million; 7.774 million (1925), 12.463 million (1950)
Tokyo1965First over 20 million; 23 million (1975)