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• Istanbul has 18% of

Turkey’s population and

produces over 25% of

national GDP.

• Its population grew

tenfold in the second half

of the 20th century.

Population density: people per square kilometre:

20,000 or more

10,000 – 19,999

6,000 – 9,999

Size of metropolitan area:

Cities around the world

2011 or most recent data

metro area =1,000 km2

(outer ring)

3,000 – 5,999

fewer than 3,000

city area =100 km2

(inner ring)

• Shanghai has the

world’s most extensive

underground railway

network.

• It has the world’s

busiest container port.

• The Shanghai Stock

exchange ranks third in

the world by trading

volume.

• 99% of residents are

Han Chinese.

• 16 major languages

are widely spoken in

Mumbai.

• With less than 2% of

India’s population,

Mumbai pays over 33%

of its taxes.

• About half of residents

live in unregistered

accommodation and lack

sanitation.

• As Pakistan’s financial and

commercial capital, Karachi

contributes 25% of national tax

revenue.

• The city’s population grows at

the rate of 1 person a minute.

Tehran

Istanbul

Cairo

Shanghai

Tokyo

• 99% of Tokyo’s

population is Japanese by

birth.

• 40% of the city is built

on landfill.

Mumbai

• Tehran’s population has grown

fivefold in 50 years.

• Air pollution (80% cars, 20%

industrial) kills about 10,000

people a year; in 2006, 3,600

died in the month of October

alone.

Jakarta

• Almost 20% of Cairo’s

buildings date from

1997 or later.

• 60% of the

population is aged

under 30.

• Up to 25,000

people a year die

from air pollution.

• 40% of Jakarta is below sea

level.

• At least 35% and

perhaps as many as

80% of residents

lack a clean water

supply.

• All Jakarta’s

rivers are

polluted – 71%

heavily.

Jakarta

93 hours

Cairo

105 hours

Mumbai

177 hours

Mexico City

95 hours

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