The megacity is positioned ahead of the Japanese capital, and the UN announces bad news for the population of Japan in the next 25 years. For Japan, the news underscores a troubling trend. In 1975, ...

UN rankings updated using new criteria to better reflect the mass urban transformation driving a global shift in how we live—and the megacities emerging from it. A new United Nations report has ...

Soar above the future of urban life with this breathtaking drone tour of the world's Top 8 largest mega-cities. Witness the ...

Jakarta is now the world's largest city by population. The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is home to nearly 42 million, according to a new report from the United Nations, making it the most densely ...

1 December 2025 – Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to UN DESA’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025: ...

With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, Jakarta soared from 33rd place in the previous rankings, in 2018, that were topped by Tokyo. It's followed by Dhaka, with 36 million, which ...

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s commercial capital has been ranked fourth among the world’s megacities with the most intelligent infrastructure, according to a new study by Safwan Bashundhara Global ...