The first counties
in the world to reach a population of 1 million people ... the
populations grown a bit in size since then
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10 FIRST CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION
along
with the country and year |
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1.
ROME - Italy
133BC |
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2.
ALEXANDRIA - Egypt
30BC |
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3.
ANGKOR - Cambodia
900 |
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4.
HANGCHOW - China
1200 |
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5.
LONDON - UK
1810 |
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6.
PARIS - France
1850 |
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7.
PEKING - China
1855 |
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8.
CANTON - China
1860 |
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9.
BERLIN - Prussia
1870 |
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10.
NEW YORK - USA
1874 |
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