Tokyo is NOT the world's largest city

January 31, 2012 12:03

So which is the largest city in the world? Tokyo, as is widely believed?

'Most experts will tell you that Tokyo is the world's largest metropolis, with a population of about 36 million people. But the core of the city has only eight million people living in it,' points out Ruth Alexander on BBC.co.uk, quoting Richard Greene, associate professor of geography at Northern Illinois University in the United States, as saying that even the most authoritative list, from the UN, "compares apples with pears".

So how do you measure the largest city? Read here to find out.

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