A Newsweek map shows the world’s 100 largest cities by population, according to updated United Nations data —including the only two U.S. metropolises to make the cut: New York and Los Angeles.

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 ...

Lahore, the capital city of the Punjab province, is growing rapidly. Last year alone, the population increased by nearly 3%. That trajectory is expected to continue, with the population projected to ...

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it ...

Nine of the top 10 mega-cities are in Asia, with Bangladesh's Dhaka projected to be the world's largest city by 2050.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s population trends show that the South and West are the two regions of the U.S. that have experienced growth since 2020. Unsurprisingly, cities in these two regions are ...

About eight billion people live on planet Earth, a milestone that the United Nations estimated we passed on Nov. 15, 2022. It's a stark increase from the world population in 1950, which was 2.5 ...

Population shifts in a community can bring about a variety of interwoven economic and social impacts. The magnitude of the population change can affect demand for businesses and services, which in ...

Austin is the only city among the top 10 cities with the largest population in the US that has a population count of under a million. It is the capital of Texas state and is famously known as the Live ...

Home to over eight million people, New York City has the largest population in the US, and is one of the largest cities in the world by population. Sharing the same name as its state, NYC is a ...