Largest Cities in History by Population (urban agglomeration) 1000-2023

[ペコアルカセル]

Japan will always remain Japan. There is always an emperor. Ashikaga and Tokugawa are just names of governments, just like the Abe administration.

[anotheraggieburneraccount]

Tenochtitlán disappearing and then coming back 400 years later as Mexico City was crazy

[JCL]

Japan back then: pls stop having kids, we are in a population crisis
Japan now: pls have kids, we are in a population crisis

[amysylvester]

Largest City over Time:

1000 - 1279: Kaifeng 🇨🇳
1279 - 1363: Hangzhou 🇨🇳
1363 - 1368: Beijing 🇨🇳
1368 - 1390: Cairo 🇪🇬
1390 - 1393: Vijayanagar 🇮🇳
1393 - 1411: Nanjing 🇨🇳
1411 - 1450: Vijayanagar 🇮🇳
1450 - 1584: Beijing 🇨🇳
1584 - 1705: Constantinople (Istanbul) 🇹🇷
1705 - 1825: Beijing 🇨🇳
1825 - 1923: London 🇬🇧
1923 - 1957: New York City 🇺🇸
1957 - Present: Tokyo 🇯🇵

[lordbaldohomero]

Constantinople the most relevant city in history

[springlink]

I was really surprised about Angkor and Oyo Ile. While I knew they were large urban centers, I didn't know (especially for Oyo) that they were at one point one of the largest cities on earth. Wow

[人类命运共同体-yp]

around 1900s, every city on the list is industrial city, all the cities of China and India no longer on. The power of industrialization 😮

[paulwilliammurphy]

Shanghai isn’t even the most populated city in China. China has resident permit system, only holders of the permits are included in official population statistics but in reality many more millions of non resident holders live full time in these cities.

[sanchezking]

It took almost 800 years to get to 1 million and then just about 200-250 to get to almost 40 million. Very interesting data/video!

[pink]

Between 1127 - 1279 AD, Northern China was no longer part of Song. It was invaded by Jin (Manchu?) so I think Beijing and Kaifeng should not have the Song flag but the Jin flag.

[smheglb]

I was surprised to learn that there was a time when Osaka and Kyoto had larger populations than Tokyo.

[Bosspisit]

4:52
The Ayutthaya Kingdom or the Empire of Ayutthaya
was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767,
centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand.

[hoodies]

I knew there will be cities from my country and my close neighbours:
1:09 - 1:56 Merv (Seljuk), nowadays known as Mary (Turkmenistan)
3:49 - 4:07 Samarkand (Timurid) nowadays the city name is the same in our neighbour country Uzbekistan

[SAUUSSEUUEEUWhhw]

It’s scary to watch how empires die and arise; people have suffered for centuries and are still suffering...

[Minimuffkiller]

very impressiv how many people can live in one city

[sho]

Ironically, Japan's birth rate continues to decline, and if this trend continues, it is reported that by 2100, the population of Tokyo will decrease to about half its current size.

[waltermatthewberg]

Baghdad had at least 800, 000, maybe a million, people by the time of the Mongol's sack of Baghdad in 1258. Maybe they weren't all residents and some of them fled to the inner walls of the city from outside but almost all of them were killed within a week.

[yangpaul]

Keifeng was not belonged to Song Dynasty since 1127, as the city was ruled by Jin Dynasty(established by Jurchenese) from 1127 to 1234 and Mongol(Yuen Dynasty) since 1234. Beijing was never part of Song Dynasty, and it was under Mongol rule since 1218 and became capital of Yuen Dynasty since 1271.

[williamharrison]

Its amazing how you can also see the effect of the black death from 1446 to 1453 at 4:20

[Brunofelix]

O Rio de Janeiro é ultrapassado por são paulo de maneira a avassaladora. Queria entender esse boom populacional de SP nos anos 60.