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Explore the history of the world's largest cities from 3000 BCE to modern times. This video presents estimations based on urban area, rather than official city limits or metro areas, to maintain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High-rise buildings stand in Jakarta’s business district, Indonesia, Nov. 4, 2025. Jakarta is now the world's largest city by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new United Nations report has found that Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is the world’s largest city with 41.9 million people living ...

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 ...

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 ...