Top300🌎cities,by population, x 🚀🌱Strategic Progress-Premium: NYC TYO LON HKG SFO LAX SHI SEL WDC PAR BOS OSA CHI SEA SGP HOU MIL BER SYD YTO PEK BOM DEL MEX SAO DXB
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All🌎Greater-City Metro-conurbations, ranked: Contiguous-urban- agglomeration areas exceed formal city proper: note,wildly misleading city populn stats are common.
x %adjustmt: $GDP/head x ^future-links/ESG-compatible [IMO]:1 = global average > 2 letter codes: countries; city sizes in 2100! PovertyTraps: overbreed=>disinfo+gangs💥 > just 2-3%/year ^population, compounds unsustainably in poorest/riskiest nations > Highest%population^now: 5%: SYria 23m, 4%: Gaza 2m, Niger 27m; 3%: SOmalia 18m, AFghan 24m, Congo 100m, UGanda 50m, Mali 24m, EThiopia 130m, NG 230m, Sudan 50m, Mozambq 35m, Tanzania 70m, Angola 35m, Iraq 45m; 2.5%: EG 115m, PK 250m. This is less carelssness / charities' lack of contraception access; more of myopic power grabs: individuals hope a few of ^^kids may make it & benefit parents; + nations hope ^^people >^power! >^GlobalPublicBads:Violence/crime/gangs/wars/refugees, Viruses, disinfo, Narco-States/ traffickg: SY:90%ofGovFX$ Afg Co Br Vz Mm Nk; Terror:IR SY SD; Lb Pk So Ye Ng. •$2T Global TNOCrime trafficking/ theft =~~ $700B drugs $150B humans, $100B logging, $30B fishing, $10B+oil, $5B wildlife, $8B+ weapons, $2B organs, $2B++counterfeiting >gangs do multi-sectors. •Organised Retail Crime = another $2T. 🌎 Bribery + Corruption: $5T+! .. ~~ 1/2 of all 🌎“surplus” = Crime+Corruption! Surplus=cash in,minus costs: !High margins. Crime gangs need lots of underage minors to recruit into gangs: over 16yo: b4 cops can incarcerate them. AFr Muslims > highest % poor youths, cousins >^dark risk. A further ~1/4 of all 🌎“surplus”= nearly merit-less! (non-competitive/inherited/endowed power / wealth) > very corrosive “Race2Bottom” compounding effect in most EMs. But prehistory (7mya prehumans; 300kya humans; 5kya: writing; Ages:Ice>Stone>Bronze> Iron>Classic>Midl>Renaisnc>Reason>Sci>Indust>Empires>🌎 ) was💥worse; Jurassic swamps 300mya had ~no fairness/progress at all! It is impossible for more “Race2Top” / transparent / “pull” OECD40 / G10, to “fix” atavistic 100+ “push” nations (except extreme anti-terror interventions/defensive wars); but at least attracting talent away from them, helps them to be put to better use in fairer nations. Over time, troubled nations can get ^polarized/ self-toxifying. Legacy governance is more “relational”: driven by crony-connections: easier to hide / subvert others. Global-Governance Game-Theory: Everyone is myopic in many ways; but most actors are far more tragically so > do self-defeating/cruel big actions > least-bad nations try to ally up, to reduce worst Global Public Bads/Risks (&provide GlobalPublicGoods). MarketFailures > Policy Interventions > Overreach > Pendulum-Swings: > often create resistance/ opposite-extreme reactions/ unsustainabilities. Geography>Demographics>Econ>Tec> nations' rise/fall: eg Militia Moshpit of History: Moscow-Munich-Mecca-Mumbai: centre of #1 contiguous landmass: EurAsia/AFr > tit4tat landgrabs since b4 10kya Ice Age ended. Big Police States (“2nd World” BRICS = Autocracies +Theocracies CN+RU+MENA) ^ “Race2Bottom” subvert own & int’l systems, co-opting EMs, TNOC > “ColdWar2”. Non-kinetic interventions: Get evidence > name&shame worst actions, slows stealthier abusers/subverters> bloc-Alliances, Sanctions, Valuatn Risk Discounts: Mkts, Insurnc.
60m x1.5 HKG CN HK-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Dongguan-Foshen-Macau: (adjacent) Pearl River Delta / Greater Bay Area -Tech & int’l hub of CN; (but ^under boot of PEK) > 10% of CN, in south,are Cantonese speakers: moved to SGP too. 1840s UK trade race > Opium Wars> opened CN >led towards emergence of this #1 global CN/EM hub. But CCP uses this “Century of Humiliation” as excuse for ^Sun-Tzu-stealthy brutality now.
50m x1.1 SHI CN Shanghai-Wuxi (many nearby cities) manufrg assembly; 25m~in 2100
40m x3.0 TYO JP Tokyo #1 robotics,precision manufrg; conformism; insular. 25m:2100 >10k+ “yatoi” foreigners, notably Brits, crucially modernized JP 1870-1940> WW2JP.
35m x0.4 DEL IN Delhi (~1/3 of IN GDP is corruption: bribes to gov't; most EMs >1/2); Muz force in IN: 711AD-1857; Muz dominance 1206-1757>recent^Hindu nationalism. Full Brit control 1857-1946 was only 89 years; had some crucial development benefits.
35m x0.4 CKG CN Chongqing -inland (CN megalopolises: city-joining, by PEK) >15m
35m x0.3 JKT ID Djakarta -minrl-procsg,manfg away from CN; sinkg>capital city2move
30m x1.8 SEL KR Seoul-Incheon highest % ecommerce (but ^tech>CN). 15m in 2100
30m x0.6 BOM IN Mumbai (Bombay) > 67m. 35m overseas-IN PIOs: #1 STEM brain gain
30m x0.2 LOS NG Lagos > 88m! ppl by 2100! 3/4+ NG GDP is corruption, usual in AFr
25m x5.0! NYC US New York -main🌎iBank/MNC/PE/HF HQ: most$capitalistic drive -yet Americans do right,after many bungles(-Churchill): social media polarisn> noisy pol & less awareness of world/history than UK >^myopic utopian isolationist electorate
25m x0.9 MEX MX Mexico City (#1 violence nation) ^new🚀US manufrg, away from CN
25m x0.7 SAO BR Sao Paolo -Amazon has 1/4 of all species; wildest wettest rainforest
25m x0.3 SHE CN Shenyang -near NKr: closest links to it: was Manchurian capital
25m x0.2 MNL PH Manilla >biggest global diaspora 15m~: home caring/nursing focus
25m x0.1 khi pk Karachi:49m!2100(2/3pk GDP=corruptn;army runs; fake docs,MLg>dxb
22m x0.8 CTU CN Chengdu -Sichuan -inland R&D, bio, manufrg of many MNCs
22m x0.6 PEK CN Beijing (#1 Police-State: burns out critique; 1215-1368 Mongol rule > PEK>HQ:raid-terror legacy💥,scarred RU>KZ>UZ>AZ>TR>IR>AF>PK>IN: Mughals): 🌎Polarity: Tec/SocProgress💡🌱🚀pull/principle/mkt,vs💂👺💥push/crony/mafia/disinfo
22m x0.5 SGN VN HoChiMin (Saigon) -^manufrg; (communist, mafias, drugs)
22m+ x0.2 Cai Eg Cairo-Giza-Qalyubia > 62m in 2100 -pyramids, sphinx; (corruption)
22m x0.2 dac bd Dacca > 54m in 2100 -textiles, agric (stalled for a century; corruption)
20m x3.0 LAX US Los Angeles 🌎showbiz HQ, defence, RE (driving gridlock, gangs)
20m x1.2 OSA JP Osaka -biotech,showbiz,commods/merchants,friendlier. 9m in 2100
20m x0.2 MOW RU Moscow oil$ (#1 hacker/mafia/mercenary/disinfo hub (to AFr,EMs) b/c geography). NATO expansion excuse for UA💥; but modernity=decide own security.
19m x0.6 XMN CN Xia-Zhang-Quan: Xiamen5m+ Zhangzhou4m+ Quanzhou10m oppst TW: #1 naval-industry zone for CN>TW💥invasion (Xi ordered PLA to be ready by 2027)
19m x0.3 Ccu in Kolkota (Calcutta) > 52m projected in 2100. Was Brit IN capital -1911
18m x0.4 xiy cn Xian -inland (history: terra cotta warriors; ancient capital; Nanjing too)
17m x0.0 fih cd Kinshasa>83m!! in 2100. Cobalt,copper(abuse,tragic history,250 tribes)
15m x6.0! LON UK London:300yo#1🌎Unis,Confrcs,insur,risk,FX,NGO,EM,diplmcy,arts > 800kya; Celts 650BC, Romans 43-410AD, Angles/Saxons 450-600, Vikings 793-1066, FR 1066-1488, DE 1714-1837-1901 Hanover monarchs; WW2 DE,US; EU,S.Asian migrants
15m x0.7 RIO BR Rio De Janeiro -tourism, extreme wealth,poverty; BR: #3 in violence
15m x0.6 IST TR Istanbul -tourism; vexatious GeoPol influence (Constantinople 500ya)
15m x0.6 BUE AR Buenos Aires (#1 inflation 100% >dollarise:Milei) fertile grain output
15m x0.5 BKK TH Bangkok -resort tourism, red light, ^wellness, ^manufrg
15m x0.5 TSN CN Tianjin (port near PEK)
15m x0.5 MAA IN Chennai (Madras) -#4 IN IT city
14m x0.2 lhe pk Lahore > 27m projected in 2100 (biz fin; least corrupt in PK)
14m x0.1 hyd pk Hyderabad (coastal entry more in Karachi:opium from AFg> Guj> IN)
15m x0.0 THR IR Tehran (#1 jihadi💥funder> YE SY LB PS AFg IQ militias; oil & gas)
13m x2.5 PAR FR Paris -art/hist,ultraLux,epicurean; MENA STEM migrants,quants
13m x0.9 HGH CN Hangzhou -near Shhi, tech focus
12m x0.9 BLR IN Bengaluru - #1 IT hub of IN (was Bangalore)
12m x0.0 kan ng Kano:>28m! (agr,NG letter eScams,catfishg:300yo;BokoHaram💥Muz
11m x0.7 HYD IN Hyderabad -#2 IT (stark contrast w same name city in PK: 14m ppl)
11m x0.6 PNQ IN Pune -#3 IN IT city
11m x0.6 Nkg cn Nanjing near SHI: ☠️ww2jp; #1 % cult-tyrant-killer: Xiuquan 1850-64
11m x0.3 Lim PE Lima -mining
10m x2.2 CHI US Chicago IL -uni’s, comods, transport; gangs (Al Capone’s HQ 1920s)
10m! x2 MIL IT Milan -fin, manufrg, lux hub of IT
10m x1.5 Ngo JP Nagoya -incldg Toyota city; temples
10m x0.8 Tao CN Qingdao -commodity port
10m x0.5 zgo cn Zhengzhou -inland: Henan
10m x0.5 csx cn Changsha -inland
10m x0.4 Amd IN Ahmedabad, Gujarat HQ (IRan origins; #1 IN tnoc hub > DXB, PK)
10m x0.4 bog co Bogota (oil; drug gangs💥 now bigger in MX; VZ refugees)
10m x0.2 nbo ke Nairobi, Kenya> 47m! likely in 2100 💥(protest/gender/crime violence)
10m x0.0 krt sd Khartoum-Omdurman > 56m!! likely in 2100 💥(looting Muz gangs)
9.5m x0.6 Ngb Cn Ningbo -near Shhi
9m x0.4 hrb cn Harbin (near NKr, RU: links)
9m x0.4 wuh cn Wuhan (WIV CoV19 lab leak notoriety), Yangtze optical-tech hub
9m x0.4 tna cn Jinan near PEK
9.5m x0.2 sub id Surabaya
9m x1.2 MAN UK Manchester (3m +6m adjacent, within an hours drive)
9m x0.2 bdo id Bandung
8m! x8.0!! SFO US San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland: BayArea; VC/AI HQ:#1🌎🚀🌱
8m x2.5 DFW US Dallas-Fort Worth TX -reIndustrlsn; fin, milTec, HQ: AT&T, TXN
8m x1.8 RUH SA Riyadh -BRICS; leads OPEC (lucky #1oil; Wahabi PoliceState),growth
8m x1.0 KUL MY Kuala Lumpur (islamic finance hub, links), same language as ID
8m x0.5 JNB ZA Joh’burg #1 gold producn,fin. NG eScammers migrated in>homicides
8m x0.4 HAN VT Hanoi - was N.VT; capital after VT war
8m x0.2 bgw iq Baghdad -unstable, oil > 34m! projected in 2100
8m x0.1 lad ao Luanda, Angola: 24m! in 2100 -oil, gangs
8m x0.1 dar tz Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania > 74m!! ppl projected by 2100
7.5 x3.0 HOU US Houston TX -EnergyTech🌎HQ; populn^; US reIndstrlsn,space,bio
7.5m x0.4 dlc cn Dalian (port near NKr: links)
7.5m x0.2 sur in Surat (#2 in Gujarat: IN tnoc hub; diamond cutters >Antwerp)
7.5m x0.0 rgn mm Yangon (Rangoon - police/narco state Myanmar
7m x2.0 YTO CA Toronto -Canadian biz/fin centre
7m x2.0 TAI TW Taipei #1 top chip nation: TSM. PEK attack likely b4 2030: ColdWar2
7m x0.4 Scl CL Santiago -mining
6.5m x5.0! WDC US Washington DC 🌎GeoPolicy HQ, Think Tanks, lobbying
6.5m x3.0 SGP SG Singapore -ASEAN hub: legal/SPVs, comods, port; 85% CNs>links
6.5m x2.5 MIA US Miami FL -Latin gateway, lux waterfront retiree women from NY
6.5m x2.5 PHI US Philadelphia PA -Wharton BSchool at UPenn; Vanguard
6.5m x2.5 BER DE Berlin =Brandenburg -gov't, culture, history, youth lifestyle
6.5m x1.5 MAD SP Madrid
6.5m x1.5 PUS KR Busan-Ulsan -2nd kr city
6.5m x0.1 SPB RU St Petersburg (Putin’s origin; Petrograd1914-24; 24-1991: Leningrad)
6.5m x0.0 abj ci Abidjan. ivory coast > 20m projected in 2100
6m! x2.5 DXB AE Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman #1 lux towers,oil$ (tnoc ml);UK(IN)1819-1971
6m x2.0 MUC DE Munich =Bavaria, posh, older - BMW HQ
6m x1.5 ROM IT Rome #1 tourism, history, Vatican money/ influence/ corruption
6m x1.0 ATL US Atlanta GA - air route hub; Afro (majority) biz hub
6m x0.6 Cnf BR Belo Horizonte -wealthier -Minas Gerias. (BR ended slavery last:1888)
6m x0.6 Cas MA Casablanca - tourism, phosphate exports
6m x0.2 srg id Semarang
6m x0.1 iab ng Ibadan > 24m! projected in 2100 -inland of Lagos
5.5m x2.5 SYD AU Sydney -1/3 East Asian:^; colleges, waterfront properties: harbour
5.5m x2.0 DUS DE Cologne-Essen=NRW Rhine-Ruhr -petroChem: was polluted
5.5m! x2.2 FRA DE Frankfurt-Mainz =Hesse -finance (region)
5.5m! x2.0 STR DE Stuttgart =Baden-Wurttemburg -cars: Benz
5.5m x1.2 FUK JP Fukuoka-Kitakyushu adjacent
5.5m x1.2 MTY MX Monterrey 🚀FDI Manufacturing boom, close to TX: San Antonio
5.5m x0.6 ANK TR Ankara -TR capital: controversial Muz diplomacy; weak econ pol
5m x5.0! BOS US Boston MA -MIT, Harvard, biotec, hospitals, funds, old$
5m x4.0! SEA US Seattle WA -tech co’s: MSFT AMZN BA TMUS; COST Sbux. ^Asian
5m x2.0 PHX US Phoenix NM - avionics, mining
5m x2.0 HAM DE Hamburg =Saxony -maritime; aviation, bio
5m x2.0 MEL AU Melbourne -was top2 mining co HQ
5m x1.5 TAE KR Daegu-Gyeongbuk -3rd KR city
5m x1.5 BCN SP Barcelona -LatinAm diaspora,coastal tourism:ferry to Ibiza party isle
5m x0.8 JED SA Jedda -tourism: Red Sea, religious
5m x0.5 CPT ZA Cape Town -coastal tourism, CN links, weak educn; gang homicides
5m x0.5 Foc CN Fuzhou,Fujn oppst TW: #2 prep zone for CN>TW💥,expected b4 2030
5m x0.4 Fuz CN Fuzhou, Jiangxi - inland
5m x0.3 Gdl MX Guadalajara (drug gangs:💥CJNG worst: Sinaloa offshoot)
5m x0.3 alg dz Algiers, Algeria -oil, gas to EU, police state
5m x0.3 aly eg Alexandria > 15m projected in 2100
5m x0.2 kno id Medan
5m x0.1 cgp bd Chittagong > 19m projected in 2100
5m x0.1 add et Addis Abbaba: 35m! in 2100 in Brics:close to GCC: future Arab workers
5m x0.1 acc gh Accra > 11m projected in 2100
5m x0.0 ccs vz Caracas (#1 Econ dystopia: #1 oil reserves wasted💥#2 violent nation)
5m x0.0 dam sy Damascus (Muz, civil war💥SY= Narco state: $50B/y+ pills into MENA)
5m x0.0 kbl af Kabul: 50m!!in 2100 (#1 MuzExtremism💥#1 narcoState: 3/4+ 🌎 opium)
4.5m x1.5 DTW US Detroit MI -US automaker hub (#3 US homocide rate)
4.5m x1.3 RMQ TW Taichung–Changhua -2nd TW city, 3rd TSMC city
4.5m x1.2 MTL CA Montreal - migration from FR
4.5m x 1.0 Bhx UK Birmingham
4.5m x0.5 Pgp BR Porto Alegre
4.5m x0.1 uio ec Quito Ecuador: (drugs gangs, high homicide rate)
4.5m x0.0 urc cn urumqi (#1 Xinjiang city: CCP’s 💥slave labour, reeducation)
4.5m x0.0 isb pk Islamabad -capital:army run💥curbs mafias(Pashtun/Taliban opium$)
4m x1.5 TLV IL Tel Aviv - Jaffa/Yafo/Gush Dan: gushing startups: tech leaks G10>Axis
4m x0.9 NAP IT Naples (mafia links)
4m x0.9 ATH GR Athens -Agean island paradise tourism (anti-federal, tax avoiding)
4m x0.7 BSB BR Brasilia -capital
4m x0.2 rec br Recife: high homicide rate
4m x0.1 slv br Salvadore: high homicide rate
4m x0.1 for br Fortaleza (drug gangs, 💥high homicide rate)
4m x0.0 mar vz Maracaibo💥 violent chaos, wasted #1 oil reserve nation
4m x0.0 abv ng Abuja > 19m projected in 2100
4m x0.0 kla ug Kampala > 40m! projected in 2100
4m x0.0 dkr sn Dakar-Pikine -Senegal > 29m projected in 2100
3.5m x2.2 SAN US San Diego CA🌎marine;UsNavy;near 2m@Tijuana Mx:#1homocides
3.5m x1.5 CJJ KR Daejon-Chongju-Cheonan -near Seoul
3.5m x1.2 MSP US Minneapolis-St Paul MN-WI
3.5m x0.9 PDX US Portland OR-WA
3.3m x0.7 Bud HU Budapest (origin of Attila: #3 %mass-war-killer: 450AD) \RU links
3.5m x0.4 Ank TR Ankara
3.5m x0.4 Iev UA Kyiv - frontline of ColdWar2 tech+governance race vs Axis
3.5m x0.3 cwb br Curitaba
3.5m x0.3 vcp br Campinas -next to Sao Paolo)
3.5m x0.2 dur za Durban: high homicide rate - KwaZulu-Natal
3.5m x0.1 lyp pk Faisalabad 11m projected in 2100l
3.5m x0.1 gye ec Guayaquil Ecuador (^drug gangs💥violence)
3.5m x0.1 phc ng Port Harcourt>21m!2100(NigerDelta oil hub/theft>pollutn💥eScams)
3.5m x0.0 mde co Medellin (drugs💥 coca growing)
3.5m x0.0 clo co Cali -Colombia (drugs💥 coca growing, high homicide rate)
3.5m x0.0 tnr mg Antananarivo -Madagascar > 21m! projected in 2100
3.5m x0.0 dla cm Douala -Cameroon > 10m projected in 2100
3.5m x0.0 tas uz Tashkent Uzbek>8m in 2100 (1400AD:Tamerlane: #2 %mass-war-killer
3.5m x0.0 mhd ir Mashhad -2nd city in IRan: 💥 jihadist theocracy
3.3m x0.0 ouh bf Ouagadougou, Bukina Faso > 21m! projected in 2100
3.3m x0.0 sah ye Sanaa Yemen💥 (wide drug use) > projected 27m!! in 2100
3m x2.0 DEN US Denver CO growing demographics
3m x2.0 YVR CA Vancouver 1/3 HK/CNs: CNs gateway to N.America; then Seattle
3m x1.5 KHH TW Kaohsiung -3rd TW city
3m x1.5 BNE AU Brisbane -beach
3m x1.5 CLT US Charlotte NC-SC
3m x1.2 LVS US Las Vegas NV -gaming, junket events, substances
3m x1.1 STL US St Louis MO-IL 💥(#1 US homocide rate)
3.0m x1.1 KWI KW Kuwait City -Oil
3m x0.9 TPA US Tampa FL - retirees
3m x0.9 MCO US Orlando FL - retirees
3m x1.2 LIS PT Lisbon -tourism, BR AO MZ diaspora
3m x1.0 BWI US Baltimore MD (#2 US homocide rate)
3m x1.0 VIE AT Vienna
3m x1.0 LYS FR Lyon - chefs: global “cullinary capital”; immigrants from EU/FR
3m x 0.9 WAW PL Warsaw
3m x0.3 pbc mx Puebla 💥(drug gangs)
3m x0.2 pry za Pretoria -ZA capital
3m x0.2 dvo ph Davao
3m x0.0 gua gt Guatemala City 💥(drug, human traficking gangs)
3m x0.0 bko ml Bamako Mali:23m:2100 (1300s:$1T gold>PT traders>raiders>enslavers)
3m x0.0 mpm mz Maputo > 21m projected in 2100!!
3m x0.0 pap ht Port-au-Prince haiti: voodoo, violence: high homicide rate
3m x0.0 fnj nk Pyongyang (#1 army-ant dystopia💥PEK' fav creation&ex-global future)
2.5m x2.5 BRU BE Brussels -EU HQ: gov’t, NGOs
2.5m x2.5 AUS US Austin TX -IT; Dell HQ
2.5m x2.2 DUB IE Dublin -EU SPV gateway; co: ACN I
2.5m x2.0 SAT US San Antonio TX -IT
2.5m x2.0 PIT US Pittsburgh Pa -Steel
2.5m x2.0 AMS NL Amsterdam
2.5m x1.5 RTM NL Rotterdam-The Hague -petrochem, port, dykes; ICJ
2.5m x1.5 PER AU Perth #1 mining hub
2.5m x1.5 STO SE Stockholm
2.5m x1.2 VCE IT Venice-Veneto -3rd in IT: Rennaisance fairytale costume balls;wine, gondolas, glass. Wealthy merchant links to Far&Mid East for 1,000+yr; ship repair
2.5m x1.5 Cmh US Columbus OH
2.5m x1.5 Cvg US Cincinatti OH-KY-IN
2.5m x1.4 Mci US Kansas City MO-KS -Agric
2.5m x1.3 Ind US Indianapolis IN
2.5m x1.0 Dia QT Doha -Gas; Al Jazeera HQ; risky Muz diplomacy: helps Hamas, IR
2.5m x1.0 Cts JP Sapporo
2.5m x0.7 Elp El Paso TX (but 2/3 are in Juarez MX💥#2 drug gang portal into US)
2.5m x0.7 Sju US San Juan, PR Puerto Rico
2.5m x0.5 Pen MY Penang -Comods
2.5m x0.2 adb tr Izmir
2.5m x0.2 mao br Manaus - Amazon rainforest (high homicide rate)
2.5m x0.1 gyd az Baku (oil, unstable, Azeri war with Armenia)
2.5m x0.1 hav cu Havana -cigars (was RU ally in Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis)
2.5m x0.0 bey lb Beirut (unstable powderke: corrupt💥Hezbollah > IRGC, Hamas)
2.5m x0.0 mdl mm Mandalay (Myanmar = police/narco state)
2.5m x0.0 tun tn Tunis (start of Arab Spring riots)
2.5m x0.0 pew pk Peshawar (closest in pk, to AFg >💥Taliban, opium$ Pashtun links)
2.5m x0.0 fbm cd Lubumbashi, Congo > 15m projected by 2100
2.5m x0.0 mjm cd Mbuji-Mayi, Congo > 14m projected by 2100
2.5m x0.0 bzv cd Brazzaville, Congo > 8m projected by 2100
2.5m x0.0 mgq so Mogadishu > 37m!! projected in 2100 (#1 sea pirate💥HQ: 300yo)
2.3m x1.3 tpe tw Taoyuan next to Taipei
2.3m x0.9 SDJ JP Sendai -near Fukushima nuke accident, floodwaters
2.3m x0.0 pnh kh 14m!:2100 Phnom Penh Cambodia(Khmer communist1970s💥1/4 ☠️)
2.2m x1.8 RDU Raleigh-Durham NC
2.2m x0.5 amm jo Amman, Jordan
2.2m x0.0 lun zm Lusaka Zambia: 37m! projected in 2100
2m x2.5 ZRH CH Zurich #1 private banks,UBS, haven (CC/evasion$ hub: Zug; &DXB)
2m x2.0 SMF US Sacramento CA -SFO/BayArea commuters. AgTec,Bio, state capital
2m x1.5 CPH DK Copenhagen -NVO #2 🌎 pharma co: obesity
2m x1.5 OSL Oslo NO Oslo -Oil #1 🌎 SWF: bcos North sea oil luck
2m x1.2 CLE US Cleveland OH
2m x1.0 Bna US Nashville TN -country music
2m x0.9 Hij JP Hiroshima - nuke memorial
2m x0.8 Prg CZ Prague
2m x0.5 - SA Mecca - #1 Muz pilgrimmage HQ, no city code, or airport
2m x0.5 Rba MA Rabat Morocco
2m x0.1 bjx mx Leon - high homicide rate
2m x0.1 tlc mx Toluca💥(drug gangs)
2m x0.1 asu py Asuncion
2m x0.0 msq by Minsk, Byelorussia 💥 (under Putin)
2m x0.0 ifn ir Isfahan - 3rd IRanian city 💥
2m x0 tij mx Tijuana,#1 US drug entry port,#1🌎homocide rate💥1.5% killed every10yrs
2m x0.0 gza ps Gaza Strip (1/3 in GCity centre) Palestine: #1💥powderkeg: Hamas'base
2m x0.0 cky gn Conakry, Guinea > 17m projected in 2100
2m x0.0 ogg ng Ogbomosho: > 8m projected in 2100
2m x0.0 miu ng Maiduguri: 💥Boko Haram's insurgency, scams > 7m projected in 2100
2m x0.0 alp sy Aleppo - smashed by SYrian civil war: RU/IR/TR; narco statee
1.9m x1.9 tnn tw Tainan Taiwan - 2nd TSMC chip fab city
1.9m x0.0 bni ng Benin City > 11m projected in 2100 💥 jihadi violence
1.9m x0.0 lfw tg Lome, Togo > 10m projected in 2100
1.8m x1.5 Akl nz Auckland
1.8m x1.0 ntu us Virginia Beach VA-NC
1.8m x0.1 uln mg Ulaanbaatar (origin/~HQ of #1 %mass-war-killer: Ghenghis 1200AD
1.8m x0.0 osm iq Mosul - 2nd iraqi city (insecure) > 9m projected in 2100
1.7m x1.8 PVD Providence RI
1.7m x1.0 Gla UK Glasgow
1.7m x0.8 opo pt Porto -2nd PT city
1.7m x0.0 beg rs Belgrade, Serbia
1.7m x0.0 mlw lr Monrovia, Liberia > 11m projected in 2100 💥 war/gender violence
1.6m x1.8 AUH AE Abu Dhabi - UAE political & oil capital
1.6m x1.8 HEL FI Helsinki Finland: plucky new NATO frontier to RU; Only 5m in FI.
1.6m x1.5 MRS FR Marseille - biggest city on south of FR lux coast
1.6m x0.6 Med Sa Medina/Madina - #2 Muz religious city near Mecca
1.6m x0.7 mke Milwaukee WI - Agric
1.6m x0.6 jax US Jacksonville FL
1.5m x1.8 YOW CA Ottawa -capital -useful G7 diplomacy with FR, EU, UA, MENA
1.5m x1.2 OKC US Oklahoma City OK -oil
1.5m x1.0 Yyc Ca Calgary - energy
1.5m x1.0 kwj kr Gwangju
1.5m x1.0 Bah bh Manama, Bahrain
1.5m x0.7 Mct om Muscat, Oman
1.5m x0.5 vcl sp Valencia - coastal tourism
1.5m x0.5 agp sp Malaga
1.5m x0.5 svq sp Seville
1.5m x0.5 krk pl Krakow - 2nd PO city
1.5m x0.2 krk ua Kharkiv
1.5m x0.2 pac pa Panama City (offshore SPVs, ML)
1.5m x0.0 hms sy Homs, Syria
1.5m x0.0 ndj td NDjamena, Chad > 29m! projected in 2100
1.4m x0.5 adl au Adelaide - fishing, wine
1.4m x0.0 bsr iq Basra -3rd iraqi city (insecure)
1.4m x0.0 mba ke Mombasa > 14m projected in 2100; 💥ethnic & gernder violence
1.4m x0.0 nim niger Niamey > 56m!! projected in 2100 -RU’s Wagner>💥coups,wars
1.3m x1.0 Slc US Salt Lake City - mormons
1.3m x0.8 mem US Memphis TN -country music
1.3m x0.7 sdf US Louisville KY
1.3m x0.7 yeg ca Edmonton
1.3m x0.5 msy us New Orleans -blues jazz (#4 US homocide rate)
1.3m x0.4 jrs il Jerusalem -atavistic religious rivalry with Muz
1.3m x0.3 Tng ma Tanger (Tangier) Morocco - tourism
1.3m x0.3 Fez ma Fez Morocco
1.3m x0.3 plz za port Elizabeth
1.3m x0.0 llw malawi Lilongwe > 40m! people projected in 2100
1.2m x0.8 anr nl Antwerp -global diamond trading/ cutting hub: was Jews, now Guji’s
1.2m x1.8 ALB US Albany NY state capital
1.2m x1.5 hfd us Hartford CT
1.2m x0.4 cnx th Chiang Mai - 2nd TH city - tourism
1.2m x0.1 kin jm Kingston Jamaica (drug gangs, high homicide rate)
1.2m x0.0 dyu tj Dushanbe, Tajikistan (civil war) > 8m projected in 2100
1.2m x0.0 kad ng Kaduna (poor,^many Muz bandits💥) > 12m projected in 2100
1.1m x1.2 Han de Hannover/Hanover - lower Saxony - near VW HQ
1.1m x1.5 rcs us Rochester NY
1.2m x2.0 HVN US New Haven CT - Funds, old$
1m x3.0 !HSZ TW Hsinchu - TSMC HQ, main operations + R&D (🌎top chips)
1m x1.8 NCE FR Nice-Cannes-Code D’Azur - near Monaco - south of FR lux coast
1m x1.5 FAT US Fresno CA - commuters to SFO/Bay Areaa
1m x1.5 HNL US Honolulu HI -tourism, Asian links
1m x1.2 GOA Genoa - ITalian Riviera; shipyards, naval history
1m x0.5 bod fr Bordeaux -wines
1m x0.5 tus US Tucson AZ
1m x0.5 abq US Albuquerque NM
1m x0.5 tls fr Toulouse-Blagnac
1m x0.5 bio sp Bilbao
1m x0.5 skg gr Thessaloniki -2nd GR city - tourism
1m x0.5 mar ma Marrakesh Morocco - tourism & near Khouribga #1 phospate mines
1m x0.5 aga ma Agadir Morocco - tourism
1m x0.0 kgl rw Kigali, Rwanda > 18m projected in 2100; Hutu genocide💥of Tutsis
1m x0.0 cun mx Cancun (run by CJNG💥new #1 nastiest drug gang) -coastal tourism
1m x0.0 blz mw Blantyre, Malawi 40m! projected in 2100
1m x0.0 tai ye Taizz, Yemen > 💥11m projected in 2100
1m x0.0 zar ng Zaria > 8m projected in 2100
0.9m x1.0 sou uk Southampton-Portsmouth adjacent - south coast beaches
0.8m x1.5 edi uk Edinburgh -Scot Pol,Fin,culture capital
0.8m x1.0 ncl uk Newcastle -coal, steel, manufrg
0.7m x2.2 GVA ch Geneva FR speakg,WEF+EuUN HQ; 2nd Swiss pvt bank hub (UBS>CS)
0.7m x0.0 hod ye Al-Hudaydah, Yemen💥> 12m people projected in 2100 geneva
0.6m x0.9 Bfs uk Belfast N.Ireland -temporary access to EU too; but too stodgy; tension
0.6m x0.7 pmi sp Palma, Mallorca (Majorca) -coastal tourism
0.5m x1.5 CBR au Canberra AU capital: key for grasping/defending: Beijing challenge
0.5m x1.0 Bsh uk Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton, Hove: S coast pebble beac
0.5m x1.0 boh uk Bournemouth-Poole: S coast sandy beaches; camp/ creatives
0.5m x1.0 brs uk Bristol
0.5m x1.0 cwl uk Cardiff
0.5m x1.0 trs it Trieste ITalian maritime/ merchant hub to Asia
0.5m x0.9 ntl au Newcastle-Maitland -coal, steel
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0.25m x1.0 Drw au Darwin:north AU key US base hub; near0.5m summer peak: visitors
0.25m x1.0 nas bm Nassau, Bahamas -tax/reg haven, tourism, diving
0.1m x3.0 lux lu (fr/be adjacent)~ Luxembourg #1 EU tax/reg havenn
0.1m x1.0 lug ch(it nearby) Lugano -ITa Swiss hub
0.05m x3.0 mco mc fr(it nearby)~ Monaco -EU billionare / tax/reg haven
0.04m x3.0 gcm ky Georgetown, Cayman Islands - biggest fund tax/reg havenn
0.01m x2.0 vdz li (ch/at) Vaduz Liechtenstein - tax/reg haven
0.01m x2.0 rad vg Road Town BVI - tax/reg haven, yachting
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Human population is due to rise from 8B now to 10B in 2100. But top cities by population, will mostly be current Poverty Trap crime/gang/disinfo sources: This is because of overbreeding as a strategy by some nations/ religions, to try to gain influence; + also (careless &) selfish hopes of many individuals, that a few out of many kids, cud succeed & be kind enuf to want to look after the old parents; +^chances of profitable gangs / networks > How is G10/ OECD planning to address the wilful Global Public Bad subversive strategies of BRICS & EMs? In humane but security/sanity- boosting ways..
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