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People > Cities Stats: compare key data on China & India

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STAT China India HISTORY
Cities larger than the capital Shanghai Proper city of New Delhi is smaller than 179 cities located within the boundaries of India, including in order of largest populations: Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi , Bangalore (Bengaluru), Hyderabad , Ahmedabad , Chennai and Kolkata (Calcutta). The urban agglomeration of Delhi-New Delhi has 16,314,838 (11,000,000 only in Delhi) and is smaller only than the urban agglomeration of Mumbai (18,414,288).
Rate of urbanization 2.7%
Ranked 66th. 13% more than India
2.4%
Ranked 76th.
Slum population 180.56 million
Ranked 1st. 72% more than India
104.68 million
Ranked 2nd.

Slum population per thousand people 135.63
Ranked 31st. 54% more than India
87.96
Ranked 45th.

Slum population proportion 29.1%
Ranked 37th.
29.4%
Ranked 36th. 1% more than China

Urban areas over 1,000,000 84
Ranked 1st. 53% more than India
55
Ranked 2nd.
Urban areas over 1,000,000 per million people 0.0622
Ranked 76th. 38% more than India
0.0451
Ranked 88th.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 46
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than India
19
Ranked 3rd.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 per million people 0.0341
Ranked 49th. 2 times more than India
0.0156
Ranked 69th.
Urban areas over 500,000 174
Ranked 1st. 87% more than India
93
Ranked 2nd.
Urban areas over 500,000 per million people 0.129
Ranked 86th. 69% more than India
0.0762
Ranked 112th.
Urban population 59,505
Ranked 150th. 46% more than India
40,860
Ranked 196th.

Urban population per thousand people 3.76e-08
Ranked 219th. 47% more than India
2.56e-08
Ranked 220th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of national capitals and largest cities by country (Countries); Wikipedia: Urbanization by country (Countries) ([1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.); Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.; Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013); Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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