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

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STAT India Pakistan HISTORY
Cities larger than the capital 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). Karachi , Lahore , Faisalabad , Rawalpindi , Gujranwala , Multan , Hyderabad , Peshawar , Quetta
Rate of urbanization 2.4%
Ranked 76th.
3%
Ranked 51st. 25% more than India
Slum population 104.68 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Pakistan
29.96 million
Ranked 5th.

Slum population per thousand people 87.96
Ranked 45th.
176.17
Ranked 23th. Twice as much as India

Slum population proportion 29.4%
Ranked 36th.
46.6%
Ranked 27th. 59% more than India

Urban areas over 1,000,000 55
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Pakistan
8
Ranked 9th.
Urban areas over 1,000,000 per million people 0.0451
Ranked 88th. 9% more than Pakistan
0.0414
Ranked 93th.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 19
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Pakistan
5
Ranked 6th.
Urban areas over 2,000,000 per million people 0.0156
Ranked 69th.
0.0259
Ranked 59th. 66% more than India
Urban areas over 500,000 93
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Pakistan
11
Ranked 13th.
Urban areas over 500,000 per million people 0.0762
Ranked 112th. 34% more than Pakistan
0.0569
Ranked 120th.
Urban population 40,860
Ranked 196th.
48,861
Ranked 182nd. 20% more than India

Urban population per thousand people 2.56e-08
Ranked 220th.
2.05e-07
Ranked 216th. 8 times more than India

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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