The Earths population explosion is placing huge demands on our resources. Here we have a look at the 12 most populated cities on the planet!

2. At number 12 is Los Angeles
12,762,000 inhabitants in its metropolitan area

3. The number 11 is Buenos Aires, Argentina,
reaching the 13,074,000 inhabitants

4. At number 10 is Karachi (Pakistan)
with 13,125,000 inhabitants

5. At number 9 is Dhaka (Bangladesh)
with 14,648,000 inhabitants

6. At number 8 is Calcutta (India)
15,552,000 souls

7. At number 7 is Shanghai (China)
with 16,575,000 inhabitants
As a country, China has 1,300 million,
the same population Worldwide in 1939

8. At number 6 is New York 19,425,000
people

9. At number 5 is
Mexico City with 19,460,000
inhabitants in its metropolitan area
This was the total population
throughout Mexico in 1939)

10. At number 4 is Bombay (India)
with 20,041,000 inhabitants

11. At number 3 is Sao Paulo (Brazil) with
20,262,000 inhabitants
A city that is growing by leaps and
bounds.

12. At number 2 is Delhi (India)
with 22.157.000 people
(All India has a
population of 1,100
million)

13. And in Position 1, the undisputed champion,
Tokyo, Japan, with 36,669,000 inhabitants
A demographic explosion!

14. There are some important observations:
- No European city on the list. Moscow is the
most populous city in Europe (10.5 million) and
is ranked 19
- In India there are millions in three cities:
Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta. Among the three
exceed 57 million inhabitants.
Lets look at some of the conditions People
live in big cities, especially in Asia ...

15. Here live thousands
of families!
Transport and
living -make
people feel…
compressed, crowded, small,
drowned in a small space.

16. The multi story
complex resembles
a huge beehive

17. A saturated beach
of bathers

18. People having
fun in the
Sun?

19. WHAT
HORROR!
A City, to be "livable" should not have more than
500,000 citizens.

20. Planet Earth Herald