A new UN report says so-called "megacities" are continuing to grow as our planet becomes increasingly urbanized.

The number of cities with populations in the millions worldwide continues to rise, according to the latest “World Urbanization Prospects” report by the UN. The new leader in terms of population is a ...

The U.S. capital is tiny compared to many of the world's largest cities, a new report on urbanization around the globe shows.

For over a decade, the Japanese capital Tokyo has been the largest city by population. But this year, it’s ranked third, ...

The last time the U.N. released its "World Urbanization Prospects" report was in 2018, when Tokyo was the world's most populous city.

For more than half a century, Tokyo stood as the world's largest city, hosting some 13.7 million residents in 1955, a number ...

For years, Japan’s capital Tokyo has been the largest city in the world, but it’s finally been overtaken. According to the ...

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations. By John Yoon Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded ...