The world's 11 largest cities – including a sprawling megapolis sinking into the sea

The 11 biggest cities in the world all have populations of more than 21million, and one of them is sinking below sea level.
USA Today

What is the world's largest city? It just changed, UN says.

Jakarta is now the world's largest city by population. The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is home to nearly 42 million, according to a new report from the United Nations, making it the most densely ...
The New York Times

Jakarta Shoots to No. 1 in World Population Ranking From No. 33. How?

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 ...
Forbes

Tokyo Loses Title Of World’s Most Populous City, According To UN

UN rankings updated using new criteria to better reflect the mass urban transformation driving a global shift in how we live—and the megacities emerging from it. A new United Nations report has ...
NPR

People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...