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Subject:        RE: city population data - GIS
Date:   Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:05:42 -0400
From:   Menk, Robert <[log in to unmask]>
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There's a "World Gazetteer" site with a list that may do the trick for you at
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x

It covers the cities of at least 500,000. You can sort it by clicking the column headings (which was not immediately obvious to me). It also links to a related list for population by metropolitan areas.

Bobb Menk
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Library

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Subject:        city population data - GIS
Date:   Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:26 -0700
From:   Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi, all,

I have a student looking for global population data by the actual numeric value (for example, Shanghai has 17,500,000 people in it as of 2007).  He's not looking for ranges nor is he looking for grided information such as that which is available from UNEP.  I've been able to find a table with worldwide population data for cities over 1,000,000 people (471, by the way, your fun factoid for the day).  Anyone have any other sources, ideas?

Thanks for the help,

Julie

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