This is a superb visualization and I suspect an excellent implicit world history for the period. At least the Indian subset is an accurate view of Indian history (though I’m a bit surprised Delhi shows up so late in the top few). I’d like this going back to 4000 BC.
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10 most populous cities in the world from 1500-2018. #dataviz
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