The first thing that strikes you in Jakarta is the traffic: Motorbikes, cars and rusted minibuses flock day and night through the streets of this messy Indonesian metropolis. Traveling across Jakarta, ...

Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world. The big picture: It's what is known as a megacity, population-dense hubs that are becoming more frequent across the globe. Per a new report from the ...

For more than half a century, Tokyo stood as the world's largest city, hosting some 13.7 million residents in 1955, a number that ballooned to 37.4 million by 2018. However, the fabled home of ...

If Asian countries are to break out of the middle-income trap, they must solve the problems that plague their cities. The ...

Jakarta overtakes Tokyo to become the most heavily-populated city in the world, with 42 million inhabitants, according to a November 2025 UN report on megacities.

VILNIUS, Lithuania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global market research company Euromonitor International released a new report, “Megacities: Developing Country Domination,” announcing Jakarta will overtake Tokyo ...

Building more infrastructure and opening real economic opportunities in the outer cities and beyond will help relieve Jakarta ...

A new United Nations report for 2025 shows a major shift in global city rankings. Jakarta has now become the world’s most ...

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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 ...

JAKARTA: Greater Jakarta and its neighbouring areas have dethroned Tokyo in the United Nation’s list of the world’s most populous cities thanks to increasing urban sprawl, which experts warn may put ...