how many cities are there in the world , totally?

Answer 1

Here is a breakdown of city records in a database. I am not sure if one record is one city. You will have to add them up.

# Africa

* Central Africa
o Burundi (2,234 Records)
o Central African Republic (6,004 Records)
o Chad (11,860 Records)
o Congo, Republic of the (7,277 Records)
o Rwanda (1,672 Records)
o Zaire (Dem Rep of Congo) (23,666 Records)
* Eastern Africa
o Djibouti (102 Records)
o Eritrea (1,185 Records)
o Ethiopia (12,356 Records)
o Kenya (3,078 Records)
o Somalia (6,570 Records)
o Tanzania (8,610 Records)
o Uganda (6,445 Records)
* Indian Ocean
o Comoros (589 Records)
o French Southern and Antarctic Lands (10 Records)
o Madagascar (27,858 Records)
o Mauritius (659 Records)
o Mayotte (127 Records)
o Reunion (360 Records)
o Seychelles (55 Records)
* Northern Africa
o Algeria (9,518 Records)
o Egypt (11,858 Records)
o Libya (1,887 Records)
o Morocco (29,150 Records)
o Sudan (11,616 Records)
o Tunisia (3,874 Records)
o Western Sahara (86 Records)
* Southern Africa
o Angola (15,222 Records)
o Botswana (557 Records)
o Lesotho (461 Records)
o Malawi (5,210 Records)
o Mozambique (24,102 Records)
o Namibia (2,384 Records)
o South Africa (13,331 Records)
o Swaziland (126 Records)
o Zambia (15,014 Records)
o Zimbabwe (1,386 Records)
* Western Africa
o Benin (4,341 Records)
o Burkina Faso (10,989 Records)
o Cameroon (10,619 Records)
o Cape Verde (339 Records)
o Cote d'Ivoire (11,464 Records)
o Equatorial Guinea (2,936 Records)
o Gabon (4,238 Records)
o Gambia, The (2,728 Records)
o Ghana (16,480 Records)
o Guinea (8,444 Records)
o Guinea-Bissau (5,508 Records)
o Liberia (8,796 Records)
o Mali (13,650 Records)
o Mauritania (1,227 Records)
o Niger (8,977 Records)
o Nigeria (37,474 Records)
o Sao Tome and Principe (243 Records)
o Senegal (12,805 Records)
o Sierra Leone (8,437 Records)
o Togo (5,307 Records)

# Americas

* Central America
o Belize (584 Records)
o Costa Rica (2,999 Records)
o El Salvador (5,343 Records)
o Guatemala (7,743 Records)
o Honduras (16,055 Records)
o Mexico (84,499 Records)
o Nicaragua (3,509 Records)
o Panama (8,078 Records)
* North America
o Canada (5,041 Records)
o Greenland (647 Records)
o Saint Pierre and Miquelon (7 Records)
o United States (166,941 Records)
* South America
o Argentina (8,793 Records)
o Bolivia (18,589 Records)
o Brazil (43,052 Records)
o Chile (4,695 Records)
o Colombia (32,828 Records)
o Ecuador (9,603 Records)
o Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (92 Records)
o French Guiana (755 Records)
o Guyana (622 Records)
o Paraguay (2,487 Records)
o Peru (35,751 Records)
o Suriname (744 Records)
o Uruguay (1,160 Records)
o Venezuela (27,342 Records)
* West Indies
o Anguilla (42 Records)
o Antigua and Barbuda (191 Records)
o Aruba (115 Records)
o Bahamas, The (560 Records)
o Barbados (551 Records)
o Bermuda (50 Records)
o British Virgin Islands (22 Records)
o Cayman Islands (75 Records)
o Cuba (11,229 Records)
o Dominica (136 Records)
o Dominican Republic (11,433 Records)
o Grenada (327 Records)
o Guadeloupe (483 Records)
o Haiti (12,013 Records)
o Jamaica (2,769 Records)
o Martinique (730 Records)
o Montserrat (96 Records)
o Netherlands Antilles (276 Records)
o Saint Kitts and Nevis (204 Records)
o Saint Lucia (219 Records)
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (92 Records)
o Trinidad and Tobago (567 Records)
o Turks and Caicos Islands (21 Records)

# Antarctica

* Antarctica
* Atlantic Ocean
o Saint Helena (16 Records)
o South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2 Records)

# Asia

* Central Asia
o Kazakhstan (13,676 Records)
o Kyrgyzstan (1,201 Records)
o Tajikistan (3,489 Records)
o Turkmenistan (1,524 Records)
o Uzbekistan (4,863 Records)
* East Asia
o China (101,649 Records)
o Hong Kong (China) (1,350 Records)
o Japan (16,126 Records)
o Korea, North (8,661 Records)
o Korea, South (10,953 Records)
o Macau (China) (12 Records)
o Taiwan (787 Records)
* Northern Asia
o Mongolia (5,277 Records)
o Russia (181,409 Records)
* South Asia
o Afghanistan (62,415 Records)
o Bangladesh (32,443 Records)
o Bhutan (316 Records)
o India (34,462 Records)
o Maldives (175 Records)
o Nepal (1,170 Records)
o Pakistan (88,625 Records)
o Sri Lanka (20,567 Records)
* South East Asia
o Brunei (343 Records)
o Cambodia (14,754 Records)
o Christmas Island (6 Records)
o Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1 Records)
o Indonesia (98,084 Records)
o Laos (16,942 Records)
o Malaysia (18,273 Records)
o Myanmar (Burma) (36,056 Records)
o Philippines (44,603 Records)
o Singapore (460 Records)
o Spratly Islands (1 Records)
o Thailand (39,520 Records)
o Timor-Leste (3,173 Records)
o Vietnam (31,272 Records)
* South West Asia
o Armenia (2,973 Records)
o Azerbaijan (10,322 Records)
o Bahrain (333 Records)
o Cyprus (2,894 Records)
o Gaza Strip (59 Records)
o Georgia (6,074 Records)
o Iran (95,426 Records)
o Iraq (17,640 Records)
o Israel (3,385 Records)
o Jordan (1,978 Records)
o Kuwait (280 Records)
o Lebanon (8,133 Records)
o Oman (2,912 Records)
o Qatar (379 Records)
o Saudi Arabia (4,795 Records)
o Syria (18,842 Records)
o Turkey (64,883 Records)
o United Arab Emirates (804 Records)
o West Bank (1,254 Records)
o Yemen (11,898 Records)

# Europe

* Central Europe
o Austria (17,329 Records)
o Czech Republic (23,467 Records)
o Hungary (18,912 Records)
o Liechtenstein (49 Records)
o Slovakia (6,802 Records)
o Switzerland (3,536 Records)
* Eastern Europe
o Belarus (16,896 Records)
o Estonia (9,565 Records)
o Latvia (9,260 Records)
o Lithuania (17,913 Records)
o Moldova (5,662 Records)
o Poland (55,690 Records)
o Ukraine (37,746 Records)
* Northern Europe
o Denmark (9,641 Records)
o Faroe Islands (460 Records)
o Finland (15,528 Records)
o Iceland (595 Records)
o Jan Mayen (1 Records)
o Norway (13,625 Records)
o Svalbard (18 Records)
o Sweden (31,498 Records)
* South East Europe
o Albania (14,443 Records)
o Bosnia and Herzegovina (23,842 Records)
o Bulgaria (19,405 Records)
o Croatia (12,805 Records)
o Greece (24,197 Records)
o Macedonia (3,711 Records)
o Romania (28,419 Records)
o Slovenia (5,811 Records)
* South West Europe
o Andorra (108 Records)
o Gibraltar (8 Records)
o Portugal (17,351 Records)
o Spain (36,346 Records)
* Southern Europe
o Italy (20,727 Records)
o Malta (413 Records)
o San Marino (19 Records)
* Western Europe
o Belgium (16,122 Records)
o France (54,179 Records)
o Germany (81,544 Records)
o Guernsey (40 Records)
o Ireland (9,573 Records)
o Jersey (46 Records)
o Luxembourg (926 Records)
o Man, Isle of (45 Records)
o Monaco (5 Records)
o Netherlands (8,954 Records)
o United Kingdom (17,373 Records)

# Oceania

* North Pacific Ocean
* Pacific
o Australia (10,393 Records)
o Cook Islands (60 Records)
o Fiji (1,656 Records)
o French Polynesia (370 Records)
o Kiribati (173 Records)
o Marshall Islands (6 Records)
o Micronesia, Federated States of (925 Records)
o Nauru (13 Records)
o New Caledonia (675 Records)
o New Zealand (3,012 Records)
o Niue (16 Records)
o Norfolk Island (1 Records)
o Palau (468 Records)
o Papua New Guinea (14,424 Records)
o Pitcairn Islands (1 Records)
o Solomon Islands (3,760 Records)
o Tokelau (1 Records)
o Tonga (138 Records)
o Tuvalu (14 Records)
o Vanuatu (1,397 Records)
o Wallis and Futuna (44 Records)
o Western Samoa (351 Records)

Answer 2

As many people have stated here, "city" is a loose definition. Wikipedia tells us its "an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status." Using this as a guide, there are tens and maybe hundreds of thousands of cities all around the world.

If we think more about global and world cities, those bubbling cauldrons of globalization and worldwide fame, the list is considerably narrowed. The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network listed about 53 world cities, the top 5 being London, New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, and San Francisco.

Check out the links for specific cities as well as a lot more detail and definitions.

Answer 3

I only know of one city, the city of the unknown gods, and they know how many cities there are , actually, and if I made any attempt to guess how many cities there are in the world I would only be running after the wind, because new cities go up constantly and in a gradual process, so, I guess there are enough cities to keep us all confused because each and every city differs depending on what city is in what location and nation, in America I am from the city of anaheim where the famous mickey mouse was born and had sex with minnie mouse eventually, but not too many people know about that because that would knock all parents off kilter when they take their children to disneyland, so it remains high security classified (secret) information. How do I know about this Mickey and Minnie mouse thing? Cause goofy told me.

Answer 4

57

Answer 5

Hard to say, but I bet the number is larger than 5.

Answer 6

what is the definition of "city"? population above 30,000? square mile radius of 5? what?

Answer 7

Totally, like, I have no idea, as if, yeah right, totally radical dude

Answer 8

you need to add more parameters to this, what defines a city, just population of a certain number......

Answer 9

Well into the millions, possibly billions

Answer 10

a whole lot