What is the most populated major city in the world?
What is the most expensive major city in the world?
Which city has the highest quality of life in the world? 
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“quality of life” ? what is that about? money?
Off the top of my head –
1. Tokyo
2. Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
3. Zurich
I just love knowing little facts like this so I make sure that I know a hell of a lot of them!!
Niall
Nice questions.
However the third cannot be answered without defining what is a city first.
In Zürich life is perhaps good but I am sure that there are cities in The Swiss where life is even better.
The survey did take only 350 cities in account. i.e a few cities per country.
1. Seoul
2. Moscow
3. Zurich
2. Oslo (yes, Oslo)
My answers:
What is the most populated major city in the world?
– Mexico City
What is the most expensive major city in the world?
– London (or Tokyo)
Which city has the highest quality of life in the world
– Zurich (or Geneva or Vancouver)
I believe the most populous city is Shanghai, followed by Mumbai and Sao Paulo, which latter city had been number one for quite some time.
A few months ago, according to CTV News, the Mercer Report had Moscow displacing Tokyo as the world’s most expensive city to live in (Seoul, if memory serves, has also passed Tokyo).
It also mentioned that Norway, Sweden, and Canada were the three top countries with respect to the highest standards of living. Though, as I recall, it gave the name of a smaller, rural city (whose name I can’t recall) as being the best city to live in (i.e. not Oslo!).
What have you heard or learned, Susan?
My answers:
What is the most populated major city in the world?
a: One can only see so many people in a day.
What is the most expensive major city in the world?
a: It more depends on what you like to do than where you live.
Which city has the highest quality of life in the world
a: The quality of life is the best where you are, not where you imagine yourself to be.
I hope this list is up to date. Largest population.
http://www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com/geo/popcity.html
1 Shanghai China 14,608,512
2 Mumbai (Bombay) India 12,691,836
3 Karachi Pakistan 11,624,219
4 Buenos Aires Argentina 11,574,205
5 Dilli (Delhi) India 10,927,986
6 Manila Philippines 10,444,527
7 Moscow Russia 10,381,222
8 Seoul Korea (South) 10,349,312
9 Sao Paulo Brazil 10,21,295
10 Istanbul Turkey 9,792,428
11 Lagos Nigeria 8,789,120
12 Mexico City Mexico 8,657,50
13 Jakarta Indonesia 8,540,121
14 Tokyo Japan 8,336,599
15 New York USA 8,107,916
16 Kinshasa Congo (Dem. Rep.) 7,785,965
17 Lima Peru 7,737,2
18 Cairo Egypt 7,734,614
19 Peking China 7,480,601
20 London United Kingdom 7,421,209
http://www.mercerhr.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1095320
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1142150
Looks like Moscow is the most expensive now.
Mercer is the company that does the survey that is most respected.
Moscow
Seoul
Tokyo
Hong Kong
London
are the top 5 in order given. NYC is #10.
European cities head quality of life rankings; Dublin gets 22nd rank
By Finfacts Team
Mar 14, 2005, 07:10
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Luxembourg scores highest for personal safety and security; Baghdad scores lowest
Canadian cities top the rankings for safety and security in North America
For overall quality of life, Geneva, and Zurich rank top; Baghdad scores lowest
Luxembourg ranks as the world’s top city for personal safety and security, according to a quality of life survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The city scores 122.5 followed by Helsinki, Bern, Geneva, and Zurich which take joint second place with scores of 120.
Scores for personal safety and security are based on relationships with other countries, internal stability, and crime, including terrorism. Law enforcement, censorship, and limitations on personal freedom are also taken into account. (See Notes below for details.)
So, thanks to Anon 5:09:57 p.m. for providing those figures, as my guesses of “Shanghai” and “Mumbai” were right on (“Sao Paulo” was pretty crummy, though!). Likewise, thanks to Anon 5:23:36 p.m., it seems that news broadcast about the Mercer Report had stuck like velcro!
After reading these stats, I myself “Googled” and found the following site, whose figures paint a different picture, since, as they wrote:
“NOTE: Numbers shown include population within the recognized metro area of the city, and they include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
1. Tokyo, Japan – 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico – 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India – 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil – 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA – 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China – 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria – 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA – 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India – 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina – 12,431,000″
http://worldatlas.com/citypops.htm
Almost as much fun as Jeopardy!, no? Thanks, everyone!
Actually, Chongqing, China, is the most populous city.