How many cities are there in the world (including villages, towns)?

Question

How many cities are there in the world (including villages, towns)?

Answer 1

There are about 27,000 places in the U.S. and 304 million people.  Based on a world population of 6.7 billion, there are close to 600,000 cities, towns, villages, hamlets etc. in the world.

Answer 2

The earth is not a mathematical problem.  If I declare my bedroom "Daniel Huthville" tonight then the guy with the right answer will be one off.  If I close down the city tomorrow, the numbers will have to be revised.  I would guess that there is roughly one planet that we live on.

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--DH

Answer 3

There are 650,000 villages (towns and cities included) in India for a polulation of 1billion+. That is  a sixth of world population. On the same scale, there should be

6 X 650,000 = 3,900,000

villages, towns and cities in world.