Tokyo Is Not The Biggest City Anymore
The UN say that Tokyo is not the biggest city in the world anymore. Jakarta in Indonesia and also Dhaka in Bangladesh are now bigger than Tokyo.
Tokyo is a megacity with 33.4m people living there. But Jakarta now has almost 42m people and Dhaka nearly 37m people. Megacities are cities with more than 10m people.
Tokyo is shrinking. The projected population will be 30.7m in the year 2050. I lived in New Zealand and there are just 5m people in the entire country! New Zealand (268,021 km²) is only a little bit smaller than Japan (377,975 km²). Can you imagine just 5m people in all of Japan??
Jakarta is a big city, but also they have the tastiest food. Satay foods are particularly good. Satay are grilled and marinated meats, fish or vegetables on sticks. They are often with a peanut based sauce. Yum yum!
Here is the full report on cities: https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2025_wup2025_summary_of_results.pdf
not anymore: もうない
to take the crown: 王冠を獲得する（1位を獲得する）
the UN: 国連
megacity: 巨大都市
1m: one million (1,000,000)
almost: ほぼ
to shrink, is shrinking: 縮小する、縮小しつつある
the projected population: 予測人口
in the entire country: 国全体で
can you imagine ～?: ～を想像できますか？
just: ただ
tasty, the tastiest: 美味しい、一番美味しい
satay: サテ
particularly: 特に
grilled: グリル
marinated: マリネ
peanut: ピーナッツ
～ based sauce: ～ベースのソース
yum yum!: 美味しい！
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