A Visualization Comparing the Size of Cities Worldwide

3D animator Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios (previously) created a fascinating visualization that compared the size of cities around the world. Montoya used urban area data from Demographia to order the cities by size.

Welcome to this video that shows the sizes of some cities by Urban area, not just city proper (administrative) or metropolitan area.

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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