How many people live in 100km (62 miles) radius from your city's center?

Fallout · December 30th, 2005, 01:11 AM

One finds many difficulties when trying to compare metropolitan areas in various countries as the rules of defining metropolitan area would vary from one country to another. So I thought that number of people living within certain distance from city center might be used as another criteria to compare metro areas.

For Warsaw it would be about 5.2 million.

Pavlvs · December 30th, 2005, 01:16 AM

Rome: 5 millions.

JohnnyMass · December 30th, 2005, 01:21 AM

I would say close to 2 million or even more than that.

carlisle · December 30th, 2005, 01:22 AM

distance isn't really a brilliant one as it doesn't take into account the density of urbanisation in a country. For example, within 62 miles of Stoke-on-Trent, there could be upwards of 20 million people. as this radius takes in almost all the major cities of the North and Midlands, proper metropolitan cities in their own right like Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield, and whilst Stoke is a big city it is nowhere near metropolitan. Basically a 62 mile radius drawn on the UK would often encompass 2 or more major metropolises.

spotila · December 30th, 2005, 01:42 AM

probably about 180,000 in that radius around napier

Hebrewtext · December 30th, 2005, 02:27 AM

Tel Aviv - Yaffo some 10 million people
(half acircle of 100 km radius cut by the med. sea around the city)

spyguy · December 30th, 2005, 02:39 AM

62 miles? Wow...that would end up going through 3 other states so I'm sure sure. Well over 10 million for sure as it would include all of Chicago's suburbs and closer farming land, the southern portion of Wisconsin (close to Milwaukee), much of northern Indiana, and even portions of southern Michigan.

carecife · December 30th, 2005, 02:50 AM

maybe 4,5 million.

wickedestcity · December 30th, 2005, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by spyguy999

62 miles? Wow...that would end up going through 3 other states so I'm sure sure. Well over 10 million for sure as it would include all of Chicago's suburbs and closer farming land, the southern portion of Wisconsin (close to Milwaukee), much of northern Indiana, and even portions of southern Michigan.

accualy cant say for sure but i think that the Chicago metro pushes further than 62 miles in some areas , and so i would have to say prob. somewere around 8-9mill. but if you would be able to extend that 62 mile limit then you can include some more of Chicagos suburbs and would then come to somwere in the 9.8-10mill range. yeh Chicago sprawls unrelentlessly

wickedestcity · December 30th, 2005, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by hebrewtext

Tel Aviv - Yaffo some 10 million people
(half acircle of 100 km radius cut by the med. sea around the city)

thats more than all the people in the entire Israel!

PhillyPhilly90 · December 30th, 2005, 03:06 AM

Philadelphia...62 mile radius around it?? It would probably be 6 million.

SkyscraperJunky · December 30th, 2005, 03:10 AM

The New York Metropolitan area... about 20 million. This includes North Jersey, New York City, parts of Long Island and Conneticut.

December 30th, 2005, 03:22 AM

About 1.4 million.

nathanh6686 · December 30th, 2005, 03:23 AM

San Francisco - 8 million or so (would include the vast majority of the 9 county Bay Area (except for the northermost part of Sonoma County), and Tracy, Mountain House Lathrop and parts of Stockton, Rio Vista, Galt, and Lodi

Cee_em_bee · December 30th, 2005, 03:27 AM

About 5 million for Sydney

spyguy · December 30th, 2005, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by wickedestcity

accualy cant say for sure but i think that the Chicago metro pushes further than 62 miles in some areas , and so i would have to say prob. somewere around 8-9mill. but if you would be able to extend that 62 mile limit then you can include some more of Chicagos suburbs and would then come to somwere in the 9.8-10mill range. yeh Chicago sprawls unrelentlessly

Perhaps, but here's my rough map anyway using Google Earth:

Roughly a 62 mile radius centered around Buckingham Fountain.

Jay · December 30th, 2005, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by PhillyPhilly90

Philadelphia...62 mile radius around it?? It would probably be 6 million.

Philly would be around 6.5 million, including towns like Lancaster, Bethlehem, Reading, Allentown, Trenton and so on.

For NYC it's 22 million according to emporis and the New York government site. I don't know if that includes philly or not.

DiggerD21 · December 30th, 2005, 05:17 AM

I've counted the population numbers of all counties and cities within this radius around Hamburg together and come to a number of roughly 6.5 million. Within this radius of 100km are counties and cities from 5 Bundesländer (federal states) from which two are city-states (Hamburg and Bremen). However the official Metropolregion Hamburg (which doesn't include Bremen, Lübeck, the western counties of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and some counties in Schleswig-Holstein) has ca. 4 million.

DrJoe · December 30th, 2005, 05:36 AM

Probably about 9 million for Toronto. The Golden Horseshoe is roughly 8 million and then you start to get well into the Buffalo metro with a 100km radius.

Azn_chi_boi · December 30th, 2005, 05:40 AM

Since 1/4 of Chicago's circle is in the water, lets add Milwaukee into Chicago's circle, making it like 12-13 million...

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December 30th, 2005, 01:21 AM	#3
JohnnyMass Whatever Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Porto Posts: 45,807 Likes (Received): 194	I would say close to 2 million or even more than that. __________________ Edit my Signature

December 30th, 2005, 02:27 AM	#6
Hebrewtext Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,727 Likes (Received): 45	Tel Aviv - Yaffo some 10 million people (half acircle of 100 km radius cut by the med. sea around the city) __________________ Tel Aviv new projects 100 towers approved Israel Archeaology Sites Israel Land & Nature

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carecife Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Recife-Brazil Posts: 1,875 Likes (Received): 7	maybe 4,5 million. __________________ RECIFE - BRASIL

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nathanh6686 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Petaluma, CA Posts: 216 Likes (Received): 0	San Francisco - 8 million or so (would include the vast majority of the 9 county Bay Area (except for the northermost part of Sonoma County), and Tracy, Mountain House Lathrop and parts of Stockton, Rio Vista, Galt, and Lodi __________________ life is short but sweet for certain

December 30th, 2005, 01:16 AM	#2
Pavlvs DIABOLIKVS Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,287	Rome: 5 millions.

December 30th, 2005, 01:22 AM	#4
carlisle Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 205 Likes (Received): 0	distance isn't really a brilliant one as it doesn't take into account the density of urbanisation in a country. For example, within 62 miles of Stoke-on-Trent, there could be upwards of 20 million people. as this radius takes in almost all the major cities of the North and Midlands, proper metropolitan cities in their own right like Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield, and whilst Stoke is a big city it is nowhere near metropolitan. Basically a 62 mile radius drawn on the UK would often encompass 2 or more major metropolises.

December 30th, 2005, 01:42 AM	#5
spotila SSC Mapper Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,536 Likes (Received): 7	probably about 180,000 in that radius around napier

December 30th, 2005, 02:39 AM	#7
spyguy Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,947 Likes (Received): 5	62 miles? Wow...that would end up going through 3 other states so I'm sure sure. Well over 10 million for sure as it would include all of Chicago's suburbs and closer farming land, the southern portion of Wisconsin (close to Milwaukee), much of northern Indiana, and even portions of southern Michigan.

December 30th, 2005, 03:06 AM	#11
PhillyPhilly90 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 198 Likes (Received): 0	Philadelphia...62 mile radius around it?? It would probably be 6 million.

December 30th, 2005, 03:10 AM	#12
SkyscraperJunky Ever Upward! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North Jersey and NYC! Posts: 126 Likes (Received): 0	The New York Metropolitan area... about 20 million. This includes North Jersey, New York City, parts of Long Island and Conneticut.

December 30th, 2005, 03:22 AM	#13
Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 0 Likes (Received): 0	About 1.4 million.

December 30th, 2005, 03:27 AM	#15
Cee_em_bee Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 375 Likes (Received): 0	About 5 million for Sydney __________________ Ballina WE'VE GOT A PRAWN MOTHERFUCKER 16,517 and growing* *Growing down

December 30th, 2005, 05:17 AM	#18
DiggerD21 spaghetti polonaise Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hamburg, Wroclaw Posts: 2,470 Likes (Received): 62	I've counted the population numbers of all counties and cities within this radius around Hamburg together and come to a number of roughly 6.5 million. Within this radius of 100km are counties and cities from 5 Bundesländer (federal states) from which two are city-states (Hamburg and Bremen). However the official Metropolregion Hamburg (which doesn't include Bremen, Lübeck, the western counties of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and some counties in Schleswig-Holstein) has ca. 4 million.

December 30th, 2005, 05:36 AM	#19
DrJoe Registered Idiot Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO/Cobourg,Ont Posts: 1,712 Likes (Received): 2	Probably about 9 million for Toronto. The Golden Horseshoe is roughly 8 million and then you start to get well into the Buffalo metro with a 100km radius. __________________ * Last edited by DrJoe; December 30th, 2005 at 05:42 AM.

December 30th, 2005, 05:40 AM	#20
Azn_chi_boi BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bridgeport + Chinatown, Chicago Posts: 4,269 Likes (Received): 0	Since 1/4 of Chicago's circle is in the water, lets add Milwaukee into Chicago's circle, making it like 12-13 million...

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