Stable Cities in High Income Nations: Peak and Latest Population

Stable Cities in High Income Nations:
Peak and Latest Population
1950 Population Over 500,000

Rank	Municipality	Country	Peak Year	Peak Population	Latest Data Year	Latest Population	Change from Peak
1	San Francisco	US	2000	777,000	2000	777,000	0.0%
2	Valencia	Spain	1991	753,000	1996	747,000	-0.8%
3	New York (Excl. Staten Is.)	US	1970	7,770,000	2000	7,565,000	-2.6%
4	Palermo	Italy	1981	702,000	1999	684,000	-2.6%
5	Roma	Italy	1981	2,831,000	1999	2,744,000	-3.1%
6	Koln	Germany	1980	1,014,000	1998	964,000	-4.9%
7	Frankfurt	Germany	1960	683,000	1998	643,000	-5.9%
8	Hamburg	Germany	1960	1,855,000	1998	1,705,000	-8.1%
9	Munchen	Germany	1980	1,315,000	1998	1,206,000	-8.3%
10	Toronto	Canada	1971	713,000	1996	653,000	-8.4%
11	Tokyo	Japan	1965	8,893,000	2000	8,130,000	-8.6%
12	Dortmund	Germany	1960	652,000	1998	594,000	-8.9%
13	Stockholm	Sweden	1960	808,000	1998	736,000	-8.9%
14	Duisburg	Germany	1980	592,000	1998	539,000	-9.0%
15	Hanover	Germany	1960	574,000	1998	521,000	-9.2%
16	Madrid	Spain	1981	3,159,000	1996	2,867,000	-9.2%
17	Bremen	Germany	1970	606,000	1998	547,000	-9.7%
18	Stuttgart	Germany	1960	649,000	1998	585,000	-9.9%
19	Sheffield	UK	1981	558,000	1991	500,000	-10.4%
20	Athens	Greece	1980	867,000	1991	772,000	-11.0%
21	Dublin	Ireland	1969	545,000	1996	482,000	-11.6%
22	Marseilles	France	1940	914,000	1999	798,000	-12.7%
23	Birmingham	UK	1951	1,113,000	1991	966,000	-13.2%
24	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1961	868,000	1999	727,000	-16.2%
25	Montreal	Canada	1971	1,214,000	1996	1,016,000	-16.3%
26	Essen	Germany	1960	729,000	1998	609,000	-16.5%
27	Lyon	France	1950	536,000	1999	445,000	-17.0%
28	Leeds	UK	1961	511,000	1991	424,000	-17.0%
29	Barcelona	Spain	1971	1,828,000	1996	1,509,000	-17.5%
30	Osaka	Japan	1965	3,156,000	2000	2,599,000	-17.6%
31	London	UK	1939	8,615,000	1996	7,074,000	-17.9%
32	Dusseldorf	Germany	1960	702,000	1998	571,000	-18.7%
33	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1961	731,000	1999	593,000	-18.9%
34	Chicago	US	1950	3,621,000	2000	2,896,000	-20.0%
35	Vienna	Austria	1910	2,031,000	1998	1,610,000	-20.7%
36	Napoli	Italy	1971	1,267,000	1999	1,003,000	-20.8%
37	Torino	Italy	1971	1,142,000	1999	904,000	-20.8%
38	Berlin	Germany	1939	4,339,000	1998	3,425,000	-21.1%
39	New Orleans	US	1960	628,000	2000	485,000	-22.8%
40	Milano	Italy	1971	1,687,000	1999	1,301,000	-22.9%
41	Genova	Italy	1971	844,000	1999	636,000	-24.6%
42	Boston	US	1950	801,000	2000	589,000	-26.5%
43	Minneapolis	US	1950	522,000	2000	383,000	-26.6%
44	Philadelphia	US	1950	2,072,000	2000	1,518,000	-26.7%
45	Paris	France	1921	2,906,000	1999	2,125,000	-26.9%
46	Hague	Netherlands	1960	605,000	1999	441,000	-27.1%
47	Dresden	Germany	1939	630,000	1998	459,000	-27.1%
48	Washington	US	1950	802,000	2000	572,000	-28.7%
49	Baltimore	US	1950	950,000	2000	651,000	-31.5%
50	Lisboa	Portugal	1961	818,000	2001	557,000	-31.9%
51	Cincinnati	US	1950	504,000	2000	331,000	-34.3%
52	Kobenhavn	Denmark	1950	768,000	1999	491,000	-36.1%
53	Leipzig	Germany	1939	707,000	1998	446,000	-36.9%
54	Glasgow	UK	1931	1,088,000	1991	681,000	-37.4%
55	Liverpool	UK	1931	857,000	1991	479,000	-44.1%
56	Manchester	UK	1931	766,000	1991	403,000	-47.4%
57	Cleveland	US	1950	915,000	2000	478,000	-47.8%
58	Detroit	US	1950	1,850,000	2000	951,000	-48.6%
59	Pittsburgh	US	1950	677,000	2000	335,000	-50.5%
60	St. Louis	US	1950	857,000	2000	348,000	-59.4%
	Total			91,887,000		75,790,000	-17.5%
	Average						-20.3%
"Stable cities" are municipalities that have not made significant annexations and had largely fully developed land area in 1950
New York excludes Staten Island, which was largely undeveloped in 1950
Sources: National census data and www,citypopulaition.de

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