Which was the first city in the world to have a population of one million? When did they hit the million mark?
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Keith Hopkins estimates that ancient Rome had a population of about a million people by the end of the first century BCE, after growing continually during the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st centuries BCE.[5] Alexandria's population was also close to Rome's population at around the same time, the historian Rostovtzeff estimates a total population close to a million based on a census dated from 32 CE that counted 180,000 adult male citizens in Alexandria.[6] Similar administrative, commercial, industrial and ceremonial centres emerged in other areas, most notably medieval Baghdad, which according to George Modelski, later became the first city to exceed a population of one million by the 8th century instead of Rome.[7] Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City
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