Germany has only 80 million people, however. And the cities in Germany are all spread out around the country.<p>China has 1.3 billion people, mostly clustered on the east coast. Building megacities is basically mandatory. According to Wikipedia [1], a &quot;medium sized city&quot; with population 1 to 3 million people, in China, would be among 169 other cities. There are 73 cities with a population over 3 million, in 2010. A city with exactly 1 million people would be rank 242 in China... the city (town?) ranked 242 in population in Germany would be the city&#x2F;town of Eisenach, population 42,700. That&#x27;s a seriously small city, or about half the population of Mountain View, California.<p>And these numbers are from the 2010 census- according to some sources, China&#x27;s population has increased by 80 million people from 2010 to 2016. That&#x27;s the size of one entire Germany.<p>The comparison here between cities in Germany vs cities in China isn&#x27;t exactly fair.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_cities_in_China_by_population_and_built-up_area" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_cities_in_China_by_pop...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.citymayors.com&#x2F;gratis&#x2F;german_topcities3.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.citymayors.com&#x2F;gratis&#x2F;german_topcities3.html</a>