To help compare different countries, cities, etc. we list here areas with human populations between 100,000 and 1,000,000.

populations of fewer than 100,000 people

• 194,665 -- metropolitan area of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (2000)
• 227,818 -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2000)
• 235,932 -- metropolitan area of Roanoke, Virginia (2000)
• 240,000 -- approx. killed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
• 338,200 -- London Borough of Croydon (1998) the most populous London Borough
• >400,000 -- Estimated attendance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
• 442, 972 -- Luxembourg (2004)
• 656,562 -- Austin, Texas (2000)

populations of more than 1,000,000 people