Staggering photos show what daily life in the most crowded cities in the world is really like

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12:42 pm PDT, Thursday, October 18, 2018

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• Living in an overcrowded city is a very different experience than simply visiting one.
• Business Insider looked at cities around the world crowded with residents and tourists to see what it’s really like to live there on a daily basis.
• Some cities even have fewer locals than tourists. For example, Paris, France has a total population of 11 million people but hosted 36.5 million tourists in 2016.

Living in an overcrowded city is a very different experience than simply visiting one.

While a tourist pbades through for a select amount of time, locals are stuck dealing with large vacation crowds and navigating through other locals on lesser-known streets.

Business Insider looked at cities around the world with high populations and millions of tourists annually to see what it’s really like to live there on a daily basis.

Tokyo is the largest and most populated city in the world with 37.4 million inhabitants and had 20 million visitors in 2017. The city’s shopping hubs are jam-packed.

Some cities on the list have fewer locals than tourists. For example, Paris, France, has a total population of 11 million people had 36.5 million tourists flooding its streets and monuments in 2016.

However, locals in cities like Dhaka, Bangladesh make up the majority of the crowds. With 19.5 million residents in a total area of 300 kilometers, or about 186 miles, the city has a density of about 40,000 people per square kilometer.

Check out what it’s like to live in the most crowded cities around the world.

Tokyo, Japan, is the most populated city in the world with 37.4 million inhabitants.

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Source: World City Populations Review

The narrow street of Harajuku is a colorful shopping hub known for its locals dressing up as Harajuku girls.

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Source: TimeOut

At a single time, up to 1,000 people can be seen crossing the street at Shibuya Station.

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Source: Go Tokyo

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