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Originally Posted by niwell
Even if major cities in those countries were included, Johannesburg would still rank in the top 10 largest cities in the English speaking world. However, it's interesting to note that Joburg has always been the epicentre for English speaking South Africa, in stark contrast to heavily Afrikaaner Pretoria just to the North (now arguably part of the metro, but not included in the 10.5mil figure). There's an interesting history here intertwined with the city's role as financial capital, of course.
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Perhaps. My list shows it at #6 or #7, depending on whether it is actually bigger than Chicago:
1 - Lagos
2 - New York
3 - Los Angeles
4 - London
5 - Lahore
6 - Chicago
7 - Johannesburg
If we include India, which has English as an official language, it would drop quite a bit.