By Max Walden, ABC

Photo: ABC / Mitch Woolnough

Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is the world's largest urban centre with a population of almost 42 million, according to new research by the United Nations.

Tokyo was the largest city in the world in the year 2000, but slower population growth over the previous quarter of a century has meant it has now been surpassed by Jakarta and Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka.

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