剛剛看到聯合晚報轉譯富士比雜誌（Forbes)的報導，談到世界大城市的人口和未來趨勢。我不知道這篇報導的新聞價值在那裡，但是卻發現很明顯的錯誤。在網路上隨便一查，依二零零五年的統計，紐約市人口大約八百萬出頭，而從紐約州政府官方的網站上寫著，全紐約州也不過一千九百萬人口左右而已，此報導卻說紐約市已經有一千八百萬人口，這是相當離譜的事。

依二零零三年統計，東京市人口約一千二百萬，但是此報導卻說超過三千五百萬，膨脹了將近一倍。還有上海市在同年人口已經超過二千萬，而此報導卻說二千零五年的人口是一千四百五十萬，一下子少了至少五百萬人口，這真的是差得太多了。

找到了富士比雜誌的報導，果然是這份雜誌在胡寫，而聯合晚報就跟著譯出來。

如果我是記者或是報社編譯，這才會是我的新聞：美國知名雜誌富士比胡亂編造世界主要城市人口數目 

註：

依維基百科，在二零零五年，上海市包括了十八個區，一個縣，和一百一十八個鎮，人口一千八百萬，是中國主要城市中，唯一人口出現負成長的省級行政區。（中國的行政區分類方式和台灣不太一樣。）

但是依中國日報的英文版，上海市長在二零零三年的說法，上海市人口在當時已經超過二千萬（含三百萬流動人口）。

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2015年人口最多城巿 東京3550萬居冠

【聯合晚報╱編譯朱小明/綜合報導】 2007.06.13 06:47 pm

據「富比世」雜誌評估，2015年全球人口最多的十大城巿大多會集中在亞洲地區，預測東京會以3550萬人高踞榜首，但由於東京人口增加減緩，未來看好的超級大城將是印度孟買、中國上海、孟加拉達卡市。 回首1900年，當時最大城市是英國的倫敦，但人口不過650萬之譜，和現在人口不到千萬不能稱大的情形不可同日而語。當時東京以150萬名列全球第七大城市，而且是十大中唯一的亞洲城市。到了2005五年，東京都會區人口增至3520萬，超越紐約成為全球最大都市。預計東京至少會繼續穩居冠軍至2015年。 預料2015年時，印度的商業和娛樂都會孟買將躍居第二，曾有「東方巴黎」之稱的上海將晉升全球第七大城市。 【2007/06/13 聯合晚報】

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http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/06/11/megacities-population-urbanization-biz-cx_21cities_ml_0611megacities_slide.html

By The Numbers: Megacities Of The Future
June 11, 2007
The demographic future belongs to cities like Mumbai, Shanghai and Dhaka.

#1. Tokyo, Japan

Projected Population in 2015: 35.5 million
Population in 2005: 35.2 million

Originally called Edo, this city did not amount to much until 1603, when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made it his home. After Japan's Meiji Restoration in 1868, the emperor moved in and changed the name to Tokyo. The city was devastated by an earthquake in 1923 and by U.S. bombers in 1945. Despite these setbacks, and despite the damage inflicted by Godzilla in numerous films, Tokyo eventually surpassed New York to become the world's biggest city--a title it will retain at least until 2015.

#5. New York, United States

Projected Population in 2015: 19.9 million
Population in 2005: 18.7 million

The New York metropolitan area constituted the world's first megacity, passing the 10 million mark by 1950. It was founded during the 1620s as New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony that soon passed to British control. The key to its 19th-century growth was the Erie Canal, completed in 1825, which funneled commerce from America's interior to the Hudson River. These days, New York no longer is the world's busiest port, but it remains America's finance and media capital.

#7. Shanghai, China

Projected Population in 2015: 17.2 million
Population in 2005: 14.5 million

Shanghai was diverted from obscurity in 1842, when China lost the First Opium War and was forced to open several ports to foreign exploitation. Thanks to its location near the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai prospered mightily and grew into China's largest and most cosmopolitan city: "The Paris of the East." The foreigners fled in 1949 when the Communists took over, but in recent years, Shanghai has reclaimed its former stature as a financial and industrial behemoth.