7. Sydney, Australia

Sydney has a high working age population, high GDP per capita growth and a high further education rate, all boosting the startup boom in the city.

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The Australian Securities Exchange and the Reserve Bank of Australia are based in Sydney, as well as 90 banks and more than half of Australia’s top companies.

The city, regarded as the financial and economic centre business of Australia, provides approximately 25 percent of the country’s total GDP.