Why doesn't the max population = the max # of worked tiles?

[Divaythsarmour]

It occurs to me that a city can have a maxium population of 31. Even with a courthouse, you would only have 25 possible tiles to work. So what is the benifit of the other 6 population?

 

[bonafide11]

Your citizens don't need to work tiles to get a bonus. If your citizens aren't working tiles, they still produce hammers or something else (I forget the exact benefits, but the bonus is bigger for larger cities).

 

[Kadazzle]

The other citizens work the "city tile".

# Working the city tile gives at least one production resource and an amount of trade (0-5) that depends on the city population.

* Laborers (Pop 1-6): +1 production
* Vendors (Pop 7-12): +1 production, +1 trade
* Traders (Pop 13-18): +1 production, +2 trade
* Merchants (Pop 19-24): +1 production, +3 trade
* Importers (Pop 25-30): +1 production, +4 trade
* Exporters (Pop 31): +1 production, +5 trade

 

[cIV_khanh93]

The other citizens work the "city tile".

# Working the city tile gives at least one production resource and an amount of trade (0-5) that depends on the city population.

* Laborers (Pop 1-6): +1 production
* Vendors (Pop 7-12): +1 production, +1 trade
* Traders (Pop 13-18): +1 production, +2 trade
* Merchants (Pop 19-24): +1 production, +3 trade
* Importers (Pop 25-30): +1 production, +4 trade
* Exporters (Pop 31): +1 production, +5 trade

and here I was thinking it depended on city buildings... hey wait a minute! a size 25 city gets better benefits from citizens than from th sea! Even with the east india company! and a future tech!