Chicago police: 5M fans attended Cubs' World Series celebration

The Chicago Cubs know how to throw a party.

As the club paraded through the downtown Chicago streets Friday on multiple buses, hoisting their new silverware high for the city to see, Chicago police estimated that five million people turned out along the route and at Grant Park for the celebration's final stop, according to WGNtv.com.

Photos from above the parade route - an approximate seven-mile stretch through Chicago - perfectly encapsulated the madness in the city:

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For comparison's sake, the city of Chicago itself only has a population of 2.7 million, as of 2015.

It turned out Friday's festivities were also record-breaking. With five million people turning out for the celebrations, the Cubs' parade and rally also made it as the seventh-largest human gathering in history, tied with the 1995 World Youth Day in the Philippines.