Jakarta is allegedly the new largest city in the world

Submitted by In2restingFacts on November 25, 2025

A U.N. population report now claims that Tokyo has fallen from the top spot and that Jakarta and Dhaka have surpassed it, taking first and second place, respectively. How are we feeling about this here?

19 Comments

Level 63

Nov 25, 2025

“we’re sinking, we’re sinking!”

“this is the german coast gaurd, what are you thinking about?”

Level 82

Nov 25, 2025

A thousand quizzes are now obsolete

Level 27

Nov 25, 2025

realistically probably not because a lot of city quizzes use citypop.de that makes guangzhou/shenzhen the largest

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Level ∞

Nov 25, 2025

Zero featured quizzes are obsolete because we never used the UN as our primary source for metro population.

Level 72

Nov 25, 2025

population is arduous to count, especially with these massive cities. there is no true correct source, so sticking to one is probably the best way to go about this. if citypop.de changes, then i think it's fitting for JetPunk to update as well.

Level 27

Nov 25, 2025

fair

Level 51

Nov 25, 2025

Wait isnt Guangzhou more populous

Level 27

Nov 25, 2025

Level ∞

Nov 25, 2025

Yes, nearly twice as large.

Level 27

Nov 25, 2025

Level 61

Nov 25, 2025

Don't say no to da Quizmaster! He is too scary to mess with!

Level 68

Nov 25, 2025

The source JetPunk uses merges Guangzhou with some cities in it, so it's more of an Agglomeration.

Level 56

Nov 25, 2025

citypopulation.de merges Guangzhou with the nearby cities Shenzhen, Foshan and Dongguan, that's why it's so populous according to JetPunk

Level 65

Nov 25, 2025

I feel like my family makes up a huge chunk of that population. Every time I go to Jakarta it seems like I have about 700 trillion new elder relatives to visit that I've literally never heard of in my life

Level 27

Nov 25, 2025

every Asian friend I’ve ever had always has like 5000 relatives that they’re in a perpetual state of visiting

Level 65

Nov 25, 2025

That's so true (please save me I have another wave of perpetual visitation next month)

Level 47

Nov 25, 2025

Lol, I was nearly created same topic!

Level 72

Nov 30, 2025

why u deleting ur stuff man