Biggest City in Every Country

Try to name the most populous city and urban area in all 196 countries of the world.

City proper marked with (c). Urban area with (u).

According to citypopulation.de, with Wikipedia as a secondary source

The loosely-defined Ruhr area is filled in by default

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First submitted	February 12, 2013
Times taken	99,663
Average score	56.9%
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Country	City
Afghanistan	Kabul
Albania	Tirana
Algeria	Algiers
Andorra	Andorra la Vella
Angola	Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's
Argentina	Buenos Aires
Armenia	Yerevan
Australia	Sydney
Austria	Vienna
Azerbaijan	Baku
Bahamas	Nassau
Bahrain	Manama
Bangladesh	Dhaka
Barbados	Bridgetown
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	c	Antwerp
	u	Brussels
Belize	Belize City
Benin	Cotonou
Bhutan	Thimphu
Bolivia	Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Botswana	Gaborone
Brazil	São Paulo
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria	Sofia
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
Burundi	Bujumbura
Cambodia	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	c	Douala
	u	Yaoundé
Canada	Toronto
Cape Verde	Praia
Central African Republic	Bangui
Chad	N'Djamena
Chile	Santiago
China	c	Shanghai
	u	Guangzhou
Colombia	Bogotá
Comoros	Moroni
Costa Rica	San José
Croatia	Zagreb
Cuba	Havana
Cyprus	c	Limassol
	u	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague
D. R. Congo	Kinshasa
Denmark	Copenhagen
Djibouti	Djibouti
Dominica	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
East Timor	Dili
Ecuador	c	Quito
	u	Guayaquil
Egypt	Cairo
El Salvador	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Bata
Eritrea	Asmara
Estonia	Tallinn
Eswatini	Mbabane
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
F. S. Micronesia	Weno
Fiji	Suva
Finland	Helsinki
France	Paris
Gabon	Libreville
Gambia	c	Brikama
	u	Banjul
Georgia	Tbilisi

Country		City
Germany	c	Berlin
	u	Ruhr area
Ghana	Accra
Greece	Athens
Grenada	Saint George's
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Guyana	Georgetown
Haiti	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Budapest
Iceland	Reykjavík
India	c	Mumbai
	u	Delhi
Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran
Iraq	Baghdad
Ireland	Dublin
Israel	c	Jerusalem
	u	Tel Aviv
Italy	c	Rome
	u	Milan
Ivory Coast	Abidjan
Jamaica	Kingston
Japan	Tokyo
Jordan	Amman
Kazakhstan	Almaty
Kenya	Nairobi
Kiribati	South Tarawa
Kosovo	Pristina
Kuwait	Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
Laos	Vientiane
Latvia	Riga
Lebanon	Beirut
Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia
Libya	Tripoli
Liechtenstein	Schaan
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Malé
Mali	Bamako
Malta	St. Paul's Bay
Marshall Islands	Majuro
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Mexico	Mexico City
Moldova	Chișinău
Monaco	Monaco
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Podgorica
Morocco	Casablanca
Mozambique	Maputo
Myanmar	Yangon
Namibia	Windhoek
Nauru	Denigomodu
Nepal	Kathmandu
Netherlands	c	Amsterdam
	u	Rotterdam
New Zealand	Auckland
Nicaragua	Managua
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Lagos
North Korea	Pyongyang
North Macedonia	Skopje
Norway	Oslo

Country	City
Oman	Muscat
Pakistan	Karachi
Palau	Koror
Panama	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Asunción
Peru	Lima
Philippines	c	Quezon City
	u	Manila
Poland	Warsaw
Portugal	Lisbon
Qatar	Doha
Rep. of the Congo	Brazzaville
Romania	Bucharest
Russia	Moscow
Rwanda	Kigali
Samoa	Apia
San Marino	Dogana
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Senegal	Dakar
Serbia	Belgrade
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Freetown
Singapore	Singapore
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana
Solomon Islands	Honiara
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Johannesburg
South Korea	Seoul
South Sudan	Juba
Spain	Madrid
Sri Lanka	Colombo
St. Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
St. Lucia	Castries
St. Vincent and Grenadines	Kingstown
Sudan	c	Omdurman
	u	Khartoum
Suriname	Paramaribo
Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Zürich
Syria	c	Aleppo
	u	Damascus
Taiwan	New Taipei City
Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Bangkok
Togo	Lomé
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa
Trinidad and Tobago	Chaguanas
Tunisia	Tunis
Turkey	Istanbul
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
Tuvalu	Funafuti
Uganda	Kampala
Ukraine	Kyiv
United Arab Emirates	Dubai
United Kingdom	London
United States	New York City
Uruguay	Montevideo
Uzbekistan	Tashkent
Vanuatu	Port Vila
Vatican City	Vatican City
Venezuela	Caracas
Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City
Yemen	Sana'a
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

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100 Recent Comments

Level 66

Jun 16, 2020

This needs to be updated.

Level 60

Jun 23, 2020

Denigomodu is now the largest city of Nauru

Level 61

Aug 5, 2020

I got 187 and I never heard of the cities in the smaller countries like Liechtenstein or San Marino.

Level 71

Sep 22, 2020

Everything needs to be updated. Country names, city pops, formatting...

Level 59

Oct 30, 2020

I agree. It looks like it has been the same since maybe 2010. It's 2020 now.

Level 69

Mar 28, 2022

This quiz was made in 2013, so unless the stats used at the time were 3 years old, the populations are slightly more recent by at least a few years.

Level 78

Feb 7, 2021

Yes the population numbers really need to be updated.

Level 58

Jan 9, 2021

I got 194!!!!! And quizzy, Malta’s largest city is not birkirkara anymore. St. Paul’s bay overtook it. Please look at it....

Level 61

May 24, 2025

I must be the only one to first type Birkirkara, to see it's not working, and therefore to type St Paul's Bay. (without living in Malta of course)

Level 68

Feb 14, 2021

This really needs to be updated...

Level 72

Apr 9, 2021

Change Swaziland to Eswatini

Macedonia to North Macedonia

Level 62

Jun 18, 2021

hehe got all because I played a World War 2 Alternate History Strategy game and most of these cities were in there.

Level 25

Jul 30, 2021

I got 188! I’ve only been to New York, Nassau, & London. I didn’t get China since I was too dumb to realize this wasn’t city proper. I was just spamming Shanghai XD The one I got that had the smallest percentage of people answered was Douala, Cameroon

Level 43

Jan 25, 2022

I expected some, but only 25 % on Almaty? Seriously?

Level 70

Apr 12, 2022

You should really update this

It's very outdated.....

Level 80

May 16, 2022

As probably already noted, Oslo is not the largest city in Sweden

Level 92

May 16, 2022

It's St. Ockholm.

Level ∞

May 16, 2022

Fixed

Level 89

May 16, 2022

"Norway | Sweden Oslo"

Seems legit.

+10

Level 93

May 17, 2022

If Kuwait, Mexico, and Guatemala work without "City", then so should Belize.

Level 93

May 17, 2022

Not enough time. Only got as far as Sudan. I can type okay, but not at professional level. Needs at least another 5-10 minutes.

Level 81

May 17, 2022

The largest city in China is Chongqing.

Level 74

May 8, 2024

Only by area.

Level 44

Dec 8, 2025

no, it has more people than shanghai

Level 69

May 17, 2022

One minute more would be nice.

Level 86

May 17, 2022

I know this was only updated/reset yesterday, but a score of 130/209 only earning 1 point is so on brand for this site. Love it

Level 85

May 17, 2022

According to the source www.citypopulation.de/en/sanmarino/

Serravalle is the largest town in San Marino - which I kept trying to enter (with varied spelling).

Dogana not even mentioned.

Level ∞

May 17, 2022

Dogana is located with Serraville. Serraville will be accepted now.

Level 98

Aug 9, 2022

It's "Serravalle," not "Serraville." Currently, the quiz only accepts the latter, incorrect spelling as a type-in.

Level ∞

Aug 9, 2022

Fixed

Level 82

Nov 26, 2023

Serravalle is the municipality, but Dogana is the actual town, or town fragment—in such a small country it's kind of splitting hairs. Oddly, I know Dogana is the largest settlement in San Marino not because I've been there, but because I speak Italian and it makes me laugh that there's a town called "Customs", as in "Customs and Immigration".

Level 95

May 18, 2022

More time please! When typing on my phone I simply can’t reach the bottom ones in fifteen minutes…

Level 77

May 18, 2022

I agree. The Countries of the World is 15 minutes, which is tight unless you are good typist, and this one is making you think more, has a dozen more answers, and some of those are not cities you know the spelling of off the top of your head.

+14

Level 87

May 21, 2022

Can we accept Belize for Belize City? It works for Panama City, Guatemala City, Mexico City, etc.

Level 59

Aug 24, 2022

The statistics on this are weird. More guessed Kabul than Paris and Rome? More guessed Jakarta, Kabul, and Toronto than NYC, which was only a point ahead of Reykjavik.

The six most guessed are Sydney, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, and Kabul. Wacky. and 85% got Schaan, two points behind New York, but I got Schaan while typing another city so I understand that more.

Level 54

Nov 12, 2022

Maybe people do Afghanistan first because it's the first on the list, then realize that they dont want to spend 15 minutes of their life on a jetpunk quiz so they give up

Level 49

Feb 29, 2024

because kabul are one of the very first few cities, nyc, london are way behind. A lot of people don't even have enough time to get there. understand?

Level 60

Mar 12, 2024

Agree w/ you. I also typed Schaan by accident. I have no idea that over 80% of test takers would get more than 1 (or even 1) city in Liechtenstein. And I have physically been to Liechtenstein.

Level 76

Jan 5, 2026

Schaan is high up there because it pops up as a correct answer when you try to type Shanghai.

Level 64

Sep 12, 2022

me when the capital isn't the largest city :0

Level 41

Nov 8, 2022

Quick correction that the largest city in Kuwait (in terms of city proper) is actually Hawalli

Level 41

Nov 8, 2022

I know this is minor, but anyway...

Level 54

Nov 12, 2022

I only got Schaan because i was typing Shangai and "shan" is a type-in for some reason

+12

Level 53

Nov 25, 2022

I was just wondering, you said that Gitega, the administrative capital of Burundi was the biggest city, but by most sources I have seen, Bujumbura is the largest by population.

Level 78

Nov 28, 2022

Came here to say the same thing. The listed source also has Bujumbura in the lead.

I'm guessing this quiz was accidentally selected as one of the quizzes to turn "Bujumbura" answers into "Gitega" answers when the capital changed.

Level 96

Mar 24, 2023

Right, Bujumbura is actually a city. Gitega is a much smaller village.

The quiz is wrong here.

Level 40

Jan 5, 2023

I'm sorry, but how can Brikama be the largest city in Gambia when Serekunda has almost 4x its population?

Level 63

Feb 28, 2023

Serekunda is FAR bigger

+11

Level 95

Feb 20, 2023

If "panama" and "guatemala" and "mexico" and "kuwait" (etc.) all work, can we please allow just "belize" instead of "belize city"?

+11

Level 67

Feb 23, 2023

you messed up burundi!!!! its Bujumbura not gitega!!!!

Level 63

Feb 28, 2023

I got 204/209, but I think you have some answers that need looking at. Gambia's biggest city is "Serekunda", Burundi's biggest city is "Bujumbura"

Level 54

Mar 17, 2023

burundi s biggest city is bujumbura and serrekunda should at least be a typein for gambia

Level 59

Apr 27, 2023

Consider accepting "Quezon" for "Quezon City"?

Level 79

Apr 27, 2023

150

Level 65

May 25, 2023

Anyone else get Liechtenstein's by accident?

Level 60

Jun 14, 2023

same

Level 52

Dec 22, 2023

Yesss

Level 71

Oct 12, 2023

I think 99% of the people who got that answer, got it by typing Shanghai.

Level 52

Jun 9, 2023

If Mexico is acceptable for Mexico city why wasnt Quezon accepted for Quezon city.

Level 74

Jul 19, 2023

And Belize City.

Level 82

Nov 26, 2023

And the largest city in Palau is Koror City—Koror is the name of the state.

Level 74

Jul 19, 2023

I think this needs more time.

Level 52

Dec 22, 2023

Yes, much more time please

+12

Level 44

Aug 31, 2023

Burundi is incorrect. Gitega is the capital, but Bujumbura is the most populous city.

Level 89

Oct 24, 2023

Yes, please fix Gitega.

Level 75

Feb 13, 2024

I also add my comment: Burundi's biggest city is not Gitega.

Level 75

Dec 15, 2023

Surprising that almost 10% more people got Sydney than NYC or London.

Level 88

Apr 12, 2024

It’s because for many people there is not enough time to get that far if you do it in order.

Level 52

Dec 22, 2023

Dinigomodu is bigger than Yaren?

Level 62

Apr 22, 2024

Most of Yaren's area is the airport.

Level 65

Dec 25, 2023

There are so many inconsistencies here it almost makes it hard to play. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY FIX THIS

Level 60

Mar 12, 2024

Warsaw is by far the largest city, but although gaining it is still not the largest urban area in Poland, which has been for 70+ years and remains Silesia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_in_Poland

Please fix.

Level 81

May 1, 2024

Serekunda for Gambia and Bujumbura for Burundi please.

Level 61

May 31, 2024

181/209, proud of my cotonou and quezon guesses :3 fyi, bujumbura is the largest city in burundi by a significant margin so you should probably fix that

Level 75

Jun 17, 2024

Nice work. A couple of approximations that I noted:

- The urban area of Melbourne is now bigger than Sydney's

- Muscat is the largest urban area of Oman, but only the 26th largest city. The largest city, almost 10 times larger, is Sib

Level 65

Jun 17, 2024

Gitega is DEFINITELY NOT a largest city in Burundi it should be Bujumbura

Level 64

Jun 17, 2024

I would say that Valletta is the largest urban area in Malta. So Malta also needs that c and u separation St. Paul's Bay being the largest admininstrative unit.

Level 47

Sep 23, 2024

why do i always get the worst luck

got 135, needs 136 for 2 points

i swear this always happens

Level 81

Oct 21, 2024

The largest city in Burundi is definitely Bujumbura with 1.3 million people. Gitega has less than 500,000. Please change this please.

Level 36

Nov 18, 2024

biggest city in burundi is bujumbura

Level 65

Apr 3, 2025

In Australia, it's Melbourne. Not sydney

Level 77

May 14, 2025

Melbourne has a smaller city proper population, but it does have a bigger urban population. (Barely.)

Level 58

May 30, 2025

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics ( the official authority on population) Sydney has an urban population of 5.5 million and Melbourne 5.35 million. Sydney is the biggest.

Level 57

Apr 13, 2025

208/209. Put the Maltese name for St. Paul's Bay (San Pawl il-Baħar)

Level 58

May 30, 2025

Great quiz, but not enough time. Please allow more.

Level 57

May 31, 2025

For Gambia shouldn't it be Serekunda?

Level 58

Jun 14, 2025

Here's all possible answers for non-capitals that are the largest city in their country (that I know of):

Australia: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane

New Zealand: Auckland

Fiji: Nasinu

Nauru: Denigomodu

Kiribati: Betio

F.S.M: Weno

Palau: Koror

Canada: Toronto

USA: New York City

Belize: Belize City

El Salvador: Soyapango

Honduras: San Pedro Sula

Trinidad and Tobago: Chaguanas

Brazil: São Paulo

Bolivia: Santa Cruz

Ecuador: Guayaquil

Venezuela: Maracaibo

Italy: Milan

San Marino: Serravalle, Dogana

Malta: St. Paul's Bay

Switzerland: Zürich

Liechtenstein: Schaan

Germany: Ruhr Area, Rhine-Ruhr

Belgium: Antwerp

Netherlands: Rotterdam

Sudan: Omdurman

Burundi: Bujumbura

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam

South Africa: Johannesburg

Equatorial Guinea: Bata

Cameroon: Douala

Nigeria: Lagos

Benin: Cotonou

Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan

The Gambia: Brikama, Serrekunda

Morocco: Casablanca

Level 58

Jun 14, 2025

Kuwait: Hawally

UAE: Dubai

Oman: Sib

Israel: Tel Aviv

Palestine: Gaza

Syria: Aleppo

Cyprus: Limassol

Türkiye: Istanbul

Kazakhstan: Almaty

Pakistan: Karachi

India: Delhi, Mumbai

Sri Lanka: Colombo

Myanmar: Yangon

Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City

Philippines: Quezon City

Taiwan: New Taipei City

China: Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing

Level 61

Jun 17, 2025

W-why is Belize’s capital not Belize if there is a belize??!?! 😨😨😨😨😨

Level 73

Aug 5, 2025

It used to be the capital but the city got ruined after Hurricane Hattie so they relocated the capital to Belmopan.

Level 73

Aug 5, 2025

Kuwait City and Muscat aren't the largest city by city proper. Hawalli and Seeb should be the answers.

Level 36

Sep 4, 2025

Monaco is the country, Monte Carlo is the city

Level 71

Dec 15, 2025

Monte Carlo is only one of the five wards that make up the city state of Monaco.

Level 56

Oct 7, 2025

Liechtenstein's Schaan with the 79% 😭 when ppl try to type Shanghai 😭🙏

Level 36

Apr 6, 2026

That's interesting

Level 18

Dec 11, 2025

The urban area for gambia should be serrekunda and I believe the city proper for Kuwait is Al Ahmadi or Hawalli. Also Malta is basically just one big urban area (Valletta)

Level 48

Jan 14, 2026

Turkey and Belize are wrong. Turkeys capital is Ankara and Belize is Belmopan

Level 32

Jan 22, 2026

well its the biggest city not the capital, which is istanbul

Level 44

Mar 23, 2026

more time please!

Level 61

Mar 27, 2026

yes!

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