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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 submittedFebruary 12, 2013
Times taken99,681
Average score56.9%
Rating4.98
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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
johnsonncn5
+2
Level 66
Jun 16, 2020
This needs to be updated.
Hayst
+1
Level 60
Jun 23, 2020
Denigomodu is now the largest city of Nauru
DubcekEnjoyer68
+1
Level 61
Aug 5, 2020
I got 187 and I never heard of the cities in the smaller countries like Liechtenstein or San Marino.
Yeoryios
+3
Level 71
Sep 22, 2020
Everything needs to be updated. Country names, city pops, formatting...
Geopro
+3
Level 59
Oct 30, 2020
I agree. It looks like it has been the same since maybe 2010. It's 2020 now.
QuizzerBros
+2
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.
Maximirb13
+1
Level 78
Feb 7, 2021
Yes the population numbers really need to be updated.
Georockstar
+2
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....
nopassword
+2
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)
AllOfSanMarino
+2
Level 68
Feb 14, 2021
This really needs to be updated...
LuigiDood227
+4
Level 72
Apr 9, 2021
Change Swaziland to Eswatini

Macedonia to North Macedonia

Fishyyy
+1
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.
NewYorker125
+1
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
ElT
+3
Level 43
Jan 25, 2022
I expected some, but only 25 % on Almaty? Seriously?
KrishPatel
+1
Level 70
Apr 12, 2022
You should really update this

It's very outdated.....

Tomtrific
+8
Level 80
May 16, 2022
As probably already noted, Oslo is not the largest city in Sweden
IsleAuHaulte
+6
Level 92
May 16, 2022
It's St. Ockholm.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 16, 2022
Fixed
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 89
May 16, 2022
"Norway | Sweden Oslo"

Seems legit.

tschutzer
+10
Level 93
May 17, 2022
If Kuwait, Mexico, and Guatemala work without "City", then so should Belize.
bachslunch
+3
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.
Raffles
+3
Level 81
May 17, 2022
The largest city in China is Chongqing.
MCdoesgeography
+3
Level 74
May 8, 2024
Only by area.
Underdasher
+1
Level 44
Dec 8, 2025
no, it has more people than shanghai
jordibabot
+1
Level 69
May 17, 2022
One minute more would be nice.
TheMightyQ
+1
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
ghanburighan
+2
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.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 17, 2022
Dogana is located with Serraville. Serraville will be accepted now.
ojosdefelipe
+3
Level 98
Aug 9, 2022
It's "Serravalle," not "Serraville." Currently, the quiz only accepts the latter, incorrect spelling as a type-in.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 9, 2022
Fixed
dasubergeek
+2
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".
Alexquiz17
+6
Level 95
May 18, 2022
More time please! When typing on my phone I simply can’t reach the bottom ones in fifteen minutes…
JoshPen
+4
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.
fixypants
+14
Level 87
May 21, 2022
Can we accept Belize for Belize City? It works for Panama City, Guatemala City, Mexico City, etc.
Finnisme
+1
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.

abracadabrant
+8
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
Haobo
+1
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?
MalyJacus
+2
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.
Anderis
+1
Level 76
Jan 5, 2026
Schaan is high up there because it pops up as a correct answer when you try to type Shanghai.
Gilly1
+3
Level 64
Sep 12, 2022
me when the capital isn't the largest city :0
lostmyballs
+3
Level 41
Nov 8, 2022
Quick correction that the largest city in Kuwait (in terms of city proper) is actually Hawalli
lostmyballs
+1
Level 41
Nov 8, 2022
I know this is minor, but anyway...
abracadabrant
+8
Level 54
Nov 12, 2022
I only got Schaan because i was typing Shangai and "shan" is a type-in for some reason
Jonathan270
+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.
GlaucusExquisita
+8
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.

jayrod
+8
Level 96
Mar 24, 2023
Right, Bujumbura is actually a city. Gitega is a much smaller village.

The quiz is wrong here.

Samu14
+7
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?
RJG
+5
Level 63
Feb 28, 2023
Serekunda is FAR bigger
Stiner
+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"?
propane1909
+11
Level 67
Feb 23, 2023
you messed up burundi!!!! its Bujumbura not gitega!!!!
RJG
+7
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"
equivallent
+5
Level 54
Mar 17, 2023
burundi s biggest city is bujumbura and serrekunda should at least be a typein for gambia
NewMexican
+7
Level 59
Apr 27, 2023
Consider accepting "Quezon" for "Quezon City"?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Apr 27, 2023
150
procyonlotor
+7
Level 65
May 25, 2023
Anyone else get Liechtenstein's by accident?
DumbNiko
+1
Level 60
Jun 14, 2023
same
Basaball
+1
Level 52
Dec 22, 2023
Yesss
KabouterPlop
+4
Level 71
Oct 12, 2023
I think 99% of the people who got that answer, got it by typing Shanghai.
Zettron
+5
Level 52
Jun 9, 2023
If Mexico is acceptable for Mexico city why wasnt Quezon accepted for Quezon city.
partdavid
+2
Level 74
Jul 19, 2023
And Belize City.
dasubergeek
+2
Level 82
Nov 26, 2023
And the largest city in Palau is Koror City—Koror is the name of the state.
partdavid
+1
Level 74
Jul 19, 2023
I think this needs more time.
Basaball
+1
Level 52
Dec 22, 2023
Yes, much more time please
TwistyTie
+12
Level 44
Aug 31, 2023
Burundi is incorrect. Gitega is the capital, but Bujumbura is the most populous city.
AlmostAGenius
+6
Level 89
Oct 24, 2023
Yes, please fix Gitega.
Elboy
+3
Level 75
Feb 13, 2024
I also add my comment: Burundi's biggest city is not Gitega.
LoganP25
+2
Level 75
Dec 15, 2023
Surprising that almost 10% more people got Sydney than NYC or London.
AbiA
+2
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.
Basaball
+2
Level 52
Dec 22, 2023
Dinigomodu is bigger than Yaren?
HendogJP
+1
Level 62
Apr 22, 2024
Most of Yaren's area is the airport.
NEGeo
+6
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
MalyJacus
+2
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.

Raffles
+5
Level 81
May 1, 2024
Serekunda for Gambia and Bujumbura for Burundi please.
cyceryx
+2
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
joedimaggio
+4
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

LeoKovac
+3
Level 65
Jun 17, 2024
Gitega is DEFINITELY NOT a largest city in Burundi it should be Bujumbura
kookie99
+1
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.
Ethman
+1
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

Raffles
+2
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.
Davideboss
+2
Level 36
Nov 18, 2024
biggest city in burundi is bujumbura
OvenBobat
+1
Level 65
Apr 3, 2025
In Australia, it's Melbourne. Not sydney
CambodianQuizzer
+1
Level 77
May 14, 2025
Melbourne has a smaller city proper population, but it does have a bigger urban population. (Barely.)
Zvakanaka
+1
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.
mrinsomnia
+1
Level 57
Apr 13, 2025
208/209. Put the Maltese name for St. Paul's Bay (San Pawl il-Baħar)
Zvakanaka
+1
Level 58
May 30, 2025
Great quiz, but not enough time. Please allow more.
clone2k
+1
Level 57
May 31, 2025
For Gambia shouldn't it be Serekunda?
Zockid
+1
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

Zockid
+1
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

bunbud
+1
Level 61
Jun 17, 2025
W-why is Belize’s capital not Belize if there is a belize??!?! 😨😨😨😨😨
GeniusKhan
+1
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.
GeniusKhan
+1
Level 73
Aug 5, 2025
Kuwait City and Muscat aren't the largest city by city proper. Hawalli and Seeb should be the answers.
Vectury009
+1
Level 36
Sep 4, 2025
Monaco is the country, Monte Carlo is the city
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 71
Dec 15, 2025
Monte Carlo is only one of the five wards that make up the city state of Monaco.
DaWaffle
+2
Level 56
Oct 7, 2025
Liechtenstein's Schaan with the 79% 😭 when ppl try to type Shanghai 😭🙏
minhnguyen2906
+1
Level 36
Apr 6, 2026
That's interesting
GabeBullinger
+1
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)
Kid2009
+1
Level 48
Jan 14, 2026
Turkey and Belize are wrong. Turkeys capital is Ankara and Belize is Belmopan
vonfyourself
+1
Level 32
Jan 22, 2026
well its the biggest city not the capital, which is istanbul
Zach4Kofi
+1
Level 44
Mar 23, 2026
more time please!
timshorts
+1
Level 61
Mar 27, 2026
yes!
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