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Biggest Cities Starting With P

Name the world's most populous urban areas that start with the letter P.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2024
Our source considers Pretoria to be part of the Johannesburg agglomeration
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2012
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Country
Population
City
France
11.5 mil
Paris
India
7.75 mil
Pune
United States
7.50 mil
Philadelphia
United States
4.90 mil
Phoenix
Mexico
4.23 mil
Puebla
Brazil
3.93 mil
Porto Alegre
Haiti
3.63 mil
Port-au-Prince
North Korea
3.00 mil
Pyongyang
India
2.90 mil
Patna
Cambodia
2.83 mil
Phnom Penh
Pakistan
2.45 mil
Peshawar
United States
2.43 mil
Portland
Australia
2.25 mil
Perth
Nigeria
2.20 mil
Port Harcourt
United States
2.05 mil
Pittsburgh
China
2.03 mil
Pingdingshan
Indonesia
1.76 mil
Palembang
China
1.67 mil
Puyang
Portugal
1.55 mil
Porto
Czech Republic
1.47 mil
Prague
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68 Comments
kalbahamut
+8
Level 79
Jan 27, 2013
Got Puebla, Peshawar and Patna... missed Phoenix... :P as I often do
ander217
+5
Level 73
Jun 8, 2017
I missed the bottom seven, but I'd never heard of them.
Superman07
+7
Level 28
Jun 8, 2017
You never heard of "Prague"?
kogatora
+5
Level 96
Feb 10, 2019
or panama?
mwernerk
+8
Level 87
May 6, 2019
I think Ander means the bottom 7 in the results list.
ander217
+14
Level 73
May 6, 2019
Yes, thank you, mwernerk. I just missed the same ones again, but since I took the quiz for the second time I can't say I've never heard of them. :)
FlyingG
+2
Level 68
Sep 17, 2020
You've never herd of Porto Alegre or Peshawar?
bigbywolf
+2
Level 56
Mar 26, 2021
Peshawar is quite famous because of a certain guy who used to live there.
Trepach
+6
Level 47
May 6, 2019
I live in a phoenix suburb and I forgot it lol
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Dec 29, 2021
I think the fact that it starts with a different phoneme might make it harder to think of on this one.
Seals
+11
Level 65
Jun 6, 2014
When I take a quiz on U.S. Cities, I do great. When I take a quiz that involves U.S. Cities and international cities as well, I forget (or nearly forget) them.
Seals
+3
Level 65
Jun 6, 2014
The U.S. Cities, that is.
akwildrose
+2
Level 50
Jul 22, 2015
Same problem.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 72
Apr 2, 2017
Same.
Ohnoitsvileplume
+1
Level 30
Apr 13, 2024
I almost forgot Miami existed when taking the "M" one
buck1017
+2
Level 78
Aug 22, 2014
Got all of them up to the big 26% drop off. Then missed the rest.
Yrk
+2
Level 57
Sep 27, 2014
7,3 mil for Philadelphia's metro area? The highest I could find was ~6 ...
GOFREOPANDAS
+2
Level 14
Oct 12, 2014
prague is more known than Perth? Sad :(
AndreasP96
+6
Level 75
Oct 12, 2014
why?
quizzicalguy
+24
Level 69
Oct 12, 2014
Prague has been around a little bit longer...
joeythelemur
+8
Level 80
Jan 10, 2017
So funny to read comments like this. It's mostly common sense. Prague is an ancient city in the middle of Europe. Perth is a relatively new city (and I agree it's a great city), but it's in the middle of nowhere, very isolated.
jellyperson
+20
Level 55
Jul 27, 2018
Prague: capital of the Czech republic, centuries of history, one-time capital of the Holy Roman Empire, home of the Charles Bridge and other famous landmarks, tourist mecca, close to a bunch of other famous cities in Europe.

Perth: Biggest city in Western Australia, named after a place in Scotland, .... my mom has a friend who lives there?

I'm sure Perth is a great city, but it's no mystery why trivia quiz players have heard of/can think of Prague.

Sifhraven
+7
Level 76
Aug 26, 2019
Lol at the "my mom has a friend who lives there?" Haha
rawe
+2
Level 70
Oct 13, 2014
How could I miss Perth and guess Puebla?
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Aug 5, 2017
You live in Puebla?
BOCOWolverine
+3
Level 66
Nov 2, 2014
I got Port Harcourt and Palembang but missed both phoenix and Portland
Liopleurodon
+2
Level 66
Jul 4, 2015
I get Palembang but miss Portland

*FACEPALM*

Gassu
+2
Level 69
Jun 8, 2017
Yay I knew Port Harcourt, but missed Portland! (Picard-Facepalm)
orange3472
+1
Level 72
Apr 1, 2024
I got Portland and Phoenix but missed Port Harcourt and Palembang

*SHRUG*

Sulps
+2
Level 55
Jun 8, 2017
No Chinese cities, only 2 Indian cities and I still manage to miss 5 (each of them in a different country).
cuotak
+2
Level 70
Jun 8, 2017
Putian in Fujian, China is just below Prague at 1.38 million according to citypopulation.de
hamooz
+1
Level 57
May 5, 2026
Puyang
loganite
+6
Level 94
Jun 8, 2017
I knew it would be wrong, but I couldn't resist trying "Paulo, Sao" for Brazil! ;)
Dollyfroggy
+4
Level 63
Apr 1, 2024
Same with Peking.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jul 13, 2024
I tried it too.. well, just Paulo I thought, you never know..
sumguy
+7
Level 87
Jun 8, 2017
I tried "Porto Allegre", "Porto Allegro", "Porto Allegra"... why isn't it taking this? Oh, there's only one L. Son of a motherless goat.
CardinalSin
+2
Level 82
Dec 25, 2018
Me too. Tried Puerto Alegre as well. Got the rest though (smug face).
ViniciusGarcia
+3
Level 53
May 10, 2019
Portuguese has double 'R' and double 'S', but has no double 'L'.
komradtombstone
+3
Level 59
Jun 8, 2017
I "knew" Port-au-Prince, but I kept trying to write it "Puerto Principe" as it's also known!
berm
+4
Level 32
Jun 9, 2017
Philadelphia has a population of 1.5 million...not 7 million
livtr
+9
Level 32
Jul 27, 2018
it's "urban area"
rvarley
+4
Level 55
Jun 9, 2017
A map would make it easier
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Aug 5, 2017
Especially if you could name the cities beginning with P and arrows pointing to their location.
ninjastar9
+3
Level 58
Feb 8, 2019
The site you are using for this data is misleading. I am from Pittsburgh. There are not 2 million people in this city, unless you include every person who lives within 2 hours of the city limits. At most, Allegheny County, which includes more than just the City, has 1,000,000.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Apr 15, 2019
Are there surrounding areas where at least 15% of the population commutes one direction or the other for work? If so, then they are grouped together. Same standard for all of these cities.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Aug 26, 2019
Ow, I am glad my 6 is only 3 lower than the average! Thought I did way worse than others. In hindsight I have heard of the usa ones and haiti. Not sure if I would get them though.
PickleChicken
+2
Level 42
Oct 28, 2019
Should accept Pittsburg
Quizmaster
+14
Level ∞
Apr 1, 2024
People hate it when the answer is accepted before typing the final letter.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Jan 30, 2021
Aaaaarrgghh... Only forgot Porto Alegre
MayaB
+2
Level 73
Mar 3, 2021
I actually tried Porto Alegre, but I spelled it with a double L. :-/ Well, now I know the correct spelling.
Yanni47
+1
Level 80
Sep 22, 2024
I missed it too, although I did spell it correctly (Allegre with two L would have worked as well). The problem is that there is also Porto in Portugal, which comes later on the list. So when I tried "Porto Alegre", Porto disappeared and only Alegre remained, which was obviously not enough. I didn't notice something was missing and thought it must be a different city in Brazil then. I guess I'm not the only one who made that mistake.
EcceHomo
+3
Level 86
Mar 8, 2021
Missed Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria. 15/18 yields 4/5
Melikesanmarino
+2
Level 61
Feb 24, 2022
Pittsburgh and Portland shouldn't be here.
stromae
+3
Level 70
Apr 14, 2022
what about pretoria? thought it def would be bigger than portland
Geographydabest
+2
Level 38
May 26, 2022
Read the description. Pretoria is lumped with Johannesburg.
Raffles
+1
Level 81
Jul 28, 2022
Prayagraj?
SteLLis13
+2
Level 42
Feb 25, 2023
Got Palembang but missed Paris
EmreBozkurt
+1
Level 67
Oct 10, 2023
16/18 missed pittsburgh
EnlightWolif
+1
Level 50
Apr 2, 2024
sad to have missed peshawar, phoenix and porto alegre
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Sep 20, 2024
I don’t know what it says about me that I actually tried “Pingding”, having no idea what Chinese cities I was missing. Maybe my subconscious vaguely remembered the last time I failed this quiz.
Catgames2
+1
Level 56
Sep 20, 2024
i absolutely hate the cambodian capital. every spelling i try is wrong
LAP3UNC
+1
Level 91
Sep 20, 2024
I'd love to see a full series of these with no China.
GeoNerd22
+1
Level 43
Sep 22, 2024
since when does Portland has more than 2 mil
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 75
Oct 15, 2024
FINALLY A TIME WHERE I TYPE PALEMBANG AND IT finally works
scootybanooty
+1
Level 57
Mar 30, 2025
I live an hour away from Portland and I almost missed it.
Jonney
+1
Level 60
Apr 24, 2025
I didn't guess Puebla because I assumed it was part of Mexico City's urban area. I guess I was wrong.
GeniusKhan
+1
Level 73
Aug 3, 2025
I got Pingdingshan but missed Portland and Patna.
Chinamaster
+1
Level 64
Dec 24, 2025
Why are there so many US cities?
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