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Second Biggest Cities by Country

For each country, name the second most populous city by urban area and by city proper.
Source: citypopulation.de
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First submittedJuly 31, 2012
Times taken59,106
Average score70.0%
Rating4.43
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Country
Urban area
City proper
Japan
Osaka
Yokohama
United States
Los Angeles
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Pakistan
Lahore
Russia
Saint Petersburg
Egypt
Alexandria
Mexico
Monterrey
Tijuana
Spain
Barcelona
Turkey
Ankara
Bangladesh
Chittagong
Italy
Naples
Milan
South Africa
Cape Town
Country
Urban area
City proper
Canada
Montreal
Colombia
Medellín
France
Lyon
Marseille
Bolivia
La Paz
El Alto
Portugal
Porto
Kenya
Mombasa
Belgium
Antwerp
Ghent
Sweden
Gothenburg
Greece
Thessaloniki
Norway
Bergen
Ireland
Cork
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
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43 Comments
mac212121
+3
Level 28
Aug 11, 2012
awesome quiz! If you liked this I also have a second largest cities on my page, you should check it out. It has a lot more countries then those above!
xolkan
+1
Level 48
Aug 11, 2012
d'oh, missed Melbourne
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Dec 30, 2025
We had to remove Melbourne from this quiz because it's unclear if Melbourne or Sydney is #1.

You can go to Wikipedia to check out the mess.

vladi98
+2
Level 15
Aug 13, 2012
15/24

I couldn't write Thessaloniki correctly.

Osaka didn't came into my mind, same as Alexandria.

ayad217
+5
Level 23
Mar 27, 2013
why wasn't China on this quiz????? 100% anyways. :)
fitheach
+28
Level 58
Mar 13, 2017
Yeah, and why isn't Tonga on this quiz? How dare a quiz of just a few countries miss out the country I'm interested in, don't they know just how much the world must revolve around my part of the world...?
Arp2600
+3
Level 89
Dec 12, 2014
Got everything but the second city proper in Bolivia. I tried "Alto", though... I knew it would be the upper part of La Paz.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jan 22, 2015
Bolivia stumped me, too. Was close to acing this one but didn't get either of the Bolivian cities.
kRISTIBAHENA
+7
Level 45
Dec 22, 2014
I kind of think of Ecatepec to be a Mexico City suburb, not so much a city in its own right.
angrobper14
+3
Level 86
Jan 23, 2015
It depends on how you consider "urban area" and "city proper". Ecatepec (as well as every other Mexico City suburb) is a municipality, with a Municipal President (mayor) and everything else. Since each municipal government is based on a city proper (that normally shares the same name), Ecatepec counts as a city proper. However, it's normally considered into the Mexico City metro area when listing the largest cities in Mexico, making it quite obscure for many people (even in Mexico).
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 30, 2025
It's been passed by Tijuana now.
MK411
+1
Level 70
Jan 4, 2026
Thus this quiz gets much easier than before
angrobper14
+1
Level 86
Jan 25, 2026
Gone are the days of Ecate-punk ruining quizzes.
thecoolestdude2
+1
Level 67
Jan 22, 2015
Nice quiz!
rawe
+1
Level 70
Jan 22, 2015
23/32
itsthebarg
+2
Level 68
Jan 22, 2015
I highly doubt that Bergen's urban area (stated as 238 k) is smaller than the city proper (stated as 272 k).
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Jul 18, 2018
Large city limits? China is notorious for city limits extending beyond the urban build-up. The USA has both extremes.
ChineseChen
+2
Level 70
Jun 11, 2020
Like on Chongqing - it's city proper is 30 mil but its urban area is only 7 mil.
DE60
+1
Level 68
Jan 23, 2015
I tried Gothenborg and Gothenberg but didn't think to try Gothenburg
Sulps
+4
Level 55
Mar 12, 2017
I always type "Göteborg" and if that doesn't work (which is rarely the case any more), "Gothenburg".
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
Jan 30, 2026
Gothenberg worked for me
tazz676
+1
Level 59
Jan 24, 2015
awesome quiz!!
AllenY
+2
Level 68
Apr 17, 2015
I did the quiz two times in a row, reading Ireland as Iceland, despite mentally noting not to do that the first time round...
sealsi6
+1
Level 59
Mar 12, 2017
very tough quiz, liked it a lot!
FamousRob
+2
Level 86
Mar 12, 2017
Funny that this was just featured. I just spent some time yesterday making a quiz about Second Largest Cities. Literally just posted it. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/66830/countries-by-second-biggest-city
celloninja
+3
Level 41
Mar 12, 2017
Can you please accept Joburg as Johannesburg? This is a common abbreviation, especially in South Africa.
fitheach
+3
Level 58
Jul 19, 2017
I take it that Salonika is no longer a valid name for Thessaloniki. Oh well, was just being a bit lazy and didn't want to type out Thessaloniki in full!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Aug 29, 2017
I think that's the Ottoman name for it. Spent a few months living next to One Salonica Mall there.
obmeb
+1
Level 58
Aug 29, 2017
I managed to be in two of those cities today. Any guesses?

No, that is too cruel -- a hint: perhaps two extremes of Europe.

I suspect that both were early capital cities in their effective countries (economic regions).

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Jul 18, 2018
Nope.
jpcol
+1
Level 56
Oct 31, 2017
Great quiz. Big fan. It’s a nice change of pace
MindBlank
+1
Level 50
Feb 9, 2020
Did not do so well, but I got more than 3/4 correct especially Porto because I have been there and it is beautiful!
ChineseChen
+3
Level 70
Jun 11, 2020
Can Petrograd be an accepted type-in for Saint Petersburg?
CambodianQuizzer
+3
Level 77
Sep 3, 2025
Only used from 1914-1924.
SonyVondern
+2
Level 76
Aug 5, 2025
I kept typing in the biggest cities wondering why it wasn't working.

Then I realized...

InterAlia
+2
Level 83
Dec 29, 2025
Probably due for an update after 10 years.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Dec 30, 2025
Funny. I was actually working on the update when you commented!
Timbo
+1
Level 68
Dec 30, 2025
I thought Ireland was Iceland and kept trying Akureyri and Keflavik, thinking there ain't no way it's anywhere else....
fuanacdc
+1
Level 89
Dec 30, 2025
I will never be able to type Marseille and whatever approximation I am using isn't good enough for the type-ins. Bane of my french city knowledge.
zeven10
+1
Level 61
Jan 30, 2026
This quiz is quite confusing and rather annoying with the city proper split. Might be my misunderstanding of definitions but couldn't understand what was meant - trying to come up with the city proper name of places such as Antwerp/Monterrey when it turned out to be a completely different place altogether
Nitrogen366
+1
Level 49
Jan 30, 2026
Love this quiz! I'm not sure if this has changed but is Antwerp not the largest Belgian city by city proper which would make brussels #2?
ZachBeth
+1
Level 73
Jan 30, 2026
Chattogram should be an official type-in for Chittagong.
mdoawgg
+1
Level 58
Jan 30, 2026
El alto and la paz being separate answers is strange. El Alto is the second largest city proper, but still under La Paz urban area? Maybe we should consider the metro area to be the El Alto-La Paz area and count either as the answer for the metro area. I thought the standard was to name the metro area after the largest city, so when that changes maybe the name should change
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