Standout Cities

Name the cities that stand out from those around them the most - by having at least 1 million people and being their nation's capital, largest city, and the largest city within 500 miles (about 805 kilometers).
Populations from citypopulation.de
City center locations from mapdevelopers.com/draw-circle-tool.php
By urban area population - but the city itself has to be the capital
Clarifications with spoilers in the comments
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Population
City
41.2M
Tokyo
29.5M
Jakarta
27.8M
Manila
25.4M
Mexico City
25.2M
Seoul
23.1M
Dhaka
22.8M
Cairo
21.8M
Bangkok
18.8M
Moscow
16.8M
Buenos Aires
16.8M
Tehran
16.3M
Kinshasa
15.1M
London
12.0M
Lima
10.6M
Bogota
9.55M
Kuala Lumpur
8.40M
Santiago
7.70M
Riyadh
7.20M
Khartoum
6.90M
Nairobi
6.70M
Madrid
5.70M
Bamako
4.83M
Addis Ababa
4.23M
Dakar
3.98M
Yaounde
3.90M
Santo Domingo
3.85M
Caracas
3.38M
Guatemala City
3.28M
Sana'a
3.15M
Antananarivo
3.00M
Lusaka
2.45M
San Jose
2.35M
Asuncion
2.25M
Mogadishu
1.61M
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Level 66
Jul 9, 2025
The Ruhr is included, and regardless of where exactly you measure from, it is larger than and within 500 miles of Berlin.

New Delhi is the capital of India; it is a smaller city in the urban area of India's largest city, Delhi.

Jakarta is still the capital of Indonesia at time of writing. If Nusantara becomes the capital, no city in Indonesia will appear on this list.

Yaoundé, Cameroon, is marginally more populous than Douala at time of writing.

Several cities (Reykjavik, Victoria, most Oceanian capitals) would likely be included if they had a population of 1 million, but I cannot find a reliable and complete list of cities that small. Also, not the capitals of Jetpunk countries, but Saint-Denis (Reunion) and other territorial capitals are in this category.