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100 Biggest Non-Capital Cities on a Map

Can you name the 100 biggest cities that aren't capitals with a map?
Population data from citypopulation.de, urban agglomeration population
Urban agglomerations that include capital cities are left out
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Population
City
47.6 m
Guangzhou / Shenzhen
34.1 m
Shanghai / Suzhou
25.6 m
Mumbai
22.6 m
São Paulo
21.8 m
New York City
20.1 m
Lagos
18.2 m
Karachi
17.7 m
Osaka
17.6 m
Los Angeles
17.0 m
Kolkata
16.2 m
Istanbul
13.5 m
Lahore
13.3 m
Rio de Janeiro
13.2 m
Tianjin
12.7 m
Bangalore
11.6 m
Chennai
10.6 m
Ho Chi Minh City
10.5 m
Nagoya
10.4 m
Hyderabad
10.2 m
Xiamen
10.0 m
Chengdu
9.65 m
Chicago
9.25 m
Wuhan
8.75 m
Ahmedabad
Population
City
8.60 m
Hangzhou
8.40 m
Chongqing
8.10 m
Shenyang
7.75 m
San Francisco
7.75 m
Shantou
7.70 m
Boston
7.65 m
Toronto
7.55 m
Hong Kong
7.35 m
Philadelphia
7.30 m
Dallas
7.10 m
Pune
7.10 m
Xi'an
7.05 m
Bandung
6.90 m
Surat
6.80 m
Houston
6.70 m
Nanjing
6.45 m
Dar es Salaam
6.35 m
Miami
6.25 m
Qingdao
6.15 m
Milan
6.15 m
Surabaya
5.95 m
Alexandria
5.90 m
Atlanta
5.75 m
Abidjan
5.75 m
Detroit
5.75 m
Yangon
Population
City
5.70 m
Dubai
5.65 m
The Ruhr
5.65 m
Saint Petersburg
5.60 m
Monterrey
5.50 m
Guadalajara
5.40 m
Sydney
5.40 m
Wenzhou
5.15 m
Harbin
5.15 m
Jeddah
5.10 m
Hefei
5.10 m
Zhengzhou
5.05 m
Belo Horizonte
5.05 m
Changsha
5.05 m
Melbourne
5.00 m
Chittagong
5.00 m
Cologne / Dusseldorf
4.88 m
Barcelona
4.85 m
Kano
4.80 m
Phoenix
4.80 m
Shijiazhuang
4.63 m
Dalian
4.60 m
Jinan
4.55 m
Casablanca
4.48 m
Seattle
4.48 m
Tampa
Population
City
4.33 m
Kunming
4.33 m
Montreal
4.18 m
Taiyuan
4.18 m
Ürümqi
4.15 m
Naples
4.15 m
Porto Alegre
4.10 m
Fuzhou
4.10 m
Medellín
4.08 m
Busan
4.08 m
Medan
4.05 m
Jaipur
4.03 m
Puebla
3.98 m
Nanchang
3.85 m
Recife
3.80 m
Denver
3.80 m
Lucknow
3.75 m
Changchun
3.75 m
Faisalabad
3.73 m
Fortaleza
3.68 m
Ibadan
3.63 m
Salvador
3.60 m
Zibo
3.58 m
Nanning
3.50 m
Kanpur
3.50 m
Orlando
3.48 m
Durban
3.45 m
Curitiba
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4 Comments
NigelS
+2
Level 99
Jun 4, 2021
Shouldn't Johannesburg be here (pop. around 7.8 million according to your source)?
Nedpet
+1
Level 74
Jun 4, 2021
The Johannesburg urban agglomeration includes Pretoria, a capital of South Africa.
Felixcroc
+1
Level 68
Apr 8, 2022
China, India, USA, and Friends
BlueCstudios
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Level 60
Jul 3, 2025
Delhi should be included, since that isn't actually the capital of India. The capital of india is New Delhi not Delhi
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