Top 50 World Capitals by Population- In Order

Guess the fifty largest world capitals in order of population. You are given it's first letter and population.

Source: citypopulation.de

Urban Area population only!

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		Capital
T	39,500,000	Tokyo
J	28,100,000	Jakarta
D	26,400,000	Delhi (New Delhi)
S	24,400,000	Seoul
M	23,300,000	Manila
M	22,100,000	Mexico City
B	21,100,000	Beijing
D	17,600,000	Dhaka
B	16,900,000	Bangkok
M	16,900,000	Moscow
C	16,800,000	Cairo
B	15,800,000	Buenos Aires
L	14,400,000	London
T	13,700,000	Tehran
P	11,200,000	Paris
K	10,600,000	Kinshasa
L	9,950,000	Lima
B	9,350,000	Bogotá
T	9,050,000	Taipei
W	8,350,000	Washington, DC
S	7,050,000	Santiago
K	7,000,000	Kuala Lumpur
S	6,900,000	Singapore
B	6,850,000	Baghdad
L	6,800,000	Luanda
R	6,700,000	Riyadh
M	6,250,000	Madrid
K	5,550,000	Khartoum
N	5,200,000	Nairobi
A	4,675,000	Ankara
A	4,575,000	Accra
B	4,500,000	Berlin
K	4,150,000	Kuwait City
B	3,825,000	Brasilia
K	3,725,000	Kabul
A	3,675,000	Algiers
S	3,650,000	Santo Domingo
R	3,600,000	Rome
A	3,475,000	Addis Ababa
D	3,475,000	Damascus
A	3,425,000	Athens
K	3,375,000	Kiev
A	3,350,000	Amman
D	3,300,000	Dakar
K	3,025,000	Kampala
G	3,000,000	Guatemala City
B	2,950,000	Bamako
H	2,950,000	Hanoi
P	2,850,000	Port-au-Prince
A	2,775,000	Abuja

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5 Comments

Level 80

May 25, 2016

Abidjan isn't a capital, Yamoussoukro is. What about putting (N)D as hint for the third answer? Nice quiz!

Level 69

May 25, 2016

I believe it once was, but I will remove it soon,

Level 68

Feb 6, 2018

Missing one capital.

Level 61

May 21, 2018

So Washington has now a greater pop then NY?

Level 70

Jun 24, 2024

These are all metro areas