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15 Largest Cities in North America With a Map

Using the map, try to guess the 15 most populous URBAN AREAS in North America.
Urban area population, NOT city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2025
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Population
City
25.4 m
Mexico City
21.8 m
New York City
17.1 m
Los Angeles
9.60 m
Chicago
8.65 m
Washington, DC
7.85 m
Toronto
7.80 m
Dallas
7.70 m
Boston
7.50 m
Philadelphia
7.50 m
San Francisco
7.20 m
Houston
6.30 m
Miami
6.15 m
Atlanta
6.15 m
Monterrey
5.95 m
Guadalajara
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42 Comments
bitterblue
+6
Level 58
Nov 15, 2016
boston and washington, D.C. both have less than a million people
ImCoolTwo
+22
Level 22
Nov 27, 2016
Its most likely done by metropolitan population, not city population.
Quizzer6794
+27
Level 66
Nov 27, 2016
Urban Agglomeration, really
AquaHolic
+6
Level 37
Sep 29, 2017
yea, no way Toronto has 7 million, i live in Toronto. Only if you include all the nearby cities as well do you reach that number
tom88
+8
Level 77
Nov 18, 2019
ya, it's gotta be the GTA or "Greater Toronto Area" that they are using. I think the city proper has like half that
Pontiac
+3
Level 62
Aug 25, 2025
Toronto must not have any cars then lol
ProbablyANerd
+1
Level 46
Oct 2, 2025
GTA 6 never coming out 😩
chailattee
+6
Level 68
Dec 31, 2020
It's using the urban area, not the city proper, so in Toronto's case, it would be the population of the greater Toronto area
Eduuuu13
+1
Level 55
Aug 25, 2025
You have to see that this counts metro, dallas barely has that much of population city limits but you have to look at dallas forth worth and all around that and is very populated, same with my city Guadalajara, city proper only has almost a million people
thebest21
+3
Level 71
Dec 4, 2016
Got all with 3:02 left.
RKO3454
+1
Level 19
Mar 2, 2017
13/15 not that bad.
cyber197
+2
Level 77
Mar 2, 2017
How come this quiz doesn't accept Mexico as an answer for Mexico City? Lots of other quizzes do.
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 66
Mar 2, 2017
It does now
GeoGuy8
+1
Level 66
Sep 8, 2017
add by population please because when you search up biggest cities in northamerica it shows it by area
Quizzer6794
+23
Level 66
Sep 8, 2017
i'll keep it like so because when you search up biggest cities in northamerica you're not even having fun
JJDangle
+3
Level 7
Nov 28, 2017
This is a good quiz. It does obviously include surrounding areas but that makes total sense because those areas rely on the core of the city. Nice job.
PhantomMaster
+2
Level 33
Mar 4, 2020
Why isn't San Diego, San Jose, and san Antonio here? All have a bigger population than San Francisco.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 24, 2021
Source?
iuy65rrv
+4
Level 34
Jan 19, 2022
This is metro area, not city limit
JetpunkSandwich
+1
Level 48
Jan 14, 2026
San Jose is paired with San Francisco
Fuse
+8
Level 80
Apr 28, 2020
You could do a version of this without the USA, since 12/15 are in there.
InfiniteBulk
+1
Level 73
Apr 5, 2021
13*
LBH
+14
Level 59
Aug 23, 2021
15 Answers

1 in Canada

2 in Mexico

12 in the USA

TheGeographyMan
+1
Level 34
Nov 18, 2020
When you look at the map it doesn't look like 15 cities but it is XD
vmmv22
+1
Level 51
Jan 12, 2021
Was surprised not to see San Diego, Seattle, or Phoenix if it's going by metro.
InfiniteBulk
+2
Level 73
Apr 5, 2021
Urban area.
PuertoRicoBall
+1
Level 46
Dec 6, 2021
Shouldn't it be San Antonio instead of Dallas? I checked the populations on google and San Antonio is slightly higher. Maybe this quiz is outdated.
garcogait
+2
Level 67
Jan 21, 2022
It's sorted by urban area population not city proper
Jeanettemartin
+2
Level 58
Mar 6, 2022
Phoenix is larger than Philadelphia and Washington DC I think.
Quizerboi
+1
Level 22
Feb 5, 2023
Got all but Guadalajara
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 74
Feb 8, 2023
The entirety of Massachusetts has fewer inhabitants than what is apparently Boston in this quiz
QuizKoa
+4
Level 52
Mar 28, 2025
If you look at the MANY comments above, most talk about how it is not city proper and that is it by urban area. The urban area of Boston stretches outside of Massachusetts which is why the Boston population is higher that the whole state.
ColeHill2012
+1
Level 28
Apr 15, 2025
This is in accurate
GrassCoolBoi
+1
Level 47
May 16, 2026
*inaccurate (it's 1 word)
Snarl371
+1
Level 36
Apr 30, 2025
bruh
entertheblob
+1
Level 60
May 25, 2025
Would you consider accepting baltimore for Washington DC, considering they share the urban area and the city proper of Baltimore is almost as populous as DC itself
AntimatterYT
+1
Level 55
Jul 20, 2025
central america and caribbean:empty
Jozi
+2
Level 75
Aug 25, 2025
For the Caribbean: only the countries of Haiti, DR and Cuba have more than 3 million people. Fot the rest of us our cities are a tiny fraction
AnAmerican
+4
Level 80
Aug 25, 2025
Definitely better to use urban areas as the standard, especially for cities like Miami, which has a city proper population of 450k but an urban population of over 6 million

Nice quiz!

OfficerDibble
+1
Level 87
Oct 2, 2025
No problem with having the odd very easy quiz, but even so I'd take at least a minute off the time.
Mapsarefun
+1
Level 34
Oct 2, 2025
heheboi
Sigma72
+1
Level 16
Feb 9, 2026
dude this comment section is so hilarious lmao
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