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Five Biggest Cities by Continent (with Exceptions)

For each continent, what are the five most populated cities that are NOT the largest in their country?
Using urban areas from citypopulation.de (2019) and Wikipedia (2017)
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Africa
5.70 mil
Alexandria
4.55 mil
Kano
4.18 mil
Cape Town
3.48 mil
Ibadan
3.38 mil
Abuja
 
 
Asia
35.9 mil
Shanghai
24.7 mil
Mumbai
20.4 mil
Beijing
17.7 mil
Osaka
16.6 mil
Kolkata
Europe
5.60 mil
Saint Petersburg
4.75 mil
Berlin
4.73 mil
Barcelona
4.23 mil
Naples
3.58 mil
Rome
 
 
North America
17.8 mil
Los Angeles
9.75 mil
Chicago
8.55 mil
Washington DC
7.85 mil
San Francisco
7.65 mil
Boston
Oceania
4.85 mil
Melbourne
3.08 mil
Brisbane
2.05 mil
Perth
1.34 mil
Adelaide
418,500
Wellington
 
 
South America
13.1 mil
Rio de Janeiro
4.98 mil
Belo Horizonte
4.10 mil
Porto Alegre
3.95 mil
Medellin
3.93 mil
Brasilia
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16 Comments
Martinvanburen
+1
Level 52
Oct 12, 2020
great quiz, forgot Boston
vale86
+8
Level 28
Feb 8, 2021
But Berlin is the biggest city in Germany?
MarcellDAvis
+3
Level 80
Aug 29, 2021
Maybe they counted urban areas instead of cities. The actual city of Berlin has only about 3,5 Million inhabitants but the answer had more than 4,5. In that case, the Rhine/Ruhr area is the biggest urban area in Germany with over 10 Million inhabitants, but it consists of several smaller cities that grew into each other.
Junji3000
+3
Level 53
Oct 30, 2023
The Rhine/Ruhr is still considered multiple urban areas, but you're probably right
Junji3000
+3
Level 53
Oct 30, 2023
Also Melbourne is the biggest in Australia, not sydney, so they should be swapped
WanderingWalrus
+1
Level 82
Feb 23, 2026
+1 Melbourne recently overtook Sydney
magmatic
+2
Level 68
Apr 16, 2021
Fun quiz!
Renton
+4
Level 28
Aug 6, 2021
too confusing...
LAP3UNC
+4
Level 91
Oct 19, 2021
Including The Ruhr without indicating that you're including The Ruhr...tsk tsk.
AkiraMorishita
+1
Level 53
Sep 30, 2022
New York City?

Johannesburg?

Sydney?

Istanbul?

abracadabrant
+11
Level 54
Dec 4, 2022
did you even read the description
hayjelly
+1
Level 46
Oct 3, 2022
forgot Houston
givemefood66
+3
Level 63
Jul 2, 2023
Gold Coast, Australia should be in place of Wellington as it has ~600,000 people
Manwe3019
+2
Level 51
Dec 22, 2023
So much is so wrong here. Why do people even make these quizzes then.
Horaldgeo
+2
Level 52
Jan 22, 2024
Berlin is clearly most populated city in Germany. Also I dont think that Boston has more inhabitants than San francisco or Philadelphia for example.
Confusedzius
+1
Level 44
Sep 9, 2024
berlin is germanys biggest city
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