| Rank | Population | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | 41,600,000 | Shanghai | 98%
|
| 11. | 22,800,000 | Cairo | 96%
|
| 4. | 35,700,000 | Delhi | 96%
|
| 8. | 25,400,000 | Mexico City | 96%
|
| 18. | 18,800,000 | Moscow | 96%
|
| New York City | 96%
| ||
| Paris | 96%
| ||
| 3 | 41,200,000 | Tokyo | 96%
|
| 15. | 21,500,000 | Beijing | 93%
|
| 10. | 23,100,000 | Dhaka | 93%
|
| 5. | 29,500,000 | Jakarta | 93%
|
| 7. | 27,600,000 | Mumbai | 93%
|
| 13. (t) | 21,800,000 | Bangkok | 91%
|
| 28. | 15,100,000 | London | 91%
|
| 34. | 13,600,000 | Rio de Janeiro | 91%
|
| 1. | 72,700,000 | Guangzhou/Shenzhen | 89%
|
| 39. | 12,000,000 | Lima | 89%
|
| 21. | 17,700,000 | Osaka | 89%
|
| 45. | 10,600,000 | Bogota | 87%
|
| 23. (t) | 16,800,000 | Buenos Aires | 87%
|
| 69. (t) | 7,500,000 | Hong Kong | 87%
|
| 26. | 16,000,000 | Istanbul | 87%
|
| 16. | 21,300,000 | Lagos | 87%
|
| 22. | 17,100,000 | Los Angeles | 87%
|
| 82. | 6,700,000 | Madrid | 87%
|
| 6. | 27,800,000 | Manila | 87%
|
| 56. | 8,400,000 | Santiago | 87%
|
| 9. | 25,200,000 | Seoul | 87%
|
| Tehran | 87%
| ||
| 51. | 9,600,000 | Chicago | 85%
|
| Houston | 85%
| ||
| 29. | 14,800,000 | Johannesburg | 85%
|
| 17. | 21,000,000 | Karachi | 85%
|
| 25. | 16,300,000 | Kinshasa | 85%
|
| 12. | 22,600,000 | Sao Paulo | 85%
|
| Dallas | 83%
| ||
| 72. | 7,350,000 | Hanoi | 83%
|
| 33. | 14,300,000 | Ho Chi Minh City | 83%
|
| 78. | 6,900,000 | Nairobi | 83%
|
| 85. | 6,350,000 | St. Petersburg | 83%
|
| 48. | 10,100,000 | Taipei | 83%
|
| 38. | 12,600,000 | Wuhan | 83%
|
| Lahore | 80%
| ||
| 62. | 7,850,000 | Toronto | 80%
|
| 30. | 14,700,000 | Bengaluru | 78%
|
| 94. | 6,050,000 | Dubai | 78%
|
| 52. | 9,550,000 | Kuala Lumpur | 78%
|
| 86. | 6,300,000 | Miami | 78%
|
| 65. (t) | 7,700,000 | Riyadh | 78%
|
| 79. (t) | 6,800,000 | Accra | 76%
|
| Boston | 76%
| ||
| 36. (t) | 12,900,000 | Chennai | 76%
|
| Chongqing | 76%
| ||
| 20. | 17,900,000 | Kolkata | 76%
|
| Singapore | 76%
| ||
| 35. | 13,400,000 | Xi'An | 76%
|
| 40. (t) | 11,700,000 | Hyderabad | 74%
|
| Milan | 74%
| ||
| 87. | 6,250,000 | Alexandria | 72%
|
| 63. (t) | 7,800,000 | Baghdad | 72%
|
| 19. | 18,100,000 | Chengdu | 72%
|
| 73. (t) | 7,200,000 | Khartoum | 72%
|
| San Francisco | 70%
| ||
| 49. | 9,900,000 | Ahmedabad | 67%
|
| 83. | 6,650,000 | Dar es Salaam | 67%
|
| 50. | 9,650,000 | Luanda | 67%
|
| 46. | 10,500,000 | Nagoya | 67%
|
| Tianjin | 67%
| ||
| 55. | 8,650,000 | Washington, D.C. | 67%
|
| Atlanta | 65%
| ||
| 95. (t) | 5,950,000 | Guadalajara | 65%
|
| 60. (t) | 8,000,000 | Pune | 65%
|
| 31. (t) | 14,600,000 | Hangzhou | 63%
|
| 75. | 7,050,000 | Abidjan | 61%
|
| Monterrey | 61%
| ||
| 27. | 15,400,000 | Xiamen | 61%
|
| 99. | 5,650,000 | Yangon | 61%
|
| 97. | 5,750,000 | Detroit | 59%
|
| Surabaya | 59%
| ||
| 76. (t) | 7,000,000 | Bandung | 57%
|
| 53. | 9,500,000 | Nanjing | 57%
|
| Surat | 57%
| ||
| Philadelphia | 54%
| ||
| 100. | 5,600,000 | Rawalpindi/Islamabad | 52%
|
| 88. (t) | 6,150,000 | Amman | 50%
|
| 42. (t) | 11,500,000 | Changsha | 50%
|
| 47. | 10,300,000 | Zhengzhou | 50%
|
| 54. | 8,800,000 | Shenyang | 46%
|
| 98. | 5,700,000 | Bamako | 43%
|
| Kunming | 43%
| ||
| Qingdao | 43%
| ||
| 57. | 8,200,000 | Hefei | 39%
|
| 68. | 7,600,000 | Ningbo | 35%
|
| 93. | 6,100,000 | Manchester | 33%
|
| 58. (t) | 8,050,000 | Shantou | 33%
|
| Wenzhou | 28%
| ||
| 81. | 6,750,000 | Jinan | 26%
|
| 84. | 6,450,000 | Shijiazhuang | 26%
|
| Taiyuan | 13%
|