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20 Biggest Cities by Continent

Name the 20 most populous urban areas and let's see if you're a globetrotter!
Not including Antarctica!
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Asia
48,600,000
Guangzhou
39,800,000
Tokyo
31,100,000
Shanghai
28,900,000
Jakarta
27,200,000
Delhi
25,100,000
Karachi
24,800,000
Seoul
24,100,000
Manila
23,600,000
Mumbai
20,700,000
Beijing
17,900,000
Dhaka
17,800,000
Osaka
17,400,000
Bangkok
16,200,000
Kolkata
14,000,000
Tehran
11,800,000
Tianjin
10,800,000
Bengaluru
10,500,000
Lahore
10,300,000
Nagoya
10,100,000
Chennai
 
 
Africa
17,600,000
Lagos
17,100,000
Cairo
13,100,000
Johannesburg
10,900,000
Kinshasa
7,450,000
Luanda
5,700,000
Khartoum
5,550,000
Dar es Salaam
5,350,000
Nairobi
5,250,000
Alexandria
5,200,000
Abidjan
4,700,000
Accra
4,275,000
Kano
4,225,000
Casablanca
4,050,000
Cape Town
3,725,000
Algiers
3,550,000
Addis Ababa
3,400,000
Dakar
3,275,000
Durban
3,250,000
Ibadan
3,125,000
Kampala
Europe
17,100,000
Moscow
14,600,000
Istanbul
14,500,000
London
11,300,000
Paris
6,250,000
Madrid
5,700,000
(Ruhrgebiet)
5,500,000
St. Petersburg
5,150,000
Milan
4,925,000
Cologne / Dusseldorf
4,650,000
Barcelona
4,550,000
Berlin
4,250,000
Naples
3,600,000
Rome
3,400,000
Athens
3,400,000
Kiev
3,175,000
Frankfurt am Main
3,175,000
Rotterdam
3,075,000
Birmingham
3,000,000
Manchester
2,800,000
Hamburg
 
 
North America
22,300,000
Mexico City
22,200,000
New York
17,700,000
Los Angeles
9,800,000
Chicago
8,400,000
Washington, D.C.
7,700,000
San Francisco
7,550,000
Boston
7,350,000
Philadelphia
7,200,000
Toronto
6,750,000
Dallas
6,350,000
Houston
6,200,000
Miami
5,700,000
Detroit
5,600,000
Atlanta
5,050,000
Guadalajara
4,750,000
Monterrey
4,400,000
Phoenix
4,175,000
Seattle
4,150,000
Tampa
4,125,000
Montreal
South America
21,900,000
São Paulo
16,000,000
Buenos Aires
12,700,000
Rio de Janeiro
10,100,000
Lima
9,500,000
Bogotá
7,150,000
Santiago
4,950,000
Belo Horizonte
4,075,000
Porto Alegre
3,900,000
Brasília
3,850,000
Medellín
3,775,000
Recife
3,725,000
Caracas
3,675,000
Salvador
3,625,000
Fortaleza
3,325,000
Curitiba
3,075,000
Campinas
2,975,000
Cali
2,600,000
Quito
2,525,000
Maracaibo
2,275,000
Goiânia
 
 
Oceania
4,975,000
Sydney
4,500,000
Melbourne
2,900,000
Brisbane
2,025,000
Perth
1,510,000
Auckland
1,310,000
Adelaide
557,000
Gold Coast
399,000
Newcastle
392,000
Canberra
364,000
Port Moresby
353,000
Christchurch
305,000
Central Coast
271,000
Sunshine Coast
269,000
Wollongong
200,000
Hobart
190,000
Wellington
180,000
Nouméa
173,000
Geelong
173,000
Suva
171,000
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2 Comments
jghastings
+2
Level 78
Oct 16, 2020
All sources I have seen say Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador, so I’m confused as to why it’s not on here when Quito is.
ElT
+2
Level 43
Jun 21, 2022
If Noumea is there, then Honolulu should be too.
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