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Megacities by Clue

Name the megacities around the world by clue
Populations based on metropolitan area accumulation
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Last updated: May 18, 2026
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City
1) Aka the Big Apple
19.5 m
New York
2) Built upon the Aztec
capital of Tenochtitlan
21 m
Mexico City
3) The largest city in South America
and the Western Hemisphere
23 m
Sao Paulo
4) Coastal megacity founded by Francisco
Pizarro in 1535
11.6 m
Lima
5) Home to Hollywood and celebrity elites
17.5 m
Los Angeles
6) Chinese megacity on the Pearl river, also
known as Canton
18.7 m
Guangzhou
7) Spanish for Good Air or Fair Winds
13 m
Buenos Aires
8) Home to Copacabana beach and Christ
the Redeemer
11.8 m
Rio De Janeiro
9) Sits in an upland basin in Columbia at
8,660 ft
11.5 m
Bogota
10) The Shard, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey
15.1 m
London
11) The City of Lights
13 m
Paris
12) The largest city entirely within Europe
20 m
Moscow
13) Straddles the Europe-Asia continental line
16.4 m
Istanbul
14) Known as the mega hub of western China
21.4 m
Chengdu
15) The most populated city in Africa
25 m
Cairo
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Pop.
City
16) Sits on the Congo river across from
Brazzaville, RC
21 m
Kinshasa
17) Nigerias financial center and one of
Africas largest ports
17.5 m
Lagos
18) Often called the "Paris of Africa"
10.4 m
Luanda
19) Often called Joburg
10.5 m
Johannesburg
20) The most populous city in South Asia
35 m
Delhi
21) Costal megacity where the Indus river
meets the Arabian Sea
21.2 m
Karachi
22) Formerly called Bombay during British rule
23 m
Mumbai
23) Called Krung Thep in its native language
11.5 m
Bangkok
24) Japanese megacity that was formerly the
worlds most populous
36 m
Tokyo
25) Sits on the island of Java, one of the most
densely populated islands on Earth
42 m
Jakarta
26) One of Chinas biggest cities on the
confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers
31 m
Chongqing
27) Home to the Oriental Pearl tower
27 m
Shanghai
28) Located on the island of Luzon
15.5m
Manila
29) Home to the Tsūtenkaku tower
18.8 m
Osaka
30) The Forbidden City is located here
23 m
Beijing
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3 Comments
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Level 74
May 18, 2026
Both Madrid & Chicago are not megacities as they have an urban agglomeration population of less than 10 million.
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Level 74
May 18, 2026
Thanks for fixing the quiz!
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Level 47
May 19, 2026
no prob. Fits better