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150 Biggest World Cities on a Map

With the help of a map, how many of the 150 biggest cities in the world can you name?
Loosely defined areas in Europe have been filled and are not to be guessed.
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Source: citypopulation.de - Updated as of April 2026.
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Last updated: April 15, 2026
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Population
City
73,600,000
Guăngzhōu
42,300,000
Shànghăi
41,300,000
Tōkyō
36,900,000
Delhi
29,800,000
Jakarta
28,100,000
Mumbai
27,100,000
Manila
25,600,000
Mexico City
25,400,000
Seoul
23,700,000
Dhaka
23,200,000
Cairo
22,700,000
São Paulo
22,600,000
New York
22,400,000
Bangkok
21,900,000
Lagos
21,800,000
Bĕijīng
21,800,000
Karāchi
19,100,000
Moscow
18,300,000
Chéngdū
18,100,000
Kolkata
17,700,000
Ōsaka
17,400,000
Los Angeles
17,200,000
Tehrān
17,000,000
Buenos Aires
16,900,000
Kinshasa
16,200,000
İstanbul
15,800,000
Xiàmén
15,400,000
London
15,300,000
Bangalore
15,100,000
Johannesburg
15,000,000
Lāhore
14,700,000
Hángzhōu
14,700,000
Ho Chi Minh City
13,700,000
Xī'ān
13,600,000
Rio de Janeiro
13,300,000
Chennai
13,200,000
Chóngqìng
12,900,000
Wŭhàn
12,200,000
Lima
12,100,000
Hyderābād
11,800,000
Tiānjīn
11,600,000
Chángshā
11,600,000
Paris
10,800,000
Bogotá
10,800,000
Rhein-Ruhr Area
10,500,000
Nagoya
10,500,000
Zhèngzhōu
10,400,000
Luanda
10,200,000
Ahmedabad
10,200,000
Taipei
9,800,000
Chicago
Population
City
9,750,000
Kuala Lumpur
9,750,000
Nánjīng
8,950,000
Shĕnyáng
8,800,000
Washington DC
8,600,000
Santiago
8,400,000
Sūrat
8,300,000
Toronto
8,250,000
Héféi
8,250,000
Pune
8,150,000
Singapore
8,100,000
Dallas
8,100,000
Shàntóu
8,000,000
Baghdād
7,900,000
Riyadh
7,900,000
Qīngdăo
7,850,000
Boston
7,750,000
Níngbō
7,700,000
San Francisco
7,650,000
Philadelphia
7,550,000
Hanoi
7,550,000
Houston
7,500,000
Hong Kong
7,400,000
Khartoum
7,300,000
Abidjan
7,150,000
Nairobi
7,100,000
Wēnzhōu
7,050,000
Accra
7,050,000
Bandung
7,000,000
Madrid
6,950,000
Jìnán
6,950,000
Kūnmíng
6,900,000
Dar es Salaam
6,700,000
Miami
6,650,000
Dubai
6,600,000
Shíjiāzhuāng
6,550,000
Milan
6,350,000
Alexandria
6,350,000
Manchester
6,350,000
Saint Petersburg
6,300,000
Ammān
6,300,000
Monterrey
6,300,000
Tàiyuán
6,250,000
Atlanta
6,000,000
Guadalajara
6,000,000
Surabaya
5,950,000
Bamako
5,850,000
Detroit
5,800,000
Rāwalpindi
5,600,000
Harbin
5,600,000
Nánníng
Population
City
5,550,000
Dàlián
5,550,000
Kano
5,450,000
Kābul
5,450,000
Melbourne
5,350,000
Belo Horizonte
5,350,000
Guìyáng
5,350,000
Kampala
5,300,000
Chángchūn
5,300,000
Sydney
5,250,000
Ankara
5,250,000
Nánchāng
5,200,000
Cape Town
5,150,000
Chittagong
5,150,000
Tampa
5,150,000
Ürümqi
5,050,000
Phoenix
5,000,000
Colombo
4,950,000
Addis Ababa
4,950,000
Barcelona
4,900,000
Yangon
4,875,000
Fúzhōu
4,825,000
Kuwait City
4,725,000
Línyí
4,700,000
Berlin
4,675,000
Montréal
4,650,000
Jaipur
4,625,000
Seattle
4,500,000
Casablanca
4,425,000
Medellín
4,400,000
Algiers
4,375,000
Dakar
4,375,000
Puebla
4,325,000
Lucknow
4,300,000
Medan
4,200,000
Faisalābād
4,100,000
Birmingham
4,100,000
Recife
4,075,000
Naples
4,075,000
Tashkent
4,050,000
Damascus
4,050,000
Zībó
4,025,000
Orlando
4,000,000
Conakry
4,000,000
Jeddah
3,975,000
Durban
3,950,000
Busan
3,950,000
Denver
3,950,000
Douala
3,950,000
Porto Alegre
3,950,000
Santo Domingo
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8 Comments
+1
Level 54
Apr 13, 2026
Updated as of April 2026.

Let me know if there are any incorrect spellings or locations.

Have fun!

+3
Level 59
Aug 3, 2020
Great quiz got 141 but would have got more if you would accept Dalian for Darien (^~^;)ゞ
+3
Level 70
Aug 4, 2020
Busan and Dalian should be accepted instead
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Level 72
Nov 24, 2022
"The average score is 117"... Uh huh, those are all average people and not Jetpunk junkies like us, lol. Nice quiz!
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Level 66
Feb 9, 2024
You should probably accept Dubai, Damascus, Hangzhou and Chengdu, as these are the English spellings and also the most common names for these places. Other than that, great quiz!
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Level 54
Feb 11, 2024
these have been changed, thanks
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Level 60
Feb 19, 2024
Nice quiz, but Naples only works by its native name (Napoli).
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Level 54
Feb 19, 2024
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