100 Biggest Cities in the World with Exceptions

How many of the world's 100 most populous urban areas can you name excluding those within the USA, China, and India?

Source: citypopulation.de, January 2024

Urban area population, not city proper population

The Ruhr and Cologne / Düsseldorf have been filled in already

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First submitted	October 23, 2019
Times taken	66,623
Average score	60.2%
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Population	Urban Area
41.0 m	Tokyo
29.2 m	Jakarta
27.2 m	Manila
25.1 m	Mexico City
25.1 m	Seoul
22.5 m	Dhaka
22.5 m	Cairo
22.1 m	São Paulo
21.2 m	Bangkok
20.9 m	Karachi
20.7 m	Lagos
19.1 m	Moscow
17.7 m	Osaka
16.7 m	Buenos Aires
16.5 m	Tehran
15.9 m	Istanbul
15.6 m	Kinshasa
14.9 m	London
14.6 m	Johannesburg
14.5 m	Lahore
13.9 m	Ho Chi Minh City
12.5 m	Rio de Janeiro
11.8 m	Lima
11.5 m	Paris
10.5 m	Nagoya

Population	Urban Area
10.4 m	Bogota
9.95 m	Taipei
9.35 m	Luanda
9.30 m	Kuala Lumpur
8.25 m	Santiago
7.85 m	Singapore
7.70 m	Toronto
7.65 m	Baghdad
7.50 m	Riyadh
7.15 m	Hanoi
7.05 m	Khartoum
6.95 m	Bandung
6.80 m	Abidjan
6.70 m	Nairobi
6.65 m	Madrid
6.60 m	Accra
6.50 m	Saint Petersburg
6.25 m	Dar es Salaam
6.20 m	Alexandria
6.15 m	Yangon
6.10 m	Milan
6.00 m	Amman
6.00 m	Monterrey
5.95 m	Dubai
5.90 m	Surabaya

Population	Urban Area
5.85 m	Guadalajara
5.65 m	(The Ruhr)
5.45 m	Bamako
5.20 m	Kano
5.15 m	Ankara
5.05 m	Kabul
5.00 m	Melbourne
5.00 m	Chittagong
5.00 m	(Cologne)
4.97 m	Sydney
4.97 m	Cape Town
4.92 m	Belo Horizonte
4.92 m	Colombo
4.87 m	Barcelona
4.85 m	Berlin
4.77 m	Kuwait City
4.77 m	Casablanca
4.72 m	Addis Ababa
4.42 m	Montreal
4.27 m	Medellin
4.25 m	Algiers
4.22 m	Puebla
4.20 m	Medan
4.12 m	Kampala
4.05 m	Naples

Population	Urban Area
4.05 m	Faisalabad
4.00 m	Busan
3.97 m	Brasília
3.92 m	Porto Alegre
3.92 m	Jeddah
3.92 m	Dakar
3.87 m	Damascus
3.85 m	Santo Domingo
3.85 m	Durban
3.82 m	Yaounde
3.82 m	Caracas
3.80 m	Rawalpindi
3.77 m	Douala
3.77 m	Tashkent
3.67 m	Baku
3.67 m	Recife
3.62 m	Port-au-Prince
3.57 m	Fortaleza
3.57 m	Athens
3.47 m	Kyiv
3.42 m	Curitiba
3.42 m	Mashhad
3.42 m	Rome
3.40 m	Rotterdam
3.37 m	Isfahan

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89 Comments

+17

Level 79

Oct 24, 2019

Love it! (76/100)

+13

Level 58

Oct 24, 2019

Thanks, it's my first quiz :)

Level 74

May 7, 2020

Your first featured quiz too!

Level 49

May 31, 2020

A great quiz for your first one!

Level 58

Jun 3, 2020

Thank you :)

Level 66

Oct 24, 2019

Nice one!

Level 69

Oct 31, 2019

some of the answers are not properly shown in the table (e.g. tashkent, douala), and why are there only 98 answers?

still a good quiz though ^^

+13

Level 58

Nov 8, 2019

There are only 98 answers because Cologne / Düsseldorf and The Ruhr have been filled in already - this just seems to be what is done on other city quizes on this site so I followed suit.

Fixed the answers not showing as well!

Level 58

Jan 1, 2020

Yes, they were done then that had a knock on affect that made the last answer boxes disappear so I've just settled for this because I'm not good enough at using this yet! Sorry

+12

Level 92

Dec 11, 2019

Good to get those pesky countries out of the way.

Level 71

Jan 4, 2020

Got all but Abuja how did i miss abuja

Level 87

Jan 26, 2020

Accra, Monterrey, and Dubai are out of order.

Level 84

Apr 28, 2020

Yeah, Accra (7.95), Monterrey (7.925), and Dubai (7.9) are sandwiched between Belo Horizonte (4.975) and Melbourne (4.85). Can you put them in the right place? thanks

Level 58

Apr 29, 2020

It's fixed now. They were in the correct place, just the population had a 7 instead of a 4 by mistake!

Level 43

May 31, 2020

Belo Horizonte is my city!

Level 46

Mar 27, 2020

So Brazil is the new China here with 10 cities

Level 59

May 5, 2020

help me xD I can't figure out which 10th city I miss. These 9 I know: Sao Paulo, Rio, Salvador, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Recife, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia.

Level 43

May 31, 2020

Hello SkittUz! I'm brazilian, I have:

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte*, Porto Alegre, Brasília, Recife, Fortaleza, Salvador and Curitiba.

But I don't now the 10th. I think is Campinas, with 3.263.091 habitants in 2020, but not accept.

Level 43

May 31, 2020

Otherwise, I think is only 9.

Level 66

Mar 31, 2020

I had a few more obscure ones such as Meddelin, Yaounde, and Tashkent, but I somehow forgot Paris, even though I did try Lyon and Nice.

Level 73

Mar 17, 2024

I got Rawalpindi (currently the least guessed answer), but missed Melbourne.

Level 76

Apr 2, 2025

Got kuwait (not that obscure, but scored pretty low on this quiz, surprisingly) but missed Barcelona

+12

Level 71

Apr 27, 2020

Love the quiz! It might be worth accepting Islamabad for Rawalpindi, as they are both contiguous and part of one metro area, but Islamabad is better known as the capital of Pakistan.

Level 58

Apr 29, 2020

I've been trying to use the standard Jetpunk type-ins for stuff and I think the current way is the way it is normally done but someone can let me know if I am wrong.

Level 66

Nov 2, 2021

I am pretty sure they allow both as the same city. (Since I have always typed in Islamabad, but never Rawalpindi) I could be wrong though.

Level 77

Apr 30, 2020

Nice quiz. Should have got Durban but otherwise I'm quite satisfied (90/98). I think I'm the first after an update, all I got had 100% and the rest 0%. Hope it gets featured soon!

Level 58

Apr 30, 2020

Haha it just got updated this morning so I think you must have been! I think (hope) all the original mistakes are gone now.

Level 71

May 4, 2020

While I know that Jetpunk's stance on Taiwan makes it so Taipei should be here, I think it might be a good idea to add a disclaimer clarifying this.

+13

Level 91

May 7, 2020

It's pretty obvious that Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, isn't part of China, India or USA. The People's Republi has never controlled Taiwan and Taiwan is lead by the democratically elected government of President Tsai Ing-Wen. And not by the General-Secretary/President/Tyrant Xi Jinping.

Level 41

Jun 1, 2020

So far...

Level 67

Jan 26, 2022

Let's hope China doesn't make any outlandish moves any time soon.

Level 70

May 5, 2020

People are always commenting like this on population quizzes: I simply don't get it. London apparently has a urban area population of 14.7 million, yet Manchester doesn't creep onto the list with the bar set at 3.23 million. This makes no sense at all. If you look just on Wikipedia, Greater London has a population of 8.8 million, Greater Manchester 2.8 (although why anyone would say that Wigan for example is part of Manchester I do not know). If you include enough semi-connected urban area to get London to have a population of 14.7 million then you would be able to include enough to get Manchester over 4 million for sure. Still, the quiz is an interesting exercise.

Level 58

May 5, 2020

The quiz just uses citypopulation.de for populations, which seems to be the standard for the website. I definitely agree that it includes too much for some cities though. Like outside of this website Guangzhou is not the most populated city because no one would include Shenzhen in its population.

Level 91

May 5, 2020

Great quiz, thanks! I thought I did well getting 78 out of 98, but apparently that still only beats or equals 60.1% of quiz takers and nets me 3 points. I certainly feel I could have gotten many of the ones I missed now that I see the answers.

Level 91

May 31, 2020

Got 90 this time!

Level 79

May 31, 2020

Missed a couple in Africa, a couple in Pakistan and Indonesia, and a couple because I ran out of time.

Level 63

May 31, 2020

There are only a couple from Pakistan.

Level 79

May 31, 2020

"a couple in Pakistan and Indonesia," not a couple in Pakistan and a couple in Indonesia.

Also, there are four.

Level 45

May 31, 2020

Where is Ho Chi Minh?

Level 79

May 31, 2020

Right there at 8.5 m.

Level 80

May 31, 2020

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Level 49

May 31, 2020

Too America-Centric (?)

Level 40

May 31, 2020

I think Izmir should be here with 4,367,251 population according to citypopulation.de

Level 58

May 31, 2020

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that figure is for the province of Izmir.

Level 55

Dec 6, 2021

I believe the city and the province are the same as it's a municipal metropolitan area meaning that the city and province are essentially the same though this is only from a quick Google search so I may be wrong

Level 43

May 31, 2020

Thanks for remember my city, Belo Horizonte, Brazil!

Level 58

May 31, 2020

Haha of course! Unfortunately I didnt get north of Rio when I went to Brasil, but I remember someone showing me a picture from Belo Horizonte of some crosses overlooking the city at sunset and it looked like a very pretty place :)

Level 43

May 31, 2020

Billahhh, yes, you're right! I think you speak of a photo of Curral Hill. It is a beautiful place overlooking the entire city, but BH (as it is called here in Brazil), it also has ups and downs. One of the lows is Pampulha Lake, a large lake famous for its architectural ensemble by Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx. the place is beautiful, but those who live nearby, smell the sewage that Lagoa da Pampulha has. This occurs mainly when it rains or dusk. In addition, there are stretches where the lagoon is silted, but I love this place just the same! For more information, consult on Wikipedia, because I will not be able to say everything right? Kkkkkkk. Great quiz! Really enjoyed! And welcome to Jetpunk!

Level 79

Jun 1, 2020

Ho Chi Minh City is now just "Ho?"

Level 58

Jun 1, 2020

This was just one of the automatic type-ins accepted by jetpunk.

Level 88

Oct 25, 2023

But hcmc doesn’t work as it does in most quizzes

Level 65

Jun 1, 2020

shouldn't ho chi minh city be here

Level 58

Jun 1, 2020

Someone else had said this, do you not see it at 8.6m?

Level 24

Jun 2, 2020

Sana'a should definitely be on this list. Nearly every source I checked estimates its population at around 3.9 m. I think you can disregard citypopulation.de in this instance, since they are at odds with every other source.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanaa

Level 58

Jun 3, 2020

Yeah citypopulation.de seems to be what we use for most quizzes on this site but I think it needs to change. It's always such a large area covered by the city that it seems silly. Perhaps I'll make some quizzes using a different population source.

Level 32

Jun 3, 2020

only 8% said rawalpindi

Level 50

Jun 9, 2020

Accept Saigon for Ho Chi Minh City?

Level 80

Jul 31, 2020

Yeah, both Saigon or HCM should be accepted, as they are in most of the tests.

Level 72

Nov 18, 2020

Shouldn't Kolkata be included? It's in Bangladesh.

Level 58

Nov 26, 2020

It's in India, so not included

Level 49

Jan 25, 2021

Haha i missed out London but got Bandung and that as a European XD

Level 46

Feb 21, 2021

Why exclude Cologne/ Dusseldorf it's south the Ruhr

You should fill in Johannesburg/ Pretoria

Level 72

Apr 12, 2021

55/98 managed to miss Seoul tho

Level 69

Jun 8, 2021

In managed to miss Rio!

Level 69

Jun 8, 2021

Great quiz but could you accept Saigon and HCMC for Ho Chi Minh. Also can you accept Islamabad for Rawalpindi.

Level 95

Jun 25, 2021

Saigon should be accepted in this quiz

Level 38

Jul 29, 2021

London population is around 8 million not 14 million

Level 67

Nov 4, 2021

I got Ibadan, Douala and Rawalpindi but forgot Rome, Saint Petersburg and Athens...

Level 44

Feb 5, 2022

I guessed Abuja, Benin City and Kano but I forgot to guess Lagos -_-

Also forgot Seoul, Barcelona and Madrid

Level 75

Apr 29, 2022

Isn't Saigon a standard type-in for Ho Chi Minh City?

Level 81

Jul 26, 2022

HCMC and Saigon are the standard type ins

Level 88

Oct 4, 2022

Hcmc doesn’t work for this quiz, though it does for every other quiz on jetpunk, as a result of which I missed it.

Level ∞

Oct 25, 2023

Fixed

Level 63

Mar 8, 2023

90/98 time limit unfair, needs another minute

Level 61

May 15, 2023

got rotterdam at the last 5 seconds. 98/98.

Level 44

Aug 12, 2023

Missed Nagoya, Alexandria and Kuwait City. If I had five more minutes I still think I would not come up with Nagoya though... Ah those japanese names

Level 26

Sep 26, 2023

How was New York City not on here?!

Level 56

Oct 18, 2023

Read the notes

Level 70

Mar 6, 2024

I know right!!! Surprising how there’s not a single US city on here!!!

Level 85

Apr 4, 2025

It's anti-American.

Level 89

Dec 22, 2023

Not enough time for me but great quiz

Level 65

Mar 16, 2024

Is Rotterdam larger than Amsterdam?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Largest_cities_of_the_Netherlands

Level 78

Mar 16, 2024

Urban area yes, Rotterdam's urban area includes the Hague and some other cities.

Level 48

Mar 17, 2024

Actually, that wouldn't count as being the urban area of Rotterdam. The urban are that rotterdam is considered TO BE IN is called Randstad and it goes from amsterdam to roterdam, and from den haag (the hague) to utrecht, with a population surpassing 8 million people.

Level 65

Oct 27, 2025

The way I see it, neither the Randstad nor Rotterdam-The Hague would fall under the definition of urban area. A distinction must be made between (from smallest to largest category) city proper, urban area, metropolitan area and agglomeration

City proper: municipalities of The Hague and Rotterdam.

Urban area: The Hague (includes Rijswijk, Voorburg, and even Delft, etc), Rotterdam (includes Schiedam, Vlaardingen, etc)

Metropolitan area: Can be interpreted in different ways, tricky in the Netherlands because work distances are shorter and cities are closer. For The Hague this includes Zoetermeer and for Rotterdam it includes Dordrecht. Both cities, Rotterdam and The Hague can also form one metropolitan area with two unique centres. Could include more cities in the unique case of the Netherlands.

Agglomeration: includes the entire Randstad. In the US the distances could be larger and include areas from Washington DC to NYC and Boston.

Level 68

Mar 16, 2024

It's sobering seeing most of the cities on this list, considering the quality of living/self-governance, and extrapolating that into further predicted growth

Level 65

Oct 27, 2025

After looking at the map I think I believe Islamabad should be accepted for Rawalpindi, both are in the same urban area and Islamabad is the Capital City.

Level 48

Dec 2, 2025

Nice quiz! Would you consider making it so you can see the dots on the map before answering?

Level 55

Feb 20, 2026

Nice idea for a quiz - makes it much harder than the regular all 100. How about removing Brazil too?

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