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100 Biggest Cities on a World Map

With the help of a map, try to name the 100 most populous urban areas in the world.
As of January 2024 according to citypopulation.de
Urban area population, not city proper population
One loosely-defined area (The Ruhr) has been filled in
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First submittedOctober 24, 2016
Times taken416,304
Average score60.0%
Rating4.99
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Population
City
70.1 m
Guangzhou / Shenzhen
41.0 m
Tokyo
40.8 m
Shanghai / Suzhou
34.6 m
Delhi
29.2 m
Jakarta
27.2 m
Manila
27.1 m
Mumbai
25.1 m
Mexico City
25.1 m
Seoul
22.5 m
Cairo
22.5 m
Dhaka
22.1 m
São Paulo
22.0 m
New York City
21.2 m
Bangkok
21.2 m
Beijing
20.9 m
Karachi
20.7 m
Lagos
19.1 m
Moscow
17.7 m
Kolkata
17.7 m
Osaka
17.3 m
Chengdu
17.2 m
Los Angeles
16.7 m
Buenos Aires
16.5 m
Tehran
15.9 m
Istanbul
15.6 m
Kinshasa
14.9 m
London
14.9 m
Xiamen
14.6 m
Johannesburg
14.5 m
Lahore
14.2 m
Bangalore
13.9 m
Hangzhou
13.9 m
Ho Chi Minh City
12.8 m
Xi'an
Population
City
12.6 m
Chennai
12.5 m
Rio de Janeiro
12.2 m
Wuhan
11.8 m
Lima
11.5 m
Paris
11.5 m
Tianjin
11.4 m
Hyderabad
11.0 m
Changsha
10.9 m
Chongqing
10.5 m
Nagoya
10.4 m
Bogotá
9.95 m
Taipei
9.80 m
Zhengzhou
9.65 m
Chicago
9.60 m
Ahmedabad
9.35 m
Luanda
9.30 m
Kuala Lumpur
9.30 m
Nanjing
8.70 m
Shenyang
8.55 m
Washington / Baltimore
8.25 m
Santiago
8.00 m
Shantou
7.85 m
Singapore
7.80 m
Hefei
7.75 m
Pune
7.75 m
Surat
7.70 m
Boston
7.70 m
Toronto
7.65 m
Baghdad
7.65 m
Dallas
7.50 m
Philadelphia
7.50 m
Riyadh
7.45 m
Qingdao
7.45 m
San Francisco
Population
City
7.30 m
Ningbo
7.25 m
Hong Kong
7.15 m
Hanoi
7.05 m
Houston
7.05 m
Khartoum
6.95 m
Bandung
6.80 m
Abidjan
6.70 m
Nairobi
6.65 m
Madrid
6.60 m
Accra
6.55 m
Jinan
6.50 m
Kunming
6.50 m
Saint Petersburg
6.30 m
Miami
6.25 m
Dar es Salaam
6.20 m
Alexandria
6.20 m
Shijiazhuang
6.15 m
Yangon
6.10 m
Atlanta
6.10 m
Milan
6.00 m
Amman
6.00 m
Monterrey
5.95 m
Dubai
5.95 m
Taiyuan
5.90 m
Surabaya
5.85 m
Guadalajara
5.75 m
Detroit
5.65 m
The Ruhr
5.45 m
Bamako
5.45 m
Harbin
5.30 m
Dalian
5.30 m
Nanning
5.20 m
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100 Recent Comments
Quizmaster
+97
Level ∞
Feb 28, 2021
2021 update. Goodbye Berlin. Hello, Kano.
Capital
+4
Level 20
Nov 21, 2020
I got 98 on my first try but I still missed Beijing.
TheGeographyMan
+2
Level 34
Nov 23, 2020
I cant believe I completed the quiz with1:58 left!
Capital
+2
Level 20
Nov 23, 2020
I got 2:12 left.I have 6 minutes left until I reach the chinese cities
Stopperman
+3
Level 60
Dec 15, 2020
97, missed 1 chinese, 1 indian, and 1 indonesian
Churning
+1
Level 52
Apr 29, 2026
got 75!

missed: 4 in North America, 2 in West Africa, 1 in Indonesia and the rest in China

Ekansh
+4
Level 48
Dec 30, 2020
78, missed a majority of Chinese cities
1ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 53
Jan 2, 2021
95. Missed 4 Chinese, 1 Indonesian
Rumreisender
+5
Level 47
Jan 30, 2021
most of the US cities are by far too big in this list....
TomatosRaafatos
+5
Level 76
Apr 25, 2024
Classic city proper vs urban area issue we always get on Jetpunk. When a quiz says in the caveats "urban area" the numbers will always be huge bcz of the way "city" limits are stretched to include ALL urban buildup around the core city. Check the wikipedia pages on the US's CSA and MSA city limits and populations and you'll see for yourself that these are official numbers.
f3004
+2
Level 49
Feb 15, 2021
Hanoi has a population of 8 Million!!
Fuse
+3
Level 80
Feb 28, 2021
According to the source, Hanoi is 4,025,000 - not big enough for the quiz.
paunow
+1
Level 59
Sep 25, 2024
who's gonna tell him
GrammarBeane1
+2
Level 82
Feb 25, 2021
Is SJK no longer accepted for Sri Lanka's capital?
Freestatebear
+10
Level 88
Feb 28, 2021
This quiz is asking for the urban areas. SJK, or "Kotte" is considered a satellite city to the Columbo urban area.
sacheth9
+2
Level 65
Feb 28, 2021
great, thanks for updating the quiz!
InfiniteBulk
+3
Level 73
Feb 28, 2021
I finally got 100% on this quiz yesterday, and now it's updated. The timing...
CeartGoLeor
+2
Level 91
Mar 1, 2021
99/100 and beaten by 23.1% of people. Wow, people on jetpunk really know their big cities.
Fishyyy
+3
Level 62
Mar 10, 2021
Where'd you get ur sources? Very Inaccurate quiz
1ProximaCentauri
+15
Level 53
Mar 13, 2021
So inaccurate that you can't even provide an example.
NewYorker125
+2
Level 25
Mar 10, 2021
got 92! I got all but Pune, Bandung, Surabaya, Shantou, Wenzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Qingdao
NewYorker125
+3
Level 25
Mar 10, 2021
lol I can't believe I missed Nanjing, I've heard of that city many times
GeographyWonk
+1
Level 55
Jan 31, 2022
Well, a lot of Chinese cities are missed. So this has to be genuine.
geobuff13422
+4
Level 45
Mar 20, 2021
There is absolutely no way that Hefei is bigger than Dalian
EvanAviator
+2
Level 61
Oct 6, 2021
there is a way
canyonfjordkarst
+2
Level 75
Apr 5, 2021
only missed hefei :(
always1614
+6
Level 28
Apr 18, 2021
Respect to the people who got all the Chinese cities. I hope to be there one day.
Angbo
+1
Level 67
May 9, 2021
I want to type-in Bhopal,but I got Belo Horizonte,actually,I don't know this before...

How funny!

jasondayo
+2
Level 57
May 17, 2021
in your map, HEFEI in China is dotted wrongly. In reality, Hefei is west of Nanjing. In your map, it´s norwest of Nanjing.
Sincri
+1
Level 36
Jul 13, 2021
99%... missed Shantou :(
vermiciousknid
+3
Level 91
Oct 8, 2021
Same here. I seem to frequently miss Shantou. Maybe I'll make a special effort to remember it next time.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Mar 20, 2024
Got it this time!
nopassword
+1
Level 61
Jun 11, 2025
Thanks I was about to do the same
kogatora
+6
Level 96
Aug 17, 2021
Points to note about using the urban area: Of the big two Tokyo metro area is actually only around 14 million and the wider area used here covers the same area as the whole of Maryland; none of the sub cities would make the list on their own; Guangzhou/Shenzhen is also clearly on the list with about 23M in their metro areas but also has the sub-cities of Foshan and Dongguan at around 7M each.

Suzhou would also make the list at about 11M but makes sense to be included with Shanghai as a large number commute in both directions and they are going to open a metro line to connect them fairly soon.

No other agglomeration on the list has a satellite/sub-city which would make the list in its own right. However of the others: Johannesburg seems to be less than half the city itself (with 6M in East Rand West Rand and Pretoria); Singapore and Detroit both include areas in other countries; and Shantou, Dubai, Guadalajara, Wenzhou and Taipei would not make the list excluding satellite cities.

kogatora
+1
Level 96
Aug 17, 2021
Not complaining, just pointing out some hopefully interesting nuggets from using this methodology.
Pokebom
+1
Level 55
Sep 24, 2021
I am very close now, only missed 3 of the Chinese cities to get 100%... one day :D
sacheth9
+2
Level 65
Oct 4, 2021
why is Hong Kong grayed out?
sacheth9
+2
Level 65
Sep 11, 2022
...in dark mode
FordGMChrysler20
+2
Level 57
Oct 6, 2021
Most obvious one I missed was Taipei, didn't notice it out of the sea of other dots in and around China
VedantSri1406
+3
Level 46
Nov 16, 2021
You cant count guangzhou and shenzhen together, they are both tier one cities
GeographyWonk
+2
Level 55
Jan 31, 2022
I don't think so.

As far as I know, the area around the Pearl River delta is to be combined into a single megacity. And this is what I found on the web.

*Called the “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One” scheme, the plan will effectively merge Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Huizhou, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai into a single megacity with a geographical size larger than Switzerland. *

Whereas, some cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen are already combined.

VedantSri1406
+1
Level 46
Nov 16, 2021
Mumbai urban area population is 42 million and delhi is 200 000 less than mumbai, I sat down and added them up together
Joe1
+3
Level 64
Nov 30, 2021
9 cities in India and 12 in USA? Something doesn't add up....
GeographyWonk
+2
Level 55
Jan 31, 2022
Exactly...
Churning
+1
Level 52
Apr 29, 2026
the Indian population is ~60% rural while 80% of the American population is urban
SweetLollies
+2
Level 51
Dec 5, 2021
I think Busan should be added, it has 8.6 million people for it's metro area
GeographyWonk
+1
Level 55
Jan 31, 2022
I think the location of Hefei is a little towards the southwest. On this map, it's in the place of Bengbu(on the original map).
hampterGD
+2
Level 45
Jan 31, 2022
is it just me or did shantou just not exist until this quiz
Theboss1224
+1
Level 68
Mar 6, 2024
i was thinking the same thing lol
Gllombfek
+1
Level 54
Mar 5, 2022
I think citypopulation.de's website has been updated for 2022 data. Look here.
geographynerd69
+1
Level 37
Apr 22, 2022
all of them with 5:11 left
GeographywithAdi
+1
Level 62
Jun 7, 2022
92/100, china stumped me
IbnBattuta
+2
Level 56
Jun 11, 2022
100 on the first try means I really need to get a life
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jul 29, 2024
You got a quizzing life :)
Haobo
+1
Level 49
Jun 17, 2022
What are the two grey dots in western Germany?
kalbahamut
+11
Level 79
Aug 15, 2022
I'm guessing one is the loosely defined "Ruhr Area," greyed out because there's no single urban center, and the other is probably Bielefeld, greyed out because it doesn't really exist.
papelakiwi
+1
Level 59
Dec 20, 2022
4:31 don't know if it is a great time but proud to know them all.

it's a second try because first try i forgot changsha zhengzhou and philadelphia, i freaking forgot philadelphia.

giveMEname
+1
Level 48
Jan 23, 2023
Anyone gonna put the answers on?
RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 10, 2023
100/100 in 5 mins & 23 seconds. Easy, peesy, lemon squeezy for a swot like me.
CoconutMan
+1
Level 28
Mar 7, 2023
Ha, I could've sworn that Belo Horizonte was closer to the coast. Other than that, I got most of them besides a couple of obscure Chinese cities
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 73
Mar 27, 2023
Why does Surat seem to be in the middle of the ocean?
Quizbyquiz
+1
Level 43
May 21, 2023
I tried typing in the capital of Iraq, but it auto-corrected to Belo Horizonte. Still works.
Kawada01
+4
Level 65
Sep 23, 2023
Accept Narrm for Melbourne?
AlexArgyropoulos
+3
Level 60
Mar 4, 2024
surely not
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 73
Oct 29, 2024
Should. And don't call me Shirley.
grantdon
+1
Level 74
Jan 23, 2025
There has never been a city called "Narm"
StanTheManG
+1
Level 26
Feb 14, 2024
95, missed Bandung, Zhengzhou, Hefei, Wenzhou and Shantou. Dangit.
YoshiSoda
+1
Level 54
Feb 22, 2024
82/100. Missed Kuala Lumpur, Washington-Baltimore, Accra, and Dar es Salaam. tried typing in addis ababa, but I realized what the city was too late.
mdoawgg
+2
Level 58
Mar 3, 2024
The 71 mil figure you have for guangzhou is the Greater Bay Area which includes Hong Kong. So you have honkong counted twice here
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Mar 3, 2024
Nope.
Aliyahu
+1
Level 52
Mar 4, 2024
Is there a particular reason the California Bay Area area is labelled as San Francisco rather than San Jose? I know SF is the more famous city of the two, but SJ is the larger of the two by about 100K.
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Mar 4, 2024
Same reason Manila is not labeled as "Quezon City". Because it would make us look ridiculous.
SLAAAAAAAAYER
+4
Level 49
Mar 12, 2024
I know this has already been brought up, but if you are going to accept Philly for Philadelphia and SF for San Francisco you have to accept LA for Los Angeles. I live in California, everyone calls Los Angeles LA and I rarely hear anyone refer to San Francisco as SF, usually Frisco, San Fran or the Bay.
TheodoreE45
+6
Level 94
Apr 3, 2024
The difference is no other cities start with 'SF' or 'Philly,' whereas there's many cities (even one on this list) that start with 'La.' That's probably why it's not an accepted type-in.
CapitalsIsMyGoal
+1
Level 53
Apr 5, 2024
Ok, im not an american but…

I missed NYC.

EJDubs
+1
Level 18
May 25, 2024
Your mind always goes directly to the ones you know are difficult to remember. Then you don't get 100%, and you look at the results and every time an obvious one pops into your head, you feel dumber, and dumber.. and dumber........ and dumber......................... and ddduuuuuummmmbbbeeerrrr..........................................................................................................................
EJDubs
+1
Level 18
May 25, 2024
actually
cyceryx
+1
Level 61
Jul 10, 2024
84/100 :3
EcceHomo
+1
Level 86
Sep 6, 2024
82. Must brush up on the cities of China.
Dontforget
+5
Level 76
Oct 10, 2024
My grandpa lived some of his teens in Pune (then spelt Poona I think) and would talk about it like it was a small town. Little did I know it was among the post populated cities in the world. I asked him about it after taking this quiz and he told me "I meant in comparison to Bombay".
GlobalCitizen
+1
Level 65
Nov 13, 2024
Got all of them, first try :) Interestingly enough I actually visited the least guessed city, Taiyuan.
TheGeoGoat2
+1
Level 27
Feb 4, 2025
forgot hong kong..*facepalm*
HighFidelity
+2
Level 59
Feb 5, 2025
Sheesh, Sydney and Melbourne must be almost 101 and 102
mrputter
+2
Level 90
May 12, 2025
111 and 108, as of Jan 1, 2025: https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/
ellawella
+2
Level 26
Mar 7, 2025
I'm curious why Washington and Baltimore are counted in the same category? they're almost 2 hours apart
precisioncontrol
+1
Level 66
Dec 12, 2025
No, they're not almost 2 hours apart -- they're only an hour apart via car or train. Also, they are part of the same "combined statistical area" or CSA. CSAs represent multiple metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas that have an employment interchange of at least 15% (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A). CSAs often represent regions with overlapping labor and media markets.
Lexiconic
+1
Level 45
Jun 28, 2025
May I translate this quiz?
Tadeu
+1
Level 69
Aug 28, 2025
Omg, I’m just two cities away from acing this quiz. But damn, those are hard names for me.
Tadeu
+1
Level 69
Oct 16, 2025
100/100
iamduckyyy
+1
Level 43
Nov 5, 2025
There is absolutely no way a city can get 70 million people. I hope this is wrong.
Limukala
+1
Level 61
Nov 24, 2025
100! Nanning almost got me.
precisioncontrol
+1
Level 66
Dec 12, 2025
80/100. I got every city outside of India and China and all but 2 in India. Very proud of this effort, and probably not going to try to memorize the cities in China LOL
Joe1
+1
Level 64
Dec 19, 2025
9 cites in India

26 cities in China, Including the most and 3rd most populated

Yet India has a higher population in a much smaller land area.

Something definitely doesn't add up

hrsuvakas
+1
Level 67
Dec 22, 2025
people in china are crowded up more near the coast and in the cities near the coast, because of work opportunities, in factories and what not. that doesnt exist in india as people are spread out everywhere along the country
Churning
+1
Level 52
Apr 29, 2026
higher urban population in China and elaborating on prev comment, the western part of China is sparsely populated
tim873
+1
Level 25
Dec 26, 2025
how do yall know these chinese cities, ive missed 9 cities, all chinese
sevenoheaven
+3
Level 62
Feb 15, 2026
I think it's time for Jetpunk to trust us enough to get Rhine/Ruhr. We get it.
Churning
+1
Level 52
Apr 29, 2026
It should make sense, but because it is auto filled so many times, I would never remember this as an option 😂
TrulsBekk
+1
Level 45
Mar 14, 2026
Should accept more misspellings. I had both Ho Chi Minh city and Shenzhen, but apparently could'nt spell them correctly. S/Z/C should be interchangable in a lot of cases, in my opinion. Also H's optional in some cases.
Churning
+1
Level 52
Apr 29, 2026
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