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Biggest Cities in the Commonwealth of Nations

Try to name the most populous urban areas in the British Commonwealth, officially known as the Commonwealth of Nations.
According to citypopulation.de, January 2021
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: February 27, 2021
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First submittedJuly 29, 2014
Times taken49,196
Average score46.4%
Rating4.47
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Population
City
31.3 m
Delhi
25.6 m
Mumbai
20.3 m
Dhaka
20.1 m
Lagos
18.2 m
Karachi
17.0 m
Kolkata
14.8 m
London
14.2 m
Johannesburg
13.5 m
Lahore
12.7 m
Bangalore
Population
City
11.6 m
Chennai
10.4 m
Hyderabad
9.15 m
Kuala Lumpur
8.75 m
Ahmedabad
7.90 m
Singapore
7.65 m
Toronto
7.10 m
Pune
6.90 m
Surat
6.45 m
Dar es Salaam
Population
City
6.10 m
Nairobi
5.40 m
Sydney
5.20 m
Accra
5.05 m
Melbourne
5.00 m
Chittagong
4.83 m
Colombo
4.85 m
Kano
4.33 m
Montreal
4.30 m
Cape Town
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Level 38
Aug 1, 2014
This was tough! Got 19. American here. Really got me thinking. Bravo.
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Level 75
Aug 1, 2014
19 is impressive. I only got 17 and i'm British : )
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Level 83
Aug 3, 2014
American and got 25. Got Kano but missed Accra.
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Level 83
Jan 4, 2019
got 26 this time. Missed Surat and Colombo.
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Level 83
Apr 23, 2019
...and still have never gotten Surat. Got everything else this time, though. :P
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Level 65
Aug 10, 2021
Whew. 100% from an Aussie. Only remembered Canada existed with 20 seconds left though. Sorry Canadians!
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Level 67
Aug 1, 2014
I'm from New Zealand and got 23. Solid effort.
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Level 68
Mar 15, 2017
Hey, same!
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Level 57
Aug 1, 2014
27/28. Woot! Missed Kano. I'm Indian, and it helped!
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Level 69
Sep 13, 2021
Same here
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Level 58
Aug 1, 2014
What about Hong Kong?
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Level 83
Aug 2, 2014
China is not part of the British Commonwealth.
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Level 82
Oct 12, 2015
It's a reasonable comment, though, seeing as Britain used to own Hong Kong, and apparently it used to be allowed to participate in the Cmmonwealth Games.
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Level 31
Jun 16, 2016
I thought the same thing but tried Hong Kong just in case
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Level 83
Jun 16, 2016
yes it was part of the empire but then it became part of China. If it had retained independence that would make sense... but since it was absorbed into another country, it would be quite strange. I don't think there are any territories in the Commonwealth that are parts of other countries that are, themselves, not in the Commonwealth.
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Level 71
Jun 20, 2016
Hong Kong was no longer part of the Commonwealth since 1997.
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Level 75
Sep 6, 2015
Missed London...
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Level 65
Feb 8, 2017
Me too...
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Level 50
Aug 10, 2021
Same here. 26/28. Somewhat surprised only 32% got my home city, KL.
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Level 27
Oct 22, 2015
Got 22, Poland ;)
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Level 73
Jun 16, 2016
Great quiz. Took me most of the time to get them.
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Level 73
Mar 14, 2020
The logo kind of reminds me of the old Coastal Mart logo. My small hometown in Kansas had one.
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Level 68
Jun 16, 2016
I don;t think it really does matter where youre from, in regards to your score, since they were on all the continents (only s. america is not included in this quiz, because Guyana doesnt have any cities big enough)
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Level 71
Jun 16, 2016
Nice quiz. Accepting "Dar" for Dar es Salaam is quite allowing, don't you think?
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Level 74
Jun 16, 2016
I like it. People in "Dar" virtually always call it "Dar."
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Level 72
Jun 17, 2016
We should see more type-ins like that, if people write 'Dar', we can be pretty sure they mean Daressalaam. Maybe QM should just shorten the timers and make us type less.
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Level 39
Mar 18, 2018
people could be trying to type in Brunei Darussalam and type in Dar first
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Level 43
Aug 10, 2021
I guess they could, but that is extremely unlikely.
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Level 32
Jun 17, 2016
Great quiz, but it should be titled 'biggest cities in the Commonwealth of Nations', the adjective 'British' was dropped from the official title decades ago...
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Level 79
Nov 9, 2017
Yes. It stopped being called the British Commonwealth in 1949.
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Level 79
Aug 9, 2018
Same request as on the other Commonwealth quiz - could the title be changed please? It's incorrect by 69 years. Thanks
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Level 83
Aug 9, 2016
Great quiz, though I kept forgetting I was going for Commonwealth cities as opposed to British Empire cities (I came to this directly from the Spanish Empire cities quiz). I also awkwardly forgot that Canada was a thing.
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Level 80
Sep 26, 2019
I got all the Indian cities, but totally forgot about Canada. I even tried some in the Caribbean, even though I knew none were big enough.
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Level 61
Apr 25, 2017
Got all 28! 4 seconds remaining! Indian here.
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Level 76
Mar 5, 2021
You have a bit of an edge there, my friend. I missed a few in India. 20/28.
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Level 63
Jun 4, 2017
Tricky quiz, interesting quiz, great quiz.
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Level 31
Jul 15, 2017
Only 15 and from UK. Very difficult
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Level 43
Sep 12, 2017
Got 23 and from Canada. Very hard!
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Level 58
Nov 19, 2017
Shouldn't New York City be on here? The United States was part of the British Empire, right? Or is it just that the British Empire did not own the whole United States?
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Level 91
Nov 20, 2017
This quiz isn't about cities that WERE part of the British Empire. It about cities that ARE part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Level 69
Jan 18, 2018
28/28, thanks mostly to the Commonwealth Games
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Level 83
Mar 15, 2018
Got 'em all bar Chittagong this time.
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Level 66
May 28, 2018
Incredible, I hit 21... but forgot London :-)))
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Level 86
Jan 4, 2019
Fun quiz. I only got 20, missed some ones that were obvious in retrospect. I am proud to have gotten the least guessed answer, though!
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Level 78
Jan 5, 2019
Missed Kano and Chittagong.

Good quiz.

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Level 55
Jan 5, 2019
The large Indian cities I know from empire total war :) NERD level 1 million I guess
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Level 59
Jan 14, 2019
Ugh i kept on typing banglore and bangaluru instead of bangalore. I think you should allow Bangaluru cause I heard that's how indians say it.
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Level 25
Mar 3, 2019
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, South Africa and more are not in the common wealth
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Level ∞
Mar 3, 2019
The quiz is accurate. Please research before checking the "correction" box.

http://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries

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Level 77
Jun 30, 2019
You're wrong, accept for Egypt. And it's 'Commonwealth', not 'common wealth'.
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Level 70
Aug 10, 2021
It is also 'except' not 'accept'
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Level 76
Sep 29, 2021
Couldn't help having a little chuckle at this.
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Level 75
Apr 23, 2019
Great Quiz.
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Level 75
Jul 24, 2020
Got everything except I forgot Bangladesh.
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Level 60
Apr 27, 2021
Only missed Singapore and KL
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Level 48
Aug 10, 2021
There's no such thing as the "British Commonwealth".
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Level 49
Aug 10, 2021
Swedish and managed to get 24. Totaly forgot about Singapore!
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Level 26
Aug 13, 2021
Got 20 but I feel so stupid I forgot Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ahmedabad, those were so easy, can't believe my mind just erased them lmfao. The others, never heard them in my life
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Level 55
Sep 29, 2021
Got 24, from Romania.

Cheers !

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Level 55
Sep 29, 2021
Got 24, from Romania.

Cheers !

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Level 65
Apr 9, 2022
Why is Singapore's population indicated as 7.90 million on this quiz?
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Level 58
Aug 9, 2022
Exactly. According to citypopulation.de it also says in 2020, it says 4 mil in 2020 and most other sites like https://tradingeconomics.com/singapore/population#:~:text=Population%20in%20Singapore%20is%20expected,according%20to%20our%20econometric%20models. says it is 5.82 mil
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Level 68
Oct 6, 2022
I didn't realize Bangladesh and Pakistan were still part of the Commonwealth, and I completely forgot about South Africa
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Level 78
Dec 18, 2022
Isn't Bangalore officially Bengaluru now? I feel like that name usually pops up as the official answer on Jetpunk