Biggest Cities in the World Quiz

How many of the world's 50 most populous urban areas can you name?

As of January 2023 according to citypopulation.de

Urban area population, not city proper population

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First submitted	March 25, 2012
Times taken	617,474
Average score	50.0%
Rating	4.82

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Population	Urban Area
67.8 mil	Guangzhou / Shenzhen
40.8 mil	Tokyo
40.0 mil	Shanghai
33.4 mil	Delhi
28.9 mil	Jakarta
26.7 mil	Manila
26.6 mil	Mumbai
24.9 mil	Mexico City
24.9 mil	Seoul
23.1 mil	New York City
23.0 mil	São Paulo
22.2 mil	Cairo
21.4 mil	Lagos
21.3 mil	Dhaka
20.9 mil	Beijing
20.5 mil	Bangkok
19.1 mil	Karachi

Population	Urban Area
18.8 mil	Moscow
17.7 mil	Los Angeles
17.7 mil	Osaka
17.4 mil	Kolkata
16.7 mil	Buenos Aires
16.6 mil	Chengdu
16.2 mil	Tehran
16.1 mil	Istanbul
15.0 mil	Kinshasa
14.8 mil	Johannesburg
14.8 mil	London
14.5 mil	Xiamen
14.4 mil	Lahore
13.7 mil	Bangalore
13.5 mil	Ho Chi Minh City
13.4 mil	Hangzhou
13.4 mil	Rio de Janeiro

Population	Urban Area
12.3 mil	Xi'an
12.2 mil	Chennai
11.8 mil	Wuhan
11.6 mil	Lima
11.4 mil	Paris
11.4 mil	Tianjin
11.1 mil	Hyderabad
10.5 mil	Changsha
10.5 mil	Chongqing
10.5 mil	Nagoya
10.2 mil	Bogotá
9.90 mil	Chicago
9.45 mil	Zhengzhou
9.30 mil	Ahmedabad
9.20 mil	Taipei
9.15 mil	Riyadh

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100 Recent Comments

Level 43

Apr 12, 2019

It doesn’t let you just put LA in for Los Angeles

Level 59

Feb 1, 2021

yeah cause you could get that fill i on accident by typing in anything that starts with L-A

Level 81

Apr 21, 2019

Luanda moving up the rankings...

Level 45

May 5, 2019

Somehow I missed Seoul and Taipei and that's it

Level 39

Jul 29, 2019

spent way too long trying to spell Ahmedabad...

Level 33

Mar 16, 2024

haha I live there so it was one of the first I attempted

Level 72

Aug 16, 2024

Ah so Youredabad!

Level 38

Aug 28, 2024

i live in chennai

Level 69

Aug 17, 2019

Geez – 28 average, and I only got 1 point at 27. Tough crowd!

Level 82

Jan 12, 2020

On my latest go at the latest version of this quiz I got 48/50, missing Chennai and Luanda. This despite having hung out with someone from Chennai just two nights ago. Oh well. It seems everyone of these larger list quizzes, there's always one obvious answer I miss. At least this time it was't Beijing like on a past attempt.

Level 43

Jan 24, 2020

Why is there so much complaining on this quiz? Just appreciate the fact that Quizmaster made this for us!

Level 64

Feb 6, 2020

I'm sure the number of people who get Wuhan is rising :-(

Level 63

Feb 8, 2020

Wuhan-Makes the 50 most populated cities in the entire world list

Corona Virus-I'm gonna end this town's whole career

Level 36

Apr 16, 2020

As of 2016, the central city of Chongqing (urban area, central) had 8.5 million. As of 2018 Wuhan had 9 million. Hangzhou now has 9.2 million (2019).

Chengdu 11,940,000 (2019)

Level 70

Apr 28, 2020

Missed Tehran.

Level 45

May 28, 2020

I got everything but Shenyang :/

Level 35

May 31, 2020

i SWEAR i typed in ho chi minh city but it said i didnt :(

Level 44

Aug 12, 2020

You sure you typed it right

Level 29

Jul 30, 2020

I got all correct but how is Guangzhou on top and how has Delhi not passed Shanghai?

Level 79

Jan 8, 2021

The Guangzhou Agglomeration, which has a population of 46,700,000 includes the cities of:

Shēnzhèn - 13,374,300

Guăngzhōu - 13,233,500

Dōngguān - 7,795,800

Fóshān - 7,750,700

Zhōngshān - 2,987,900

Jiāngmén - 1,650,000

This adds up to 46,792,200, which is around 46,700,000

Level 62

Mar 1, 2021

No, it's in Guangzhou's.

Level 29

Aug 13, 2020

34/50 argh

Level 42

Sep 3, 2020

46/50 missed Taipei, Shenyang, Hangzhou and Kuala Lumpur

Level 56

Oct 27, 2020

how did I get Shenyang and miss Moscow smh

Level 44

Nov 15, 2020

The list cites the 2019 version of the website, but that version is no longer accessible - only the 2020 version. I suggest updating the quiz to match. It involves a few citiies changing places, and removed Riyadh in favour of Shenyang. Also, it gives local names and English names. Some of the English names are accepted, some are not. E.g., the list gives Tianjin=Tientsin, but this quiz rejects Tientsin. At the same time, it the quiz accepts Calcutta (=Kolkata). I suggest that all English names given be accepted alternates.

Level 61

Apr 10, 2021

Tientsin is not the English name for Tianjin (which is the english name), as opposed to 天津。 "Tientsin" is just a romanisation which as fell out of use.

Level 53

Mar 13, 2022

Yes. citypopulation.de says that the "English Names" are the former names (eg Madras for Chennai, Bombay for Mumbai, Bangalore for Bengaluru), but I call them by their (now common in English) names.

Level 57

Nov 30, 2020

42/50 but i forget beijing smh

Level 62

Mar 1, 2021

I forgot Shanghai. I always forget it's there, because in the south there is the Pearl River delta and Hong Kong, and in the north there is Beijing and Tianjin, but there isn't really anything in between other than Shanghai and the cities surrounding it.

Level 70

Feb 28, 2021

Laughably innacurate numbers😂😂

Level 74

Feb 28, 2021

I mean the source is approved by many organizations dude. Calm down

Level 54

Aug 27, 2022

They're accurate.

Level 44

Feb 28, 2021

Toronto is larger than Paris.....

Level 62

Mar 1, 2021

No it's not. The Greater Toronto area has around 6.5 million people, and the Paris Metro Area has around 12 million.

Level 46

Mar 1, 2021

forgot xiamen and bengalore...

Level 62

Mar 29, 2021

I'm sure that Karachi has an urban population of about 30 million.

Level 15

May 8, 2021

I lived in Xiamen a few years - it isn't that big. I'm guessing it was combined with Zhangzhou and maybe another? Most Xiamen folk would be surprised to be on this list.

Level 53

Mar 13, 2022

According to citypopulation.de, Xiàmén is combined with Jìnjiāng and Quánzhōu.

Level 48

May 19, 2021

Wait... Why does Seoul has 25 million populations? Seoul only has 9.8 million... 25 million populations are in the South Korea's Metropolitan area which contains Seoul.

Sorry if I am wrong

there might be some grammatical errors

Level 36

Dec 7, 2021

The contiguous city of Seoul-Incheon covers 25 million, ignoring the city boundaries drawn on the map.

Level 43

Jul 18, 2021

please double check these as Houston is way bigger than DC, yet "Washington/Baltimore" is included but Houston is not.

Level ∞

Jul 18, 2021

The quiz is accurate.

Level 40

Feb 1, 2023

Houston pop is 2.2 million

Level 63

Jul 20, 2021

Kuala Lumpur does not have 9.15 million people. If you include all the suburbs, at most it has about 3.5 million people.

Level 30

Aug 16, 2021

How could I miss Mexico City?????!!!!!

Level 30

Aug 16, 2021

And also Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad!?

Level 48

Sep 3, 2021

I don' think Seoul has 25 million populations.. It is not even a megacity now! I think the population of Seoul included Gyeongi-Do whose land covers Seoul. If I am wrong, please tell me why :)

Level 36

Dec 7, 2021

If you connect all the parts of the city into one - this is how all the other cities are counted also, with all the connected towns and cities combined into one so long as they are touching. The NYC count for example takes in huge parts of the countryside, without even having to touch each other, that's the size of a small country. -Seoul is much more contiguous: https://www.dreamstime.com/high-resolution-satellite-image-seoul-metropolitan-area-south-korea-aerial-background-map-contains-modified-copernicus-sentinel-image155221570

Level 37

Oct 9, 2021

I really took the L with that; 29

Level 66

Nov 9, 2021

Got all except Washington....

Level 25

Dec 9, 2021

Got 46 on the first try, those last 4 were the same 4 the rest of the people forgot too! Ahmedabad, Luanda, Xiamen and Hangzhou. I would've never thought about them, in fact, I think I've never heard of Xiamen in my entire life. Either way, I kinda did well

Level 39

Feb 17, 2022

How did I miss Tokyo, I'm a failure.

Level 54

Oct 4, 2022

You’re god damn right

Level 41

Feb 28, 2022

india's capital is actually called NEW Delhi, not just Delhi

Level 53

Mar 13, 2022

I agree, the capital is New Delhi, but the urban agglomeration is centred in the larger Delhi, of which New Delhi is a part of. The city also includes: Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon.

Level 59

Jan 23, 2024

The Delhi metro area (known as NCR) includes Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida and Greater Noida (along with a bunch of other smaller centers)

Level 54

Aug 27, 2022

This isn't about capitals. This is about the city of Delhi.

Level 37

Mar 5, 2022

I got 30/50. There's room for improvement, but my dream is to become really good at geography. Any of you guys have any pointers?

Level 54

Oct 4, 2022

I got all right. I am better than you. Lol

Level 53

Mar 12, 2022

I think citypopulation.de has been updated. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-etc. agglomeration has grown by 17.5 million!

Level 54

Oct 4, 2022

Level 32

Aug 5, 2022

I focused so much on getting the hardest cities that i forgot about Paris and London, got 48/50

Level 54

Oct 4, 2022

I got them easily HAHAHAHAHA

Level 44

Aug 18, 2022

I forgot Washington...the city I LIVE IN

Level 54

Oct 4, 2022

Stoooopi

Level 28

Sep 28, 2022

3:10 100%

Level 62

Oct 23, 2022

AUGH FORGOT SEOUL

Level 50

Jan 2, 2023

This definitely needs an update. Guangzhou is 60+ million according to the source.

Level 57

Jan 12, 2023

i missed moscow ;-;

Level 73

Jan 16, 2023

missed the H in Riyadh

Level 66

Feb 3, 2023

Qingdao has a population around ~9 million

Level 46

Feb 7, 2023

pls accept "guangzho" for "guangzhou" i literally just forgot the u

Level 80

Mar 1, 2023

How can 48/50 only be worth 4 points...

Level 62

Mar 2, 2023

these new populations for china are screwing with my head lol

Level 67

Mar 3, 2023

I had them all memorised and then three Chinese cities I haven't heard of enter the fray!

Level 70

Mar 2, 2023

Got 37, the average

Level 69

Mar 3, 2023

Pleeeeease accept Changsa for Changsha

Level 65

Mar 3, 2023

The only two cities that I missed are two cities that I actually visited, Xi'an and Zhengzhou.

I think maybe Luanda could have made the list instead of Riyadh.

Level 25

Mar 18, 2023

bro why did u list the answers we just cant copy

*thinks how much he took to write the answers on comment*

Level 64

Apr 6, 2023

46/50 and I forgot Delhi but got every other Indian city on the list 😐, surprised Riyadh made it so I decided to skip it, never would've guessed changsha

Level 64

Apr 11, 2023

somehow forgot the city i live in ahahahahahahaa

Level 66

Apr 19, 2023

It's very demoralizing to get 48/50 and miss Beijing and Tehran

Level 70

Apr 20, 2023

42/50

Level 29

Jul 3, 2023

I really need to know my Asian geography…

34/50 and the cities that I missed were Asian

Level 53

Jul 13, 2023

Number of cities per UN geoscheme group:

Eastern Asia: 17

Southern Asia: 11

South Amercia: 5

Southeastern Asia: 4

Northern America: 3

Western Asia: 2

Central America, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa: 1

Level 61

Aug 17, 2023

Huh. I didn't realize Hangzhou was a megacity.

Level 25

Aug 18, 2023

Guangzhou does not have that many people. It's Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Guangzhou about 15 or 20th.

Level 67

Jul 2, 2024

Metro population. Not total population.

Level 39

Aug 20, 2023

have you considered accepting CDMX as a write-in for Mexico City?

Level 66

Sep 24, 2023

Just got them in the time limit. Had to rack my mind to remember the names of a few Chinese cities.

Level 56

Nov 21, 2023

Got 47/50, and forgot NYC...

Level 31

Dec 25, 2023

50/50

Level 48

Feb 10, 2024

49/50 ... zhengzhou

Level 44

Feb 22, 2024

grinding badges

Level 44

Feb 22, 2024

just started tho

Level 45

May 21, 2024

Bro I missed the obvious ones of Seoul, Dhaka, and Bangkok

Level 36

Jun 3, 2024

Guangzhou absolutely does not have a population of over 60 million people.

That is absolutely insane, what is the source for that number?

The CCP?

I have not found a single source that puts it at more than 19 million, maybe you mixed up the population of Guangzhou with that of the Guangdong region?

Level 67

Jul 2, 2024

It's the metro area population. Not the total population. The Guangzhou/Shenzhen metro area has more than 60 million people.

Level 67

Jul 2, 2024

New update? Luanda made the list. (Riyadh only has 7.5 million.)

Level 60

Sep 20, 2024

I can't believe that I got 44, but missed New York...

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