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15 Largest Cities on Every Continent

Can you name 15 largest cities on each continent?
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/
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Europe
1
12,7 million
Russia
Moscow
2
11,3 million
France
Paris
3
9,8 million
United Kingdom
London
4
6,8 million
Spain
Madrid
5
5,7 million
Spain
Barcelona
6
5,5 million
Russia
Saint Petersburg
7
4,3 million
Italy
Rome
8
3,5 million
Germany
Berlin
9
3,1 million
Italy
Milan
10
3,1 million
Greece
Athens
11
3,0 million
Portugal
Lisbon
12
2,8 million
United Kingdom
Manchester
13
2,7 million
Ukraine
Kyiv
14
2,7 million
United Kingdom
Birmingham
15
2,1 million
Italy
Naples
 
 
 
 
Asia
1
37,9 million
Japan
Tokyo
2
34,6 million
India
Delhi
3
30,4 million
China
Shanghai
4
24,6 million
Bangladesh
Dhaka
5
22,5 million
China
Beijing
6
22,0 million
India
Mumbai
7
18,9 million
Japan
Osaka
8
18,1 million
China
Chongqing
9
18,0 million
Pakistan
Karachi
10
16,2 million
Türkiye
Istanbul
11
15,8 million
India
Kolkata
12
15,2 million
Philippines
Manila
13
14,8 million
China
Guangzhou
14
14,8 million
Pakistan
Lahore
15
14,7 million
China
Tianjin
 
 
 
 
Africa
1
23,0 million
Egypt
Cairo
2
17,7 million
D.R. Congo
Kinshasa
3
17,1 million
Nigeria
Lagos
4
10,9 million
Angola
Luanda
5
8,5 million
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
6
6,7 million
Sudan
Khartoum
7
6,4 million
South Africa
Johannesburg
8
6,0 million
Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan
9
5,9 million
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
10
5,8 million
Egypt
Alexandria
11
5,7 million
Kenya
Nairobi
12
5,0 million
South Africa
Cape Town
13
4,8 million
Cameroon
Yaounde
14
4,6 million
Nigeria
Kano
15
4,3 million
Cameroon
Douala
 
 
 
 
North America
1
22,7 million
Mexico
Mexico City
2
8,1 million
United States
New York City
3
6,4 million
Canada
Toronto
4
5,5 million
Mexico
Guadalajara
5
5,2 million
Mexico
Monterrey
6
4,3 million
Canada
Montreal
7
3,9 million
United States
Los Angeles
8
3,6 million
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
9
3,4 million
Mexico
Puebla
10
3,2 million
Guatemala
Guatemala City
11
3,1 million
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
12
2,7 million
United States
Chicago
13
2,7 million
Canada
Vancouver
14
2,4 million
Puerto Rico (USA)
San Juan
15
2,3 million
Mexico
Tijuana
 
 
 
 
South America
1
22,9 million
Brazil
São Paulo
2
15,7 million
Argentina
Buenos Aires
3
13,9 million
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
4
11,7 million
Colombia
Bogotá
5
11,5 million
Peru
Lima
6
6,9 million
Chile
Santiago
7
6,3 million
Brazil
Belo Horizonte
8
4,9 million
Brazil
Brasília
9
4,3 million
Brazil
Recife
10
4,2 million
Brazil
Fortaleza
11
4,2 million
Brazil
Porto Alegre
12
4,1 million
Colombia
Medellín
13
4,0 million
Brazil
Salvador
14
3,8 million
Brazil
Curitiba
15
3,6 million
Paraguay
Asuncion
 
 
 
 
Oceania
1
5,3 million
Australia
Melbourne
2
5,2 million
Australia
Sydney
3
2,5 million
Australia
Brisbane
4
2,1 million
Australia
Perth
5
1,7 million
New Zealand
Auckland
6
1,3 million
Australia
Adelaide
7
752,570
Australia
Gold Coast
8
482,986
Australia
Canberra
9
469,794
Australia
Newcastle
10
431,903
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
11
427,516
New Zealand
Wellington
12
410,423
New Zealand
Christchurch
13
362,000
New Zealand
Manukau City
14
318,535
Australia
Wollongong
15
282,673
Australia
Logan City
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8 Comments
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Level 69
May 10, 2025
Sources? Some of these rankings do not match the consensus of other cities' quizzes. Nevertheless, the definition of city can be sketchy. Just curious!
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Level 54
May 10, 2025
As per Wikipedia at the time of making the quiz.
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Level 70
May 10, 2025
You'd better use citypopulation.de as the convention of Jetpunk.
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Level 60
May 15, 2025
I entirely disagree. Citypopulation.de gives some ludicrous figures. It's nice to have some differently ludicrous figures for a change.
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Level 71
May 10, 2025
These populations are very off.
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Level 75
May 11, 2025
Some of these must have been pulled out of a hat at random....
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Level 71
May 11, 2025
Surprised to see Mumbai missing from the list, when two other cities make the cut. It is the largest city in India!
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Level 60
May 15, 2025
Mumbai is there..?