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20 Most Populous Cities in Each Hemisphere

For each of the four hemispheres, what are its 20 largest cities? Each answer applies for two hemispheres.
Populations from citypopulation.de, 2019 / Coordinate centers from Google Maps
Be sure to try a similar version for each "section" of the map (for points!)
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Last updated: September 14, 2019
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Northern
45.6 mil
Guangzhou
40.2 mil
Tokyo
35.9 mil
Shanghai
29.4 mil
New Delhi
25.2 mil
Manila
24.7 mil
Mumbai
24.7 mil
Seoul
22.8 mil
Mexico City
22.4 mil
New York City
20.5 mil
Cairo
20.4 mil
Beijing
19.5 mil
Dhaka
18.8 mil
Lagos
18.3 mil
Bangkok
17.8 mil
Los Angeles
17.7 mil
Osaka
17.3 mil
Karachi
17.2 mil
Moscow
16.6 mil
Kolkata
16.3 mil
Istanbul
Eastern
45.6 mil
Guangzhou
40.2 mil
Tokyo
35.9 mil
Shanghai
30.6 mil
Jakarta
29.4 mil
New Delhi
25.2 mil
Manila
24.7 mil
Mumbai
24.7 mil
Seoul
20.5 mil
Cairo
20.4 mil
Beijing
19.5 mil
Dhaka
18.8 mil
Lagos
18.3 mil
Bangkok
17.7 mil
Osaka
17.3 mil
Karachi
17.2 mil
Moscow
16.6 mil
Kolkata
15.8 mil
Istanbul
15.0 mil
Tehran
13.7 mil
Johannesburg
Southern
30.6 mil
Jakarta
22.2 mil
São Paulo
16.3 mil
Buenos Aires
13.7 mil
Johannesburg
13.1 mil
Rio de Janeiro
12.0 mil
Kinshasa
9.90 mil
Lima
7.90 mil
Luanda
7.20 mil
Santiago
6.85 mil
Bandung
6.15 mil
Dar es Salaam
6.00 mil
Surabaya
5.95 mil
Nairobi
5.20 mil
Sydney
4.98 mil
Belo Horizonte
4.85 mil
Melbourne
4.18 mil
Cape Town
4.10 mil
Porto Alegre
3.98 mil
Brasilia
3.83 mil
Recife
Western
22.8 mil
Mexico City
22.4 mil
New York City
22.2 mil
São Paulo
17.8 mil
Los Angeles
16.3 mil
Buenos Aires
14.7 mil
London
13.1 mil
Rio de Janeiro
9.90 mil
Lima
9.80 mil
Bogota
9.75 mil
Chicago
8.55 mil
Washington, DC
7.85 mil
San Francisco
7.65 mil
Boston
7.35 mil
Philadelphia
7.35 mil
Toronto
7.20 mil
Santiago
7.10 mil
Dallas
6.60 mil
Houston
6.45 mil
Madrid
6.35 mil
Miami
10 Comments
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Level 53
Oct 15, 2020
could you add a map
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Level 53
Oct 15, 2020
great quiz
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Level 83
Mar 20, 2021
Istanbul listed with 2 different populations
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Level 74
Feb 17, 2022
Great quiz!
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Level 71
Feb 17, 2022
Fun quiz! Enjoyed it a lot.
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Level 57
Feb 17, 2022
Loved this quiz. Surprisingly difficult! I daresay strictly speaking London ought to appear in both the eastern and western hemispheres, although that might make it a bit less interesting eh...
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Level 70
Feb 19, 2022
Paris should be on here. It's bigger than most of the cities in the 'western' section. It should be #7 or 8 depending on which version of the metropolitan area you use. But very embarrassing omission.
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Level 72
Feb 20, 2022
Paris is in the eastern hemisphere
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Level 62
Jun 21, 2022
The 5th biggest city in the world by urban area is Delhi, not New Delhi (New Delhi is only a Delhi's district)
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Level 62
Mar 6, 2023
madrid really stumped me until the very end.