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Biggest Cities in the Southern Hemisphere

Try to name the most populous URBAN AREAS that lie below the Equator.
Population from citypopulation.de, January 2025
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First submittedAugust 8, 2016
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Population
City
Latitude
29.5 m
Jakarta
-6.2
22.6 m
São Paulo
-23.6
16.8 m
Buenos Aires
-34.6
16.3 m
Kinshasa
-4.3
14.8 m
Johannesburg
-26.2
13.6 m
Rio de Janeiro
-22.9
12.0 m
Lima
-12.0
9.65 m
Luanda
-8.8
8.40 m
Santiago
-33.5
7.00 m
Bandung
-6.9
6.90 m
Nairobi
-1.3
Population
City
Latitude
6.65 m
Dar es Salaam
-6.8
5.95 m
Surabaya
-7.2
5.30 m
Belo Horizonte
-19.9
5.20 m
Melbourne
-37.8
5.15 m
Sydney
-33.9
5.10 m
Cape Town
-33.9
4.10 m
Recife
-8.0
3.95 m
Porto Alegre
-30.0
3.90 m
Durban
-29.9
3.85 m
Brasília
-15.8
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41 Comments
Quizzer6794
+4
Level 66
Aug 14, 2016
Liked the quiz? Here's a similar topic: Biggest Cities in the Western Hemisphere :)
buck1017
+8
Level 78
Aug 15, 2016
When Brazzaville didn't work, I didn't think to try Kinshasa since they are right across the Congo from one another, so I figured they were North of the equator. Didn't dawn on me that Brazzaville was so small.
alburquirky
+6
Level 56
Oct 12, 2016
Yeah Brazzaville is under 2 million, probably will make this list in a decade or so
bertramsvo
+3
Level 45
Nov 15, 2016
Weird that Cape Town did not make it ! Population 3.74 Million
DeusCaritasEst
+32
Level 55
Nov 15, 2016
Every equator quiz I take just adds further to the realization that I seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of where the equator actually is...
Coyuznik
+2
Level 85
Nov 15, 2016
Hahaha! I felt the same way! I think I've taken every equator quiz about 5-10 times just so that I can learn through repetition. Now I think I have finally gained a vague idea of where it is.
Freestatebear
+7
Level 87
May 1, 2018
...and the relatively few people who live south of the equator: about 800 million, or only about 10 to 12% of the human population.
wario85
+3
Level 67
Sep 6, 2022
yeah, it's souther than one would think
QuizKoa
+1
Level 51
Sep 23, 2024
Lol same!
BobSaget
+33
Level 78
Nov 16, 2016
Finally a "biggest cities" quiz not dominated by China. Yet.
jamesd
+2
Level 68
Nov 16, 2016
no kidding
Findlay
+42
Level 81
Apr 30, 2018
Well, that "yet" is ominous.
precisioncontrol
+7
Level 64
Jul 14, 2018
Brazil is the China of the Southern Hemisphere, apparently.
cornflakesfu
+18
Level 88
Jul 14, 2018
Apparently Bob is anticipating a Chinese conquest of Indonesia and Brazil in the near future.
PjotrL
+2
Level 76
May 17, 2017
Looks like Cape Town would make this list as well. Just pending an update :-)
RogerSilveira
+2
Level 32
May 1, 2018
Your figures are SO WRONG when it comes to Brazilian cities. Salvador does not have fewer inhabitants than Recife and Porto Alegre. And I know what I'm talking about, I'm from Salvador.
kalbahamut
+51
Level 81
Jul 14, 2018
Did you go around and count all the people there?
Liamthebeast
+2
Level 26
Jul 16, 2018
I wish there was an up-vote button for things like this
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Mar 25, 2020
@Liamthebeast There is. Or when was the like button introduced to JetPunk?
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
Apr 5, 2020
@JackintheBox There was at the time their comment was published.
tales
+1
Level 80
Jun 21, 2022
The numbers are by metro area. Salvador could be bigger than Porto Alegre by the city proper metric, but Porto Alegre has a lot of larger cities around it, so it adds up and surpass Salvador.
RogerSilveira
+1
Level 32
May 1, 2018
To prove what I'm saying about Brazilian cities, check tis out.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_municípios_do_Brasil_por_população

Quizmaster
+31
Level ∞
May 2, 2018
You are mistaking city proper population for urban agglomeration population. Not to worry, happens very commonly in the comments section of this site.
Arp2600
+1
Level 88
Jul 14, 2018
Come on, that surprised me too. And Salvador is one of the next biggest with a 3,7M urban agglomeration according to citypopulation.
WhyKai
+1
Level 50
Jul 14, 2018
Is there any reason why Singapore wasn't on there?
Boombapbill
+27
Level 73
Jul 15, 2018
It's north of the equator
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Mar 3, 2020
Singapore is the farthest south I have ever been, and very close to the equator, but still in the northern hemisphere.
roadrage
+5
Level 67
Mar 25, 2020
Really... I thought a world traveler such as yourself would have been to somewhere exotic like Indonesia.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jun 21, 2022
Malaysia and Singapore, yes, but not Indonesia. I hear Bali is amazing.
Smokebasics
+2
Level 75
May 20, 2025
I thought you already been at least 500 countries
mikeyp
+2
Level 74
Jul 14, 2018
I couldn't believe Toronto not on there but then realized it was in the Northern Hemisphere.
Englishbub
+7
Level 69
Mar 16, 2020
Yeah, just about.
QuizKoa
+1
Level 51
Mar 28, 2025
You were so close. I guess?
CardinalSin
+2
Level 80
Jul 29, 2019
Thank you. A (rare) educational quiz. I've been twice to Nairobi without realising that it's in the Southern hemisphere.,
RyanZieher
+2
Level 60
Jun 21, 2022
The equator actually passes right through the middle of Kenya, leaving Nairobi just about 150km south of it. So don't be too hard on yourself! ;)
Geoguessin
+1
Level 71
Mar 25, 2020
Noooo I was typing Porto Alegre and then time ended
Raffles
+2
Level 77
Jun 21, 2022
I kept on entering Bogotá before I realized that it is in the northern hemisphere.
NHG
+1
Level 48
Jun 21, 2022
Interesting quiz - thank you. I knew the two I was missing must have been in Brazil, but Recife and Porto Alegre both escaped my mind! Off to look at a map of Brazil now...
Joaster
+2
Level 60
Jun 21, 2022
I keep forgetting how big Lima is
QuizKoa
+1
Level 51
Sep 23, 2024
Melbourne has just past up Sydney over the summer I believe. Just wanted to let you know!
KeymyYukiEN
+1
Level 17
Mar 15, 2025
You're still alive!!! I have some questions to you.
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