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Countries with Megacities

Can you name the 27 nations that have at least one urban area with 10,000,000 or more inhabitants? The '#' column is the number of megacities.
According to citypopulation.de, January 2026
Not counting the loosely-defined Rhine-Ruhr region
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First submittedApril 24, 2016
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#
Country
12
China
7
India
3
Japan
2
Brazil
2
Pakistan
2
United States
1
Angola
#
Country
1
Argentina
1
Bangladesh
1
Colombia
1
D. R. Congo
1
Egypt
1
France
1
Indonesia
#
Country
1
Iran
1
Mexico
1
Nigeria
1
Peru
1
Philippines
1
Russia
1
South Africa
#
Country
1
South Korea
1
Taiwan
1
Thailand
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
1
Vietnam
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101 Recent Comments
Geographyyay
+1
Level 71
Jan 7, 2017
YAY! 12 seconds left boiiiii!
IsleAuHaulte
+9
Level 92
Jul 18, 2018
Just enough to type some i's.
Gamer1162
+5
Level 59
Jan 8, 2017
Lima now has 10 million. So Peru should be added now.
Quizzer6794
+8
Level 66
Jan 8, 2017
I actually requested for citypopulation.de to update it, and they did, so I had fixed Lima almost instantly after. It is still awaiting approval.
Gamer1162
+3
Level 59
Jan 8, 2017
So you requested them to update it? Didn't know you could request them. I've already updated the Spanish version. Also waiting re-approval.
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 66
Jan 8, 2017
yes - if you would like to just contact them on the Contact Us page
Difluzi
+1
Level 82
Apr 18, 2019
Lima still doesn't seem to be in the quiz?
Jeremy
+6
Level 79
Apr 18, 2019
It's population has decreased since last year, and it now only has 9,900,000 people.
JudgeRudy
+2
Level 68
Feb 25, 2020
Man, I took this in the wrong year. Only missed Lima/Peru.
MustardCustard
+4
Level 66
May 16, 2017
Both New York and Los Angeles are being considered by the Metropolitian population, if we were to do that then why wouldn't Germany be on the list. On wikipedia its lists Rhine-Ruhr as over 10 million.
Carry
+8
Level 63
Feb 27, 2019
Rhine-Ruhr is a metropolitan region - not an urban area.
alburquirky
+2
Level 56
Jun 14, 2017
Very surprised not to see Vietnam on there considering the large national population but I guess they are spread out over a few big cities
Findlay
+2
Level 80
Mar 13, 2018
It's similar across Southeast Asia - big national populations, but mostly relatively small cities. With a quarter of a billion people, Indonesia should at least have a second. The difference in population between Bangkok and Thailand's next largest city is phenomenal. In general Southeast Asian populations seem to be more widely spread than in other parts of Asia.
kalbahamut
+7
Level 79
Jun 24, 2018
Not sure what you're talking about. Bangkok, Manila, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Saigon, Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon... all huge. Indonesia is a big country.
Findlay
+8
Level 80
Sep 29, 2024
There was a reason I said "relatively small". Indonesia has more than twice the population of Japan, but whereas Japan has three megacities, Indonesia has just Jakarta. Also, when I say Southeast Asia, I'm not including Hong Kong, Shenzhen, or Guangzhou as I generally consider all of China to belong to Northeast Asia. There's an argument that some Chinese cities are Southeast Asian, but I think it's generally simpler to use whole countries when defining these regions.
In2restingFacts
+10
Level 27
Apr 9, 2025
bro's coming back to finish the argument six and a half years later
M100
+1
Level 34
Feb 18, 2019
Not on here anymore
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Apr 18, 2019
They weren't on here before. *not to see
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Apr 19, 2023
They're on now.
GeoGuy8
+1
Level 66
Nov 19, 2017
Yay! Thank you! 100% and it got me to level 38!
JrKhais
+1
Level 65
Oct 6, 2025
Me too! 100% and I became level 58 :D
Tomtrific
+1
Level 80
Feb 18, 2019
Surprised Chicago isn't on the list. My My how things change in the world!
Alssky
+1
Level 31
Apr 6, 2019
29s left.. *phew*
SWATkun
+1
Level 59
Apr 18, 2019
Unbelievably to see that India has more megacities than China
overtired
+4
Level 88
Apr 18, 2019
Well, population density is way higher in India than in China. It's population is about 96% of China's but the country is about a third of the size.
SWATkun
+2
Level 59
Jul 12, 2020
Population density is rather unequal in China. There's hardly any city in the east of China with almost 80% of China's total population living on the East
Wistful
+3
Level 72
Apr 4, 2024
In the west, rather. There's Ürümqi but that's pretty much it.
QuizzerBros
+2
Level 69
Mar 3, 2022
@SWATkun Not anymore thanks to China's increasing urbanisation
Chronikhiles
+2
Level 49
Apr 18, 2019
Damn it, Seoul.
unknown2000
+1
Level 47
Apr 18, 2019
I always forget South Korea for some reason. Got everything else though.
seabird
+4
Level 69
Apr 18, 2019
Missed Iran. Guessed all the other countries.
GeoDude
+3
Level 46
Apr 19, 2019
Surprised no Germany. I guess they like to live really spread out. German-spreading.
Chouyren
+3
Level 57
May 22, 2020
Well we do have the Rhine-Ruhr Area with over 10 mio inhabitants but here on Jetpunk it's usually split into the Ruhr area and the Cologne / Düsseldorf metropolitan area with about 5 mio each.
tzhg
+10
Level 58
Jul 12, 2020
I wouldn't call Germany spread out. It is a very dense country, with a huge population for its size. The real reason why it isn't on here is that they don't have one big city that's much more important than the others, like London for the UK or Paris for France. Instead, they have five or six urban areas that are about the same size: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne and the Ruhr (the latter two being sometimes counted together). They're big, but they have less than 10 million people.
PhantomMaster
+2
Level 33
Feb 11, 2020
That's why they wanted to conquer europe
zupermaus
+1
Level 43
Feb 11, 2020
China also has Shenzhen 12.5 million, Chengdu 12 million, and Wuhan 11 million (all urban counts).
tzhg
+2
Level 58
Jul 12, 2020
Shenzhen is considered to be part of the Guangzhou urban area. Chengdu and Wuhan have less than ten million inhabitants according to citypopulation.de.
qcumber
+1
Level 45
Apr 2, 2020
Kept typing in countries and not finding it. Got South Korea right at the end.
jroldan
+1
Level 56
May 21, 2020
Johannesburg metro population is 5,783,000.

Bogotá population is10,978,000, and its been more than 10M since 2016.

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 21, 2020
The source is listed.
VARRO
+1
Level 47
Jun 24, 2020
You did an amazing work with this quiz it's just strange to not find some cities in that website ;)
Ankur
+1
Level 52
Jul 12, 2020
Only missed Peru
KENBAR
+1
Level 39
Jul 12, 2020
i forgot iran, but great quiz!
Algarve
+1
Level 70
Jul 12, 2020
Palistan took me a while
kalbahamut
+23
Level 79
Jul 12, 2020
Do you mean Pakistine?
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 66
Jul 13, 2020
lol
kogatora
+22
Level 96
Mar 4, 2022
Not recognised by Indrael
Jacktheguy
+7
Level 93
Mar 27, 2022
But it is recognized by Isria
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jul 13, 2020
Only had a couple to go, and then for some reason I switched to typing in cities, and ended up very confused to why I couldn't complete the quiz!
iamwhoiam
+1
Level 40
Jul 13, 2020
I always forget how populous Lima, Peru is!
EcceHomo
+7
Level 85
Jul 14, 2020
You mean Lima, Peru as opposed to Lima Ohio?
hywel
+2
Level 65
Feb 4, 2021
I can't believe I missed the US what I am even doing lol
StarWarsLover
+1
Level 58
Feb 1, 2025
Thanks for letting us know who that 1% is.
Geopro
+3
Level 59
Mar 4, 2021
Now Vietnam makes the list and China has 6 with the inclusion of Ho Chi Minh City and Chengdu!
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Mar 4, 2021
Yes it does. We are going to update this quiz next year since we just featured it quite recently.
Geopro
+2
Level 59
Apr 2, 2021
Okay, makes sense.
mmadd3n
+2
Level 32
May 6, 2021
missed only congo
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 78
Nov 22, 2021
Wasn't really expecting Peru but got it anyway
Fuse
+2
Level 80
Mar 2, 2022
Just a quick nitpick, but China should have 11, since Chengdu is also a megacity (it is also missing from the megacities on a world map quiz)
sumguy
+2
Level 87
Mar 3, 2022
Why is D. R. Congo before Colombia?
mrzli86
+1
Level 99
Mar 3, 2022
48 second left...good quiz
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Mar 9, 2022
DR Congo is out of place alphabetically
gonzit
+15
Level 72
Mar 28, 2022
Why is this a featured daily quiz 2 days in a row?
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Mar 28, 2022
Watch for the feature tomorrow too....
Jato
+16
Level 70
Mar 28, 2022
Damn, congrats on being the first person to have a quiz be on the front page 2 days in a row! What an accomplishment.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Mar 28, 2022
it's happened before at least a couple times.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Mar 28, 2022
I think sometimes it's a mistake. Other times QM corrected something on the quiz and added it to the next day so people can get their points again. This time I think it was just a mistake.
Tymi
+1
Level 68
Mar 28, 2022
Good quiz
ColinShadow
+1
Level 55
Mar 29, 2022
I can not believe that I missed Russia and got South Korea!
zupermaus
+2
Level 43
Mar 29, 2022
It should be Chengdu not Changsha
MD396
+1
Level 58
Mar 30, 2022
IT GOT FEATURED 2 DAYS IN A ROW
scootybanooty
+3
Level 56
Aug 9, 2022
You could make a quiz having me guess the Philippines and I would forget the Philippines
Damangio
+1
Level 64
Dec 19, 2022
I know, right?? Thankfully I did not fall prey to the classic blunder this time.
Damangio
+1
Level 64
Dec 19, 2022
I missed only Vietnam, because I failed to realize that they are listed in alphabetical order.
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 78
Apr 2, 2023
Just missed Turkey, ran out of time before I could think of it
Myanmar
+1
Level 49
Aug 2, 2023
I finished with 27 seconds
nerfed
+3
Level 58
Aug 17, 2023
Great Quiz! I was in the almost unfortunate position of almost missing Russia for a minute straight. I mean, seriously, I nearly missed the country which occupies 11% of the world’s land area, the one in which my own mother was born in, the one that contains one of the top 5 known megacities, and most important of all, the one which borders kazakhstan.
CapitalsIsMyGoal
+1
Level 53
Apr 6, 2024
Chengdu is misspelled
Juanpork
+1
Level 22
Apr 6, 2024
what about malaysia and indonesia
ooftownroad
+1
Level 70
Apr 20, 2024
Kuala Lumpur is WAY too small, and Indonesia is already on there
erutnevanob
+1
Level 46
Mar 24, 2025
malaysia's greater KL is only 8.8 million. almost there tho
ooftownroad
+2
Level 70
Apr 20, 2024
Chengdu is misspelled as Chengu
southpaw
+2
Level 50
Apr 20, 2024
If the answers include wide-ranging suburbs, some are left out. If not, too many are there that shouldn't be, and some are a far stretch, anyway.
AllHailKingHomer
+1
Level 81
Apr 20, 2024
LoL, I missed dang ol Japan
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Mar 11, 2026
I tell you somethin' man, you gotta go down on them dang ol' keed-hauzers, like it's dang ol' Kill Bill man.
PakistainedPants
+1
Level 39
Apr 20, 2024
Who was born today?

Hint: They have some relation to Germany

Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
Apr 20, 2024
Heinrich Göbel?
CrisPBacon
+2
Level 16
Apr 20, 2024
100%, and I wasn't even born yet
AbsoluteCinema
+3
Level 44
Apr 24, 2024
I‘d say Germany has one. There is not a definition of a „maximum stretch“ a megacity can reach. The biggest urban area(s) is/are Cologne-Düsseldorf-Rhine-Ruhr, which would have ≈11 million inhabitants. The stretch is about 80km, so not that much larger than like Mumbai or Moscow.
arcticpenguin999
+1
Level 52
Aug 24, 2025
I just finished playing this quiz, it was fun! Can you make the spelling of Chengdu correctly?
Lilylee
+3
Level 79
Sep 5, 2025
"Biggest Cities in the World" quiz gives Taipei 10,1M residents.
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2025
Yeah, citypopulation.de says 10.1 million for Taipei.
oslxxpy
+1
Level 34
Oct 26, 2025
Level 67?
CoopaWithAC
+1
Level 37
Oct 10, 2025
Can you add the Ruhr as a grayed out answer? Most quizzes on Jetpunk do
MaverickBraxton
+1
Level 22
Oct 20, 2025
I got 23/25, I didn't know Lima was so big!
oslxxpy
+1
Level 34
Oct 26, 2025
Same!
Vil716
+2
Level 59
Dec 5, 2025
Shouldn’t Germany and Taiwan be here? Also China has 12 now thanks to Zhengzhou
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Mar 11, 2026
Updated with the latest data.
Seanthesheep
+1
Level 76
Mar 11, 2026
There are 27 countries listed but the description still says 26.
cheeeeeeems
+1
Level 25
Apr 13, 2026
got 35s on first try
cheeeeeeems
+1
Level 25
Apr 13, 2026
Where is Shenzhen and Dongguan in Chinese cities' list? also Suzhou and Nanjing. Others might differ by statistical standards, but Shenzhen definitely has more than 10m population, as one of the largest cities.
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