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Five Biggest First Cities by Continent

For each continent, what are the five most populated cities that are the largest in their country?
Using urban areas from citypopulation.de (2019) and Wikipedia (2017)
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Africa
20.5 mil
Cairo
18.8 mil
Lagos
13.7 mil
Johannesburg
12.0 mil
Kinshasa
7.90 mil
Luanda
 
 
Asia
45.6 mil
Guangzhou
40.2 mil
Tokyo
30.6 mil
Jakarta
29.4 mil
Delhi
25.2 mil
Manila
Europe
17.2 mil
Moscow
14.7 mil
London
11.4 mil
Paris
10.3 mil
Istanbul
6.45 mil
Madrid
 
 
North America
22.8 mil
Mexico City
22.4 mil
New York City
7.35 mil
Toronto
3.90 mil
Santo Domingo
3.15 mil
Guatemala City
Oceania
5.20 mil
Sydney
1.49 mil
Auckland
364,145
Port Moresby
172,399
Suva
84,520
Honiara
 
 
South America
22.2 mil
Sao Paulo
16.3 mil
Buenos Aires
9.90 mil
Lima
9.80 mil
Bogota
7.20 mil
Santiago
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6 Comments
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Level 37
Feb 16, 2020
The numbers are so off - NYC has 8 million people lol
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Level 66
Feb 16, 2020
Every featured cities quiz uses urban areas from citypopulation.de, as mentioned in the caveat.
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Level 78
May 3, 2020
It's based off metro area, not city proper
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Level 25
Jan 20, 2021
I missed Luanda and Manila
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Level 65
Jul 12, 2022
I missed Istanbul.
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Level 28
May 2, 2023
I forgot Cairo and Moscow for goodness sake