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Five Most Populated Cities by Continent

Can you guess the five most populous URBAN AREAS in each continent?
Source: citypopulation.de, 2026
Cities located between two continents are placed in both
Not counting the loosely-defined Rhine-Ruhr area
A city proper version of this quiz can be found here
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First submittedJanuary 14, 2016
Times taken196,633
Average score73.3%
Rating4.93
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Africa
23.2 m
Cairo
21.9 m
Lagos
16.9 m
Kinshasa
15.1 m
Johannesburg
10.4 m
Luanda
 
 
Asia
73.6 m
Guangzhou
42.3 m
Shanghai
41.3 m
Tokyo
36.9 m
Delhi
29.8 m
Jakarta
Europe
19.1 m
Moscow
16.2 m
Istanbul
15.4 m
London
11.6 m
Paris
7.00 m
Madrid
 
 
North America
25.6 m
Mexico City
22.6 m
New York City
17.4 m
Los Angeles
9.80 m
Chicago
8.80 m
Washington D.C.
Oceania
5.45 m
Melbourne
5.30 m
Sydney
3.58 m
Brisbane
2.48 m
Perth
1.54 m
Auckland
 
 
South America
22.7 m
São Paulo
17.0 m
Buenos Aires
13.6 m
Rio de Janeiro
12.2 m
Lima
10.8 m
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100 Recent Comments
Findlay
+3
Level 80
Apr 30, 2018
Interesting how the largest city on any other list is considerably smaller than the smallest on the Asian list.
Findlay
+2
Level 80
Apr 30, 2018
Also surprising how the world's largest city is one of the least guessed.
Corrode
+2
Level 60
Jun 4, 2018
Guangzhou is enormous, but it's a relatively new city in terms of importance and it's not like most people outside China have a great knowledge of the country to begin with. Most people can name Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong and not many others.
Findlay
+6
Level 80
Mar 8, 2022
Guangzhou is not "relative new in terms of its importance". It has been one of China's most significant ports since the Han Dynasty, two thousand years ago. One medieval European visitor, Odoric of Pordenone, stated that Guangzhou was three times as big as Venice and probably produced more than all of Italy. That was eight hundred years ago.
cornflakesfu
+6
Level 89
Jun 4, 2018
It also doesn't help that some people probably only know it by the old-school name "Canton" (as in "Cantonese"), which is an issue for a number of Chinese cities (and cities in other countries as well, I assume).
cyceryx
+4
Level 61
May 23, 2024
guangzhou is only the largest when using a very specific interpretation of what a metropolitan area is, so tokyo is still considered the largest by most definitions :3
harboe01
+2
Level 8
Jun 4, 2018
dang, johannesburg slipped my mind, and i legit dindt know bogota, but got the rest
stubart409
+1
Level 69
Jun 4, 2018
Got them all pretty quickly, except Luanda which took me a number of guesses.
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 89
Jun 4, 2018
Luanda was the last one I got, and definitely one that I would not have gotten without having taken a bunch of other Jetpunk quizzes!
POOCH
+1
Level 71
Mar 1, 2019
Sheldon much?
cyceryx
+8
Level 61
May 23, 2024
my brother in christ we are on a website designed specifically for nerds
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Apr 6, 2020
Because he takes quizzes??
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 89
Jun 4, 2018
Before starting the quiz, I was curious whether the Oceania column would be 100% Australian. For the sake of variety, I was pleased to see that it was not :)
maur85
+3
Level 73
Jun 4, 2018
Can we accept Joburg for Johannesburg please?
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 66
Jun 4, 2018
Alright, it's pending review :)
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Jun 4, 2018
Official website even:

https://www.joburg.org.za/

markthoma
+1
Level 72
Jun 4, 2018
This was harder than I thought it would be, I liked that there was not too much time, or at least I should say I ran out of time before I ran out of idea. Fun quiz.
deathscythe002
+2
Level 60
Jun 4, 2018
missed 'kinshasa' because I forgot this first 'S', tried it three times
freon22tec
+2
Level 57
Jun 5, 2018
Would be nice to accept Jburg
MarieDS
+7
Level 61
Mar 2, 2021
Would also be nice to accept Ldon, Wton, Ksa, Pris, and plenty of others but we can't always get what we want, can we.
GrantH
+4
Level 67
Jun 5, 2018
I'm not sure Guangzhou has that many people. Many other websites put it around 15 million. But great quiz!
DaisyGeekyTGirl
+1
Level 50
Dec 17, 2018
Hey, my home is here. Also, 1 second left and won.
czcsanad
+1
Level 57
Jan 10, 2019
Got 100% with 1 second left. Washington D.C. has almsot caught me.
Sadu
+1
Level 60
Mar 17, 2019
Can you give a little bit extra time? I was seriously struggling with time at the end.
QuizTaDa
+1
Level 49
Mar 20, 2019
21 out of 30!
Seanthesheep
+1
Level 76
Jun 24, 2019
Damn...I don't think I ever appreciated how big Lima and Bogota are.
payel123
+1
Level 37
Aug 30, 2019
28/29 forgot Madrid :(. Where is Saint Petersburg
Polandball6
+1
Level 47
Jan 22, 2024
I was surprised Paris was on their i like the same reaction
RedLightning
+1
Level 47
Aug 31, 2019
How did I miss Kinshasa?! I spelled Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, Accra, Alexandria, but forgot all about Kinshasa! I also somehow forgot Shanghai and Mexico City
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 68
Apr 6, 2020
I only missed Luanda. Surprised to see it is on there and Alexandria and Dar Es Salaam aren't.
TurkeyCookTime
+1
Level 85
Oct 29, 2019
The last one I remembered was the capital of the country I live in
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Nov 8, 2019
It's interesting how the 5th largest in Asia > Largest in anyother continent + Sydney + Auckland
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Nov 16, 2019
What do you mean with +sydney+auckland?
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 91
Apr 6, 2020
I'm guessing they mean that even if you added the populations of Sydney and Auckland to the population of the largest urban area of any of the other continents, the 5th largest Asian urban area would still have a higher population.
Smithy
+1
Level 63
Dec 10, 2019
i got all BUT Shanghai...

:(

Munchkin
+2
Level 51
Jan 12, 2020
Not surprising all of Asia's are higher the the largest one of everything else..
elk123
+1
Level 39
Mar 31, 2020
All but Luanda and Auckland
Yeoryios
+2
Level 71
Apr 3, 2020
Kinshasa and Luanda :(
smort
+1
Level 16
Apr 6, 2020
Somehow I missed Sydney, Moscow, Cairo and Delhi. HOW
Polandball6
+2
Level 47
Jan 22, 2024
On my first attempt i missed Washington, Luanda, Jakarta, Brisbane, London, and Lima
tazaja
+1
Level 58
Apr 15, 2020
Istanbul is not classified as a European city....
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Apr 15, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul
DanTheMan13
+1
Level 53
Apr 17, 2020
I am making a quiz with a similar idea but the formatting is wrong. How did you make 2 rows of 3 with your groups?
tw4816
+1
Level 53
Apr 27, 2020
Nice quiz. I missed Auckland, Brisbane, Luanda and Perth.
khhan
+1
Level 38
Jun 13, 2020
Gee I always forgot that Egypt is located in Africa
jbro
+3
Level 76
Sep 11, 2020
Washington DC?,What about Houston instead.
Polandball6
+1
Level 47
Jan 22, 2024
Exactly what i was thinking
jbro
+1
Level 76
Sep 11, 2020
100% by the way
VedantSri1406
+1
Level 47
Oct 28, 2020
Mumbai and Kolkata are both more populated then Delhi and Shanghai is smaller than Mumbai, also Tokyo is the largest city in the world and Mumbai is the second largest in the world
RaidLander
+1
Level 30
Jun 18, 2021
It was said before. Guangzhou includes Shenzen and the entire pearl river delta which is a lot of people. More than Tokyo. Also, Mumbai is not second, it only includes a population of 18-21 million. And Kolkata (Including Howrah) is a big city, third in India, but still less than Delhi, which will include neighboring cities like Noida, Gurugram, and Ghaziabad.
VedantSri1406
+1
Level 47
Oct 28, 2020
Shanghai is 4th
supergiantAman
+1
Level 33
Nov 27, 2020
did'nt write mumbai or kolkata. guangzhou isnt that populated, so is jakarta. not that great
RaidLander
+1
Level 30
Jun 18, 2021
Guangzhou includes Shenzen and the entire pearl river delta which is a lot of people. More than Tokyo. Also, Mumbai is not second, it only includes a population of 18 million. And Kolkata (Including Howrah) is a big city, third in India, but still less than Delhi. Jakarta has a population of over 20 million, but with Tangerang and Bekasi, it will have a population of over 30 million.
hikarinanao
+1
Level 46
Jul 29, 2021
Jakarta alone is probably around 10mil, but if you count in Greater Jakarta which has most of its residential area, the number inflates significantly.
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 46
Jan 2, 2021
Mexico City has a population of 21,851,669
Mara501
+1
Level 27
May 23, 2021
where is Berlin?
RaidLander
+1
Level 30
Jun 18, 2021
Berlin only has a population of 4 million, so it wouldn't make the top five. The weird thing is that Germany is the most populated country in Europe (Even more than Turkey) with Russia excluded.
Polandball6
+1
Level 47
Jan 22, 2024
Europe is to overrated when it comes to multiple terms like the west has a lot less people then you think and is a lot lot lot smaller in size and Africa is underrated for example DRC is very underestimated like their so populated that Kinshasa is literally the largest French speaking city so yes DRC is also ginormous in size use the website Truesize.com but the world lies to you in this way
ItzIngenious
+1
Level 66
Jul 27, 2021
Missed Brisbane and Luanda
JT22
+2
Level 67
Aug 11, 2021
Missed, DC, Kinshasa, and Luanda
CorpieQuizzes
+2
Level 16
Aug 17, 2021
If I had like 2 more minutes, I could've got them all. time to take over and over until I can type them faster >_
RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 17, 2023
unfair time limit
Polandball6
+1
Level 47
Jan 22, 2024
Oh look at the badges and try those quizzes in city
joesoap
+1
Level 43
Oct 9, 2021
Today I've learned there is a city called Guangzhou.

Lo and behold, it's only the biggest city in the world.

Findlay
+4
Level 80
Nov 15, 2021
You may have heard it by its old English name before: Canton. It's where you get the name of the Cantonese language from.

It's been a pretty significant city for thousands of years, being founded during the Qin Dynasty. The medieval Italian traveler Odoric of Pordenone said the city was three times the size of Venice and produced perhaps as much as all of Italy.

Eduardoleonl05
+1
Level 25
Jun 24, 2022
Im guessing the test is updated, as there is no "Khartoum" in the list, but Luanda now. Either way, I almost lost because of Washington DC, my brain almost completely deleted that city LMAO
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
May 4, 2023
Me too, I tried loads of Mexican cities before DC.
StardewValley
+1
Level 56
Oct 20, 2022
I was under the impression that Tokyo was the biggest city in the world....
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
May 4, 2023
It just depends how you measure them.
cyceryx
+1
Level 61
May 23, 2024
it is by most definitions of what a city is, but jetpunk appears to use a slightly wonky definition from an article on statista.com... with sources that i can't view without making a statista account :3
Orcapizza194
+1
Level 20
Jan 12, 2023
Missed Guangzhou (because I can't spell)

Missed Washington DC

Missed Luanda

RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 17, 2023
28/30 I should have got Luanda and Washington D.C. BLAST!!!
Capybarra
+1
Level 45
Mar 12, 2023
HOW DID I MISS MADRID!?!?!?!
Zettron
+1
Level 52
May 4, 2023
Really need to study more North America and Oceania cities, always forgot LA and Chicago lol
luxint
+1
Level 67
May 4, 2023
Guangzhou 54%? Wow.
Pjoco
+1
Level 63
May 4, 2023
..nice...but too easy...
flzubuduuz
+2
Level 69
May 4, 2023
Just a heads up, Melbourne and Sydney need to switch places on the table (4.95m vs. 4.93m).
flzubuduuz
+1
Level 69
May 4, 2023
Also Johannesburg and Kinshasa now that I look at it!
Neonaquasteel
+1
Level 45
May 13, 2023
Fantastic quiz!Kinshasa and Johannesburg needs to swap though.
Criticawesome
+3
Level 50
May 25, 2023
29/30 how did I miss washington lol
SeaPunk206
+1
Level 48
Dec 21, 2024
Because why would anyone guess Washington over Toronto or Houston?! Washington is smaller than a ton of US cities.
DracouNitee
+2
Level 18
Oct 9, 2023
I'm sorry since when does Guangzhou have a population of 67 million? I thought that Tokyo/Yokohama were the most populated in the world.
scarysouptimes
+1
Level 65
Jan 1, 2024
You might have confused that with population density, Tokyo definitely has the highest population density of any city in the world but does not have that much land area. Its population is 14.67 million
leni
+1
Level 79
Oct 22, 2023
Istanbul is not in Europe.
LuckyCat
+2
Level 72
Nov 29, 2023
Istanbul is on its own peninsula that is connected to Europe. Turkey owns this peninsula though, which makes Turkey a transcontinental country, as the Europe-Asia border "goes through" the straight of Bosphorus, which is the divide between Turkey's two pieces of land.
cyceryx
+1
Level 61
May 23, 2024
29/30, i thought about luanda but didn't try it to save time :3 i always forget how large angola actually is, both in population and area
repeat1
+1
Level 20
Oct 21, 2024
Istanbul in Europe? Since when is Turkey part of Europe?
SeaPunk206
+1
Level 48
Dec 21, 2024
I don't understand how Washington DC is on here over Toronto, Houston, or Dallas. If you're just looking at city population, it seems to be Toronto. If you're looking at Metro area, it would seem to be Dallas or Houston.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 10, 2026
This is based on urban agglomerations, not metro statistical area.
bosery
+1
Level 28
Feb 2, 2025
please make "new dehli" an acceptable answer
Yeojun
+2
Level 47
Feb 26, 2025
bro so why does DC include Virginia and Maryland? Even google says 600k
MACADAM1A
+1
Level 24
May 24, 2025
I live in Brisbane and I'm pretty sure the population is about 2.6M in 2025
Omgxijinping
+1
Level 31
Jul 21, 2025
Guangzhou is just a city it has its own City officials, and the population is around 17-19 million. This quiz is asking for city, so Guangzhou 广州 should not be on the top. If we are referring to metropolitan area, then yea! Guangzhou region (including shenzhen, hongkong, zhuhai, foshan, zhongshan, shunde, macao etc...) then Guangzhou delta region is indeed on the top of the list.

However, we're looking at cities instead of metropolitan region. So the title is MISLEADING! Please change it!

aestheticdirt
+2
Level 52
Jul 25, 2025
I’ve seen a few comments address this already but everything I’ve seen doesn’t put DC at number 5. Currently #5 would be the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Fun quiz though.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 10, 2026
No, by CSA the DC area is larger.
Niewyspany
+2
Level 12
Sep 18, 2025
These aren't cities, these are metropolitan areas. Two different things lol
lampropeltis
+2
Level 29
Jan 30, 2026
I just came to complain that Washington D.C. is NOT the 5th largest city or metro area in North America. I'm not sure it'd be in the top 10.
Grasshopper13
+2
Level 28
Feb 6, 2026
Washington DC is not the 5th largest city in North America.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 10, 2026
I love how everyone's a truther for Washington DC but no one even questions Sydney or Melbourne.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 10, 2026
Nevertheless, Dallas will eventually overtake DC in a few more years and then we can put (some of) these annoying quibbles to rest.
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