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Every 100,000+ City in 1900 on a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the world with a population with more than 100,000 in 1900?
Tip: Click on the map to zoom in. This might help with dots in more crowded areas.
Sources used for population estimates listed in this Pastebin.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted. Some of these cities no longer exist and have since merged into larger cities.
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Country /
Colony
Pop.
City
United Kingdom
4,536,541
London
United States
3,437,202
New York City
France
2,714,068
Paris
Japan
1,947,300
Tokyo
Germany
1,888,848
Berlin
United States
1,698,575
Chicago
Austria-Hungary
1,627,234
Vienna
Russia
1,418,000
Saint Petersburg
United States
1,293,697
Philadelphia
Russia
1,175,000
Moscow
China
1,100,000
Beijing
Ottoman Empire
942,900
Constantinople
Japan
881,344
Osaka
Argentina
865,000
Buenos AIres
British India
847,796
Calcutta
Brazil
811,443
Rio de Janeiro
British India
776,006
Bombay
United Kingdom
761,712
Glasgow
Austria-Hungary
716,476
Budapest
Russia
711,988
Warsaw
Germany
705,738
Hamburg
China
700,000
Tianjin
United Kingdom
684,958
Liverpool
Italy
621,213
Naples
China
619,000
Shanghai
Egypt (UK)
595,000
Cairo
China
585,000
Guangzhou
United States
575,238
St. Louis
United States
560,892
Boston
United Kingdom
543,872
Manchester
Spain
540,109
Madrid
Italy
538,483
Milan
Spain
528,946
Barcelona
United Kingdom
522,204
Birmingham
Netherlands
510,900
Amsterdam
British India
509,346
Madras
United States
508,957
Baltimore
Germany
499,932
Munich
Victoria (UK)
496,079
Melbourne
France
491,161
Marseille
New South Wales (UK)
481,830
Sydney
Denmark
468,936
Copenhagen
France
459,099
Lyon
Germany
456,124
Leipzig
China
450,000
Hankou
British India
448,466
Hyderabad
United Kingdom
428,968
Leeds
Germany
422,709
Breslau
Italy
422,411
Rome
Russia
403,815
Odessa
Germany
396,146
Dresden
United States
391,768
Cleveland
United Kingdom
380,793
Sheffield
Italy
377,610
Genoa
Germany
372,229
Cologne
Japan
371,600
Kyoto
United States
352,387
Buffalo
Portugal
351,210
Lisbon
China
350,000
Hangzhou
United Kingdom
349,180
Belfast
Mexico
344,721
Mexico City
United States
342,782
San Francisco
Italy
335,656
Turin
United Kingdom
328,945
Bristol
United States
325,902
Cincinnati
United States
321,616
Pittsburgh
Netherlands
318,500
Rotterdam
Russia
314,020
Lodz
Egypt (UK)
314,000
Alexandria
Italy
309,566
Palermo
United Kingdom
303,638
Edinburgh
Sweden
300,523
Stockholm
China
300,000
Chengdu
China
300,000
Wuchang
Chile
296,600
Santiago
United Kingdom
290,638
Dublin
Germany
288,989
Frankfurt am Main
United States
287,104
New Orleans
United States
285,704
Detroit
United States
285,315
Milwaukee
Japan
283,839
Kobe
Russia
282,230
Riga
Romania
282,071
Bucharest
China
280,000
Suzhou
United Kingdom
279,767
Bradford
United States
278,718
Washington
Belgium
272,831
Antwerp
China
270,000
Nanjing
Canada
267,730
Montreal
United Kingdom
267,358
West Ham
Siam
267,000
Bangkok
Uruguay
266,000
Montevideo
British India
264,049
Lucknow
Germany
261,081
Nuremberg
Russia
260,000
Kiev
China
257,000
Ningbo
France
256,638
Bordeaux
China
250,000
Fuzhou
China
250,000
Xi'an
Country /
Colony
Pop.
City
United States
246,070
Newark
Japan
244,145
Nagoya
United Kingdom
240,259
Kingston upon Hull
Brazil
239,820
São Paulo
United Kingdom
239,743
Nottingham
Italy
236,635
Florence
Cuba (US)
236,000
Havana
Germany
235,666
Hanover
British India
234,881
Rangoon
Germany
229,667
Magdeburg
Norway
227,600
Kristiania
Austria-Hungary
222,588
Prague
United Kingdom
220,957
Salford
China
220,000
Changsha
Belgium
218,623
Brussels
Spain
215,687
Valencia
United Kingdom
215,328
Newcastle upon Tyne
Germany
213,711
Düsseldorf
United Kingdom
211,579
Leicester
Korea
211,200
Hanseong
Germany
210,702
Stettin
France
210,696
Lille
British India
209,331
Benares
British India
208,575
Delhi
Canada
208,040
Toronto
Germany
206,913
Chemnitz
United States
206,433
Jersey City
Netherlands
206,022
The Hague
Brazil
205,813
Salvador
United States
204,731
Louisville
Southern Nigeria (UK)
204,000
Ibadan
British India
202,964
Lahore
United States
202,718
Minneapolis
Ottoman Empire
201,000
Smyrna
China
200,000
Foshan
China
200,000
Wuxi
Russia
198,273
Kharkov
British India
197,170
Cawnpore
Japan
196,653
Yokohama
Straits Settlements (UK)
193,089
Singapore
Philippines (US)
190,000
Manila
Germany
189,483
Königsberg
Italy
189,368
Venice
Germany
189,305
Charlottenburg
United Kingdom
188,133
Portsmouth
British India
188,022
Agra
British India
185,889
Ahmedabad
British India
183,816
Mandalay
British Hong Kong
181,918
Victoria
China
180,000
Chongqing
Russia
179,000
Baku
United States
175,597
Providence
Persia
175,000
Tabriz
British India
173,032
Allahabad
United States
169,164
Indianapolis
United Kingdom
168,215
Bolton
China
168,000
Zhenjiang
Germany
166,699
Stuttgart
French Indochina
166,000
Saigon
Portugal
165,729
Porto
United Kingdom
164,333
Cardiff
United States
163,752
Kansas City
United States
163,065
Saint Paul
United States
162,608
Rochester
Russia
162,600
Vilna
British India
162,429
Amritsar
Germany
161,501
Altona
Germany
161,184
Bremen
United Kingdom
161,173
Dundee
British India
160,167
Jaipur
Belgium
160,133
Ghent
China
160,000
Mukden
Russia
159,862
Tiflis
British India
159,046
Bangalore
Belgium
157,760
Liège
British India
157,594
Howrah
Germany
156,966
Elberfeld
Germany
156,609
Halle an der Saale
Russia
156,506
Tashkent
French Tunisia
156,000
Tunis
British Ceylon
154,691
Colombo
British India
153,320
Poona
Italy
153,271
Bologna
United Kingdom
153,114
Aberdeen
Sweden
152,172
Gothenburg
Germany
151,041
Straßburg
Switzerland
150,703
Zürich
China
150,000
Kaifeng
China
150,000
Nanchang
Persia
150,000
Tehran
France
149,841
Toulouse
Italy
147,700
Catania
Italy
147,589
Messina
Spain
147,271
Seville
Dutch East Indies
146,900
Surabaya
France
146,559
Saint-Étienne
United Kingdom
146,077
Sunderland
Ottoman Empire
145,000
Baghdad
Country /
Colony
Pop.
City
Austria-Hungary
143,226
Lviv
Russia
143,000
Saratov
Germany
142,733
Dortmund
Germany
141,944
Barmen
Germany
141,131
Mannheim
Germany
140,563
Danzig
Ottoman Empire
140,500
Damascus
French Algeria
140,000
Algiers
United Kingdom
137,246
Oldham
Germany
135,245
Aachen
China
135,000
Jinan
British India
134,785
Patna
Austria-Hungary
134,143
Trieste
United Kingdom
133,895
Croydon
United States
133,859
Denver
France
132,990
Nantes
United States
131,822
Toledo
Russia
131,500
Kazan
British India
131,208
Bareilly
Spain
131,063
Málaga
France
130,196
Le Havre
United States
129,896
Allegheny
Germany
128,226
Braunschweig
British India
127,734
Nagpore
United Kingdom
127,626
Blackburn
Austria-Hungary
127,484
Graz
Russia
125,800
Kishinev
United States
125,560
Columbus
Ottoman Empire
125,000
Salonica
France
124,365
Roubaix
United Kingdom
123,478
Brighton
British India
122,618
Srinagar
Japan
122,306
Hiroshima
French Indochina
122,100
Cholon
Russia
121,000
Yekaterinoslav
Morocco
120,000
Marrakesh
British India
119,306
Surat
Germany
118,862
Essen
Ottoman Empire
118,800
Beirut
United States
118,421
Worcester
British India
118,129
Meerut
Germany
117,033
Posen
British India
116,663
Karachi
France
116,316
Rouen
Dutch East Indies
115,900
Batavia
United Kingdom
114,811
Willesden
United Kingdom
113,735
Rhondda Valley
Russia
113,500
Rostov-on-Don
Brazil
113,106
Recife
United Kingdom
112,989
Preston
Russia
112,880
Astrakhan
Argentina
112,462
Rosario
United Kingdom
111,733
Norwich
Spain
111,693
Murcia
Greece
111,500
Athens
Russia
111,000
Tula
United Kingdom
110,915
Birkenhead
Colombia
110,000
Bogotá
China
110,000
Lanzhou
United Kingdom
109,888
Gateshead
Russia
109,640
Samara
Dutch East Indies
109,500
Surakarta
Switzerland
109,161
Basel
France
108,385
Reims
United States
108,374
Syracuse
Ottoman Empire
108,143
Aleppo
United States
108,027
New Haven
Morocco
108,000
Fez
Germany
107,977
Kiel
United Kingdom
107,636
Plymouth
Japan
107,422
Nagasaki
Germany
106,893
Crefeld
Germany
106,034
Cassel
British India
105,984
Madura
British India
105,912
Derby
United States
105,171
Paterson
France
105,109
Nice
United Kingdom
104,936
Halifax
United States
104,863
Fall River
United Kingdom
104,824
Southampton
British India
104,721
Trichinopoly
Peru
103,900
Lima
British India
103,790
Baroda
Spain
103,373
Cartagena
French Indochina
103,200
Hanoi
France
102,559
Nancy
United States
102,555
Omaha
United Kingdom
102,541
Tottenham
United States
102,479
Los Angeles
United States
102,320
Memphis
Netherlands
102,086
Utrecht
United States
102,026
Scranton
France
101,602
Toulon
Mexico
101,200
Guadalajara
Austria-Hungary
100,921
Brünn
Austria-Hungary
100,270
Szeged
China
100,000
Guiyang
China
100,000
Xiamen
15 Comments
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Level 55
Aug 1, 2024
This took a while to put together. There is notably a lot of crowding in certain areas, so making good use of the zoom option by clicking on the map will make the dots smaller and show their locations more precisely.
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Level 27
Aug 1, 2024
Is there one for countries and not cities?
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Level 55
Aug 2, 2024
There is a quiz for countries in 1900, but it was made by a different user and thus has different map.
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Level 75
Aug 1, 2024
This is incredible, absolutely deserves a feature
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Level 55
Aug 2, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 67
Aug 2, 2024
Could you mabye make separate areas for central England, the US east coast and the Ruhr area? Still very hard to see, even with zoom
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Level 67
Aug 2, 2024
Not that it would have helped me with Willesden, Tottenham etc. but would still be nice :)
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Level 55
Aug 2, 2024
Good idea, but I'm gonna have to find some time to go about doing this. It'll definitely be done at some point in the near future.
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Level 79
Aug 6, 2024
20 minutes seems tight, didn't get a chance at the rest of China or Australia and I'm normally not that slow. But great quiz!
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Level 70
Aug 8, 2024
I absolutely agree, you need to know all names by heart to at least have a chance to get to every continent. Otherwise I like it very much.
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Level 55
Aug 8, 2024
Upped to 30 minutes!
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Level 71
Aug 8, 2024
Shouldn't Jakarta be accepted for Batavia?
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Level 55
Aug 8, 2024
Already is.
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Level 66
Aug 22, 2024
Great quiz really enjoyed it, my one problem is that the placement of Worcester, MA seems to be completely off, maybe you somehow put it where Albany, NY is?
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Level 55
Aug 22, 2024
Thanks! Whoops, yeah that was a mistake. Accidentally placed it at Worcester, NY, a smaller town by far.