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Biggest City in Each Risk Territory

Can you name the most populous urban area in each territory in the board game Risk? Please read the quiz caveats!
Population data from citypopulation.de, May 2024
The Ruhr metro and Cologne-Düsseldorf have been ignored for the purposes of this quiz
Inspired by this quiz by flzubuduuz
Quiz by Vicky
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Africa
Congo
15.6 m
Kinshasa
East Africa
7.05 m
Khartoum
Egypt
22.5 m
Cairo
Madagascar
3.05 m
Antananarivo
North Africa
20.7 m
Lagos
South Africa
14.6 m
Johannesburg
 
 
 
Asia
Afghanistan
3.78 m
Tashkent
China
70.1 m
Guangzhou
India
34.6 m
Delhi
Irkutsk
700 k
Irkutsk
Japan
41.0 m
Tokyo
Kamchatka
617 k
Khabarovsk
Middle East
16.5 m
Tehran
Mongolia
25.1 m
Seoul
Siam
21.2 m
Bangkok
Siberia
1.29 m
Krasnoyarsk
Ural
1.86 m
Novosibirsk
Yakutsk
380 k
Yakutsk
 
 
 
Europe
Great Britain
14.9 m
London
Iceland
240 k
Reykjavík
Northern Europe
4.85 m
Berlin
Scandinavia
2.28 m
Stockholm
Southern Europe
6.10 m
Milan
Ukraine
19.1 m
Moscow
Western Europe
11.5 m
Paris
North America
Alaska
287 k
Anchorage
Alberta
3.08 m
Vancouver
Central America
25.1 m
Mexico City
Eastern United States
22.0 m
New York City
Greenland
19.9 k
Nuuk
Northwest Territory
24.5 k
Whitehorse
Ontario
7.70 m
Toronto
Quebec
4.43 m
Montreal
Western United States
17.2 m
Los Angeles
 
 
 
Oceania
Eastern Australia
5.00 m
Melbourne
Indonesia
29.2 m
Jakarta
New Guinea
366 k
Port Moresby
Western Australia
2.25 m
Perth
 
 
 
South America
Argentina
16.7 m
Buenos Aires
Brazil
22.1 m
São Paulo
Peru
11.8 m
Lima
Venezuela
10.4 m
Bogotá
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60 Comments
MindWax
+6
Level 86
Jun 7, 2024
Milan bigger than Istanbul?
georgekotz
+5
Level 79
Jun 7, 2024
It seems that the territory of Southern Europe stops roughly at the Turkish border. Istanbul is also marginally smaller than Tehran according to the source.
DwarvinBishnu
+3
Level 81
Jun 7, 2024
Does it still have almost 15 Million? From the Urban amalgamations I can find on city.de it says it has somewhere around 3.8 in Urban.
georgekotz
+1
Level 79
Jun 8, 2024
Oh I see it now, the number in the answers is indeed wrong. That would actually be Istanbul's population. Milan needs to be listed as having 6.1 million people.
Vicky
+1
Level 55
Jun 8, 2024
Oops, fixed now.
SouthwestChief
+2
Level 72
Jun 7, 2024
Do we no longer even accept Godthaab as a type-in? I guess it has been a little while since the name change, but I thought it might still be accepted.
Deuteronomius
+8
Level 68
Jun 24, 2024
Never heared that name in my live :D

Had to google to see it was Nuuk

Nevson64
+1
Level 61
Jun 24, 2024
Godthaab is longer than nuuk.....
Nevson64
+4
Level 61
Jun 24, 2024
surely you'd prefer to type four letters than eight.
phalocrocorax
+5
Level 83
Jun 7, 2024
Bah, foiled by "Afghanistan" not having Kabul in it.
Fianchetto
+12
Level 77
Jun 7, 2024
It doesn’t even have Afghanistan in it!
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Jul 7, 2024
That's phalocrocorax's point.
tschutzer
+10
Level 93
Jun 7, 2024
Khabarovsk was a surprise. I'm so used to Vladivostok being the only city of any import along the east coast of Russia. But yes, K does seem to have surpassed V in the latest metro population numbers.
Philippelebel
+1
Level 71
Jun 25, 2024
Vladivostok seems to be inside Mongolia on this map
Dontneedone
+2
Level 80
Jun 7, 2024
Melbourne over Sydney?
Dontneedone
+13
Level 80
Jun 7, 2024
Actually looking at the source Sydney has been surpassed. Did not see that coming
danmj
+4
Level 64
Jun 7, 2024
Citypopulation.de is such a frustrating site to use as a source because each place has multiple entries with slightly different definitions and numbers. Melbourne and Sydney each have separate entries for "major urban area" and "significant urban area", with different population numbers. The quiz definition only says "urban area" so how do we know which number was used?
Quizmaster
+15
Level ∞
Jun 7, 2024
The more you learn, the more frustrated you'll get, but don't blame citypopulation.de. They just draw their data from official government sources.

I've seen what official population data from government sources looks like. It's not great. The U.S. Census is probably the best of the bunch, but there is still room for improvement. Dealing with British data is a nightmare. And of course in the Third World, it's all just guesses.

Ultimately, it's impossible to compare cities as there is no universally agreed upon definition between countries, or even states within countries.

The idea that Melbourne or Sydney has a population of 5 million is in itself kind of a joke. These "urban areas" are the size of a small country. But that's what Australia reports, so...

In any case, don't blame citypopulation.de. They are doing a good job.

octopus72
+1
Level 69
Jan 5, 2025
why?? :(
TigerNiger
+1
Level 68
Jan 25, 2025
Because it's German (Just a joke, I'm not fascist or smth)
LeonardoLCD
+2
Level 38
Jun 7, 2024
Why Bogotá is in Venezuela?
Fianchetto
+6
Level 77
Jun 7, 2024
There’s a new Simon Bolivar in town trying to recreate Gran Colombia
Ptcairn
+1
Level 62
Dec 17, 2024
its time for the venezuelan conquest in ecuador
danmj
+3
Level 64
Jun 7, 2024
Which entries on citypopulation.de are being used for "urban area" for Italian cities? Because the only entries I'm seeing for Rome and Milan show Rome as being larger.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jun 7, 2024
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/
MaaaxiKing
+1
Level 52
Jun 24, 2024
And how are Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Anchorage, Nuuk, Whitehorse, Port Moresby determined? since they do not have an entry in the list and their own data differs
kolya
+1
Level 59
Jun 7, 2024
Bogotá is Colombia's capital, not Venezuela's.
DonTheLamplighter
+17
Level 86
Jun 7, 2024
In the game RISK, the globe is divided up into 42 regions. Some regions have been given general names (Southern Europe, Middle East, etc.) while others are named for a particular country that may account for the majority of land within that region. The region known as "Venezuela" on a RISK board encompasses parts of other countries, including the part of Colombia where you'd find Bogota. Since Bogota's population is greater than any other city that falls within the borders of RISK-"Venezuela", Bogota is the correct answer. Just like Seoul is the correct answer for "Mongolia" and Moscow is the correct answer for "Ukraine."
nations12345eat
+1
Level 44
Jun 24, 2024
no the province is named russia
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Jul 7, 2024
It's not, which you can see above in the quiz.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 86
Jun 7, 2024
Great quiz!!!
cpgatbyu
+3
Level 87
Jun 8, 2024
Instead of pretending that (like Bielefeld) the Ruhrgebiet doesn't exist, why not include it in the various city quizzes, and count Dortmund, Essen, and Duisburg as acceptable type-ins for it?
Junji3000
+1
Level 54
Jun 9, 2024
I recommend blanking out Yakutsk as an area as it has the same name as its biggest city
buck1017
+8
Level 78
Jun 10, 2024
So does Irkutsk and to date they are only answered correctly 44 and 49 percent of the time. I think it's fine. In fact i facepalmed hard after realizing that the regions are named after the cities.
Algernon
+1
Level 73
Jun 19, 2024
Great idea for a quiz. Quite tight time wise.
gimplord209
+1
Level 50
Jun 24, 2024
I think people cheat... not fair for us honest Abes out here
InterAlia
+2
Level 79
Jun 25, 2024
There's not much at stake
NotaRealPerson
+1
Level 62
Jun 24, 2024
Great quiz
borbas22
+1
Level 51
Jun 24, 2024
But Tashkent is in Uzbekistan, not Afghanistan
KingChicken
+4
Level 37
Jun 24, 2024
thats just what the territory is named in risk for some reason
Zefyrinus
+4
Level 72
Jun 24, 2024
It wasn't Yellowhorse. :|
nopassword
+4
Level 51
Jun 25, 2024
Nor Whiteknife.
TomatosRaafatos
+2
Level 75
Jun 24, 2024
Having never played Risk, my eyes water and my skin crawls just from looking at this map. It looks like it was drawn by a sketch artist who got a C- in a cartography class that he took as a free elective as a sophomore in college 10 years ago and he was only given 2 minutes to draw the world from memory.
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 66
Jun 24, 2024
If you don’t include country borders it’s actually quite good, considering the context still applies.
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 72
Jun 24, 2024
Really neat idea. Surprised I haven't seen it before.

Also, Seoul is bigger than Beijing? Not refuting, I'm sure you checked, I'm just surprised.

CambodianQuizzer
+2
Level 71
Jun 24, 2024
I forgot how this map makes me want to puke...

It's a board game after all!

TheodoreE45
+3
Level 93
Jun 24, 2024
The dot for Kinshasa is nowhere near where Kinshasa is on the real world map. Considering all the other cities seem to be correctly placed, is there any way to put the dot where it belongs?
nopassword
+1
Level 51
Jun 25, 2024
No, it's just Mbuji-Mayi that grew a little too much.
nations12345eat
+1
Level 44
Jun 24, 2024
Shenzhen is much bigger than Guangzhou
flzubuduuz
+1
Level 69
Jun 24, 2024
This is super cool! Glad to see my quiz inspired you to make a much better version lol

Congrats on the feature too!

mikemosz
+1
Level 79
Jun 25, 2024
Cool quiz! I would move Kinshasa a bit closer to the coast though, it's current position is very confusing, makes it look like a more inland Congolese city.
SteelersFan
+1
Level 60
Aug 18, 2024
It always bothered me that the territory in Risk for Afghanistan actually contains NONE of actual Afghanistan
GeographyNerd690
+1
Level 69
Mar 17, 2025
I wouldnt say NONE of it. Just that it doesnt have the capital or the other >95% land that isnt inside. I think some parts of the South Turkestan region is included. (Nitpicking on every little thing is fun)
halpie
+1
Level 79
Nov 18, 2024
The location of the dot for Anchorage is unsettling
erutnevanob
+1
Level 46
Feb 11, 2025
Siberian cities that end in -sk

- Novosibir (New Siberia)

- Krasnoyar (Krasny Yar)

- Irkut (Irkut river)

- Yakut (Yakut ethnic group)

- Khabarov (Russian explorer in 1700s)

GeographyNerd690
+1
Level 69
Mar 17, 2025
Why is Kinshasa so far in??

I thought it was in the Southern Africa region (I realize now that the Cabinda exclave is quite large.) Therefore i gave up as i have not put the effort to remember more than 2 cities in the Drc (Not like it would have mattered.)

Please put the city atleast with more accuracy.

In2restingFacts
+1
Level 24
Apr 17, 2025
it's because the landmasses on the map are grossly distorted and inaccurate
jagust
+1
Level 48
Apr 5, 2025
shouldnt vladivostok be the largest in kamtacka
ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 61
Apr 5, 2025
Freaking Russia man...
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 24
Apr 17, 2025
cool quiz! missed all the siberian ones and whitehorse. it always bugs me how bad the Risk map is
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