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Most Populous World Capitals

Can you name the world capitals who have the largest URBAN AREA population?
Populations by urban area, according to citypopulation.de - January 2023
We filled in New Delhi / Delhi to avoid confusion
Also not including the Johannesburg area which contains Pretoria
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First submittedSeptember 7, 2014
Times taken162,359
Average score75.0%
Rating4.94
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Population
Capital
41.2 m
Tokyo
35.7 m
Delhi / New Delhi
29.5 m
Jakarta
27.8 m
Manila
25.4 m
Mexico City
25.2 m
Seoul
22.8 m
Cairo
Population
Capital
23.1 m
Dhaka
21.8 m
Bangkok
21.5 m
Beijing
18.8 m
Moscow
16.8 m
Buenos Aires
16.8 m
Tehran
16.3 m
Kinshasa
Population
Capital
15.1 m
London
12.0 m
Lima
11.5 m
Paris
10.6 m
Bogota
10.1 m
Taipei
9.65 m
Luanda
9.55 m
Kuala Lumpur
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101 Recent Comments
kalbahamut
+27
Level 81
Oct 19, 2014
New Delhi is just a district or neighborhood within the city of Delhi. If we're talking metro area then either answer should get credit. Doesn't seem confusing.
eric29cocoanuts
+13
Level 76
Oct 19, 2014
Agreed. Should just be adjusted so that either answer will work. I don't see any confusion....
DeusCaritasEst
+15
Level 55
Sep 28, 2016
Agree. Delhi would have been one of my first guesses, with or without considering the New Delhi/Delhi distinction. The capital of India is a pretty obvious answer for a quiz on largest world capitals, I would think, anyway.
swilkes
+9
Level 63
Nov 1, 2019
Agree with everyone else. Why give it as a freebie? Just accept either one.
Kontio100
+5
Level 54
Oct 20, 2020
I agree also. No reason to give it for free.
Nachtschicht
+4
Level 59
Aug 5, 2021
Agreed, since I've never before seen any quiz to fill in

Delhi/New Delhi in beforehand. They just accept both, I assume.

Actually, I didn't look at the table before starting the quiz and my first type-in was Delhi, wich confused me, because I couldn't see what might have been wrong, until I scrolled down a bit...

rawe
+1
Level 67
Oct 21, 2014
Missed Taipei, Bangkok... and Washington D.C....
hmael
+2
Level 65
Jan 19, 2015
I don't think Kuala Lumpur's population is anywhere near 6 million even if we add all the suburbs. It's abt 2.5 mil, 3 mil is max.
Tadeu
+3
Level 63
Jan 17, 2022
Jet Punk considers the Klang Valley as Kuala Lumpur Metro area. I believe it's reasonable since Klang Valley is also kown as Greater Kuala Lumpur. Check any sources for the Klang Valley and you will find the quizz is actually right,
thecoolestdude2
+2
Level 68
Jan 23, 2015
Hmm.... thought Pretoria would be on here for sure.
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Sep 5, 2015
I believe Johannesburg to have about 8 million but Pretoria is much smaller with 1 to 2 million.
cosmokim
+3
Level 68
Jan 19, 2016
Johannesburg is not a capital. The three capitals of South Africa are Bloemfontein, Pretoria, and Cape Town.
Maladroit
+40
Level 51
May 12, 2017
No one said Johannesburg was a capital.
PjotrL
+10
Level 77
May 12, 2017
13.1 according to citypopulation.de. Interesting case as Pretoria is captured in the urban area of Johannesburg, but it's not the main city. For me enough of an argument to include it though :)
tshalla
+1
Level 77
Mar 6, 2021
I was going to say the same thing as Pyotr, above (even though it's ridiculous to consider Johannesburg and Pretoria parts of the same city).
MustardCustard
+3
Level 66
Jul 7, 2017
Cape Town is the most populous capital of South Africa anyways.
rawe
+1
Level 67
Apr 28, 2015
How could I miss Paris? 19/20 :/
mikeb
+2
Level 65
Nov 1, 2019
Remember, you wore blue, the Germans wore grey.
LarryLovage
+1
Level 55
Sep 5, 2015
The only ones I missed were all in South America. I thought I'd typed B.A. but I must have done a typo. Tried Brasilia but knew it wouldn't work.
rupturedccno1
+1
Level 65
Sep 28, 2016
What about New York city with over 8 million residents?
Lilylee
+31
Level 76
Sep 28, 2016
What about it?
powdamonkeyy
+16
Level 40
Sep 28, 2016
not a capital
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+15
Level 45
Apr 21, 2018
Oh yeah, and Guangzhou! It's the capital of Guangdong!
HydratedMite
+2
Level 67
Mar 28, 2025
NYC isn't even the capital of New York lol
faber0802
+1
Level 62
Jun 21, 2025
Lucid
Elan
+2
Level 66
Sep 28, 2016
I got all but one with about three minutes left, and I racked my brain until the time expired. It turns out the one I missed was Kinshasa, which I had already guessed but spelled wrong. FML
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Sep 28, 2016
I ran out of time to try and figure out how to spell Dhaka - tried Dakar and Dakkar and Dakhar... aahhh too late!
MustardCustard
+5
Level 66
Jul 7, 2017
Dakar is the capital of Senegal, but I'd probably do something like that too.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 67
Feb 9, 2024
If only you tried Dhakar...
EEAAAHAHAHH
+1
Level 18
Sep 28, 2016
It says Buenos Aires has 15 million but is above Dhaka which says has 17 million
JohnOfili
+3
Level 40
Sep 30, 2016
don't they list johannesburg with 7.8 million, putting it higher than Santiago?
QRU
+8
Level 74
Oct 9, 2016
Johannesburg is not a capital.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 74
Feb 18, 2020
Pretoria is, which the source of this quiz includes in the urban area of Johannesburg.
PjotrL
+1
Level 77
Oct 31, 2020
Which would then qualify again as the metro is large enough, even though Pretoria is not the core city of the metro
Jayyz
+1
Level 68
Oct 15, 2022
Johannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa but not one of the 3 capitals.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 74
Mar 29, 2025
But Pretoria is
stubart409
+1
Level 68
Oct 2, 2016
Got them all except Paris. Totally embarassed...
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Jun 21, 2022
Me, except with Beijing. Who gets Taipei but not Beijing?
TheodoreE45
+3
Level 94
Mar 2, 2023
Someone that doesn't like Winnie the Pooh? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Denzal
+1
Level 53
May 5, 2017
Wow, I didn't expect Jakarta to be that high
Antofagasta
+39
Level 71
Jun 2, 2017
It isn't really. Jakarta only has an average elevation of 8 metres.
riverdale
+3
Level 43
Sep 27, 2020
Still beats Amsterdam
Sifhraven
+1
Level 74
Mar 29, 2025
But Jakarta is sinking (faster)
NotKevin24
+1
Level 30
May 13, 2017
don't believe DC should be on the list. I think they have around 6 million. 8 million seems too high
Tadeu
+3
Level 63
Jan 17, 2022
Washington metro area has 6mi people, however Washington metro area is just part of the bigger Washington–Baltimore metro area which has about 8mi people. These kind of quizzes usually try to go for the biggest metro area possible.

Shenzhen and Guangzhou are usually also added up in jetpunk for instance. However, other sources will consider too different places.

The whole idea of what are cities, countries, continents are commonly up to debate.

idontlikeit2
+1
Level 75
May 13, 2017
Jakarta is number two in the world, ahead of Seoul? Wow... I knew that Indonesia is the fourth most populated country in the world, but I expected it to be around #10 or something... Also, I was surprised Rome wasn't here. I thought it had around 10 million, but apparently it's only 5.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 86
May 17, 2017
You know you're having a bad day when you miss Seoul & London. *facepalm*
DonStar
+1
Level 40
Jul 6, 2017
Aye it is probably the Metro City which encompasses the surrounding areas
rphxx
+4
Level 72
Sep 9, 2017
Why only 34% Kinshasa ? ITS HUGE !
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+3
Level 45
Apr 21, 2018
I know. I guess that sub-saharan Africa is not the first region people go to for big cities, even though almost a billion people live there.
Dijko
+1
Level 45
Dec 31, 2017
Missed Manila and Bogota but I could literally remember me typing in Bogota...
Souhitya345
+6
Level 75
Jan 8, 2018
Why give New Delhi ?
Aleksandro
+1
Level 48
Jun 5, 2018
Missed Bogota...
CurrentFuture
+1
Level 52
Jun 17, 2018
18/20. Missed Seoul and Bogota... ugh
Chronikhiles
+1
Level 49
Nov 5, 2018
Damn you, inconspicuously small Taiwan.
AnEverydayNerd8
+1
Level 55
Jan 1, 2019
I missed Moscow somehow...
MavsFanForLife25
+1
Level 78
Mar 27, 2019
Neat quiz. Two thing to point out though: 15.9 < 17.6 and I think the quiz deserves an update
cpgatbyu
+7
Level 87
Jul 3, 2019
When it comes to urban areas, New Delhi : Delhi :: Pretoria : Johannesburg.
mf3
+3
Level 89
Jul 3, 2019
Nah, New Delhi is just a southern district of Delhi. Pretoria is not connected to Johannesburg.
Sifhraven
+6
Level 74
Mar 19, 2020
Pretty sure in all quizzes on this site it is considered as metro area of johannesburg. Because that is what it say on citypopulation.de which is the site of choice for quizzes about population on jetpunk.
svelte
+1
Level 50
Nov 1, 2019
I'm just saying this - are you allowed to advertise your quizzes on other quizzes (your quiz is good DavidClaro by the way)?
ageekinkuwait
+2
Level 70
Nov 1, 2019
Yes? People do it all the time.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Nov 9, 2019
sure you can. Just be prepared for some snarky responses from some. And please don't resort to mass spamming.
Dollyfroggy
+4
Level 63
Jun 21, 2022
I would say advertise only on similar quizzes to your quiz but there's no official rules.
NauruPalau
+4
Level 49
Dec 29, 2019
I hate Bangladesh always forget them
Sifhraven
+3
Level 74
Feb 18, 2020
According to your source Pretoria is included in the urban area of Johannesburg, listing as nearly 14m shouldnt it make the list?http://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/ Pretoria might not be the name barer of te urban area, still it is part of one of the biggest urban areas (according to your source, though personally I am not the biggest fan of urban areas because it can sometimes give distorted views. But since we are using it, I am for consistency)
Findlay
+5
Level 81
Feb 24, 2020
I feel like some sort of caveat might be useful, because New Delhi/Delhi isn't the only case of a capital being part of a much larger urban area that doesn't share its name - Pretoria/Johannesburg and Islamabad/Rawalpindi spring to mind (though without checking, not sure if the latter would make it). I don't think they should be included, but there's an argument to be made for them in the absence of an explicit caveat.
seabird
+1
Level 68
Apr 11, 2020
First time I missed three. Second time a few months later missed three again but different ones than the first time.
seabird
+1
Level 68
Apr 26, 2021
A year later missed 4.
leon321
+1
Level 48
May 6, 2020
Epic quiz,

Got 100%

PrettyTiedUp
+1
Level 70
May 19, 2020
I love flying over capital cities at night, they look so beautiful all lit up (flying over in aeroplanes I mean - I'm not a superhero)
Baxtergrad
+4
Level 51
Nov 18, 2020
Well you kind of get the same feeling flying over any large city...
NV1
+1
Level 53
Jun 27, 2020
100%
TheRealGrantma
+3
Level 55
Jul 11, 2020
Why is New Delhi not an answer?
travislong
+1
Level 58
Sep 26, 2020
Lagos?
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Sep 26, 2020
Abuja - 2.5m
theonlyjdawg
+1
Level 24
Feb 10, 2021
lagos has almost 15 million people and is a capital...
Hezzer619
+7
Level 54
Sep 18, 2021
Was a capital. The capital was changed to Abuja.
Fishyyy
+1
Level 60
Mar 11, 2021
Lagos isn't a capital.... Also can someone please confirm that Cairo is larger than Beijing
Dollyfroggy
+7
Level 63
Jun 21, 2022
Yeah sure. Let me head over there and count up the people.

If you mean by looking it up, you could do it yourself, as it's sourced in the caveats—unless you have no access to internet, in which case I must question how you commented.

JJWMol
+1
Level 55
Jun 4, 2021
Damn I spelled Buenos Aires wrong
Nathaniel
+1
Level 76
Jul 27, 2021
Why is Johannesburg not on here? It's one of the three capitals of South Africa and definitely large enough to be on here.
GrammarBeane1
+12
Level 83
Jan 4, 2022
It's not one of the capitals of South Africa; South Africa's capitals are Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein
Kiwigeokid2007
+2
Level 63
Aug 31, 2021
Luanda in Angola, and Santiago in Chile are a near miss I’m assuming?
garcogait
+2
Level 67
Apr 27, 2023
No, they both have about 7-8 Million people
Tadeu
+2
Level 63
Jan 17, 2022
I can easily remember of Taiwan for any quizzes but I always forget Taipei. Got it few seconds left. What's wrong with me?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Mar 2, 2023
Surprised to see my city (KL) here!
French2010
+1
Level 95
Apr 27, 2023
I am always surprised at how many people live in the biggest cities of Saudi Arabia. I always picture the country as one huge desert with a few scattered towns and cities with a fair number of people, but not large metropolises. However, it has a total population of over 38 million with at least 7 metropolitan areas over a million each. Just total ignorance on my part.
Lomeo
+2
Level 50
Apr 28, 2023
Pretoria is within the Johannesburg metro area. It is in the source and should be here.
shaniquanderson
+2
Level 58
May 1, 2023
i got tokyo in the last 6 seconds... i didn't think tokyo had that many people
RJG
+2
Level 63
Oct 11, 2023
19/20 bloody Kuala lumpur
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Mar 12, 2025
Almost missed my city as well!
dhyeypatel
+1
Level 43
Mar 17, 2024
Add riyad as a type in for riyadh pls!
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 90
Mar 14, 2025
That used to be a type-in, but many people (including myself) were annoyed at the resulting leftover h, so QM eventually changed it. I think it's better this way.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 1, 2024
This quiz has Bangkok at 20 million, but the official JetPunk table has it at 10 million.
Lio5
+1
Level 42
Sep 9, 2024
Where is Hanoi_
FreeStater
+3
Level 78
Mar 11, 2025
In north Vietnam, covering an area of about 7.35 million people.
RiceHat
+1
Level 82
Mar 12, 2025
Bangkok should be above Beijing if it has 300K more people
Zockid
+3
Level 56
Mar 12, 2025
Shouldn't South Africa also be a greyed out answer? Pretoria is part of the Johannesburg Agglomeration, just like New Delhi is part of the Delhi Agglomeration
ixGreen
+1
Level 59
Mar 27, 2025
I've never seen a population measure that large for kl! Oh well, managed to get the rest. Good quiz :)
jeff21
+1
Level 51
May 3, 2025
I might be wrong here but I always thought Paris had a population of around 4 million. Unless Jetpunk is counting a greater metropolitan area why is it on this list?
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