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Biggest Cities in the World Quiz

How many of the world's 50 most populous urban areas can you name?
As of January 2023 according to citypopulation.de
Urban area population, not city proper population
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: March 1, 2023
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First submittedMarch 25, 2012
Times taken561,984
Average score50.0%
Rating4.84
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Population
Urban Area
67.8 mil
Guangzhou / Shenzhen
40.8 mil
Tokyo
40.0 mil
Shanghai
33.4 mil
Delhi
28.9 mil
Jakarta
26.7 mil
Manila
26.6 mil
Mumbai
24.9 mil
Mexico City
24.9 mil
Seoul
23.1 mil
New York City
23.0 mil
São Paulo
22.2 mil
Cairo
21.4 mil
Lagos
21.3 mil
Dhaka
20.9 mil
Beijing
20.5 mil
Bangkok
19.1 mil
Karachi
Population
Urban Area
18.8 mil
Moscow
17.7 mil
Los Angeles
17.7 mil
Osaka
17.4 mil
Kolkata
16.7 mil
Buenos Aires
16.6 mil
Chengdu
16.2 mil
Tehran
16.1 mil
Istanbul
15.0 mil
Kinshasa
14.8 mil
Johannesburg
14.8 mil
London
14.5 mil
Xiamen
14.4 mil
Lahore
13.7 mil
Bangalore
13.5 mil
Ho Chi Minh City
13.4 mil
Hangzhou
13.4 mil
Rio de Janeiro
Population
Urban Area
12.3 mil
Xi'an
12.2 mil
Chennai
11.8 mil
Wuhan
11.6 mil
Lima
11.4 mil
Paris
11.4 mil
Tianjin
11.1 mil
Hyderabad
10.5 mil
Changsha
10.5 mil
Chongqing
10.5 mil
Nagoya
10.2 mil
Bogotá
9.90 mil
Chicago
9.45 mil
Zhengzhou
9.30 mil
Ahmedabad
9.20 mil
Taipei
9.15 mil
Riyadh
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Level 81
Feb 1, 2019
I was focusing so hard on the Chinese and Indian cities that I forgot New York.
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Level 54
Feb 4, 2019
43/50 Not that bad, I guess. I missed 1 Indian and 6 Chinese cities.
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Level 24
Feb 14, 2019
Inaccurate data and information. Metro Manila population is only 21 million and that includes other provinces. Please check your source. And stop spreading fake information.
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Level 82
Feb 16, 2019
Source checked. If you have a better one (for the whole world, not local), post it here.
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Level 73
Feb 27, 2019
49/50 only 4 points. Wow.
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Level 64
Mar 21, 2019
Houston is the fourth largest U.S. city and it is more populous than DC. I’ve been in DC the past 20 years and lived in Texas for more than 33 years before that. My Census contacts work in a dangerous area here and provide many federal employees with accurate data.
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Level ∞
Mar 21, 2019
I don't personally know any census employees, nor have I ever lived in Texas or DC. However, I don't believe that this matters. The source of the quiz is listed, and if you go there, they list their sources as well. Ultimately, this data is coming from the U.S. government.
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Level 64
Feb 2, 2024
Was DC previously on here?
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Level 42
Apr 12, 2019
It doesn’t let you just put LA in for Los Angeles
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Level 59
Feb 1, 2021
yeah cause you could get that fill i on accident by typing in anything that starts with L-A
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Level 82
Apr 21, 2019
Luanda moving up the rankings...
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Level 45
May 5, 2019
Somehow I missed Seoul and Taipei and that's it
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Level 40
Jul 29, 2019
spent way too long trying to spell Ahmedabad...
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Level 23
Mar 16, 2024
haha I live there so it was one of the first I attempted
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Level 69
Aug 17, 2019
Geez – 28 average, and I only got 1 point at 27. Tough crowd!
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Level 82
Jan 12, 2020
On my latest go at the latest version of this quiz I got 48/50, missing Chennai and Luanda. This despite having hung out with someone from Chennai just two nights ago. Oh well. It seems everyone of these larger list quizzes, there's always one obvious answer I miss. At least this time it was't Beijing like on a past attempt.
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Level 43
Jan 24, 2020
Why is there so much complaining on this quiz? Just appreciate the fact that Quizmaster made this for us!
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Level 65
Feb 6, 2020
I'm sure the number of people who get Wuhan is rising :-(
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Level 63
Feb 8, 2020
Wuhan-Makes the 50 most populated cities in the entire world list

Corona Virus-I'm gonna end this town's whole career

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Level 37
Apr 16, 2020
As of 2016, the central city of Chongqing (urban area, central) had 8.5 million. As of 2018 Wuhan had 9 million. Hangzhou now has 9.2 million (2019).

Chengdu 11,940,000 (2019)

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Level 68
Apr 28, 2020
Missed Tehran.
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Level 45
May 28, 2020
I got everything but Shenyang :/
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Level 35
May 31, 2020
i SWEAR i typed in ho chi minh city but it said i didnt :(
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Level 44
Aug 12, 2020
You sure you typed it right
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Level 29
Jul 30, 2020
I got all correct but how is Guangzhou on top and how has Delhi not passed Shanghai?
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Level 77
Jan 8, 2021
The Guangzhou Agglomeration, which has a population of 46,700,000 includes the cities of:

Shēnzhèn - 13,374,300

Guăngzhōu - 13,233,500

Dōngguān - 7,795,800

Fóshān - 7,750,700

Zhōngshān - 2,987,900

Jiāngmén - 1,650,000

This adds up to 46,792,200, which is around 46,700,000

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Level 62
Mar 1, 2021
No, it's in Guangzhou's.
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Level 30
Aug 13, 2020
34/50 argh
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Level 42
Sep 3, 2020
46/50 missed Taipei, Shenyang, Hangzhou and Kuala Lumpur
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Level 55
Oct 27, 2020
how did I get Shenyang and miss Moscow smh
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Level 44
Nov 15, 2020
The list cites the 2019 version of the website, but that version is no longer accessible - only the 2020 version. I suggest updating the quiz to match. It involves a few citiies changing places, and removed Riyadh in favour of Shenyang. Also, it gives local names and English names. Some of the English names are accepted, some are not. E.g., the list gives Tianjin=Tientsin, but this quiz rejects Tientsin. At the same time, it the quiz accepts Calcutta (=Kolkata). I suggest that all English names given be accepted alternates.
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Level 61
Apr 10, 2021
Tientsin is not the English name for Tianjin (which is the english name), as opposed to 天津。 "Tientsin" is just a romanisation which as fell out of use.
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Level 53
Mar 13, 2022
Yes. citypopulation.de says that the "English Names" are the former names (eg Madras for Chennai, Bombay for Mumbai, Bangalore for Bengaluru), but I call them by their (now common in English) names.
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Level 57
Nov 30, 2020
42/50 but i forget beijing smh
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Level 62
Mar 1, 2021
I forgot Shanghai. I always forget it's there, because in the south there is the Pearl River delta and Hong Kong, and in the north there is Beijing and Tianjin, but there isn't really anything in between other than Shanghai and the cities surrounding it.
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2021
Laughably innacurate numbers😂😂
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Level 73
Feb 28, 2021
I mean the source is approved by many organizations dude. Calm down
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Level 55
Aug 27, 2022
They're accurate.
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Level 44
Feb 28, 2021
Toronto is larger than Paris.....
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Level 62
Mar 1, 2021
No it's not. The Greater Toronto area has around 6.5 million people, and the Paris Metro Area has around 12 million.
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Level 47
Mar 1, 2021
forgot xiamen and bengalore...
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Level 63
Mar 29, 2021
I'm sure that Karachi has an urban population of about 30 million.
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Level 15
May 8, 2021
I lived in Xiamen a few years - it isn't that big. I'm guessing it was combined with Zhangzhou and maybe another? Most Xiamen folk would be surprised to be on this list.
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Level 53
Mar 13, 2022
According to citypopulation.de, Xiàmén is combined with Jìnjiāng and Quánzhōu.
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Level 48
May 19, 2021
Wait... Why does Seoul has 25 million populations? Seoul only has 9.8 million... 25 million populations are in the South Korea's Metropolitan area which contains Seoul.

Sorry if I am wrong

there might be some grammatical errors

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Level 37
Dec 7, 2021
The contiguous city of Seoul-Incheon covers 25 million, ignoring the city boundaries drawn on the map.
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Level 44
Jul 18, 2021
please double check these as Houston is way bigger than DC, yet "Washington/Baltimore" is included but Houston is not.
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Level ∞
Jul 18, 2021
The quiz is accurate.
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Level 39
Feb 1, 2023
Houston pop is 2.2 million
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Level 62
Jul 20, 2021
Kuala Lumpur does not have 9.15 million people. If you include all the suburbs, at most it has about 3.5 million people.
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Level 30
Aug 16, 2021
How could I miss Mexico City?????!!!!!
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Level 30
Aug 16, 2021
And also Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad!?
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Level 48
Sep 3, 2021
I don' think Seoul has 25 million populations.. It is not even a megacity now! I think the population of Seoul included Gyeongi-Do whose land covers Seoul. If I am wrong, please tell me why :)
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Level 37
Dec 7, 2021
If you connect all the parts of the city into one - this is how all the other cities are counted also, with all the connected towns and cities combined into one so long as they are touching. The NYC count for example takes in huge parts of the countryside, without even having to touch each other, that's the size of a small country. -Seoul is much more contiguous: https://www.dreamstime.com/high-resolution-satellite-image-seoul-metropolitan-area-south-korea-aerial-background-map-contains-modified-copernicus-sentinel-image155221570
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Level 36
Oct 9, 2021
I really took the L with that; 29
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Level 60
Nov 9, 2021
Got all except Washington....
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Level 26
Dec 9, 2021
Got 46 on the first try, those last 4 were the same 4 the rest of the people forgot too! Ahmedabad, Luanda, Xiamen and Hangzhou. I would've never thought about them, in fact, I think I've never heard of Xiamen in my entire life. Either way, I kinda did well
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Level 32
Feb 17, 2022
How did I miss Tokyo, I'm a failure.
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Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
You’re god damn right
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Level 39
Feb 28, 2022
india's capital is actually called NEW Delhi, not just Delhi
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Level 53
Mar 13, 2022
I agree, the capital is New Delhi, but the urban agglomeration is centred in the larger Delhi, of which New Delhi is a part of. The city also includes: Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon.
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Level 56
Jan 23, 2024
The Delhi metro area (known as NCR) includes Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida and Greater Noida (along with a bunch of other smaller centers)
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Level 55
Aug 27, 2022
This isn't about capitals. This is about the city of Delhi.
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Level 33
Mar 5, 2022
I got 30/50. There's room for improvement, but my dream is to become really good at geography. Any of you guys have any pointers?
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Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
I got all right. I am better than you. Lol
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Level 53
Mar 12, 2022
I think citypopulation.de has been updated. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-etc. agglomeration has grown by 17.5 million!
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Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
No
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Level 32
Aug 5, 2022
I focused so much on getting the hardest cities that i forgot about Paris and London, got 48/50
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Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
I got them easily HAHAHAHAHA
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Level 44
Aug 18, 2022
I forgot Washington...the city I LIVE IN
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Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
Stoooopi
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Level 29
Sep 28, 2022
3:10 100%
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Level 58
Oct 23, 2022
AUGH FORGOT SEOUL
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Level 50
Jan 2, 2023
This definitely needs an update. Guangzhou is 60+ million according to the source.
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Level 56
Jan 12, 2023
i missed moscow ;-;
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Level 70
Jan 16, 2023
missed the H in Riyadh
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Level 65
Feb 3, 2023
Qingdao has a population around ~9 million
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Level 46
Feb 7, 2023
pls accept "guangzho" for "guangzhou" i literally just forgot the u
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Level 79
Mar 1, 2023
How can 48/50 only be worth 4 points...
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Level 61
Mar 2, 2023
these new populations for china are screwing with my head lol
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Level 66
Mar 3, 2023
I had them all memorised and then three Chinese cities I haven't heard of enter the fray!
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Level 67
Mar 2, 2023
Got 37, the average
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Level 67
Mar 3, 2023
Pleeeeease accept Changsa for Changsha
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Level 65
Mar 3, 2023
The only two cities that I missed are two cities that I actually visited, Xi'an and Zhengzhou.

I think maybe Luanda could have made the list instead of Riyadh.

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Level 23
Mar 18, 2023
bro why did u list the answers we just cant copy

*thinks how much he took to write the answers on comment*

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Level 65
Apr 6, 2023
46/50 and I forgot Delhi but got every other Indian city on the list 😐, surprised Riyadh made it so I decided to skip it, never would've guessed changsha
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Level 61
Apr 11, 2023
somehow forgot the city i live in ahahahahahahaa
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Level 66
Apr 19, 2023
It's very demoralizing to get 48/50 and miss Beijing and Tehran
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Level 67
Apr 20, 2023
42/50
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Level 28
Jul 3, 2023
I really need to know my Asian geography…

34/50 and the cities that I missed were Asian

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Level 52
Jul 13, 2023
Number of cities per UN geoscheme group:

Eastern Asia: 17

Southern Asia: 11

South Amercia: 5

Southeastern Asia: 4

Northern America: 3

Western Asia: 2

Central America, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa: 1

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Level 60
Aug 17, 2023
Huh. I didn't realize Hangzhou was a megacity.
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Level 15
Aug 18, 2023
Guangzhou does not have that many people. It's Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Guangzhou about 15 or 20th.
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Level 37
Aug 20, 2023
have you considered accepting CDMX as a write-in for Mexico City?
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Level 57
Sep 24, 2023
Just got them in the time limit. Had to rack my mind to remember the names of a few Chinese cities.
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Level 46
Nov 21, 2023
Got 47/50, and forgot NYC...
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Level 31
Dec 25, 2023
50/50
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Level 43
Feb 10, 2024
49/50 ... zhengzhou
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Level 32
Feb 22, 2024
grinding badges
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Level 32
Feb 22, 2024
just started tho