200 Biggest Cities in the World with Country Hints

How many of the world's 200 most populous urban areas can you name, given each city's country?

As of January 2016, according to citypopulation.de

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Population	Country	Urban Area
47,700,000	China	Guangzhou
39,500,000	Japan	Tokyo
30,900,000	China	Shanghai
28,100,000	Indonesia	Jakarta
26,400,000	India	Delhi
24,400,000	South Korea	Seoul
24,300,000	Pakistan	Karachi
23,300,000	Philippines	Manila
23,200,000	India	Mumbai
22,100,000	Mexico	Mexico City
22,000,000	United States	New York
21,800,000	Brazil	São Paulo
21,100,000	China	Beijing
17,800,000	Japan	Osaka
17,600,000	Bangladesh	Dhaka
17,600,000	United States	Los Angeles
17,100,000	Nigeria	Lagos
16,900,000	Thailand	Bangkok
16,900,000	Russia	Moscow
16,800,000	Egypt	Cairo
16,000,000	India	Kolkata
15,800,000	Argentina	Buenos Aires
14,400,000	United Kingdom	London
14,300,000	Turkey	Istanbul
13,700,000	Iran	Tehran
13,400,000	South Africa	Johannesburg
12,700,000	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
11,400,000	China	Tianjin
11,200,000	France	Paris
10,600,000	D.R. Congo	Kinshasa
10,500,000	India	Bengaluru
10,400,000	Japan	Nagoya
10,200,000	Pakistan	Lahore
10,000,000	India	Chennai
10,000,000	China	Xiamen
9,950,000	Peru	Lima
9,800,000	United States	Chicago
9,600,000	China	Chengdu
9,350,000	Colombia	Bogotá
9,050,000	Taiwan	Taipei
9,000,000	India	Hyderabad
8,350,000	United States	Washington, DC
8,300,000	China	Hangzhou
8,250,000	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City
8,000,000	China	Wuhan
7,950,000	China	Shantou
7,650,000	China	Shenyang
7,600,000	United States	San Francisco
7,450,000	India	Ahmedabad
7,350,000	United States	Boston
7,300,000	United States	Philadelphia
7,250,000	China	Hong Kong
7,100,000	Canada	Toronto
7,050,000	China	Chongqing
7,050,000	Chile	Santiago
7,000,000	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
6,900,000	Singapore	Singapore
6,850,000	Iraq	Baghdad
6,850,000	China	Nanjing
6,800,000	Angola	Luanda
6,700,000	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
6,650,000	China	Xi'an
6,550,000	United States	Dallas
6,250,000	Spain	Madrid
6,200,000	United States	Houston
6,100,000	United States	Miami
6,100,000	India	Pune
5,950,000	Indonesia	Bandung
5,900,000	China	Wenzhou
5,700,000	United States	Detroit
5,700,000	China	Qingdao
5,700,000	India	Surat
5,550,000	Sudan	Khartoum
5,500,000	United States	Atlanta
5,450,000	Russia	Saint Petersburg
5,300,000	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
5,200,000	Kenya	Nairobi
5,150,000	Egypt	Alexandria
5,150,000	China	Harbin
5,150,000	Italy	Milan
5,150,000	Burma	Yangon
5,050,000	Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan
4,975,000	Mexico	Guadalajara
4,925,000	Brazil	Belo Horizonte
4,900,000	Australia	Sydney
4,850,000	Germany	Cologne / Dusseldorf
4,700,000	Indonesia	Surabaya
4,675,000	Turkey	Ankara
4,675,000	Sri Lanka	Colombo
4,675,000	China	Zhengzhou
4,650,000	Spain	Barcelona
4,650,000	Mexico	Monterrey
4,575,000	Ghana	Accra
4,550,000	China	Hefei
4,525,000	Bangladesh	Chittagong
4,500,000	Germany	Berlin
4,500,000	China	Dalian
4,450,000	China	Changsha
4,400,000	Australia	Melbourne
4,325,000	United States	Phoenix

Population	Country	Urban Area
4,275,000	South Korea	Busan
4,250,000	Italy	Naples
4,225,000	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah
4,200,000	China	Taiyuan
4,175,000	Morocco	Casablanca
4,150,000	Kuwait	Kuwait City
4,125,000	South Africa	Cape Town
4,125,000	Nigeria	Kano
4,100,000	Canada	Montreal
4,075,000	Brazil	Porto Alegre
4,075,000	United States	Seattle
4,025,000	United States	Tampa
3,950,000	Pakistan	Faisalabad
3,950,000	China	Jinan
3,950,000	China	Kunming
3,925,000	UAE	Dubai
3,925,000	China	Fuzhou
3,850,000	Pakistan	Rawalpindi
3,850,000	China	Shijiazhuang
3,825,000	Brazil	Brasília
3,800,000	Colombia	Medellín
3,775,000	Brazil	Recife
3,725,000	Afghanistan	Kabul
3,700,000	Venezuela	Caracas
3,700,000	China	Changchun
3,675,000	Algeria	Algiers
3,675,000	China	Nanchang
3,650,000	Brazil	Salvador
3,650,000	Dominican R.	Santo Domingo
3,625,000	China	Ürümqi
3,600,000	Italy	Rome
3,575,000	Brazil	Fortaleza
3,525,000	United States	Denver
3,525,000	India	Jaipur
3,475,000	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
3,475,000	Syria	Damascus
3,425,000	Greece	Athens
3,425,000	Indonesia	Medan
3,375,000	Ukraine	Kiev
3,350,000	Jordan	Amman
3,350,000	China	Ningbo
3,325,000	India	Lucknow
3,325,000	China	Zibo
3,300,000	Senegal	Dakar
3,275,000	Brazil	Curitiba
3,275,000	India	Kanpur
3,275,000	United States	San Diego
3,275,000	China	Wuxi
3,225,000	South Africa	Durban
3,200,000	China	Nanning
3,150,000	Nigeria	Ibadan
3,125,000	United Kingdom	Birmingham
3,125,000	Germany	Frankfurt
3,100,000	Netherlands	Rotterdam
3,075,000	United States	Cleveland
3,075,000	Iran	Mashhad
3,075,000	United States	Orlando
3,050,000	Brazil	Campinas
3,050,000	United States	Minneapolis
3,025,000	Uganda	Kampala
3,025,000	India	Nagpur
3,000,000	Guatemala	Guatemala City
3,000,000	Ecuador	Guayaquil
3,000,000	United Kingdom	Manchester
2,975,000	Mexico	Puebla
2,950,000	Mali	Bamako
2,950,000	Vietnam	Hanoi
2,950,000	Turkey	Izmir
2,925,000	Colombia	Cali
2,900,000	Australia	Brisbane
2,875,000	China	Guiyang
2,850,000	China	Lanzhou
2,850,000	Haiti	Port-au-Prince
2,825,000	Nigeria	Abuja
2,825,000	Cameroon	Douala
2,825,000	North Korea	Pyongyang
2,800,000	Taiwan	Kaohsiung
2,800,000	China	Huizhou
2,775,000	India	Indore
2,775,000	Nepal	Kathmandu
2,750,000	South Korea	Daegu
2,750,000	Iran	Isfahan
2,750,000	Germany	Hamburg
2,725,000	United States	Cincinnati
2,725,000	Cameroon	Yaoundé
2,675,000	China	Changzhou
2,675,000	China	Jiangyin
2,675,000	Ghana	Kumasi
2,650,000	Japan	Fukuoka
2,650,000	Uzbekistan	Tashkent
2,600,000	Portugal	Lisbon
2,575,000	Hungary	Budapest
2,550,000	India	Bhilai
2,550,000	Ecuador	Quito
2,550,000	China	Xuzhou
2,500,000	China	Anshan
2,500,000	Japan	Sapporo
2,500,000	Israel	Tel Aviv-Jaffa
2,500,000	Tunisia	Tunis
2,500,000	Canada	Vancouver

Level 67

Mar 11, 2016

Chengdu, Chennai, Busan...please accept the correct names

Level 65

Mar 11, 2016

Okay

Level 49

Jul 6, 2016

Great quiz, finally got them all!:D for some reason it took me quite many tries to remember kumasi curitiba^^

Level 77

Feb 21, 2017

I refuse to memorize Kumasi and Bhilai. I got the rest down.

Level 69

Jan 20, 2017

I only missed 9! And guess what, all of them are Chinese!

Level 58

May 4, 2020

Man I love quizzes like this! Only Chinese, Indian and a few US ones to remember fully. Think I'll have to do the individual country quizzes first.

Level 54

Jun 22, 2020

Madras is called Chennai since 1996. You might want to change it to be up to date.

Level 59

Jun 22, 2020

I got 185/200. Can't believe I missed Ibadan. All of the others I missed were Chinese or Indian.

Level 65

Sep 16, 2022

I swear I get half the Chinese cities by just randomly rearranging the names

Level 22

Oct 22, 2022

Cebu should be on this list 3.3 million population tss

Level 44

Apr 18, 2024

Got 140/200 first try, not bad i think. Most of the cities I missed were of course in China or India, I should probably start learning those soon

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