20 Biggest Cities by Continent

Name the 20 most populous urban areas and let's see if you're a globetrotter!

Not including Antarctica!

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Last updated: March 23, 2017

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Asia
48,600,000	Guangzhou
39,800,000	Tokyo
31,100,000	Shanghai
28,900,000	Jakarta
27,200,000	Delhi
25,100,000	Karachi
24,800,000	Seoul
24,100,000	Manila
23,600,000	Mumbai
20,700,000	Beijing
17,900,000	Dhaka
17,800,000	Osaka
17,400,000	Bangkok
16,200,000	Kolkata
14,000,000	Tehran
11,800,000	Tianjin
10,800,000	Bengaluru
10,500,000	Lahore
10,300,000	Nagoya
10,100,000	Chennai

Africa
17,600,000	Lagos
17,100,000	Cairo
13,100,000	Johannesburg
10,900,000	Kinshasa
7,450,000	Luanda
5,700,000	Khartoum
5,550,000	Dar es Salaam
5,350,000	Nairobi
5,250,000	Alexandria
5,200,000	Abidjan
4,700,000	Accra
4,275,000	Kano
4,225,000	Casablanca
4,050,000	Cape Town
3,725,000	Algiers
3,550,000	Addis Ababa
3,400,000	Dakar
3,275,000	Durban
3,250,000	Ibadan
3,125,000	Kampala

Europe
17,100,000	Moscow
14,600,000	Istanbul
14,500,000	London
11,300,000	Paris
6,250,000	Madrid
5,700,000	(Ruhrgebiet)
5,500,000	St. Petersburg
5,150,000	Milan
4,925,000	Cologne / Dusseldorf
4,650,000	Barcelona
4,550,000	Berlin
4,250,000	Naples
3,600,000	Rome
3,400,000	Athens
3,400,000	Kiev
3,175,000	Frankfurt am Main
3,175,000	Rotterdam
3,075,000	Birmingham
3,000,000	Manchester
2,800,000	Hamburg

North America
22,300,000	Mexico City
22,200,000	New York
17,700,000	Los Angeles
9,800,000	Chicago
8,400,000	Washington, D.C.
7,700,000	San Francisco
7,550,000	Boston
7,350,000	Philadelphia
7,200,000	Toronto
6,750,000	Dallas
6,350,000	Houston
6,200,000	Miami
5,700,000	Detroit
5,600,000	Atlanta
5,050,000	Guadalajara
4,750,000	Monterrey
4,400,000	Phoenix
4,175,000	Seattle
4,150,000	Tampa
4,125,000	Montreal

South America
21,900,000	São Paulo
16,000,000	Buenos Aires
12,700,000	Rio de Janeiro
10,100,000	Lima
9,500,000	Bogotá
7,150,000	Santiago
4,950,000	Belo Horizonte
4,075,000	Porto Alegre
3,900,000	Brasília
3,850,000	Medellín
3,775,000	Recife
3,725,000	Caracas
3,675,000	Salvador
3,625,000	Fortaleza
3,325,000	Curitiba
3,075,000	Campinas
2,975,000	Cali
2,600,000	Quito
2,525,000	Maracaibo
2,275,000	Goiânia

Oceania
4,975,000	Sydney
4,500,000	Melbourne
2,900,000	Brisbane
2,025,000	Perth
1,510,000	Auckland
1,310,000	Adelaide
557,000	Gold Coast
399,000	Newcastle
392,000	Canberra
364,000	Port Moresby
353,000	Christchurch
305,000	Central Coast
271,000	Sunshine Coast
269,000	Wollongong
200,000	Hobart
190,000	Wellington
180,000	Nouméa
173,000	Geelong
173,000	Suva
171,000	Hamilton

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Oct 16, 2020

All sources I have seen say Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador, so I’m confused as to why it’s not on here when Quito is.

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Jun 21, 2022

If Noumea is there, then Honolulu should be too.

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