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Biggest Cities That Aren't World Capitals

Name the most populous urban areas that aren't the capital of their country.

Urban area population, not city proper

According to citypopulation.de, January 2019

Not including Johannesburg because the urban area includes Pretoria

Quiz by cty

Last updated: February 17, 2019

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Population	City
45.6 m	Guangzhou / Shenzhen
35.9 m	Shanghai
25.2 m	Mumbai
22.4 m	New York City
22.2 m	São Paulo
18.8 m	Lagos
17.8 m	Los Angeles

Population	City
17.7 m	Osaka
17.3 m	Karachi
16.6 m	Kolkata
15.8 m	Istanbul
13.2 m	Tianjin
13.1 m	Rio de Janeiro
12.6 m	Lahore

Population	City
11.8 m	Bangalore
11.0 m	Chennai
10.5 m	Nagoya
9.90 m	Xiamen
9.85 m	Hyderabad
9.85 m	Chengdu
9.75 m	Chicago

GrandMo

level 68

Jul 21, 2016

This is well done, but I already made the exact same thing a few months ago...

GrandMo

level 68

Jul 21, 2016

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/183941/most-populous-non-capital-cities

Gamer1162

level 63

Jul 21, 2016

This quiz could have been made even more far back, but the date given shows the date this quiz was featured/last updated

Quizmaster

level ∞

Jul 25, 2016

In this case, @GrandMo is right. Sorry to all.

smartguy2

level 57

Nov 10, 2016

14/20 in Asia alone! Way to go!

kiwiquizzer

level 59

Nov 11, 2016

Very enjoyable quiz, thanks.

luxint

level 57

Nov 11, 2016

great, well done

Miqueas

level 66

Nov 11, 2016

Got all but New York. Feeling dumb

ander217

level 75

Nov 11, 2016

Misery loves company. I'm right there with you.

footygenius

level 50

Nov 11, 2016

Ho Chi Minh City?

OneWhale

level 66

Nov 11, 2016

Has population less than 9.6 million.

Elan

level 60

Nov 12, 2016

So I got Nagoya and Xiamen and missed New York City, Los Angeles, and Istanbul.

Speed4TheNeed

level 59

Nov 13, 2016

missed 3 obvious ones. Great quiz!

Epicx

level 24

Nov 13, 2016

Delhi isn't the capital city of India, New Delhi is. BTW Delhi is bigger than Mumbai

theindianboy

level 38

Nov 19, 2018

technically new delhi is just a neighbourhood in delhi we count the whole Delhi-NCR region as capital btw NCR-national capital region it includes delhi as a whole along with satellite smaller cities mainly IT and industrial hubs like Gurgaon , Noida , dwarka , Faridabad , meerut and Ghaziabad and many other smaller villages and towns

Antofagasta

level 49

Jun 8, 2017

Only missed Xiamen. Annoying, but I should be happy with it.

GeoGuy8

level 38

Nov 29, 2017

Delhi?

Devvik2

level 56

Dec 17, 2017

Johannesburg?

Devvik2

level 56

Dec 17, 2017

Why aren't you including Johannesburg?

cty

level 63

Dec 17, 2017

Johannesburg's urban area contains Pretoria, a capital of South Africa.

Devvik2

level 56

Feb 19, 2019

Oh okay that makes sense.

Tramp

level 68

Aug 23, 2018

Nice quiz. I'd like to see an extended version of this quiz with maybe 50 answers.

cornflakesfu

level 77

Feb 16, 2019

Typo: Shanghai is 35.9, not 45.6.

Quizmaster

level ∞

Feb 17, 2019

Fixed

angrobper14

level 71

Feb 17, 2019

Would suggest a quiz similar, BUT only with the cities that surpass their countries' capital.
Let me explain myself: all the Chinese cities that surpass Beijing would do, but those that are below Beijing wouldn't do.