Biggest Cities in the Japanese Empire with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 50 most populous cities of the Empire of Japan during World War II in 1942?

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Sources used for population estimates in the stickied comments.

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Population	Cities
7,3M	Tokyo
3,7M	Shanghai
3M	Osaka
1,6M	Beiping (Beijing)
1,3M	Nagoya
1,2M	Guangzhou
1,2M	Tianjin
1,1M	Nanjing
1,1M	Fengtian (Shenyang)
1M	Keijo (Seoul)
1M	Kyoto
1M	Yokohama
940k	Kobe

Population	Cities
865k	Syonan (Singapore)
840k	Wuhan
745k	Manila
725k	Djakarta (Jakarta)
680k	Qingdao
675k	Harbin
585k	Soerabaia (Surabaya)
555k	Xinjing (Changchun)
550k	Hangzhou
525k	Dairen (Dalian)
520k	Rangoon (Yangon)
500k	Hong Kong
450k	Jinan

Population	Cities
440k	Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
400k	Bandoeng (Bandung)
385k	Suzhou
345k	Fuzhou
345k	Taihoku (Taipei)
340k	Heijo (Pyongyang)
340k	Hiroshima
340k	Kawasaki
315k	Fukuoka
300k	Fuzan (Busan)
300k	Kaifeng
280k	Fushun

Population	Cities
270k	Wuxi
265k	Kure
265k	Semarang
265k	Xuzhou
260k	Nagasaki
260k	Soerakarta (Surakarta)
255k	Yahata (Kitakyushu)
255k	Zhenjiang
245k	Yokosuka
240k	Bengbu
240k	Sendai
230k	Ningbo

Level 55

Sep 25, 2023

Since there are almost no estimates for 1942, these are rough estimates for population of the biggest cities controlled by Japan at the time that had to be manually calculated from sources listed below.

Sources:

Populstat (archived, original site no longer up)

The Social Maps of Seoul

Hong Kong’s Civilian Fatalities of the Second World War

The Population of Korea

Wartime Victuals: Surviving the Japanese Occupation

Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth

Level 55

Sep 25, 2023

Wikipedia - Demography of the Empire of Japan

Wikipedia - Timeline of Jakarta

Wikipedia - Bandung Sea of Fire

1930 Census of the Dutch East Indies

Urban population of Saigon-Cholon

Urban climate in the Tokyo metropolitan area in Japan

Level 67

Sep 25, 2023

Good quiz. Tough, however.

Level 55

Sep 25, 2023

Thanks!

Level 67

Sep 25, 2023

Great Quiz and Map, I did pretty bad tho, only half.

Level 55

Sep 25, 2023

Thanks! I"m pretty happy with the map. The partisan territories were a major pain to insert though.

Level 68

Sep 25, 2023

I really like this quiz

Level 55

Sep 25, 2023

Thanks!

Level 63

Oct 3, 2023

Cool quiz Dekkie!

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