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500 biggest cities in the world

Can you guess what the 500 biggest cities or agglomerates in the world are
Cities and city size are deffined by citypopulation.de's list of major agglomerats
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Country
Answer
Population
1
China
Guangzhou
47,600,000
2
Japan
Tokyo
40,500,000
3
China
Shanghai
34,100,000
4
Indonesia
Jakarta
32,100,000
5
India
Delhi
31,300,000
6
Philippines
Manila
26,300,000
7
India
Mumbai
25,600,000
8
South Korea
Seoul
25,000,000
9
Mexico
Mexico City
24,500,000
10
Brazil
São Paulo
22,600,000
11
United States
New York
21,800,000
12
Egypt
Cairo
21,500,000
13
Bangladesh
Dhaka
20,300,000
14
Nigeria
Lagos
20,100,000
15
China
Beijing
20,000,000
16
Thailand
Bangkok
19,400,000
17
Pakistan
Karachi
18,200,000
18
Japan
Osaka
17,700,000
19
United States
Los Angeles
17,600,000
20
Russia
Moscow
17,400,000
21
India
Kolkata
17,000,000
22
Argentina
Buenos Aires
16,600,000
23
Turkey
Istanbul
16,200,000
24
Iran
Tehran
15,500,000
25
United Kingdom
London
14,800,000
26
South Africa
Johannesburg
14,200,000
27
D.R. Congo
Kinshasa
13,900,000
28
Pakistan
Lahore
13,500,000
29
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
13,300,000
30
China
Tianjin
13,200,000
31
India
Bangalore
12,700,000
32
India
Chennai
11,600,000
33
France
Paris
11,400,000
34
Peru
Lima
11,100,000
35
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
10,600,000
36
Japan
Nagoya
10,500,000
37
India
Hyderabad
10,400,000
38
China
Xiamen
10,200,000
39
India
Chengdu
10,000,000
40
Colombia
Bogotá
9,800,000
41
United States
Chicago
9,650,000
42
China
Wuhan
9,250,000
43
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
9,150,000
43
Taiwan
Taipei
9,150,000
45
India
Ahmedabad
8,750,000
46
China
Hangzhou
8,600,000
47
United States
Washington D.C.
8,550,000
48
Angola
Luanda
8,450,000
49
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
8,400,000
49
China
Chongqing
8,400,000
51
China
Shenyang
8,100,000
52
Singapore
Singapore
7,900,000
53
Chile
Santiago de Chile
7,800,000
54
United States
San Francisco
7,750,000
54
China
Shantou
7,750,00
56
United States
Boston
7,700,000
57
Canada
Toronto
7,650,000
58
China
Hong Kong
7,550,000
59
United States
Philadelphia
7,350,000
60
United States
Dallas
7,300,000
61
Iraq
Baghdad
7,150,000
62
India
Pune
7,100,000
62
China
Xi'an
7,100,000
64
Indonesia
Bandung
7,050,000
65
India
Surat
6,900,000
66
United States
Houston
6,800,000
67
Spain
Madrid
6,700,000
67
China
Nanjing
6,700,000
69
Sudan
Khartoum
6,500,000
70
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
6,450,000
71
United States
Miami
6,350,000
72
China
Qingdao
6,250,000
73
Italy
Milan
6,150,000
73
Indonesia
Surabaya
6,150,000
75
Kenya
Nairobi
6,100,000
76
Egypt
Alexandria
5,950,000
77
United States
Atlanta
5,900,000
78
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
5,750,000
78
United States
Detroit
5,750,000
78
Myanmar
Yangon
5,750,000
81
Jordan
Amman
5,700,000
81
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
5,700,000
83
Germany
The Ruhr
5,650,000
84
Russia
St. Petersburg
5,650,000
85
Mexico
Monterrey
5,600,000
86
Mexico
Guadalajara
5,550,000
87
Australia
Sydney
5,400,000
88
China
Wenzhou
5,400,000
89
Ghana
Accra
5,200,000
90
Turkey
Ankara
5,150,000
90
China
Harbin
5,150,000
90
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
5,150,000
93
China
Hefei
5,100,000
93
China
Zhengzhou
5,100,000
95
Brazil
Belo Horizonte
5,050,000
95
China
Changsha
5,050,000
95
Australia
Melbourne
5,050,000
98
Bangladesh
Chittagong
5,000,000
98
Germany
Cologne/Düsseldorf
5,000,000
100
Spain
Barcelona
4,875,000
101
Nigeria
Kano
4,850,000
102
Sri Lanka
Colombo
4,825,000
103
United States
Phoenix
4,800,000
103
China
Shijiazhuang
4,800,000
105
Germany
Berlin
4,750,000
106
China
Dalian
4,625,000
107
China
Jinan
4,600,000
108
Morocco
Casablanca
4,550,000
109
Kuwait
Kuwait City
4,500,000
110
Afghanistan
Kabul
4,475,000
110
United States
Seattle
4,475,000
110
United States
Tampa
4,475,000
113
China
Kunming
4,325,000
113
Canada
Montréal
4,325,000
115
South Africa
Cape Town
4,300,000
116
China
Taiyuan
4,175,000
116
China
Ürümqi
4,175,000
118
Italy
Naples
4,150,000
118
Brazil
Porto Alegre
4,150,000
120
China
Fuzhou
4,100,000
120
Colombia
Medellín
4,100,000
122
South Korea
Busan
4,075,000
122
Indonesia
Medan
4,075,000
124
Brazil
Brasília
4,050,000
124
India
Jaipur
4,050,000
126
Algeria
Algiers
4,025,000
126
Vietnam
Hanoi
4,025,000
126
Mexico
Puebla
4,025,000
129
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
4,000,000
130
China
Nanchang
3,975,000
131
Senegal
Dakar
3,925,000
132
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
3,900,000
132
Syria
Damascus
3,900,000
134
Brazil
Recife
3,850,000
135
United States
Denver
3,800,000
135
India
Lucknow
3,800,000
137
Venezuela
Caracas
3,775,000
138
China
Changchun
3,750,000
138
India
Faisalabad
3,750,000
140
Nigeria
Abuja
3,725,000
140
Brazil
Fortaleza
3,725,000
142
Mali
Bamako
3,675,000
142
Nigeria
Ibadan
3,675,000
142
Uganda
Kampala
3,675,000
145
Brazil
Salvador
3,625,000
146
China
Zibo
3,600,000
147
China
Nanning
3,575,000
148
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
3,550,000
149
Greece
Athens
3,500,000
149
India
Kanpur
3,500,000
149
United States
Orlando
3,500,000
149
Italy
Rome
3,500,000
149
Cameroon
Yaoundé
3,500,000
154
South Africa
Durban
3,475,000
154
Ukraine
Kiev
3,475,000
156
Brazil
Curitiba
3,450,000
156
Cameroon
Douala
3,450,000
158
China
Guiyang
3,400,000
159
India
Nagpur
3,325,000
159
China
Ningbo
3,325,000
159
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
3,325,000
159
United States
San Diego
3,325,000
163
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
3,300,000
164
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
3,275,000
164
India
Indore
3,275,000
164
Netherlands
Rotterdam
3,275,000
167
Brazil
Campinas
3,250,000
167
Iran
Isfahan
3,250,000
167
Iran
Mashhad
3,250,000
170
Australia
Brisbane
3,225,000
171
Guatemala
Guatemala City
3,200,000
171
Ecuador
Guayaquil
3,200,000
171
Nepal
Kathmandu
3,200,000
171
United States
Minneapolis
3,200,000
175
United Kingdom
Birmingham
3,150,000
176
Ghana
Kumasi
3,075,000
176
United Kingdom
Manchester
3,075,000
178
United States
Cleveland
3,050,000
178
Turkey
Izmir
3,050,000
180
India
Bhilai
2,975,000
180
North Korea
Pyongyang
2,975,000
180
China
Tangshan
2,975,000
183
China
Xuzhou
2,950,000
184
China
Lanzhou
2,925,000
185
Colombia
Cali
2,900,000
185
Yemen
Sana'a
2,900,000
185
Canada
Vancouver
2,900,000
188
Pakistan
Gujranwala
2,875,000
188
Germany
Hamburg
2,875,000
188
China
Huizhou
2,875,000
191
United States
Cincinnati
2,800,000
191
Zambia
Lusaka
2,800,000
193
Philappines
Cebu
2,775,000
193
India
Coimbatore
2,775,000
193
Taiwan
Kaohsiung
2,775,000
193
Ecuador
Quito
2,775,000
197
Madagascar
Antananarivo
2,750,000
197
Japan
Fukuoka
2,750,000
199
Belgium
Brussels
2,725,000
199
South Korea
Daegu
2,725,000
199
India
Patna
2,725,000
199
Israel
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
2,725,000
199
Tunisia
Tunis
2,725,000
204
Venezuela
Maracaibo
2,675,000
205
China
Anshan
2,650,000
205
China
Luoyang
2,650,000
205
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
2,650,000
208
Azerbaijan
Baku
2,625,000
208
Hungary
Budapest
2,625,000
210
Guinea
Conakry
2,600,000
211
Saudi Arabia
Dammam
2,575,000
211
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
2,575,000
213
Mexico
Toluca
2,550,000
214
China
Jiangyin
2,525,000
214
United States
Salt Lake City
2,525,000
216
Netherlands
Amsterdam
2,500,000
216
United States
Charlotte
2,500,000
216
Portugal
Lisbon
2,500,000
216
Japan
Sapporo
2,500,000
220
India
Bhopal
2,475,000
221
Brazil
Goiânia
2,450,000
221
D.R. Congo
Lubumbashi
2,450,000
221
United States
Portland
2,450,000
224
India
Chandigarh
2,425,000
224
Pakistan
Peshawar
2,425,000
224
Nigeria
Port Harcourt
2,425,000
224
Taiwan
Taichung
2,425,000
228
Germany
Stuttgart
2,400,000
229
Paraguay
Asunción
2,375,000
229
Costa Rica
San José
2,375,000
231
India
Agra
2,350,000
231
Rep. of the Congo
Brazzaville
2,350,000
231
Mozambique
Maputo
2,350,000
231
United States
St. Louis
2,350,000
231
China
Taizhou
2,350,000
231
Poland
Warsaw
2,350,000
237
India
Hyderabad
2,325,000
237
Poland
Katowice
2,325,000
239
Qatar
Doha
2,300,000
239
United States
Las Vegas
2,300,000
241
Germany
Munich
2,275,000
241
Indonesia
Semarang
2,275,000
243
China
Baotou
2,250,000
243
Brazil
Belém
2,250,000
243
Brazil
Manaus
2,250,000
243
United States
San Antonio
2,250,000
243
Sweden
Stockholm
2,250,000
243
India
Vadodara
2,250,000
243
India
Vishakhapatnam
2,250,000
243
China
Yantai
2,250,000
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Country
Answer
Population
251
Cuba
Havana
2,225,000
251
Austria
Vienna
2,225,000
253
Romania
Bucharest
2,200,000
253
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
2,200,000
255
Kazakhstan
Almaty
2,175,000
255
Malaysia
George Town
2,175,000
255
Togo
Lomé
2,175,000
255
D.R. Congo
Mbuji-Mayi
2,175,000
255
Japan
Okayama
2,175,000
255
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
2,175,000
255
China
Xinxiang
2,175,000
162
China
Baoding
2,150,000
162
Colombia
Barranquilla
2,150,000
262
United Kingdom
Leeds
2,150,000
262
Mexico
León
2,150,000
262
Pakistan
Multan
2,150,000
262
India
Nasik
2,150,000
268
Turkey
Bursa
2,125,000
268
Bolivia
La Paz
2,125,000
268
China
Linyi
2,125,000
271
United States
Sacramento
2,100,000
271
Mexico
Tijuana
2,100,000
273
Zimbabwe
Harare
2,075,000
273
Australia
Perth
2,075,000
273
Morocco
Rabat
2,075,000
273
India
Vijayawada
2,075,000
277
China
Liuzhou
2,050,000
277
Belarus
Minsk
2,050,000
277
China
Nantong
2,050,000
277
China
Weifang
2,050,000
281
China
Cixi
2,025,000
281
Palestine
Gaza
2,025,000
281
China
Huai'an
2,025,000
281
United States
Indianapolis
2,025,000
281
United States
Pittsburgh
2,025,000
281
Venezuela
Valencia
2,025,000
287
United States
Austin
2,000,000
287
United States
Kansas City
2,000,000
287
Japan
Kitakyushu
2,000,000
287
India
Ludhiana
2,000,000
287
Somalia
Mogadishu
2,000,000
292
France
Lyon
1,900,000
292
China
Yangzhou
1,900,000
294
China
Huainan
1,970,000
294
India
Varanasi
1,970,000
294
Indonesia
Yogyakarta
1,970,000
297
India
Rajkot
1,950,000
298
India
Bhubaneswar
1,940,000
298
Syria
Aleppo
1,940,000
298
Nigeria
Kaduna
1,940,000
298
China
Xiangyang
1,940,000
302
China
Hohhot
1,920,000
302
Indonesia
Makassar
1,920,000
302
United States
San Juan
1,920,000
305
China
Haikou
1,900,000
306
Benin
Cotonou
1,890,000
307
Japan
Hiroshima
1,880,000
307
United Kingdom
Liverpool
1,880,000
307
El Salvador
San Salvador
1,880,000
310
Uruguay
Montevideo
1,870,000
310
Spain
Valencia
1,870,000
310
Brazil
Vitória
1,870,000
313
Sierra Leone
Freetown
1,860,000
314
India
Aurangabad
1,850,000
314
Iran
Tabriz
1,850,000
316
India
Madurai
1,820,000
317
Iran
Shiraz
1,800,000
317
China
Zhuhai
1,800,000
319
Lebanon
Beirut
1,790,000
320
India
Meerut
1,780,000
321
United States
Columbus
1,770,000
322
Indonesia
Malang
1,760,000
322
Brazil
Santos
1,760,000
324
Turkey
Adana
1,750,000
324
China
Anyang
1,750,000
326
Indonesia
Palembang
1,740,000
327
China
Handan
1,730,000
327
Russia
Nizhny Novgorod
1,730,000
329
China
Hengyang
1,720,000
330
Nigeria
Benin City
1,700,000
330
Turkey
Gaziantep
1,700,000
330
India
Jamshedpur
1,700,000
330
Russia
Novosibirsk
1,700,000
330
China
Yiwu
1,700,000
335
United Kingdom
Glasgow
1,690,000
335
United States
Hartford
1,690,000
335
Denmark
Copenhagen
1,690,000
335
United States
Raleigh
1,690,000
339
Argentina
Córdoba
1,680,000
339
China
Datong
1,680,000
339
France
Marseille
1,680,000
342
Russia
Yekaterinburg
1,670,000
343
China
Daqing
1,650,000
343
Liberia
Monrovia
1,650,000
343
Indonesia
Surakarta
1,650,000
346
India
Āsansol
1,640,000
346
India
Srinagar
1,640,000
348
Ukraine
Kharkiv
1,630,000
348
China
Guilin
1,630,000
350
United States
Virginia Beach
1,620,000
351
India
Kochi
1,610,000
351
Chad
Ndjamena
1,610,000
351
Italy
Turin
1,610,000
354
China
Bengbu
1,600,000
354
Philippines
Davao
1,600,000
354
South Korea
Gwangju
1,600,000
354
Myanmar
Mandalay
1,600,000
358
Saudi Arabia
Medina
1,590,000
359
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
1,580,000
359
Indonesia
Denpasar
1,580,000
359
Germany
Mannheim
1,580,000
359
China
Xingtai
1,580,000
363
Bahrain
Manama
1,570,000
363
China
Huaibei
1,570,000
363
United Kingdom
Sheffield
1,570,000
366
Iraq
Basra
1,560,000
366
Panama
Panama City
1,560,000
366
Mexico
Ciudad Juárez
1,560,000
366
China
Ganzhou
1,560,000
370
China
Jilin
1,550,000
370
United States
Milwaukee
1,550,000
370
Portugal
Porto
1,550,000
373
Mexico
Querétaro
1,540,000
374
China
Wuhu
1,530,000
374
China
Zhangjiakou
1,530,000
376
Philappines
Angeles
1,520,000
376
Canada
Calgary
1,520,000
376
South Korea
Daejeon
1,520,000
376
Inida
Jodhpur
1,520,000
380
India
Jabalpur
1,510,000
380
Algeria
Oran
1,510,000
382
China
Jiaozuo
1,500,000
382
United States
Nashville
1,500,000
382
Japan
Sendai
1,500,000
382
China
Xining
1,500,000
382
Armenia
Yerevan
1,500,000
387
India
Allahabad
1,490,000
387
New Zealand
Auckland
1,490,000
387
United Kingdom
Newcastle
1,490,000
387
China
Tai'an
1,490,000
391
China
Yinchuan
1,480,000
392
United States
Jacksonville
1,470,000
392
China
Maoming
1,470,000
392
Inida
Ranchi
1,470,000
395
Czech Republic
Prague
1,460,000
395
China
Yancheng
1,460,000
397
Indonesia
Batam
1,450,000
397
Brazil
São Luís
1,450,000
397
India
Tiruppur
1,450,000
397
Switzerland
Zürich
1,450,000
401
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
1,440,000
401
Ukraine
Donetsk
1,440,000
403
Iraq
Mosul
1,430,000
403
India
Amritsar
1,430,000
403
Serbia
Belgrade
1,430,000
403
India
Gwalior
1,430,000
403
Venezuela
Maracay
1,430,000
403
Brazil
Natal
1,430,000
403
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
1,430,000
403
China
Xiangtan
1,430,000
411
India
Kotā
1,420,000
411
China
Yichang
1,420,000
413
Iran
Ahvaz
1,410,000
413
China
Putian
1,410,000
415
Russia
Chelyabinsk
1,400,000
415
Thailand
Chonburi
1,400,000
415
India
Dhanbad
1,400,000
415
Ireland
Dublin
1,400,000
415
Russia
Volgograd
1,400,000
420
Ukraine
Dnepropetrovsk
1,380,000
420
United Kingdom
Nottingham
1,380,000
420
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
1,380,000
420
Argentina
Rosario
1,380,000
424
Canada
Edmonton
1,370,000
424
China
Qinhuangdao
1,370,000
424
Mexico
Torreón
1,370,000
427
Australia
Adelaide
1,360,000
427
Bolivia
Cochabamba
1,360,000
427
Georgia
Tbilisi
1,360,000
427
China
Zhuzhou
1,360,000
431
India
Bareilly
1,350,000
431
United States
Buffalo
1,350,000
431
Nicaragua
Managua
1,350,000
431
Niger
Niamey
1,350,000
435
Turkey
Antalya
1,340,000
435
United States
Harrisburg
1,340,000
435
China
Zhanjiang
1,340,000
438
Turkey
Konya
1,330,000
438
Oman
Muscat
1,330,000
438
United States
McAllen
1,330,000
441
Finland
Helsinki
1,320,000
441
Iran
Qom
1,320,000
443
Venezuela
Barquisimeto
1,310,000
443
Japan
Hamamatsu
1,310,000
443
Mauritania
Nouakchott
1,310,000
443
Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1,310,000
443
Taiwan
Tainan
1,310,000
448
France
Lille
1,300,000
448
India
Morādābād
1,300,000
448
China
Nanyang
1,300,000
448
Russia
Rostov-on-Don
1,300,000
448
Russia
Samara
1,300,000
448
Spain
Seville
1,300,000
448
Bulgaria
Sofia
1,300,000
455
Morocco
Fes
1,290,000
455
China
Mianyang
1,290,000
455
Canada
Ottawa
1,290,000
455
United States
Stockton
1,290,000
455
Libya
Tripoli
1,290,000
460
India
Alīgarh
1,280,000
460
Angola
Benguela
1,280,000
460
Colombia
Bucaramanga
1,280,000
460
China
Zunyi
1,280,000
464
China
Fuyang
1,270,000
464
China
Jining
1,270,000
464
China
Rizhao
1,270,000
467
Russia
Kazan
1,260,000
467
Mexico
Mérida
1,260,000
469
China
Jingzhou
1,250,000
469
Nigeria
Maiduguri
1,250,000
469
Kenya
Mombassa
1,250,000
469
India
Mysore
1,250,000
469
Indonesia
Pekanbaru
1,250,000
474
China
Baoji
1,240,000
474
China
Nanchong
1,240,000
474
Nigeria
Onitsha
1,240,000
477
Belgium
Antwerp
1,230,000
477
Central African Republic
Bangui
1,230,000
477
Rwanda
Kigali
1,230,000
477
Honduras
San Pedro Sula
1,230,000
477
India
Tiruchirappalli
1,230,000
482
Morocco
Agadir
1,220,000
482
Indonesia
Bandar Lampung
1,220,000
482
Indonesia
Karawang
1,220,000
482
Bangladesh
Khulna
1,220,000
482
Australia
Melbourne
1,220,000
482
Rep. of the Congo
Pointe-Noire
1,220,000
482
China
Weihai
1,220,000
489
Vietnam
Da Nang
1,210,000
489
D.R. Congo
Kananga
1,210,000
489
China
Ma'anshan
1,210,000
489
Japan
Naha
1,210,000
489
Norway
Oslo
1,210,000
494
China
Changde
1,200,000
494
Germany
Nuremberg
1,200,000
496
Nigeria
Aba
1,180,000
496
China
Lianyungang
1,180,000
496
Kazakhstan
Nur-Sultan
1,180,000
496
Pakistan
Quetta
1,180,000
496
China
Suzhou
1,180,000
2 Comments
+1
Level 65
Dec 10, 2021
Some of these cities are mislabeled. Chittagong is in Bangladesh, Yancheng is in China, and Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk) is in Ukraine.
+1
Level 51
Dec 11, 2021
Thank you for pointing out the mistake. It has been fixed now.