100 Biggest Cities That Aren't World Capitals On A Map

With the help of a map, try to name the 100 most populous urban areas in the world.

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Urban area population from citypopulation.de, January 2019

Two loosely-defined areas around the Ruhr have been filled in

Not including Delhi, Johannesburg and Colombo because the urban areas include New Delhi, Pretoria and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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Population	City
45,600,000	Guangzhou
35,900,000	Shanghai
24,700,000	Mumbai
22,400,000	New York
22,200,000	São Paulo
18,800,000	Lagos
17,800,000	Los Angeles
17,700,000	Osaka
17,300,000	Karachi
16,600,000	Kolkata
15,800,000	Istanbul
13,200,000	Tianjin
13,100,000	Rio de Janeiro
12,600,000	Lahore
11,800,000	Bangalore
11,000,000	Chennai
10,500,000	Nagoya
9,900,000	Xiamen
9,850,000	Hyderabad
9,800,000	Chengdu
9,750,000	Chicago
8,850,000	Wuhan
8,600,000	Ho Chi Minh City
8,300,000	Hangzhou
8,250,000	Ahmedabad

Population	City
8,050,000	Chongqing
7,900,000	Shenyang
7,850,000	San Francisco
7,700,000	Shantou
7,650,000	Boston
7,450,000	Hong Kong
7,350,000	Toronto
7,350,000	Philadelphia
7,100,000	Dallas
6,850,000	Bandung
6,800,000	Xi'an
6,700,000	Nanjing
6,700,000	Pune
6,600,000	Houston
6,350,000	Miami
6,350,000	Surat
6,150,000	Dar es Salaam
6,000,000	Surabaya
5,950,000	Qingdao
5,800,000	Atlanta
5,700,000	(The Ruhr)
5,700,000	Alexandria
5,700,000	Detroit
5,600,000	Saint Petersburg
5,500,000	Yangon
5,450,000	Abidjan

Population	City
5,350,000	Zhengzhou
5,250,000	Guadalajara
5,250,000	Wenzhou
5,200,000	Sydney
5,200,000	Milan
5,150,000	Harbin
5,000,000	(Cologne / Dusseldorf)
4,980,000	Belo Horizonte
4,930,000	Monterrey
4,900,000	Dubai
4,850,000	Melbourne
4,830,000	Chittagong
4,830,000	Hefei
4,780,000	Jeddah
4,750,000	Changsha
4,730,000	Barcelona
4,580,000	Phoenix
4,550,000	Kano
4,550,000	Dalian
4,430,000	Casablanca
4,400,000	Shijiazhuang
4,380,000	Seattle
4,300,000	Tampa
4,250,000	Montreal
4,250,000	Fuzhou
4,250,000	Jinan

Population	City
4,230,000	Naples
4,130,000	Busan
4,130,000	Taiyuan
4,100,000	Porto Alegre
4,050,000	Kunming
3,980,000	Urumqi
3,950,000	Medellin
3,950,000	Medan
3,850,000	Jaipur
3,830,000	Recife
3,830,000	Nanchang
3,700,000	Denver
3,650,000	Fortaleza
3,650,000	Changchun
3,630,000	Lucknow
3,580,000	Salvador
3,580,000	Faisalabad
3,480,000	Ibadan
3,450,000	Zibo
3,430,000	Kanpur
3,380,000	Orlando
3,380,000	Durban
3,380,000	Curitiba
3,350,000	Nanning
3,330,000	San Diego

Level 77

Aug 25, 2022

Johannesburg?

Level 73

Aug 25, 2022

See the caveat. Johannesburg is not included because it's urban area includes Pretoria which is a capital.

Level 76

Aug 25, 2022

how come i can't nominate? this is a great quiz!

Level 73

Aug 25, 2022

I don't know why. I'm glad you like it though :-)

Level 56

Sep 4, 2022

I think this problem is fixed now :) Nominated!

Level 64

Aug 25, 2022

It may be ineligible because of some rules. I would certainly nominate this though!

Level 81

Aug 25, 2022

Great quiz! The description says 500 instead of 100, may want to correct.

Level 73

Aug 25, 2022

Thanks, corrected :-)

Level 56

Aug 26, 2022

Cool quiz.

Level 57

Aug 27, 2022

Is Delhi meant to be included in the exclusion caveat? It isn't a capital and has more than enough people if not.

I do think this is a cool idea though, five stars! :)

Level 73

Aug 28, 2022

Thanks, I've added Delhi in the caveat now. I think I forgot it because of the similar name, but you're right, it should be included.

Level 56

May 30, 2023

I think you used the data from my '500 Biggest Cities on a Map' quiz for this quiz -- I just updated the data for that, so you can go ahead and update this quiz as well if you'd like!