World Urban Areas With At Least 2,000,000 People

Guess the 237 urban areas across the world that have a population of at least 2,000,000.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_by_population
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Last updated: July 24, 2015
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City
Country
Population
Tokyo–Yokohama
 Japan
37843000
Jakarta
 Indonesia
30539000
Manila
 Philippines
24123000
Delhi
 India
23998000
Karachi
 Pakistan
23500000
Seoul–Incheon
 South Korea
23480000
Shanghai
 China
23416000
Beijing
 China
21009000
New York City
 United States
20630000
Guangzhou–Foshan
 China
20597000
São Paulo
 Brazil
20365000
Mexico City
 Mexico
20063000
Cairo
Egypt
17816000
Mumbai
 India
17712000
Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto
 Japan
17444000
Lagos
 Nigeria
17060307
Moscow
 Russia
16170000
Los Angeles
 United States
15058000
Bangkok
 Thailand
14998000
Kolkata
 India
14667000
Buenos Aires
 Argentina
14122000
Tehran
 Iran
13532000
Istanbul
 Turkey
13287000
Shenzhen
 China
12084000
Rio de Janeiro
 Brazil
11727000
Kinshasa
Congo (D.R.)
11587000
Tianjin
 China
10920000
Paris
 France
10858000
Lima
 Peru
10750000
Chengdu
 China
10376000
London
 United Kingdom
10236000
Nagoya
 Japan
10177000
Lahore
 Pakistan
10052000
Bengaluru
 India
9807000
Chennai
 India
9714000
Chicago
 United States
9156000
Bogotá
 Colombia
8991000
Ho Chi Minh City
 Vietnam
8957000
Hyderabad
 India
8754000
Dongguan
 China
8442000
Johannesburg–East Rand
 South Africa
8432000
Wuhan
 China
7509000
Taipei
 Taiwan
7438000
Hangzhou
 China
7275000
Hong Kong
 China
7246000
Chongqing
 China
7217000
Ahmedabad
 India
7186000
Kuala Lumpur
 Malaysia
7088000
Quanzhou
 China
6710000
Essen–Düsseldorf
 Germany
6679000
Baghdad
 Iraq
6625000
Toronto
 Canada
6456000
Santiago
 Chile
6225000
Dallas–Fort Worth
 United States
6174000
Madrid
 Spain
6171000
Nanjing
 China
6155000
Shenyang
 China
6078000
Xi'an–Xianyang
 China
5977000
San Francisco–San Jose
 United States
5929000
Luanda
 Angola
5899000
Qingdao–Jimo
 China
5816000
Houston
 United States
5764000
Miami
 United States
5764000
Bandung
 Indonesia
5695000
Riyadh
 Saudi Arabia
5666000
Pune
 India
5631000
Singapore
 Singapore
5624000
Philadelphia
 United States
5570000
Surat
 India
5447000
Milan
 Italy
5257000
Suzhou
 China
5246000
Saint Petersburg
 Russia
5126000
Khartoum
 Sudan
5125000
Atlanta
 United States
5015000
Zhengzhou–Xingyang
 China
4942000
Washington, D.C.
 United States
4889000
Surabaya
 Indonesia
4881000
Harbin
 China
4815000
Abidjan
 Ivory Coast
4800000
Yangon
 Burma
4800000
Nairobi
 Kenya
4738000
Barcelona
 Spain
4693000
Alexandria
 Egypt
4689000
Kabul
 Afghanistan
4635000
Guadalajara
 Mexico
4603000
Ankara
 Turkey
4538000
Belo Horizonte
 Brazil
4517000
Boston
 United States
4478000
Xiamen
 China
4420000
Kuwait City
 Kuwait
4283000
Dar es Salaam
 Tanzania
4219000
Phoenix
 United States
4194000
Dalian
 China
4183000
Accra
 Ghana
4145000
Monterrey
 Mexico
4083000
Berlin
 Germany
4069000
Sydney
 Australia
4036000
Fuzhou
 China
3962000
Medan
 Indonesia
3942000
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
3933000
Melbourne
 Australia
3906000
Rome
 Italy
3906000
Busan
 South Korea
3906000
Cape Town
 South Africa
3812000
Jinan
 China
3789000
Ningbo
 China
3753000
Hanoi
 Vietnam
3715000
Naples
 Italy
3706000
Taiyuan—Yuci
 China
3702000
Jeddah
 Saudi Arabia
3677000
Detroit
 United States
3672000
Hefei
 China
3665000
Changsha
 China
3657000
Kunming–Anning
 China
3649000
Wuxi
 China
3597000
Medellín
 Colombia
3568000
Faisalabad
 Pakistan
3560000
Aleppo
 Syria
3560000
City
Country
Population
Kano
 Nigeria
3550000
Montreal
 Canada
3536000
Dakar
 Senegal
3520000
Athens
 Greece
3484000
Changzhou
 China
3425000
Durban
 South Africa
3421000
Porto Alegre
 Brazil
3413000
Jaipur
 India
3409000
Fortaleza
 Brazil
3401000
Addis Ababa
 Ethiopia
3376000
Kiev
 Ukraine
3375000
Changchun
 China
3368000
Shijiazhuang
 China
3367000
Recife
 Brazil
3347000
Mashhad
 Iran
3294000
Seattle
 United States
3218000
Casablanca
 Morocco
3211000
Salvador
 Brazil
3190000
Ürümqi
 China
3184000
Lucknow
 India
3184000
Chittagong
 Bangladesh
3176000
Wenzhou
 China
3169000
Ibadan
 Nigeria
3160000
İzmir
 Turkey
3112000
Curitiba
 Brazil
3102000
San Diego
 United States
3086000
Yaoundé
 Cameroon
3060000
Zhangjiagang–Jiangyin–Jingjiang
 China
3056000
Kanpur
 India
3037000
Zhongshan
 China
3031000
Sana'a
 Yemen
2980000
Tel Aviv
 Israel
2979000
Guiyang
 China
2955000
Douala
 Cameroon
2940000
Taichung
 Taiwan
2935000
Pretoria
 South Africa
2927000
Santo Domingo
 Dominican Republic
2925000
Hyderabad
 Pakistan
2920000
Caracas
 Venezuela
2861000
Pyongyang
 North Korea
2850000
Kalyan
 India
2841000
Asunción
 Paraguay
2827000
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
 United States
2771000
Lanzhou
 China
2703000
Ouagadougou
 Burkina Faso
2700000
Guayaquil
 Ecuador
2700000
Nagpur
 India
2668000
Lisbon
 Portugal
2666000
Baku
 Azerbaijan
2661000
Rotterdam–The Hague
 Netherlands
2660000
Campinas
 Brazil
2645000
Manchester
 United Kingdom
2639000
Nanchang
 China
2637000
Tampa–St. Petersburg
 United States
2621000
Maputo
 Mozambique
2615000
Kaohsiung
 Taiwan
2599000
Algiers
 Algeria
2590000
Nanning
 China
2590000
Sapporo
 Japan
2570000
Damascus
 Syria
2560000
Denver
 United States
2559000
Brasília
 Brazil
2536000
Cebu City
 Philippines
2535000
Fukuoka
 Japan
2525000
Birmingham
 United Kingdom
2512000
Rawalpindi–Islamabad
 Pakistan
2510000
Kumasi
 Ghana
2500000
Bamako
 Mali
2500000
Coimbatore
 India
2481000
Amman
 Jordan
2468000
Linyi
 China
2465000
Port-au-Prince
 Haiti
2332000
Abuja
 Nigeria
2440000
Shantou
 China
2419000
Indore
 India
2405000
Antananarivo
 Madagascar
2398000
Kozhikode
 India
2394000
Isfahan
 Iran
2392000
Chaoyang–Chaonan
 China
2391000
Daegu
 South Korea
2382000
Tangshan
 China
2378000
Kochi
 India
2374000
Cali
 Colombia
2357000
Shaoxing
 China
2350000
Port Harcourt
 Nigeria
2340000
Vancouver
 Canada
2313000
Huai'an
 China
2282000
Baltimore
 United States
2263000
Tashkent
 Uzbekistan
2250000
Thrissur
 India
2236000
Hohhot
 China
2219000
Harare
 Zimbabwe
2203000
Patna
 India
2200000
Beirut
 Lebanon
2200000
Las Vegas
 United States
2191000
Katowice–Gliwice–Tychy
Poland
2190000
Lusaka
 Zambia
2190000
St. Louis
 United States
2186000
Colombo
 Sri Lanka
2180000
Baotou
 China
2159000
San Juan
 Puerto Rico
2139000
Havana
 Cuba
2130000
Gujranwala
 Pakistan
2120000
Mogadishu
 Somalia
2120000
Goiânia
 Brazil
2117000
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia
2110000
Malappuram
 India
2108000
Cologne–Bonn
 Germany
2104000
Brussels
 Belgium
2089000
Puebla
 Mexico
2088000
Hamburg
 Germany
2087000
Bhopal
 India
2075000
Kannur
 India
2047000
Orlando
 United States
2040000
Maracaibo
 Venezuela
2037000
Handan
 China
2000000
Lubumbashi
Congo (D.R.)
2000000
Mbuji-Mayi
Congo (D.R.)
2000000
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Level 59
Jul 20, 2015
St Petersburg works for Tampa-St Peterburg but not for St Petersburg, Russia. I understand the difference but when St Petersburg was accepted, it was initially thought that it was accepted for the city in Russia.
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Level 34
Jul 20, 2015
Okay, thanks for letting me know! It'll accept St Petersburg now.
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Level 72
Jul 20, 2015
Mashdad is misspelled.
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Level 85
Jul 20, 2015
Cairo's urban population is 18 million, but it's missing from this list. This is what comes from relying on inaccurate Wikipedia pages.
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Level 34
Jul 21, 2015
I've added Cairo in now.
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Level 74
Jul 20, 2015
Please accept Santa Cruz for Santa Cruz de la Sierra. No one calls it the whole name, just like no one calls Puebla "Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza" or Los Angeles "Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula".
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Level 34
Jul 21, 2015
Okay - Santa Cruz is now accepted.
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Level 74
Jul 20, 2015
Yea...where's Cairo?
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Level 70
Jul 21, 2015
Did you notice lahore is on here twice
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Level 65
Nov 14, 2017
Spelling quite demanding on here. I could have done much better if I didn't have to spell cities like Ouagadougou, or mixing vowels in names like ahmedebad (ahmedAbad, etc..).
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Level 49
May 26, 2019
Hey wait... I missed 19 but still beat or equal 100% of test takers... I guess cause there are some cities that no one has ever filled in on here.
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Level 71
Nov 15, 2020
No Dhaka? Also please accept Bangalore.