World's 500 Largest Urban Areas

Name the world's 500 largest urban areas
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Population
Country
City
37.750.000
 Japan
Tokyo
30.091.131
 Indonesia
Jakarta
24.998.000
 India
Delhi
24.123.000
 Philippines
Manila
23.723.696
 United States
New York City
23.480.000
 South Korea
Seoul
23.416.000
 China
Shanghai
22.123.000
 Pakistan
Karachi
21.009.000
 China
Beijing
20.597.000
 China
Guangzhou
20.365.000
 Brazil
São Paulo
20.063.000
 Mexico
Mexico City
17.712.000
 India
Mumbai
17.444.000
 Japan
Osaka
16.170.000
 Russia
Moscow
15.669.000
 Bangladesh
Dhaka
15.600.000
 Egypt
Cairo
15.058.000
 United States
Los Angeles
14.998.000
 Thailand
Bangkok
14.667.000
 India
Kolkata
14.122.000
 Argentina
Buenos Aires
13.532.000
 Iran
Tehran
13.287.000
 Turkey
Istanbul
13.123.000
 Nigeria
Lagos
12.084.000
 China
Shenzhen
11.727.000
 Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
11.587.000
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Kinshasa
10.920.000
 China
Tianjin
10.858.000
 France
Paris
10.750.000
 Peru
Lima
10.376.000
 China
Chengdu
10.236.000
 United Kingdom
London
10.177.000
 Japan
Nagoya
10.052.000
 Pakistan
Lahore
9.714.000
 India
Bengaluru
9.156.000
 United States
Chicago
9.115.485
 Indonesia
Surabaya
8.991.000
 Colombia
Bogotá
8.957.000
 Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
8.754.000
 India
Hyderabad
8.728.906
 India
Chennai
8.442.000
 China
Dongguan
8.432.000
 South Africa
Johannesburg
7.509.000
 China
Wuhan
7.438.000
 Taiwan
Taipei
7.275.000
 China
Hangzhou
7.246.000
 China
Hong Kong
7.217.000
 China
Chongqing
7.186.000
 India
Ahmedabad
7.088.000
 Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
6.710.000
 China
Quanzhou
6.679.000
 Germany
Ruhr Area
6.625.000
 Iraq
Baghdad
6.456.000
 Canada
Toronto
6.225.000
 Chile
Santiago
6.174.000
 United States
Dallas
6.171.000
 Spain
Madrid
6.155.000
 China
Nanjing
6.078.000
 China
Shenyang
5.977.000
 China
Xi'an
5.929.000
 United States
San Francisco
5.899.000
 Angola
Luanda
5.816.000
 China
Qingdao
5.764.000
 United States
Houston
5.764.000
 United States
Miami
5.695.000
 Indonesia
Bandung
5.666.000
 Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
5.631.000
 India
Pune
5.624.000
 Singapore
Singapore
5.570.000
 United States
Philadelphia
5.447.000
 India
Surat
5.257.000
 Italy
Milan
5.246.000
 China
Suzhou
5.126.000
 Russia
Saint Petersburg
5.125.000
 Sudan
Khartoum
5.015.000
 United States
Atlanta
4.942.000
 China
Zhengzhou
4.889.000
 United States
Washington, D.C.
4.815.000
 China
Harbin
4.800.000
 Ivory Coast
Abidjan
4.800.000
 Myanmar
Yangon
4.738.000
 Kenya
Nairobi
4.693.000
 Spain
Barcelona
4.689.000
 Egypt
Alexandria
4.635.000
Afghanistan
Kabul
4.603.000
 Mexico
Guadalajara
4.588.000
 Australia
Sydney
4.538.000
 Turkey
Ankara
4.530.000
 Australia
Melbourne
4.517.000
 Brazil
Belo Horizonte
4.478.000
 United States
Boston
4.420.000
 China
Xiamen
4.283.000
 Kuwait
Kuwait City
4.219.000
 Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
4.194.000
 United States
Phoenix
4.183.000
 China
Dalian
4.145.000
 Ghana
Accra
4.127.963
 Canada
Montréal
4.083.000
 Mexico
Monterrey
4.069.000
 Germany
Berlin
3.962.000
 China
Fuzhou
3.942.000
 Indonesia
Medan
3.933.000
 United Arab Emirates
Dubai
3.906.000
 Italy
Rome
3.812.000
 South Africa
Cape Town
3.806.000
 South Korea
Busan
3.789.000
 China
Jinan
3.753.000
 China
Ningbo
3.715.000
 Vietnam
Hanoi
3.706.000
 Italy
Naples
3.702.000
 China
Taiyuan
3.677.000
 Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
3.672.000
 United States
Detroit
3.665.000
 China
Hefei
3.657.000
 China
Changsha
3.649.000
 China
Kunming
3.597.000
 China
Wuxi
3.568.000
 Colombia
Medellín
3.560.000
 Pakistan
Faisalabad
3.560.000
 Syria
Aleppo
3.550.000
 Nigeria
Kano
3.520.000
 Senegal
Dakar
3.484.000
 Greece
Athens
3.425.000
 China
Changzhou
3.421.000
 South Africa
Durban
3.413.000
 Brazil
Porto Alegre
3.409.000
 India
Jaipur
3.401.000
 Brazil
Fortaleza
3.376.000
 Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
3.368.000
 China
Changchun
3.367.000
 China
Shijiazhuang
3.347.000
 Brazil
Recife
3.294.000
 Iran
Mashhad
3.218.000
 United States
Seattle
3.211.000
 Morocco
Casablanca
3.190.000
 Brazil
Salvador
3.184.000
 China
Ürümqi
3.184.000
 India
Lucknow
3.176.000
 Bangladesh
Chittagong
3.169.000
 China
Wenzhou
3.160.000
 Nigeria
Ibadan
3.112.000
 Turkey
İzmir
3.102.000
 Brazil
Curitiba
3.086.000
 United States
San Diego
3.060.000
 Cameroon
Yaoundé
3.056.000
 China
Jiangyin
3.037.000
 India
Kanpur
3.031.000
 China
Zhongshan
2.980.000
 Yemen
Sana'a
2.979.000
 Israel
Tel Aviv
2.955.000
 China
Guiyang
2.940.000
 Cameroon
Douala
2.935.000
 Taiwan
Taichung
2.927.000
 South Africa
Pretoria
2.925.000
 Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
2.920.000
 Pakistan
Hyderabad
2.861.000
 Venezuela
Caracas
2.850.000
 North Korea
Pyongyang
2.841.000
 India
Kalyan
2.827.000
 Paraguay
Asunción
2.771.000
 United States
Minneapolis
2.703.000
 China
Lanzhou
2.700.000
 Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
2.700.000
 Ecuador
Guayaquil
2.668.000
 India
Nagpur
2.666.000
 Portugal
Lisbon
2.661.000
 Azerbaijan
Baku
2.660.000
 Netherlands
Rotterdam
2.645.000
 Brazil
Campinas
2.639.000
 United Kingdom
Manchester
2.637.000
 China
Nanchang
2.621.000
 United States
Tampa
2.615.000
 Mozambique
Maputo
2.599.000
 Taiwan
Kaohsiung
2.590.000
 Algeria
Algiers
2.590.000
 China
Nanning
2.570.000
 Japan
Sapporo
2.560.000
 Syria
Damascus
2.559.000
 United States
Denver
2.536.000
 Brazil
Brasília
2.535.000
 Philippines
Cebu City
2.525.000
 Japan
Fukuoka
2.512.000
 United Kingdom
Birmingham
2.510.000
 Pakistan
Islamabad
2.500.000
 Ghana
Kumasi
2.500.000
 Mali
Bamako
2.481.000
 India
Coimbatore
2.468.000
 Jordan
Amman
2.465.000
 China
Linyi
2.440.000
 Nigeria
Abuja
2.419.000
 China
Shantou
2.405.000
 India
Indore
2.398.000
 Madagascar
Antananarivo
2.394.000
 India
Kozhikode
2.392.000
 Iran
Isfahan
2.391.000
 China
Chaoyang
2.382.000
 South Korea
Daegu
2.378.000
 China
Tangshan
2.374.000
 India
Kochi
2.357.000
 Colombia
Cali
2.350.000
 China
Shaoxing
2.340.000
 Nigeria
Port Harcourt
2.332.000
 Haiti
Port-au-Prince
2.300.000
 Australia
Brisbane
2.292.400
 Malaysia
George Town
2.282.000
 China
Huai'an
2.263.000
 United States
Baltimore
2.250.000
 Uzbekistan
Tashkent
2.241.000
 Ukraine
Kiev
2.236.000
 India
Thrissur
2.219.000
 China
Hohhot
2.203.000
 Zimbabwe
Harare
2.200.000
 India
Patna
2.200.000
 Lebanon
Beirut
2.191.000
 United States
Las Vegas
2.190.000
 Poland
Katowice
2.190.000
 Zambia
Lusaka
2.186.000
 United States
St. Louis
2.180.000
 Sri Lanka
Colombo
2.159.000
 China
Baotou
2.139.000
 Puerto Rico
San Juan
2.135.201
 Canada
Vancouver
2.130.000
 Cuba
Havana
2.120.000
 Pakistan
Gujranwala
2.120.000
 Somalia
Mogadishu
2.117.000
 Brazil
Goiânia
2.110.000
 Bolivia
Santa Cruz
2.108.000
 India
Malappuram
2.104.000
 Germany
Cologne
2.089.000
 Belgium
Brussels
2.088.000
 Mexico
Puebla
2.087.000
 Germany
Hamburg
2.075.000
 India
Bhopal
2.047.000
 India
Kannur
2.040.000
 United States
Orlando
2.037.000
 Venezuela
Maracaibo
2.000.000
 Australia
Perth
2.000.000
 China
Handan
2.000.000
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Lubumbashi
2.000.000
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Mbuji-Mayi
1.990.000
 Tunisia
Tunis
1.981.000
 China
Haikou
1.981.000
 Germany
Munich
1.980.000
 Japan
Kitakyūshū
1.979.000
 Brazil
Belém
1.976.000
 United States
Portland
1.976.000
 United States
San Antonio
1.968.000
 Mexico
Tijuana
1.963.000
 India
Vadodara
1.941.000
 Togo
Lomé
1.939.000
 China
Luoyang
1.938.000
 India
Agra
1.930.000
 Guinea
Conakry
1.930.000
 Uganda
Kampala
1.921.000
 India
Thiruvananthapuram
1.915.000
 Germany
Frankfurt
1.910.000
 Belarus
Minsk
1.910.000
 India
Visakhapatnam
1.907.000
 Bolivia
La Paz
1.900.000
 Pakistan
Multan
1.893.000
 Brazil
Manaus
1.893.000
 Pakistan
Sargodha
1.885.000
 United States
Sacramento
1.878.000
 Mexico
Toluca
1.873.000
 Iran
Shiraz
1.860.000
 Romania
Bucharest
1.850.000
Rep. of the Congo
Brazzaville
1.845.000
 Morocco
Rabat
1.839.000
 Turkey
Bursa
1.831.000
 Indonesia
Yogyakarta
1.830.000
 Turkey
Adana
1.815.000
 China
Kunshan
1.783.000
 United States
Cleveland
1.763.000
 Austria
Vienna
1.763.000
 China
Huizhou
1.749.000
 India
Nashik
1.748.000
 Colombia
Barranquilla
1.730.000
 Pakistan
Peshawar
1.730.000
 United States
Pittsburgh
1.729.000
 Cambodia
Phnom Penh
1.720.000
 Ecuador
Quito
1.720.000
 Poland
Warsaw
1.715.000
 India
Vijayawada
1.714.000
 India
Ludhiana
1.710.000
 Hungary
Budapest
1.709.000
 China
Datong
1.704.000
 China
Yiwu
1.700.000
 Uruguay
Montevideo
1.693.000
 Iran
Tabriz
1.688.000
 Malaysia
Johor Bahru
1.682.000
 United States
Cincinnati
1.675.000
 Iraq
Mosul
1.653.000
 Brazil
Santos
1.647.000
 Saudi Arabia
Mecca
1.646.000
 China
Zibo
1.640.000
 Syria
Homs
1.633.000
 China
Jilin
1.630.000
 Indonesia
Semarang
1.630.000
 Philippines
Davao City
1.624.000
 Netherlands
Amsterdam
1.617.000
 United States
Indianapolis
1.616.000
 United States
Austin
1.614.000
 China
Yinchuan
1.601.000
 South Korea
Gwangju
1.595.000
 China
Weifang
1.593.000
 United States
Kansas City
1.585.000
 Argentina
Córdoba
1.585.000
 China
Taizhou
1.584.138
 Russia
Novosibirsk
1.583.000
 France
Lyon
1.582.000
 India
Madurai
1.579.000
 Philippines
General Santos
1.574.000
 China
Liuzhou
1.568.000
 India
Rajkot
1.564.000
 Qatar
Doha
1.564.000
 South Korea
Daejeon
1.561.000
 China
Yangzhou
1.561.000
 Spain
Valencia
1.547.000
 China
Zhuhai
1.541.000
 India
Meerut
1.536.000
 India
Varanasi
1.535.000
 United States
Charlotte
1.521.000
 Italy
Turin
1.520.000
 China
Yantai
1.516.000
 China
Anshan
1.500.000
 Kazakhstan
Almaty
1.498.000
 Panama
Panama City
1.490.000
 China
Cixi
1.490.000
 Nigeria
Benin City
1.484.000
 Indonesia
Makassar
1.484.000
 Sweden
Stockholm
1.481.000
 United States
Columbus
1.477.350
 Russia
Yekaterinburg
1.477.000
 Venezuela
Valencia
1.474.000
 Portugal
Porto
1.469.000
 Mexico
León
1.468.000
 China
Putian
1.463.000
 United States
Virginia Beach
1.456.000
 China
Wuhu
1.443.000
 India
Jamshedpur
1.440.000
 Ukraine
Kharkiv
1.434.000
 Indonesia
Palembang
1.410.000
 China
Zhangzhou
1.409.000
 India
Srinagar
1.408.000
 United States
Milwaukee
1.401.000
 China
Anyang
1.399.000
 China
Jiangmen
1.397.000
 France
Marseille
1.394.000
 Turkey
Gaziantep
1.391.000
 Mexico
Ciudad Juárez
1.379.000
 Germany
Stuttgart
1.377.000
 Japan
Hiroshima
1.356.000
 New Zealand
Auckland
1.351.000
 India
Kollam
1.345.000
 China
Xining
1.344.000
 China
Changshu
1.340.000
 Bahrain
Manama
1.339.000
 India
Jabalpur
1.338.000
 Argentina
Rosario
1.329.000
 India
Raipur
1.327.000
 Mexico
Torreón
1.324.000
 China
Fushun
1.324.000
 India
Aurangabad
1.318.000
 Indonesia
Surakarta
1.315.000
 India
Asansol
1.315.000
 Iran
Ahvaz
1.315.000
Switzerland
Zurich
1.310.000
 Czech Republic
Prague
1.301.000
 China
Xuzhou
1.297.000
 China
Baoding
1.294.000
 India
Allahabad
1.289.000
 Guatemala
Guatemala City
1.277.000
 Japan
Sendai
1.275.532
 Russia
Nizhny Novgorod
1.274.000
 Armenia
Yerevan
1.266.000
 India
Jodhpur
1.264.000
 India
Amritsar
1.260.000
 Angola
Huambo
1.260.000
 Chad
N'Djamena
1.258.000
 India
Dhanbad
1.250.000
 China
Wenling
1.249.000
 Mexico
Querétaro
1.248.000
 Denmark
Copenhagen
1.246.000
 India
Ranchi
1.241.000
 China
Qiqihar
1.238.000
 Bolivia
Cochabamba
1.237.000
 Mongolia
Ulan Bator
1.235.000
 India
Durg-Bhilai
1.233.000
 Saudi Arabia
Medina
1.230.000
 China
Chifeng
1.230.000
 Syria
Hama
1.220.000
 United Kingdom
Glasgow
1.216.965
 Russia
Kazan
1.216.000
 Taiwan
Tainan
1.212.000
 South Africa
Port Elizabeth
1.208.000
 China
Weihai
1.208.000
 Finland
Helsinki
1.208.000
 India
Gwalior
1.206.000
 China
Dongying
1.201.000
 United States
Providence
1.195.000
 Bulgaria
Sofia
1.193.000
 Morocco
Fes
1.192.036
 Russia
Chelyabinsk
1.192.000
 China
Jiaxing
1.190.000
 Turkey
Konya
1.187.000
 Japan
Hamamatsu
1.184.000
 China
Nantong
1.183.000
 China
Xiangyang
1.180.000
Nepal
Kathmandu
1.180.000
 Serbia
Belgrade
1.179.000
 India
Vasai-Virar
1.178.100
 Russia
Omsk
1.177.000
 India
Tiruppur
1.175.000
 Indonesia
Denpasar
1.173.000
 Morocco
Marrakesh
1.172.000
 Brazil
Vitória
1.171.000
 Brazil
São Luís
1.170.910
 Russia
Samara
1.170.000
 Costa Rica
San José
1.160.000
 Ireland
Dublin
1.160.000
Myanmar
Mandalay
1.156.000
China
Zhangjiakou
1.154.000
United States
Jacksonville
1.150.000
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Kananga
1.150.000
 Iraq
Erbil
1.143.000
 Indonesia
Cirebon
1.142.000
 China
Huainan
1.142.000
Indonesia
Batam
1.140.000
 Australia
Adelaide
1.138.000
 India
Kota
1.137.000
 Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1.135.000
 Venezuela
Maracay
1.134.000
 China
Rui'an
1.128.000
 China
Lianyungang
1.125.000
 Georgia
Tbilisi
1.124.000
 India
Chandigarh
1.121.429
 Russia
Ufa
1.121.000
 Rwanda
Kigali
1.120.000
 Honduras
Tegucigalpa
1.119.875
 Russia
Rostov-on-Don
1.116.000
 China
Huaibei
1.116.000
 Kenya
Mombasa
1.114.000
 Indonesia
Malang
1.111.000
 Mexico
Mérida
1.110.000
 Libya
Tripoli
1.107.000
 Spain
Seville
1.102.000
 United States
Memphis
1.101.000
 China
Tengzhou
1.101.000
 Iran
Qom
1.100.000
 El Salvador
San Salvador
1.100.000
 Indonesia
Pekanbaru
1.100.000
 Liberia
Monrovia
1.100.000
 Nigeria
Onitsha
1.100.000
 Pakistan
Quetta
1.095.404
 Canada
Calgary
1.094.000
 India
Bareilly
1.090.000
 Niger
Niamey
1.090.000
 Pakistan
Bahawalpur
1.089.000
 China
Jiamusi
1.089.000
 United States
Salt Lake City
1.085.000
 United States
Raleigh
1.081.000
 United States
Nashville
1.080.000
 India
Hubballi
1.078.000
 India
Mysore
1.074.000
 Pakistan
Sialkot
1.070.000
 Turkey
Antalya
1.067.861
 Russia
Krasnoyarsk
1.064.000
 Brazil
Natal
1.052.000
 Brazil
João Pessoa
1.052.000
 China
Fuzhou
1.043.000
 China
Puning
1.042.000
 China
Zhanjiang
1.041.884
 Russia
Perm
1.041.000
 China
Qinhuangdao
1.041.000
 China
Zhucheng
1.039.000
 China
Yichang
1.039.000
 India
Guwahati
1.032.382
 Russia
Voronezh
1.030.000
 Myanmar
Naypyidaw
1.029.000
 Colombia
Bucaramanga
1.025.000
 Nigeria
Zaria
1.025.000
 United States
Louisville
1.021.000
 China
Huzhou
1.020.000
 India
Aligarh
1.020.000
 Mexico
Aguascalientes
1.020.000
 Nigeria
Kaduna
1.019.000
 Saudi Arabia
Dammam
1.018.000
 France
Lille
1.018.000
 Mexico
Mexicali
1.018.000
 United States
Richmond
1.016.137
 Russia
Volgograd
1.010.000
 Ukraine
Odessa
1.008.000
 Belgium
Antwerp
1.007.000
 China
Xiangtan
1.007.000
 China
Zhuzhou
1.007.000
 Japan
Naha
1.004.000
 India
Moradabad
1.000.000
 Bangladesh
Khulna
1.000.000
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Kisangani
1.000.000
 Iraq
Basra
1.000.000
 Iraq
Sulaymaniyah
1.000.000
 Sierra Leone
Freetown
+2
Level 20
Jan 4, 2017
Good quiz but should accept things like rio
+1
Level 74
Sep 6, 2017
Nice quiz! But I wanted to point two things out.

There is a San Jose in California, in Silicon Valley, that is larger than the San Jose, capital of Costa Rica. I think. It's hard to find figures. But it was at least 1.2 million in numbers and the 10th largest city in USA if you go by metro population.

Puerto Rico isn't a country, so while the hint about San Juan was pretty helpful, it doesn't seem to fit in with the others.

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Level 49
Jun 4, 2018
san jose in california is part of the sanfrancisco urban area
+2
Level 59
Aug 3, 2019
Needs way more time. I could've guessed many others if there were 10 more minutes or so.
+1
Level 89
Sep 26, 2020
One answer every 2.4 seconds.
+1
Level 48
May 24, 2020
No Chennai but has Madurai
+2
Level 72
Mar 27, 2023
Can we add more type-ins?
+2
Level 69
Mar 27, 2023
The city in Ukraine is usually spelled "Odesa" with one s.
+1
Level 52
Mar 27, 2023
Trivandrum should also be an acceptable answer for Thiruvananthapuram
+1
Level 71
Mar 29, 2023
This quiz needs so many type-ins...