Biggest Cities once in the British Empire

Name the biggest modern-day urban areas whose territory was once part of the British Empire
according to citypopulation.de and this map
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Last updated: March 9, 2016
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Pop.
City
26.4 mil
Delhi
24.3 mil
Karachi
23.2 mil
Mumbai
22.0 mil
New York City
17.6 mil
Dhaka
17.1 mil
Lagos
16.8 mil
Cairo
16.0 mil
Kolkata
14.4 mil
London
13.4 mil
Johannesburg
10.5 mil
Bangalore
10.2 mil
Lahore
10.0 mil
Chennai
9.8 mil
Chicago
9.0 mil
Hyderabad
8.4 mil
Washington
7.5 mil
Ahmedabad
7.4 mil
Boston
7.3 mil
Philadelphia
7.3 mil
Hong Kong
7.1 mil
Toronto
7.0 mil
Kuala Lumpur
6.9 mil
Singapore
6.9 mil
Baghdad
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Level 65
Mar 9, 2016
Very cool!
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Level 74
Aug 9, 2017
Can you accept Calcutta for Kolkata and Bombay for Mumbai? Some people have outdated books and internet information.
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Level 58
Jul 9, 2018
Can you accept New York for New York City?
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Level 53
Jan 26, 2023
and NYC
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Level 53
Aug 12, 2019
accept New York for New York City please!
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Level 57
Dec 11, 2020
Where did that website gets its population numbers... Boston has a 700k city proper, 2.1m metropolitan area, and 4.2 CSA.
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Level 66
Aug 23, 2021
They are urban areas which often include other nearby cities without a large area separating them.
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Level 67
Feb 2, 2021
Numbers out to lunch
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Level 86
Mar 17, 2021
It's Jetpunk standard to accept NYC and New York for New York City.
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Level 63
Jul 6, 2021
Could Johannesburg be acceptable with just one ‘n’?
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Level 84
Aug 12, 2021
NYC needs to be a type in and Philly should be as well.
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Level 54
Oct 5, 2021
dc for washington please. i put in dc and it didnt work and now its kinda pissing me off
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Level 62
Feb 16, 2022
This quiz should basically be biggest cities in the world minus China knowing the British lol
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Level 53
Jan 26, 2023
kinshasa, khartoum, manila, jakarta los angeles, mexico city, sao paulo, rio, luanda, buenos aires, bangkok, ho chi minh city, istanbul, paris, madrid, moscow, etc
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Level 63
Jun 1, 2023
Jetpunk standard to accept DC for Washington.
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Level 66
Sep 19, 2023
This might be a decent quiz if the standard abbreviations were accepted.
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Level 73
Dec 13, 2023
tianjin concession?
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Level 69
Apr 18, 2024
no khartoum?