Can you name the 50 Most Populous World Cities by Letter A-Z?

created by nsxdarin
  • Enter a city in the box below
  • Correctly named cities will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Citypopulation, UN Data, Census Websites, Wiki, etc.
  • Name the 50 largest cities in the world grouped by population rank and letter. The smallest 8 letters in terms of population only have top 25 to keep limit of 200 answers. SEE NOTES BELOW.
  • NOTES - Cities alphabetized by ENGLISH NAMES. Looking for common English names as answers, but accepted some common substitutes. Populations of city proper, not urban area. Used most current census results I could readily find on various websites. If I missed any alternative English spellings, please let me know.
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A
4,223,398 (1) 
4,084,672 (2) 
3,520,085 (3) 
3,518,083 (4) 
3,187,734 (5) 
2,979,100 - 1,352,679 (6-15) 
1,275,134 - 856,482 (16-25) 
847,903 - 485,575 (26-50) 
B
10,300,723 (1) 
7,243,698 (2) 
5,831,835 (3) 
5,402,486 (4) 
4,301,326 (5) 
3,431,675 - 1,914,205 (6-15) 
1,793,730 - 1,380,836 (16-25) 
1,373,382 - 620,961 (26-50) 
C
6,758,581 (1) 
5,087,197 (2) 
4,343,645 (3) 
4,273,218 (4) 
3,648,807 (5) 
2,946,440 - 1,513,152 (6-15) 
1,427,500 - 888,012 (16-25) 
809,232 - 541,002 (26-50) 
D
9,879,172 (1) 
6,482,877 (2) 
3,870,036 (3) 
3,512,243 (4) 
3,212,040 (5) 
2,872,048 - 1,011,177 (6-15) 
968,250 - 679,400 (16-25) 
638,035 - 346,853 (26-50) 
E
1,655,015 (1) 
953,300 (2) 
730,372 (3) 
715,774 (4) 
649,121 (5) 
629,609 - 345,126 (6-15) 
331,479 - 213,809 (16-25) 
F
4,006,681 (1) 
2,880,675 (2) 
2,447,409 (3) 
2,032,723 (4) 
1,463,826 (5) 
1,359,873 - 510,736 (6-15) 
494,665 - 368,901 (16-25) 
353,211 - 205,577 (26-50) 
G
7,547,467 (1) 
2,891,275 (2) 
2,286,800 (3) 
1,894,344 (4) 
1,569,090 (5) 
1,495,182 - 673,616 (6-15) 
638,650 - 483,869 (16-25) 
481,334 - 274,438 (26-50) 
H
7,094,000 (1) 
5,880,615 (2) 
3,637,483 (3) 
3,627,082 (4) 
3,240,947 (5) 
2,316,772 - 1,062,430 (6-15) 
1,057,659 - 769,739 (16-25) 
715,061 - 387,170 (26-50) 
I
8,803,468 (1) 
5,175,223 (2) 
2,774,103 (3) 
2,554,528 (4) 
1,602,110 (5) 
1,474,968 - 491,071 (6-15) 
474,926 - 322,271 (16-25) 
J
8,431,302 (1) 
3,430,697 (2) 
2,795,070 (3) 
2,322,575 (4) 
2,058,044 (5) 
1,448,434 - 776,628 (6-15) 
773,000 - 555,454 (16-25) 
511,993 - 301,430 (26-50) 
K
13,205,339 (1) 
7,273,947 (2) 
4,572,876 (3) 
2,785,131 (4) 
2,551,337 (5) 
2,547,272 - 1,475,337 (6-15) 
1,474,473 - 1,113,851 (16-25) 
1,036,027 - 578,635 (26-50) 
L
9,968,455 (1) 
8,472,935 (2) 
7,172,091 (3) 
7,129,609 (4) 
3,792,621 (5) 
2,583,981 - 1,186,215 (6-15) 
1,043,458 - 627,300 (16-25) 
597,337 - 385,654 (26-50) 
M
11,978,450 (1) 
10,563,038 (2) 
8,555,272 (3) 
3,371,888 (4) 
3,273,049 (5) 
2,882,442 - 1,620,693 (6-15) 
1,606,481 - 1,135,512 (16-25) 
1,126,195 - 641,583 (26-50) 
N
8,175,133 (1) 
3,783,907 (2) 
3,246,384 (3) 
2,263,907 (4) 
2,052,066 (5) 
1,696,811 - 822,207 (6-15) 
818,600 - 611,736 (16-25) 
601,222 - 307,508 (26-50) 
O
2,666,371 (1) 
1,849,659 (2) 
1,475,223 (3) 
1,127,675 (4) 
1,010,326 (5) 
910,778 - 498,056 (6-15) 
474,750 - 316,838 (16-25) 
P
3,270,582 (1) 
2,538,473 (2) 
2,233,818 (3) 
2,100,711 (4) 
1,724,533 (5) 
1,526,006 - 1,242,992 (6-15) 
1,182,233 - 790,248 (16-25) 
715,334 - 391,014 (26-50) 
Q
2,720,972 (1) 
2,679,450 (2) 
1,619,800 (3) 
1,338,587 (4) 
959,116 (5) 
896,090 - 372,811 (6-15) 
367,379 - 230,147 (16-25) 
R
6,323,037 (1) 
5,188,286 (2) 
2,743,796 (3) 
1,991,656 (4) 
1,536,934 (5) 
1,048,124 - 593,049 (6-15) 
589,466 - 335,939 (16-25) 
334,188 - 210,565 (26-50) 
S
14,230,992 (1) 
11,125,243 (2) 
9,567,665 (3) 
6,480,340 (4) 
5,076,700 (5) 
4,656,690 - 2,169,300 (6-15) 
1,935,553 - 1,307,402 (16-25) 
1,284,110 - 716,328 (26-50) 
T
8,949,447 (1) 
7,797,520 (2) 
6,839,008 (3) 
2,618,772 (4) 
2,538,336 (5) 
2,503,281 - 1,200,809 (6-15) 
1,122,300 - 767,777 (16-25) 
752,066 - 488,553 (26-50) 
U
1,727,712 (1) 
1,030,812 (2) 
965,988 (3) 
760,077 (4) 
602,789 (5) 
583,879 - 319,960 (6-15) 
307,081 - 189,609 (16-25) 
V
1,698,822 (1) 
1,408,400 (2) 
1,306,227 (3) 
1,091,918 (4) 
982,904 (5) 
979,617 - 437,994 (6-15) 
428,323 - 330,486 (16-25) 
325,453 - 214,777 (26-50) 
W
6,787,482 (1) 
1,872,915 (2) 
1,716,855 (3) 
1,583,387 (4) 
1,263,016 (5) 
933,762 - 461,662 (6-15) 
410,656 - 317,602 (16-25) 
X
4,481,508 (1) 
3,870,504 (2) 
1,454,450 (3) 
1,392,707 (4) 
854,466 (5) 
814,625 - 415,344 (6-15) 
412,891 - 276,419 (16-25) 
Y
5,032,190 (1) 
3,689,603 (2) 
1,817,524 (3) 
1,343,839 (4) 
1,261,476 (5) 
1,116,600 - 606,888 (6-15) 
578,362 - 415,784 (16-25) 
386,434 - 224,998 (26-50) 
Z
2,501,024 (1) 
1,929,403 (2) 
1,434,251 (3) 
1,142,483 (4) 
1,056,169 (5) 
883,031 - 601,010 (6-15) 
567,449 - 392,362 (16-25) 
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