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World Largest Capitals By Population

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Name the 50 largest world capitals by population. If a country has multiple capitals I chose the administrative capital. Keep in mind populations are city proper, not metro area.

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nathanxie

10 months ago

what are #22 and #43

Kornfalke

5 months ago

Reply to nathanxie

as for today it is #22 Nairobi and #43 Lomé
But I didn’t get #11 and I don’t know what it is :’D

Last edited 5 months ago by Kornfalke

nathanxie

10 months ago

can somebody post answers?

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stay42

1 year ago

is there a metro area equivalent to this quiz?

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darin

1 year ago

Reply to stay42

closest is this:
https://hugequiz.com/quizzes/world-largest-agglomerations/

Jakobsch23

2 years ago

Hello, 🙂
Can somebody pls tell me what the number 27 is. I testet all Citys in the world and i am sure i just can’t write it right.
Thank you in advance.

grull.daniel

2 years ago

Reply to Jakobsch23

Hello
That was Athens

basspeer

2 years ago

Why is Santo Domingo with just barely 1 million inhabitants and 3,8 million in the greater metro area in the top 50, but not New Delhi?

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darin

2 years ago

Reply to basspeer

New Delhi itself is actually quite small, even though the Delhi metro area is huge.

uefa81glory

2 years ago

Am I being stupid…India?

mastermindit21

2 years ago

Reply to uefa81glory

If it’s based on cities proper, New Delhi has a population of 250,000

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darin

2 years ago

Reply to uefa81glory

Yeah New Delhi by itself is not very large.