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Top 100 Most Populated Cities in the World

Friday, March 6, 2026

A past Centumth puzzle. Play it on this page with five guesses, or read the full Top 100 ranking below.

A hand-ranked Top 100 for this topic, ordered from the most obvious names near #1 to the hidden gems near #100.

This list was researched and ranked by hand for Centumth. Entries near #1 are the names almost everyone thinks of first. Entries near #100 are true, a little obscure, and still fair if you think sideways. Sources below are the starting point — the final order can include small editorial calls so the daily puzzle stays balanced.

You can play this archive puzzle with five guesses, or reveal the complete ranking if you came here looking for the list. Revealing locks this puzzle — you won’t be able to play it afterward.

The full Top 100

  1. #1Tokyo
  2. #2Delhi
  3. #3Shanghai
  4. #4Dhaka
  5. #5São Paulo
  6. #6Mexico City
  7. #7Cairo
  8. #8Beijing
  9. #9Mumbai
  10. #10Osaka
  11. #11Chongqing
  12. #12Karachi
  13. #13Kinshasa
  14. #14Lagos
  15. #15Istanbul
  16. #16Buenos Aires
  17. #17Kolkata
  18. #18Manila
  19. #19Tianjin
  20. #20Guangzhou
  21. #21Rio de Janeiro
  22. #22Lahore
  23. #23Bangalore
  24. #24Shenzhen
  25. #25Moscow
  26. #26Chennai
  27. #27Bogotá
  28. #28Jakarta
  29. #29Paris
  30. #30Lima
  31. #31Bangkok
  32. #32Hyderabad
  33. #33Seoul
  34. #34Nagoya
  35. #35London
  36. #36Chengdu
  37. #37Nanjing
  38. #38Tehran
  39. #39Ho Chi Minh City
  40. #40Luanda
  41. #41Wuhan
  42. #42Xi'an
  43. #43Ahmedabad
  44. #44Kuala Lumpur
  45. #45New York City
  46. #46Dongguan
  47. #47Hangzhou
  48. #48Hong Kong
  49. #49Surat
  50. #50Riyadh
  51. #51Shenyang
  52. #52Baghdad
  53. #53Dar es Salaam
  54. #54Pune
  55. #55Santiago
  56. #56Madrid
  57. #57Harbin
  58. #58Suzhou
  59. #59Toronto
  60. #60Dallas
  61. #61Belo Horizonte
  62. #62Khartoum
  63. #63Johannesburg
  64. #64Singapore
  65. #65Dalian
  66. #66Qingdao
  67. #67Zhengzhou
  68. #68Jinan
  69. #69Barcelona
  70. #70Abidjan
  71. #71Yangon
  72. #72Alexandria
  73. #73Saint Petersburg
  74. #74Fukuoka
  75. #75Addis Ababa
  76. #76Guadalajara
  77. #77Ankara
  78. #78Chittagong
  79. #79Washington D.C.
  80. #80Houston
  81. #81Monterrey
  82. #82Sydney
  83. #83Melbourne
  84. #84Changsha
  85. #85Los Angeles
  86. #86Cape Town
  87. #87Brasília
  88. #88Jeddah
  89. #89Kabul
  90. #90Urumqi
  91. #91Kunming
  92. #92Changchun
  93. #93Hefei
  94. #94Nairobi
  95. #95Shantou
  96. #96Taiyuan
  97. #97Ningbo
  98. #98Yaoundé
  99. #99Rome
  100. #100Taipei

The full ranked list is included on this page. Use Reveal full 100 list to read it, or play the game above.