The world's largest cities
A Peakle category. Higher = more people. Name answers one at a time, each one higher than the last. New to the game? Read how to play.
When it was played
- Puzzle #10, October 18, 2026 · replay in the archive
The numbers
- 85 answers count.
- The longest possible climb is 84 steps, because some answers are tied and a tie ends the climb.
How it's counted
- The UN's 2025 estimates (World Urbanization Prospects), which count each city's whole built-up area, so some totals are bigger than you might expect.
Source
Wikipedia: List of largest cities (UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025), as of October 8, 2026.
Every answer
Alphabetical. Their values stay a secret, so the climb is still worth replaying.
Addis Ababa · Ahmedabad · Alexandria · Atlanta · Baghdad · Bandung · Bangkok · Barcelona · Beijing · Belo Horizonte · Bengaluru · Bogotá · Buenos Aires · Cairo · Chengdu · Chennai · Chicago · Chongqing · Dalian · Dallas · Dar es Salaam · Delhi · Dhaka · Dongguan · Foshan · Fukuoka · Guadalajara · Guangzhou · Hangzhou · Harbin · Ho Chi Minh City · Hong Kong · Houston · Hyderabad · Istanbul · Jakarta · Jinan · Johannesburg · Karachi · Khartoum · Kinshasa · Kolkata · Kuala Lumpur · Lagos · Lahore · Lima · London · Los Angeles · Luanda · Madrid · Manila · Mexico City · Miami · Moscow · Mumbai · Nagoya · Nanjing · New York City · Osaka · Paris · Philadelphia · Pune · Qingdao · Rio de Janeiro · Riyadh · Saint Petersburg · Santiago · São Paulo · Seoul · Shanghai · Shenyang · Shenzhen · Singapore · Surabaya · Surat · Suzhou · Taipei · Tehran · Tianjin · Tokyo · Toronto · Washington, D.C. · Wuhan · Xi'an · Yangon