List of metropolitan areas in Asia

This is a list of metropolitan areas and urban areas in Asia with the largest population according to several sources. The Asian continent is one of the fastest-growing continents in the World, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo in Japan is the world's largest metropolitan area by population. Many other cities, such as Jakarta, Karachi, Mumbai, Delhi, Dhaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Manila and Bangkok are important metropolises.

The population of the given cities are obtained from five different sources:

Out of these five sources, the highest estimate is shown in bold. The cities are ranked on the basis of their highest estimate of population.

The table is color-coded to show which region of Asia each city is in. The color-code key is as follows:

  East Asia
  South Asia
  Southeast Asia

With 14 cities, East Asia accounts for the largest number of cities under this list. South Asia, with 11 cities, comes second. Southeast Asia accounts for five cities.

List

Rank Area Image Country World
Gazetteer
(2010 est.)[1]		 City
Population
(2009 est.)[2]		 Demographia
(2009 est.)[3]		 UN WUP
(2007 est.)[4]		 Official or
Other		 Est. Year
1 Tokyo  Japan 37,730,064 33,800,000 34,670,000 35,676,000 31,714,000[5] 2005
2Chongqing China28,846,170 6,350,000 2,990,000 30,000,000 28,846,170[6]-
3 Shanghai  China 25,500,000 17,900,000 14,655,000 14,987,000 23,019,148[7] 2010
4 Karachi  Pakistan 25,205,339 25,000,000 23,665,000 21,130,000 20,800,000[8] 2015
5 Beijing  China25,000,000 13,200,000 12,780,000 11,106,000 19,612,368[9] 2010
6 Guangzhou  China 24,900,000 15,300,000 11,850,000 8,829,000 12,700,800[10] -
7 Mumbai  India 23,900,967 25,400,000 25,400,000 18,978,000 17,800,000[11] 2001
8 Delhi  India 23,753,486 23,753,486 21,830,000 15,926,000 17,076,000[8] 2008
9 Manila  Philippines 23,654,307 24,200,000 20,075,000 11,100,000 11,553,427[12] 2007
10 Seoul  South Korea 22,692,652 23,900,000 19,670,000 9,796,000 24,272,000[13] 2007
11Wuhan China19,000,000 19,000,000 5,185,000 7,243,000 9,785,392[6] -
12 Osaka  Japan 17,409,585 16,700,000 17,310,000 11,294,000 16,663,000[5] 2005
13Tianjin  China15,769,500 15,469,500 8,340,000 7,180,000 12,938,224[6] -
14 Kolkata  India 15,644,040 16,000,000 15,250,000 14,787,000 - -
15 Jakarta  Indonesia 13,231,919 15,100,000 9,645,000 9,125,000 15,519,545[14] 2010 Census Final
16 Dhaka  Bangladesh 14,327,157 13,100,000 10,190,000 13,485,000 12,797,394[15] 2008
17 Shenzhen  China 12,250,000 9,400,000 14,230,000 7,581,000 10,357,938[10] -
18Shenyang China12,618,933 5,150,000 4,965,000 4,787,000 8,106,171[6] -
19 Tehran  Iran 13,236,489 12,500,000 8,110,000 7,873,000 13,422,366[8] 2006
20Bangkok Thailand10,132,974 8,750,000 8,330,000 6,704,000 6,825,956[8] 2006
21 Chennai  India 9,663,922 7,000,000 7,400,000 8,865,000 8,696,010 2011[16]
22Nagoya Japan8,852,544 8,300,000 9,285,000 3,230,000 9,046,000[5] 2005
23Bengaluru  India11,783,825 9,250,000 7,030,000 8,670,000 8,499,399 2011[16]
24Hong Kong  China9,222,709 7,200,000 7,000,000 7,206,000 - -
25Taipei Taiwan8,511,055 6,750,000 6,610,000 - 8,916,653[8] 2010
26Lahore Pakistan7,129,609 8,300,000 9,600,000[17] 8,376,000[18] 9,600,000[8] 2014
28Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia8,063,230 4,700,000 5,715,000 - 4,525,000[8] 2007
29Hyderabad India6,383,850 7,350,000 6,815,000 6,376,000 - -
30Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam5,381,158 5,650,0007,005,000 5,314,000 7,955,000 2014
31Ahmedabad  India5,413,622 5,800,000 5,265,000 5,375,000 - -
32Kathmandu    Nepal3,500,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 - -

See also

References

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  12. ↑ "Metro Manila at a glance". Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  13. ↑ "Seoul National Capital Area Statistics" (in Korean). Korean National Statistical Office. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  14. ↑ http://www.bps.go.id/aboutus.php?hasilSP2010=1 BPS:Hari Statistik Nasional Sensus Penduduk 2010 (Official 2010 Census Figures), Summed from definition
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  16. 1 2 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf
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  18. ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
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