Asia is one of the world's fastest-growing continents, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo, in Japan, is the world's largest metropolitan area by population.
The populations of the given cities are obtained from five 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. Some remarks:
The table is color-coded to show which region of Asia each city is in. The color-code key is as follows:
With twenty cities, East Asia accounts for half of cities under this list, with China having the most with fifteen cities, South Asia comes second with ten cities, seven of which are in India. Southeast Asia accounts for seven cities and West Asia with just four cities.
Area | Image | Country | Metro Population (2024 est.) [1] |
Demographia (2017 est.) [2] |
UN
WC (2016 est.) [3] |
World Atlas (2017 est.) [4] |
Official or Other |
Est. Year |
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Guangzhou | China | 70,100,000 [5] | 19,075,000 | Guangzhou 13,070,000
[6] Foshan 7,089,000 [6] |
20,597,000 | 12,700,800 [7] | – | |
Mumbai | India | 27,100,000 | 23,355,000 | 21,357,000 [6] | 17,712,000 | 47,800,000 [8] | 2001 | |
Tokyo | Japan | 41,000,000 | 37,977,000 | 38,140,000 [9] | 37,843,000 | 31,714,000 [10] | 2005 | |
Delhi | India | 34,600,000 | 29,617,000 | 26,454,000 [6] | 24,998,000 | 41,034,555 [11] [12] | 2011 | |
Shanghai | China | 40,800,000 | 23,390,000 | 24,484,000 [11] | 23,416,000 | 23,019,148 [13] | 2010 | |
Jakarta | Indonesia | 29,200,000 | 14,540,000 | 10,483,000 [11] | 30,539,000 | 15,519,545 [14] | 2010 | |
Manila | Philippines | 27,200,000 | 24,245,000 | 13,131,000 [6] | 24,123,000 | 11,553,427 [15] | 2007 | |
Seoul | South Korea | 25,100,000 | 21,794,000 | Seoul 9,979,000
[11] Incheon 2,711,000 [11] |
23,480,000 | 26,015,868 [16] | 2007 | |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | 22,500,000 | 16,820,000 | 18,237,000 [9] | 15,669,000 | 12,797,394 [17] | 2008 | |
Beijing | China | 21,200,000 | 20,415,000 | 21,240,000 [6] | 21,009,000 | 19,612,368 [18] | 2010 | |
Bangkok | Thailand | 21,200,000 | 15,645,000 | 9,440,000 [9] | 14,998,000 | 8,249,117 [19] | 2010 | |
Osaka- Kobe- Kyoto ( Keihanshin) | Japan | 17,700,000 | 17,075,000 | 20,337,000 [9] | 17,440,000 | 16,663,000 [10] | 2005 | |
Kolkata | India | 18,560,853 | 18,560,853 | 18,560,853 [6] | 18,560,853 | – | – | |
Chengdu | China | 17,300,000 | 11,050,000 | 7,820,000 [6] | 10,376,000 | – | – | |
Tehran | Iran | 16,500,000 | 13,805,000 | 8,516,000 [11] | 13,532,000 | 13,422,366 [20] | 2006 | |
Istanbul [21] | Turkey | 15,900,000 | 15,154,000 | 14,365,000 [11] | 14,163,989 | 15,519,267 [22] | 2019 | |
Bangalore | India | 14,200,000 | 10,535,000 | 10,456,000 [6] | 8,728,906 | 8,499,399 | 2011 [23] | |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 13,900,000 | 10,380,000 | 7,498,000 [6] | 8,957,000 | 7,955,000 | 2016 | |
Hangzhou | China | 13,900,000 | 6,820,000 | – | 7,275,000 | – | – | |
Chongqing | China | 10,900,000 | 7,990,000 | 13,744,000 [6] | 7,217,000 | 28,846,170 [24] [25] | 2010 | |
Tianjin | China | 11,500,000 | 13,245,000 | 11,558,000 [6] | 10,920,000 | 12,938,224 [26] | – | |
Chennai | India | 12,600,000 | 12,395,000 | 10,163,000 [6] | 9,714,000 | 8,696,010 | 2022 [23] | |
Shenzhen | China | included in Guangzhou | 12,775,000 | 10,828,000 | 12,084,000 [6] | 10,357,938 [27] | – | |
Wuhan | China | 12,200,000 | 7,895,000 | 7,979,000 [6] | 7,509,000 | 9,785,392 [28] [29] | – | |
Hyderabad | India | 11,400,000 | 9,305,000 | 9,218,000 [6] | 8,754,000 | – | – | |
Nagoya | Japan | 10,500,000 | 10,070,000 | 9,434,000 [9] | 10,177,000 | 9,046,000 [10] | 2005 | |
Taipei | Taiwan | 9,950,000 | 8,550,000 | 2,669,000 [6] | 7,438,000 | 8,916,653 [20] | 2010 | |
Zhengzhou- Xingyang | China | 9,800,000 | 7,005,000 | 4,539,000 [6] | 4,942,000 | – | – | |
Ahmedabad | India | 9,600,000 | 7,645,000 | 7,571,000 [6] | 7,186,000 | – | – | |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 9,300,000 | 7,590,000 | 7,047,000 [6] | 7,088,000 | 1,768.00 [30] [31] | 2015 | |
Nanjing | China | 9,300,000 | 6,320,000 | – | 6,155,000 | – | – | |
Shenyang | China | 8,700,000 | 7,935,000 | 6,438,000 [6] | 6,078,000 | 8,106,171 [32] | – | |
Dongguan | China | Included in Guangzhou | 8,310,000 | 7,469,000 [6] | 8,442,000 | – | – | |
Hanoi | Vietnam | 7,150,000 | 7,785,000 | 3,790,000 [6] | 3,715,000 | – | – | |
Singapore | Singapore | 7,850,000 | 5,825,000 | 5,717,000 [6] | 5,624,000 | 5,607,300 [33] | 2017 | |
Baghdad | Iraq | 7,650,000 | 6,960,000 | 6,811,000 [6] | 6,625,000 | – | – | |
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 7,500,000 | 6,030,000 | 6,540,000 [11] | 5,666,000 | 6,506,000 | 2014 | |
Hong Kong | China | 7,250,000 | 7,330,000 | – | 7,246,000 [6] | 7,246,000 | – | |
Quanzhou- Shishi- Jinjiang | China | Included in Xiamen [34] | 6,480,000 | 1,469,000 [6] | 6,710,000 | – | – |