List of cities in East, South and Southeast Asia by population

Largest Megalopolis areas
Main article: Megalopolis
RankMetropolitan areaCountryRegionPopulation
1Southern China Coast Megalopolis (Pearl River Delta -Chaoshan-Xiamen-Quanzhou-Fuzhou)ChinaEast Asia200,000,000
2Java Island (Jakarta-Surabaya-Bandung-Semarang-Surakarta-Yogyakarta-Malang)IndonesiaSoutheast Asia145,000,000
3Yangtze River DeltaChinaEast Asia100,000,000
4Taiheiyō BeltJapanEast Asia84,000,000
5(Bengal Megalopolis) Kolkata-Khulna-Dhaka-ChittagongIndia, BangladeshSouth Asia60,000,000
6Beijing–Tianjin (Hebei's cities cluster)ChinaEast Asia39,710,000
7Mega ManilaPhilippinesSoutheast Asia35,000,000
8Incheon–Seoul–Daejon–Daegu–BusanSouth KoreaEast Asia32,890,000
9Mumbai-Pune-NashikIndiaSouth Asia30,000,000
10Delhi-Gurgaon-Noida-GhaziabadIndiaSouth Asia26,000,000
11Karachi-HyderabadPakistanSouth Asia25,000,000
12Greater Bangkok–Chon Buri-Nakhon RatchasimaThailandSoutheast Asia20,000,000
13(West coast of Taiwan) Taipei-Taichung-KaohsiungTaiwanEast Asia18,000,000

Largest metropolitan areas
Main article: List of metropolitan areas by population
RankMetropolitan areaCountryRegionPopulationArea (km²)Population Density (People/km²)
1Greater TokyoJapanEast Asia32,450,0008,0144,049
2JakartaIndonesiaSoutheast Asia31,650,0006,3424,990
3SeoulSouth KoreaEast Asia20,550,0005,0764,048
4MumbaiIndiaSouth Asia20,900,0008,1002,580
5ShanghaiChinaEast Asia16,650,0005,1773,216
6Hong Kong-Shenzhen[1]ChinaEast Asia15,800,0003,0515,179
7BeijingChinaEast Asia12,500,0006,5621,905

Largest urban areas ranked by 2010 population
Main article: List of urban areas by population
Rank City Country Region Population Area (km²) Density (km²) Sources of

Pop. / Area

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1 Tokyo–Yokohama[2] Japan East Asia 35,200,000 7,835 4,100 C / B
2 Jakarta[3] Indonesia Southeast Asia 22,000,000 2,720 8,500 F / B
3 Manila[4] Philippines Southeast Asia 20,795,000 1,425 14,600 C / B
4 Seoul–Incheon[5] South Korea East Asia 19,910,000 1,943 10,200 C / B
5 Shanghai China East Asia 18,400,000 2,396 6,300 C / B
6 Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto[6] Japan East Asia 17,320,000 2,720 5,300 C / B

7 Shenzhen[7] China East Asia 14,470,000 1,295 10,200 F / B
8 Beijing China East Asia 13,955,000 2,616 4,200 C / B
9 Guangzhou–Foshan[7] China East Asia 13,245,000 2,590 6,700 E / B
10 Dongguan[7] China East Asia 10,525,00 1,295 7,600 F / B
11 Nagoya[8] Japan East Asia 10,025,000 3,302 C / B
12 Bangkok Thailand Southeast Asia 8,250,000 1,502 2,500 C / B
13 Sài Gòn Vietnam Southeast Asia 7,785,000 609 9,200 E / B
14 Hong Kong[7] China East Asia 7,055,000 220 25,200 E / B
15 Taipei-New Taipei-Keelung Taiwan East Asia 6,800,000 440 10,100 D / B
16 Tianjin[9] China East Asia 6,675,000 1,295 5,200 C / B
17 Kuala Lumpur[10] Malaysia Southeast Asia 5,835,000 2,137 2,700 E / B
18 Chongqing[11] China East Asia 5,460,000 570 7,500 E / B
19 Hangzhou[12] China East Asia 5,305,000 712 8,200 E / B
20 Wuhan China East Asia 5,260,000 712 7,400 E / B
21 Shenyang[13] China East Asia 5,160,000 777 7,100 E / B
22 Chengdu China East Asia 4,785,000 570 8,400 E / B
23 Singapore[14] Singapore Southeast Asia 4,635,000 479 9,700 D / B
24 Yangon Myanmar Southeast Asia 4,400,000 350 12,600 D / B
25 Xi'an China East Asia 3,955,000 531 7,400 E / B
26 Harbin[15] China East Asia 3,615,000 570 5,900 E / B
27 Suzhou[12] China East Asia 3,605,000 635 5,700 E / B
28 Bandung Indonesia Southeast Asia 3,555,000 401 8,400 E / B
29 Nanjing[12] China East Asia 3,550,000 686 4,200 E / B
30 Busan South Korea East Asia 3,395,000 259 13,100 E / B
31 Pyongyang North Korea East Asia 3,370,000 207 16,300 E / B
32 Dalian China East Asia 3,255,000 570 4,700 E / B
33 Changchun China East Asia 3,170,000 376 8,400 E / B
34 Kunming China East Asia 3,070,000 518 9,100 E / B
35 Wuxi[12] China East Asia 2,925,000 389 7,500 E / B
36 Taiyuan China East Asia 2,900,000 311 9,300 E / B
37 Surabaya Indonesia Southeast Asia 2,885,000 376 7,700 D / B
38 Taichung-Changhua Taiwan East Asia 2,815,000 492 5,700 E / B
39 Changsha China East Asia 2,720,000 389 6,600 E / B
40 Kaohsiung Taiwan East Asia 2,670,000 363 7,400 E / B
41 Zhengzhou China East Asia 2,590,000 466 5,600 E / B
42 Fukuoka[16] Japan East Asia 2,550,000 583 4,900 C / B
43 Shijiazhuang China East Asia 2,530,000 363 7,000 E / B
45 Qingdao China East Asia 2,495,000 440 5,700 E / B
46 Sapporo Japan East Asia 2,475,000 648 4,000 C / B
47 Nanchang China East Asia 2,465,000 155 5,300 E / B
48 Guiyang China East Asia 2,440,000 207 11,800 E / B
49 George Town Malaysia Southeast Asia 2,412,616 2,563 941 A / A
50 Fuzhou China East Asia 2,405,000 259 9,300 E / B
51 Lanzhou China East Asia 2,385,000 181 13,200 E / B
52 Daegu South Korea East Asia 2,380,000 181 13,100 E / B
53 Hanoi Vietnam Southeast Asia 2,355,000 194 8,300 E / B
54 Medan Indonesia Southeast Asia 2,340,000 246 9,500 E / B
55 Jinan China East Asia 2,320,000 350 6,600 E / B
56 Changzhou[12] China East Asia 2,275,000 194 11,700 E / B
57 Xiamen China East Asia 2,225,000 295 7,500 E / B
58 Shunde[7] China East Asia 2,105,000 401 5,200 E / B
59 Baotou China East Asia 2,095,000 363 5,800 E / B
60 Jilin China East Asia 2,070,000 233 8,900 E / B
61 Hefei China East Asia 2,000,000 350 5,700 E / B
62 Kitakyūshū[17] Japan East Asia 2,000,000 842 2,400 C / B
  • Sources
A: National census authority data.
B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis.
C: Demographia population "build up" from third, fourth or fifth order jurisdictions (NUTS-3, NUTS-4, NUTS-5 or equivalent).
D: Population estimate based upon United Nations agglomeration estimate.
E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority agglomeration data.
F: Other Demographia population estimate.
G: Estimate based upon projected growth rate from last census.
H: Combination of adjacent national census authority agglomerations.

Largest urban agglomerations by population
Asia RankWorld RankUrban AreaCountryPopulation[18]Area (km2)Density (people/km2)
11Tokyo Japan37,977,0008,2304,614
22Jakarta Indonesia34,540,0003,5409,758
33Delhi India29,617,0002,23213,269
44Mumbai India23,355,00094424,740
55Manila Philippines23,088,0001,87312,327
66Shanghai China22,120,0004,0685,437
78Seoul South Korea21,794,0002,7687,873
810Guangzhou-Foshan China20,902,0004,3424,814
912Beijing China19,433,0004,1724,658
1014Kolkata India17,560,0001,35112,994
1116Bangkok Thailand17,066,0003,1995,336
1218Shenzhen China15,929,0001,8038,836
1319Dhaka Bangladesh15,443,00045633,852
1423Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Japan14,977,0003,0194,961
1524Karachi Pakistan14,835,0001,04414,210
1625Bangalore India13,707,0001,20511,378
1728Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam13,312,0001,6388,127
1829Chennai India11,324,0001,04910,800
1930Chengdu China11,309,0001,8286,188
2032Lahore  Pakistan11,021,00085312,916
2135Tianjin China10,800,0002,8133,839
2237Hyderabad India9,746,0001,2737,654
2340Nagoya  Japan9,113,0003,7042,460
2442Wuhan China8,962,0001,6465,444
2543Taipei Taiwan8,918,0001,0768,289
2645Kuala Lumpur Malaysia8,285,0002,1623,833
2746Dongguan China7,981,0001,7554,546
2847Pune India7,764,00064911,956
2948Chongqing China7,739,0001,5375,036
3050Nanjing China7,496,0001,6134,649
3151Ahmedabad India7,410,00035920,622
3252Hong Kong Hong Kong7,347,00029125,254
3355Shenyang-Fushun China7,105,0001,5154,690
3456Bandung Indonesia7,065,00048714,510
3561Zhengzhou China6,765,0001,6564,085
3663Xi'an China6,680,0001,0946,105
3764Hanoi  Vietnam6,576,0009636,828
3865Surabaya  Indonesia6,499,0009117,131
3968Hangzhou China6,446,0001,4464,458
4063Quanzhou China6,345,0002,0903,036
4170Yangon Myanmar6,314,00060310,474
4277Qingdao China5,911,0001,6563,569
4378Surat India5,807,00023824,378

Largest cities proper by population
Main article: List of cities proper by population
Rank City Population Definition Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country Region
1 Shanghai 13,831,900[19] Core districts + inner suburbs 1,928 7,174 China East Asia
2 Seoul 10,456,034[20] Special City 605.4 17,271 South Korea East Asia
3 Beijing 10,123,000[21] Core districts + inner suburbs 1,368.32 7,400 China East Asia
4 Tokyo 8,795,000[22] 23 special wards area 617 14,254 Japan East Asia
5 Jakarta 8,489,910[23] Special capital district 664 12,738 Indonesia Southeast Asia
6 Wuhan 8,001,541[24] (2006-12-31) Core districts 400 20,004 China East Asia
7 Ho Chi Minh City 7,123,340[25] Province-level municipality 2,095.01 3,401 Vietnam Southeast Asia
8 Bangkok 7,025,000[26] Administrative area 1,568.74 4,478 Thailand Southeast Asia
9 Hong Kong 7,008,900[27] The entire territory 1,092 6,418 China East Asia
10 Guangzhou 6,172,839[24] (2006-12-31) Core districts 3,843.43 3,004 China East Asia
11 Tianjin 5,800,000[28] Core districts + inner suburbs 2,057 2,820 China East Asia
12 Singapore 4,839,400[29] City-state 701 6,904 Singapore Southeast Asia
13 Chongqing 4,776,027[24] Core districts 5,467.2 1,057 China East Asia
14 Shenyang 4,101,197[24] (2006-12-31)Core districts 3,495 1,173 China East Asia
15 Yangon 4,088,000[30] Urban agglomeration 598.75[31] 6,828 Myanmar Southeast Asia
16 Yokohama 3,670,000[32] City proper 437 8,398 Japan East Asia
17 Busan 3,596,076[20] Metropolitan City 765.66 4,697 South Korea East Asia
18 Pyongyang 3,255,388[33] Directly Governed City 3,194 1,019 North Korea East Asia

See also

Notes and references
  1. There are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and Mainland China and the two areas are usually listed separately in other lists.
  2. Includes large portions of the prefectures of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama; and small portions of Gunma, Tochigi and Ibaraki. Excludes urban areas of Utsunomiya (500,000; 88 km²) and Mito (500,000; 246 km²).
  3. Various international sources limit their population estimates to DKI Jakarta itself (the national capital district). However, the urbanization of Jakarta extends into the regencies of Tangerang, Bekasi, Bogor and Karawang and the separate cities of Bekasi, Depok and Bogor. Demographia continues to use the "Jakarta" name instead of Jabodetabek because of its familiarity.
  4. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), tend to be limited to Metro Manila, which is a province level jurisdiction. The continuous urbanization of Manila extends outward into Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon provinces. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  5. Includes satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province such as Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Bucheon and Ansan which are treated as separate urban agglomerations by the United Nations.
  6. Includes Nara and Himeji. United Nations estimates separate Osaka–Kobe and Kyoto and exclude both Nara and Himeji. Excludes urban area of Ōtsu (700,000; 389 km²).
  7. Hong Kong and Shenzhen are treated as separate urban areas because of the lack of freedom of labor movement without trade, immigration or customs barriers. Guangzhou–Foshan, Shenzhen and Dongguan are also treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Pearl River Delta economic zone. Likewise, urban areas of Jiangmen–Xinhui (600,000; 130 km²) and Taishan (350,000; 21 km²) within the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, Huizhou–Huiyang (500,000; 93 km²) within the prefecture-level city of Huiyang, Zhuhai (530,000; 117 km²), Zhongshan (410,000; 130 km²) and Zhaoqing (310,000; 41 km²) as well as urban area of Macau (525,000; 23 km²) in are excluded. Population estimates for Shenzhen and Dongguan are based upon press reports, since the national census excludes millions of residents who do not have permanent resident status.
  8. Includes Toyohashi.
  9. The population is lower than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which include metropolitan area population not within the continuously developed urban area. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of sub-municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration). Excludes urban area of Tangshan (900,000; 168 km²).
  10. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), which does not include all of the continuously developed urban area. Continuous urbanization extends well beyond the municipality of Kuala Lumpur, for example to Port Klang and the area represents a single labor market (metropolitan area). The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  11. Excludes urban area of Wanzhou (200,000; 16 km²) within the municipality of Chongqing. The direct-controlled municipality of Chongqing, which is sometimes translated as the direct-controlled city of Chongqing, has the largest population of any organism called a city in the stretches far beyond any reasonable definition of a metropolitan area and has a land area similar to that of Austria.
  12. Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi and Changzhou are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Yangtze River Delta economic zone. Urban areas of Ningbo (1,920,000; 570 km2), Cixi City (915,000; 259 km2) and Yuyao (370,000; 111 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Ningbo, Shaoxing (795,000; 254 km2) and Zhuji (400,000; 85 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, Jiaxing (750,000; 130 km2) and Tongxiang (510,000; 52 km2)within the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing, Kunshan (580,000; 401 km2) and Taicang (350,000; 91 km2) within the prefectrual level city of Suzhou, Wenling (510,000; 52 km2), Jiaojiang (375,000; 41 km2), Taizhou (300,000; 39 km2) and Huangyan (200,000; 34 km2) within the prefectrure-level city of Taizhou, Fuyang (370,000; 49 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, Nantong (735,000; 85 km2), Yangzhou (725,000; 49 km2), Huzhou (690,000; 111 km) and Zhenjiang (510,000; 36 km2) are also excluded.
  13. Excludes urban area of Fushun (625,000; 104 km²).
  14. Excludes urban area of Johor Bahru (860,000; 583 km²) in Malaysia.
  15. Excludes urban areas of Acheng (300,000; 39 km²) and Shangzhi (250,000; 16 km²) within the sub-provincial city of Harbin.
  16. Excludes urban area of Kitakyūshū (1,800,000; 1,166 km²). Some sources combine Fukuoka with Kitakyūshū (such as the United Nations), which is not a part of the continuous urbanization of Fukuoka. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  17. Fukuoka and Kitakyūshū are treated as separate urban areas. Some sources combine Fukuoka with Kitakyūshū (such as the United Nations), which is not a part of the continuous urbanization of Fukuoka. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  19. Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2009, Total of permanent population (including "floating population"). Retrieved on 2009-07-17. Total population as of 2008-12-31 of the following districts (core city + inner suburbs): Pudong New Area, Huangpu, Luwan, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Baoshan, Minhang, and Jiading.
  20. Thomas Brinkhoff, www.citypopulation.de; South Korea, The registered population of the South Korean provinces and urban municipalities Registered population 2008-12-31. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
  21. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Statistical Yearbook 2008, Total number of permanent population (including "floating population") Archived 2009-07-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-14. Total population on 2007-12-31(1% sample census) of the two functional areas of 1) Core Districts of Capital Function and 2) Urban Function Extended Districts, including eight fully urban districts. The data is for so-called 'permanent population'; registered population was 7,323,000 the same year.
  22. Statistics Bureau, Japan, Monthly Statistics, Population of Major Cities (excel-file) Archived 2013-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Population estimate on 2009-06-01.
  23. Penduduk Provinsi DKI Jakarta: Penduduk Provinsi DKI Jakarta Januari 2008 (Demographics and Civil Records Service: Population of the Province of Jakarta January 2008) Archived 2012-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-25.
  24. City and region database of Statistics Finland
  25. http://www.chinhphu.vn/portal/page?_pageid=439,1090462&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&pers_id=1091147&item_id=33638381&p_details=1
  26. National Statistical Office Thailand, Key Statistics of Thailand 2007; Chapter 1.9, Population Projections (1 July) by Region and Sex (embedded in huge 121MB zipped file!) Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Projected de facto population as of 2009. The registered (de jure) population was 5,695,956 in 2006.
  27. Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong; Population and Vital Events Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Estimated population on 2008-12-31. Including 'usual' and 'mobile' residents, but excluding temporary visitors.
  28. Tianjin Statistical Information Net Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-01-29. Total population as of 2005-11-01 of the following districts (core city + inner suburbs): Heping, Hedong, Hexi, Nankai, Hebei, Hongqiao, Dongli, Xiqing, Jinnan, and Beichen. Excludes the separate urban area of Binhai.
  29. Statistics Singapore, Population (Mid-Year Estimates) Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-03. Estimated population on 2008-06-30, including Singapore residents plus non-residents. Population of Singapore citizens and residents was 3,642,700 on 2008-06-30.
  30. United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  31. Third Regional EST Forum, Presentation of Myanmar. Retrieved 6 June 2009
  32. Statistics Bureau, Japan, Monthly Statistics, Population of Major Cities (excel-file) Archived 2013-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Population estimate on 2009-07-01.
  33. United Nations Statistics Division; Preliminary results of the 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted on 1-15 October 2008 (pdf-file) Archived 25 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
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