List of metropolitan areas in Asia

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.

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

  • City Population
  • Demographia (urban areas)
  • United Nations World’s Cities in 2016 Booklet, whose data source is: “United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014), World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision.”
  • World Atlas
  • National Official Estimate (NOE)

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 official statistics for Chinese cities are for municipalities which usually extend well beyond the urban areas and comprise a substantial rural population. When such statistics exceed the estimated figures, as in the case if Chongqing, Wuhan and Shenyang, they are not taken into account.
  • The figure for Shanghai from City Population includes the city of Suzhou (some 100 km or 62 miles northwest of Shanghai), which is not included in other estimates or in the official statistics and therefore is not taken into account.
  • The figure for Guangzhou from City Population is for the urban population of the Guangdong province, also which includes the cities Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Huizhou. The area has not yet been developed into a single metropolitan area and therefore this figure is not taken into account. Shenzhen and Dongguan are listed separately in this table.
  • Demographia and world Atlas give figures for the contiguous cities of Quanzhou, Jinjiang and Shishi. City Population includes these three cities in its figures for Xiamen (population 4-4.8 million), giving a total population of 10,000,000. However, Xiamen is not actually contiguous with the three other cities and this statistic is not taken into account.

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
  West Asia

With twenty cities, East Asia accounts for half of cities under this list, with China having the lion's share 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 three cities.

List

Rank Area Image Country Metro
Population
(2017 est.)[1]		 Demographia
(2017 est.)[2]		 UN WC
(2016 est.)[3]		 World
Atlas
(2017 est.)[4]		 Official or
Other		 Est. Year
1 Tokyo  Japan 39,800,000 37,900,000 38,140,000[5] 37,843,000 31,714,000[6] 2005
2 Jakarta  Indonesia 28,900,000 31,760,000 10,483,000[7] 30,539,000 15,519,545 [8] 2010 Census Final
3 Delhi  India 27,200,000 26,495,000 26, 454,000[9] 24,998,000 11,034,555 [7][10] 2011
4 Karachi  Pakistan 25,100,000 23,545,000 17,121,000[7] 22,123,000 - -
5 Seoul  South Korea 24,800,000 24,105,000 Seoul 9,979,000[7] Incheon 2,711,000[7] 23,480,000 24,272,000 [11] 2007
6 Shanghai  China 31,100,000[12] 23,390,000 24,484,000[7] 23,416,000 23,019,148[13] 2010
7 Manila  Philippines 24,100,000 24,245,000 13,131,000[9] 24,123,000 11,553,427[14] 2007
8 Mumbai  India 23,600,000 22,885,000 21,357,000[9] 17,712,000 17,800,000[15] 2001
9 Beijing  China20,700,000 20,415,000 21,240,000[9] 21,009,000 19,612,368[16] 2010
10 Guangzhou-Foshan  China 48,600,000[17] 19,075,000 Guanzhou 13,070,000[9] Foshan 7,089,000[9] 20,597,000 12,700,800[18] -
11 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto  Japan 17,800,000 17,075,000 20,337,000[5] 17,440,000 16,663,000[6] 2005
12 Dhaka  Bangladesh 17,190,000 16,820,000 18,237,000[5] 15,669,000 12,797,394[19] 2008
13Bangkok Thailand17,400,00015,645,0009,440,000[5]14,998,0008,249,117 [20]2010
14 Kolkata  India 16,200,000 14,950,000 14,980,000[9] 14,667,000 - -
15 Tehran  Iran 14,000,000 13,805,000 8,516,000[7] 13,532,000 13,422,366[21] 2006
16Chongqing China7,200,0007,990,00013,744,000[9]7,217,00028,846,170[22][23]2010
17Tianjin China11,800,00013,245,00011,558,000[9]10,920,00012,938,224[24]-
18 Shenzhen  China included in Guangzhou 12,775,000 10,828,000 12,084,000[9] 10,357,938[25] -
19 Chengdu  China 9,750,000 11,050,000 7,820,000[9] 10,376,000 - -
20Bangalore India10,800,00010,535,00010,456,000[9]8,728,9068,499,3992011[26]
21Lahore Pakistan10,500,00010,666,0008,990,000[9]10,052,000--
22Nagoya Japan10,500,00010,070,0009,434,000[5]10,177,0009,046,000[6]2005
23Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam8,310,00010,380,0007,498,000[9]8,957,0007,955,0002014
24 Chennai  India 10,300,000 10,265,000 10,163,000[9] 9,714,000 8,696,010 2011[26]
25Hyderabad India9,200,0009,305,0009,218,000[9]8,754,000--
26Taipei Taiwan9,050,0008,550,0002,669,000[9]7,438,0008,916,653 [21]2010
27 Hangzhou  China 8,450,000 6,820,000 - 7,275,000 - -
28 Dongguan  China Included in Guangzhou 8,310,000 7,469,000[9] 8,442,000 - -
29Wuhan China8,100,0007,895,0007,979,000[9]7,509,0009,785,392[27][28]-
30Shenyang China7,800,0007,935,0006,438,000[9]6,078,0008,106,171[29]-
31 Hanoi  Vietnam 3,450,000 7,785,000 3,790,000[9] 3,715,000 - -
32Ahmedabad India7,650,0007,645,0007,571,000[9]7,186,000--
33Kuala Lumpur Malaysia6,800,0007,590,0007,047,000[9]7,088,0001,768.00 [30][31]2015
34Hong Kong Hong Kong7,300,0007,330,000-7,246,000[9]7,246,000-
35 Nanjing  China 7,050,000 6,320,000 - 6,155,000 - -
36 Zhengzhou-Xingyang  China 4,800,000 7,005,000 4,539,000[9] 4,942,000 - -
37 Baghdad Iraq 7,000,000 6,960,000 6,811,000[9] 6,625,000 - -
38 Singapore Singapore 6,950,000 5,825,000 5,717,000[9] 5,624,000 5,607,300 [32] 2017
39 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 6,900,000 6,030,000 6,540,000[7] 5,666,000 6,506,000 2014
40 Quanzhou-Shishi-Jinjiang  China Included in Xiamen [33] 6,480,000 1,469,000[9] 6,710,000 - -

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "World cities in 2016: Data Booklet" (PDF). The United Nations: Population Division. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
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  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Metropolitan Area
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  10. ↑ Delhi census
  11. ↑ "Seoul National Capital Area Statistics" (in Korean). Korean National Statistical Office. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  12. ↑ Figure includes the city of Suzhou, which is not included in other estimates or in the official statistics
  13. ↑ "Shanghai sixth national census in 2010 Communiqué on Major Data, Chinese: 上海市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报". Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau. 3 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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  15. ↑ "Basic Statistics for Mumbai". MMRDA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
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  17. ↑ This figure is for the urban population of the Guangdong province, which includes Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Huizhou, which has not yet been developed into a single metropolitan area
  18. ↑ 广州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Chinese). Statistics Bureau of Guangzhou. 2011-05-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
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  20. ↑ National Statistical Office of Thailand
  21. 1 2 "Monthly Bulletin of Interior Statistics 2011.4". Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan/R.O.C. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29.
  22. ↑ 2010 Census
  23. ↑ Figure for the municipality which extend well beyond the urban area (31,816 sq mi)
  24. ↑ "Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census[1] (No. 2)". National Bureau of Statistics of China. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  25. ↑ 深圳市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报[1] (in Chinese). Shenzhen Municipal Statistic Bureau. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  26. 1 2 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf
  27. ↑ "武汉市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报". Wuhan Statistics Bureau. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  28. ↑ Figure for the municipality which extend well beyond the urban area (3,279.71 sq mi)
  29. ↑ "武汉市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报". Shenyang Statistics Bureau. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  30. ↑ Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
  31. ↑ Population projections for 2015
  32. ↑ Statistic Singapore retrieved 2014/08/02
  33. ↑ City Population includes these three cities in its figures for Xiamen (population 4-4.8 million), giving a total population of 10,000,000. However Xiamen is not actually contiguous
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