List of the largest cities in Asia

This list of the largest cities or agglomerations in Asia contains all cities in geographical Asia with over one million inhabitants. Cities are defined as urban spaces. This means the city center, surrounding urban areas and possibly cities that have grown together (such as Tokyo and Yokohama ). There is no uniform definition of what constitutes a city. A lack of comparability in the spatial delimitation as well as errors and inaccuracies in the updating and extrapolation of population figures can lead to deviations in the information for one and the same city.

All capitals are highlighted .

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Tokyo

Status: generally 2015, sources are the United Nations' “World Urbanization Prospects” .

Delhi

Taipei

Shanghai

Mumbai

Beijing

Dhaka

Karachi

Manila

Guangzhou

Tianjin

Shenzhen

Jakarta

Bangkok

Ho Chi Minh City

Kuala Lumpur

Tehran

Riad

Singapore

Istanbul

Pyonyang

Dubai

Taichung

Vadodara

Almaty

Ulan Bator

Islamabad

Phnom Penh

Kathmandu

Tbilisi

Abu Dhabi

Antalya

Yerevan

rank	city	country	population
1	Tokyo - Yokohama	Japan	38.001.018
2	Delhi	India	25,703,168
3	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	23,740,778
4th	Mumbai	India	21,042,538
5	Beijing	People's Republic of China	20,383,994
6th	Osaka - Kobe	Japan	20.237.645
7th	Dhaka	Bangladesh	17,598,228
8th	Karachi	Pakistan	16,617,644
9	Calcutta	India	14,864,919
10	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	13,331,579
11	Manila	Philippines	12,946,263
12	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	12,458,130
13	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	11.210.329
14th	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	10,749,473
15th	Jakarta	Indonesia	10,323,142
16	Bengaluru	India	10,087,132
17th	Chennai	India	9,890,427
18th	Seoul	South Korea	9,773,746
19th	Nagoya	Japan	9,406,264
20th	Bangkok	Thailand	9,269,823
21st	Hyderabad	India	8,943,523
22nd	Lahore	Pakistan	8,741,365
23	Tehran	Iran	8,432,196
24	Wuhan	People's Republic of China	7,905,572
25th	Cheng you	People's Republic of China	7,555,705
26th	Dongguan	People's Republic of China	7,434,935
27	Nanjing	People's Republic of China	7,369,157
28	Ahmedabad	India	7,342,850
29	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	7,313,557
30th	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	7,297,780
31	Foshan	People's Republic of China	7,035,945
32	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	6,836,911
33	Baghdad	Iraq	6,642,848
34	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	6,390,637
35	Riad	Saudi Arabia	6,369,710
36	Shenyang	People's Republic of China	6,315,470
37	Xi'an	People's Republic of China	6,043,700
38	Pune	India	5,727,530
39	Surat	India	5,650,011
40	Singapore	Singapore	5,618,866
41	Fukuoka	Japan	5,510,478
42	Suzhou (Jiangsu)	People's Republic of China	5,472,033
43	Harbin	People's Republic of China	5,457,414
44	Istanbul (Asian part)	Turkey	4,957,396
45	Rangoon	Myanmar	4,801,930
46	Ankara	Turkey	4,749,968
47	Kabul	Afghanistan	4,634,875
48	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	4,565,549
49	Chittagong	Bangladesh	4,539,393
50	Dalian	People's Republic of China	4,489,380
51	Xiamen	People's Republic of China	4,430,081
52	Zhengzhou	People's Republic of China	4,387,118
53	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	4,075,803
54	Jinan	People's Republic of China	4,032,150
55	Shantou	People's Republic of China	3,948,813
56	Kunming	People's Republic of China	3,779,558
57	Changchun	People's Republic of China	3,762,390
58	Changsha	People's Republic of China	3,761,018
59	Zhongshan	People's Republic of China	3,691,360
60	Hanoi	Vietnam	3,629,493
61	Tel Aviv-Jaffa	Israel	3,608,265
62	Faisalabad	Pakistan	3,566,952
63	Aleppo	Syria	3,561,796
64	Urumqi	People's Republic of China	3,498,591
65	Taiyuan	People's Republic of China	3,481,810
66	Jaipur	India	3,460,701
67	Hamamatsu	Japan	3,368,988
68	Hefei	People's Republic of China	3,347,591
69	Fuzhou	People's Republic of China	3,282,932
70	Shijiazhuang	People's Republic of China	3,264,498
71	Nanning	People's Republic of China	3,234,379
72	Lucknow	India	3,221,817
73	Busan	South Korea	3,216,298
74	Wenzhou	People's Republic of China	3,207,846
75	Ningbo	People's Republic of China	3,131,921
76	Wuxi	People's Republic of China	3,049,042
77	İzmir	Turkey	3,040,416
78	Kanpur	India	3,020,795
79	Mashhad	Iran	3,014,424
80	Sana'a	Yemen	2,961,934
81	Guiyang	People's Republic of China	2,870,895
82	Pyongyang	North Korea	2,862,921
83	Surabaya	Indonesia	2,853,237
84	Kuwait City	Kuwait	2,778,724
85	Tangshan	People's Republic of China	2,743,252
86	Lanzhou	People's Republic of China	2,723,114
87	Incheon	South Korea	2,685,238
88	Nagpur	India	2,675,072
89	Taipei	Taiwan	2,665,656
90	Changzhou	People's Republic of China	2,584,418
91	Sapporo	Japan	2,571,497
92	Damascus	Syria	2,565,670
93	Coimbatore	India	2,548,564
94	Bandung	Indonesia	2,543,742
95	Nanchang	People's Republic of China	2,526,814
96	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	2,505,889
97	Kozhikode	India	2,476,192
98	Indore	India	2,440,756
99	Zibo	People's Republic of China	2,430,356
100	Kochi	India	2,416,003
101	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2,414,591
102	Baku	Azerbaijan	2,373,633
103	Thrissure	India	2,329,122
104	Huizhou	People's Republic of China	2,312,397
105	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	2,251,156
106	Daegu	South Korea	2,244,086
107	Beirut	Lebanon	2,226,478
108	Malappuram	India	2,215,874
109	Patna	India	2,209,547
110	Medan	Indonesia	2,204,005
111	Weifang	People's Republic of China	2,194,524
112	Hiroshima	Japan	2,173,249
113	Kannur	India	2,152,671
114	Gujranwala	Pakistan	2,122,254
115	Yantai	People's Republic of China	2,114,415
116	Bhopal	India	2.101.610
117	Sendai	Japan	2,090,856
118	Shaoxing	People's Republic of China	2,075,769
119	Luoyang	People's Republic of China	2,014,999
120	Huai'an	People's Republic of China	2,000,195
121	Nantong	People's Republic of China	1,978,255
122	Vadodara	India	1,975,092
123	Agra	India	1,966,249
124	Thiruvananthapuram	India	1,964,590
125	Baotou	People's Republic of China	1,957,044
126	Visakhapatnam	India	1,935,252
127	Bursa	Turkey	1,922,517
128	Multan	Pakistan	1,920,776
129	Xuzhou	People's Republic of China	1,917,791
130	Haikou	People's Republic of China	1,903,037
131	Isfahan	Iran	1,879,806
132	Adana	Turkey	1,829,555
133	Samut Prakan	Thailand	1,814,046
134	Karaj	Iran	1,807,058
135	Hohhot	People's Republic of China	1,784,685
136	Nashik	India	1,779,212
137	Hyderabad	Pakistan	1,772,143
138	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	1,770,600
139	Yangzhou	People's Republic of China	1,765,449
140	Vijayawada	India	1,759,772
141	Peshawar	Pakistan	1,752,845
142	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	1,731,286
143	Ludhiana	India	1,715,979
144	Linyi	People's Republic of China	1,706,000
145	Mosul	Iraq	1,694,284
146	Shiraz	Iran	1,660,545
147	Taizhou	People's Republic of China	1,648,025
148	Homs	Syria	1,641,298
149	Handan	People's Republic of China	1,634,008
150	Semarang	Indonesia	1,629,599
151	Davao City	Philippines	1,629,547
152	Daqing	People's Republic of China	1,621,439
153	Liuzhou	People's Republic of China	1,619,165
154	Rajkot	India	1,599,232
155	Yinchuan	People's Republic of China	1,596,395
156	Madurai	India	1,593,148
157	Jiangmen	People's Republic of China	1,572,383
158	Tabriz	Iran	1,571,582
159	Daejeon	South Korea	1,563,706
160	Anshan	People's Republic of China	1,559,151
161	Merath	India	1,550,350
162	Zhuhai	People's Republic of China	1,541,900
163	Varanasi	India	1,541,367
164	Gwangju	South Korea	1,536,409
165	Xianyang	People's Republic of China	1,533,332
166	Datong	People's Republic of China	1,531,736
167	Gaziantep	Turkey	1,528,366
168	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	1,522,779
169	Almaty	Kazakhstan	1,522,637
170	Jilin	People's Republic of China	1,520,496
171	Novosibirsk	Russia	1,497,164
172	Macassar	Indonesia	1,488,630
173	Palembang	Indonesia	1,455,256
174	Qiqihar	People's Republic of China	1,451,529
175	Jamshedpur	India	1,451,265
176	Putian	People's Republic of China	1,437,548
177	Yancheng	People's Republic of China	1,435,817
178	Srinagar	India	1,428,526
179	Wuhu	People's Republic of China	1,424,491
180	Kollam	India	1,409,717
181	Quanzhou	People's Republic of China	1,395,334
182	Batam	Indonesia	1,390,546
183	Jining	People's Republic of China	1,384,942
184	Ekaterinburg	Russia	1,379,038
185	Ulan Bator	Mongolia	1,377,308
186	Raipur	India	1,373,898
187	Islamabad	Pakistan	1,364,531
188	Aurangabad	India	1,344,253
189	Jabalpur	India	1,336,565
190	Chaozhou	People's Republic of China	1,332,938
191	Huai'an	People's Republic of China	1,327,431
192	Xining	People's Republic of China	1,322,966
193	Asansol	India	1,313,452
194	Cixi	People's Republic of China	1.303.030
195	Hengyang	People's Republic of China	1,301,250
196	Fushun	People's Republic of China	1,298,344
197	Prayagraj	India	1,294,851
198	Jodhpur	India	1,284,142
199	Medina	Saudi Arabia	1,280,248
200	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	1,279,360
201	Amritsar	India	1,264,932
202	Yichang	People's Republic of China	1,263,722
203	Ranchi	India	1,262,011
204	Dhan bath	India	1,254,832
205	Hama	Syria	1,236,537
206	Tiruppur	India	1,230,309
207	Taichung	Taiwan	1,224,935
208	Gwalior	India	1,220,768
209	Tai'an	People's Republic of China	1,219,580
210	Ahvaz	Iran	1,215,782
211	Qom	Iran	1,204,115
212	Konya	Turkey	1,194,383
213	Taizhou (Jiangsu)	People's Republic of China	1,183,925
214	Kathmandu	Nepal	1,182,598
215	Cần Thơ	Vietnam	1,174,693
216	Mandalay	Myanmar	1,166,906
217	Erbil	Iraq	1,165,714
218	Kota	India	1,163,011
219	Omsk	Russia	1,161,893
220	Chelyabinsk	Russia	1,157,336
221	Amman	Jordan	1,154,670
222	Zhenjiang	People's Republic of China	1,149,050
223	Tbilisi	Georgia	1,147,486
224	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	1,144,933
225	Anyang	People's Republic of China	1,140,285
226	Chandigarh	India	1,134,471
227	Bhilai	India	1,129,433
228	Pekanbaru	Indonesia	1,120,893
229	Bareilly	India	1,110,800
230	Qinhuangdao	People's Republic of China	1,109,249
231	Quetta	Pakistan	1,108,749
232	Denpasar	Indonesia	1,106,593
233	Tiruchirappalli	India	1,105,990
234	Baoding	People's Republic of China	1,105,986
235	Lianyungang	People's Republic of China	1,099,332
236	Suwon	South Korea	1,098,841
237	Haifa	Israel	1,096,669
238	Zhuzhou	People's Republic of China	1,083,065
239	Mysuru	India	1,082,304
240	Yiwu	People's Republic of China	1,080,473
241	Bogor	Indonesia	1,075,563
242	Hải Phong	Vietnam	1,075,499
243	Antalya	Turkey	1,072,386
244	Benxi	People's Republic of China	1,070,300
245	Mianyang	People's Republic of China	1,064,818
246	Damam	Saudi Arabia	1,064,418
247	Zhanjiang (Guandong)	People's Republic of China	1,062,340
248	Suqian	People's Republic of China	1,049,812
249	Nanchong	People's Republic of China	1,049,782
250	Yongin	South Korea	1,047,815
251	Yerevan	Armenia	1,044,443
252	Guwahati	India	1,042,044
253	Guilin	People's Republic of China	1,039,864
254	Goyang	South Korea	1,038,755
255	Aligarh	India	1,037,402
256	Jinzhou	People's Republic of China	1,034,924
257	Naypyidaw	Myanmar	1,029,712
258	Zaozhuang	People's Republic of China	1,028,183
259	Yingkou	People's Republic of China	1,025,941
260	Moradabad	India	1,022,989
261	Khulna	Bangladesh	1,021,903
262	Hubballi Dharwad	India	1,019,789
263	Basra	Iraq	1.019.109
264	Chifeng	People's Republic of China	1,018,266
265	Nanyang	People's Republic of China	1,011,389
266	Xiangtan	People's Republic of China	1,009,562
267	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	1,008,374
268	Puning	People's Republic of China	1,004,867
269	Sulaimaniyya	Iraq	1,003,782
270	Salem	India	1,000,680
271	Baoji	People's Republic of China	1,000,502

See also

• List of megacities
• List of the largest metropolitan areas in the world
• List of the largest cities in Europe
• List of the largest cities in the European Union
• List of the largest cities in the world (historical)
• List of the largest cities in Africa
• List of the largest cities in South America
• List of the largest cities in North America
• List of the largest cities in Oceania
• List of city lists by country

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved October 28, 2017 .