List of metropolitan areas in Asia

This is a list of metropolitan 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 Delhi, Mumbai, Karachi, Dhaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Manila and Bangkok are important metropolises.


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:

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.

Rank Metropolitan area Metropolitan 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
2 Jakarta  Indonesia 19,231,919 15,100,000 23,345,000 9,125,000 28,019,545[6] 2010 Census Final
3 Seoul  South Korea 22,692,652 23,900,000 19,670,000 9,796,000 24,472,000[7] 2007
4 Shanghai  China 18,572,816 17,900,000 14,655,000 14,987,000 23,019,148[8] 2010
5 Delhi  India 18,916,890 22,400,000 19,830,000 15,926,000 17,076,000[9] 2008
6 Mumbai  India 21,900,967 22,300,000 20,400,000 18,978,000 17,800,000[10] 2001
7 Manila  Philippines 20,654,307 19,200,000 20,075,000 11,100,000 11,553,427[11] 2007
8 Beijing  China12,522,839 13,200,000 12,780,000 11,106,000 19,612,368[12] 2010
9 Osaka  Japan 17,409,585 16,700,000 17,310,000 11,294,000 16,663,000[5] 2005
10 Kolkata  India 15,644,040 16,000,000 15,250,000 14,787,000 - -
11 Karachi  Pakistan 13,205,339 23,700,000 9,665,000 12,130,000 14,800,000[9] 2006
12 Guangzhou  China 5,745,024 15,300,000 11,850,000 8,829,000 12,700,800[13] -
13 Dhaka  Bangladesh 14,327,157 13,100,000 10,190,000 13,485,000 12,797,394[14] 2008
14 Shenzhen  China - 9,400,000 14,230,000 7,581,000 10,357,938[13] -
15 Tehran  Iran 13,236,489 12,500,000 8,110,000 7,873,000 13,422,366[9] 2006
16Bangkok Thailand10,132,974 8,750,000 8,330,000 6,704,000 6,825,956[9] 2006
17Chennai India7,663,922 9,300,0007,400,000 8,865,000 8,696,0102011[15]
18Nagoya Japan8,852,544 8,300,000 9,285,000 3,230,000 9,046,000[5] 2005
19Bengaluru  India6,783,825 9,250,000 7,030,000 8,670,000 8,499,399 2011[15]
20Hong Kong  Hong Kong9,222,709 7,200,000 7,000,000 7,206,000 - -
21Wuhan China4,731,497 9,000,000 5,185,000 7,243,000 9,785,392[16] -
22Taipei  Taiwan8,511,055 6,750,000 6,610,000 - 8,916,653[9] 2010
23Lahore Pakistan7,129,609 8,300,000 9,600,000[17] 8,376,000[18] 9,600,000[9] 2014
24Tianjin  China6,426,104 8,200,000 8,340,000 7,180,000 12,938,224[16] -
25Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia8,063,230 4,700,000 5,715,000 - 4,525,000[9] 2007
26Chongqing China7,784,922 6,350,000 2,990,000 6,461,000 28,846,170[16]-
27Hyderabad India6,383,850 7,350,000 6,815,000 6,376,000 - -
28Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam5,381,158 5,650,000 7,005,000 5,314,000 7,955,000 2014
29Shenyang China6,618,933 5,150,000 4,965,000 4,787,000 8,106,171[16] -
30Ahmedabad  India5,413,622 5,800,000 5,265,000 5,375,000 - -
31Kathmandu    Nepal3,500,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 - -

See also

References

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