This is a list of the largest cities in Asia ranked according to population within their city limits. It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries (municipalities) as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
The list includes cities geographically situated in Asia, using the conventional definition of its boundaries.
Please note that the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, therefore the ranking of the cities according to their population can be misleading.
Bold represents largest city in country, Italic represents capital city.
City | Nation | Image | Population | |||
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City proper | Metropolitan area | Urban area [1] | Remarks | |||
Shanghai | China | 24,256,800 [2] | 23,416,000 [a] | 34,750,000 [3] | ||
Beijing | China | 21,516,000 [4] | 21,009,000 | 21,148,000 [5] | ||
Karachi | Pakistan | 20,382,881 [6] (2023) | 25,400,000 [7] | 25,400,000 | ||
Guangzhou | China | 18,676,605 [8] (2020) | 44,259,000 [9] | 20,800,654 [10] | ||
Mumbai | India | 17,673,000 [11] (2024) | 18,414,288 [12] (2011) | 20,748,395 [12] (2011) | Mumbai City Proper, Mumbai Metropolitan Area and Mumbai Urban Area are considered synonymous with the officially designated Mumbai City district, Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Mumbai Extended Urban Agglomeration. [12] | |
Shenzhen | China | 17,494,398 [8] (2020) | 12,084,000 | 10,630,000 | ||
Delhi | India | 16,787,941 (2011) | 22,200,000 [13] (2011) | 46,069,000 [14] (2011) | Delhi City Proper, Delhi Metropolitan Area and Delhi Urban Area are assumed to be synonymous with the current designations of Delhi Capital Territory, Central National Capital Region and National Capital Region, respectively. | |
Istanbul [b] | Turkey [c] | 14,657,000 [15] | 15,328,000 [15] | 16,703,000 [15] | ||
Dhaka | Bangladesh | 14,543,124 [16] | 22,478,116 [17] | 22,478,116 [17] | ||
Tokyo | Japan | 13,513,734 [18] | 37,843,000 | 36,923,000 [19] | ||
Manila | Philippines | 13,484,462 [20] | 14,158,573 [20] | 24,123,000 | ||
Lahore | Pakistan | 13,004,135 [21] (2023) | 10,355,000 | |||
Bangkok | Thailand | 10,539,415 [22] | 14,998,000 | 8,305,218 [23] | ||
Suzhou | China | 10,650,501 [24] | ||||
Jakarta | Indonesia | 10,075,310 [25] | 30,539,000 | 30,075,310 [26] | ||
Seoul | South Korea | 10,010,784 [27] | 12,700,000 10,349,312 | 25,520,000 [28] | ||
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 8,993,082 [29] | 21,281,639 [29] | |||
Bengaluru | India | 8,443,675 [30] (2011) | 9,621,551 [31] (2011) | 11,695,110 [32] (2011) | Bengaluru City Proper, Bengaluru Metropolitan Area and Bengaluru Urban Area are considered synonymous with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Municipal Corporation), Bengaluru Urban district (comprising five taluks: Bangalore North (Bengaluru), Bangalore South (Kengeri), Bangalore East (Krishnaraja Pura), Yelahanka and Anekal) and Bengaluru Metropolitan Region (combination of Bengaluru Urban District, Bengaluru Rural District and Ramanagara district), respectively. | |
Dongguan | China | 8,220,207 [33] | ||||
Chongqing | China | 8,189,800 [d] | 18,384,100 [35] | |||
Nanjing | China | 8,187,828 [36] | ||||
Tehran | Iran | 8,154,051 [37] | 13,532,000 | 14,595,904 [38] | ||
Shenyang | China | 8,106,171 [39] | ||||
Hanoi | Vietnam | 8,053,663 [29] | 17,067,480 [29] | |||
Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR | 7,298,600 [40] | 7,331,699 [41] | |||
Baghdad | Iraq | 7,180,889 [42] | ||||
Chennai | India | 4,646,732 [43] [44] (2011) | 8,696,010 [12] (2011) | 8,917,749 [12] (2011) | Chennai City Proper, Chennai Metropolitan Area and Chennai Urban Area are considered synonymous with the officially designated Chennai City district, Chennai Urban Agglomeration and Chennai Extended Urban Agglomeration. [12] [44] | |
Changsha | China | 7,044,118 | ||||
Wuhan | China | 6,886,253 [45] | ||||
Tianjin | China | 6,859,779 [46] | 10,920,000 | |||
Hyderabad | India | 6,809,970 [47] | 7,749,334 [47] | |||
Faisalabad | Pakistan | 6,480,765 [48] | 3,675,000 | |||
Foshan | China | 6,151,622 [49] [50] | ||||
Zunyi | China | 6,127,009 | ||||
Chittagong | Bangladesh | 6,025,985 [51] | 8,440,000 [52] | |||
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 5,676,621 [53] | ||||
Ahmedabad | India | 5,570,585 [47] | 6,352,254 [47] | |||
Singapore | Singapore | 5,535,000 [54] | ||||
Shantou | China | 5,391,028 [55] | ||||
Ankara | Turkey [c] | 5,271,000 [15] | 4,585,000 [15] | 4,919,000 [15] | ||
Yangon | Myanmar | 5,214,000 [56] | ||||
Chengdu | China | 4,741,929 [57] | 10,376,000 | |||
Kolkata | India | 4,486,679 [47] | 14,667,000 | 14,617,882 [47] | ||
Xi'an | China | 4,467,837 [58] | ||||
Surat | India | 4,462,002 [47] | ||||
Vadodara | India | 4,280,701 [59] [60] | ||||
İzmir | Turkey [c] | 4,168,000 [15] | 3,019,000 [15] | 3,575,000 [15] | ||
Zhengzhou | China | 4,122,087 [61] | ||||
New Taipei City | Taiwan | 4,000,164 [62] | ||||
Yokohama | Japan | 3,726,167 [18] | ||||
Hangzhou | China | 3,560,391 [63] | ||||
Xiamen | China | 3,531,347 [64] | ||||
Quanzhou | China | 3,520,846 [65] | ||||
Busan | South Korea | 3,510,833 [28] | ||||
Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 3,510,000[ citation needed ] | ||||
Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3,456,259 [66] | ||||
Hyderabad | Pakistan | 3,429,471 [67] | ||||
Kabul | Afghanistan | 3,414,100 [68] | ||||
Hefei | China | 3,352,076 [69] | ||||
Pyongyang | North Korea | 3,255,388 [70] | ||||
Peshawar | Pakistan | 3,201,000[ citation needed ] | ||||
Zhongshan | China | 3,121,275 [71] | ||||
Pune | India | 3,115,431 [47] | ||||
Jaipur | India | 3,073,350 [47] | ||||
Lucknow | India | 3,001,475 [47] | 6,500,000 [47] | |||
Wenzhou | China | 3,039,439 [72] | ||||
Incheon | South Korea | 2,978,367 [73] | ||||
Quezon City | Philippines | 2,936,116 [74] [e] | ||||
Taichung | Taiwan | 2,809,004 | ||||
Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2,773,229 [75] | ||||
Surabaya | Indonesia | 2,765,487 [76] | 7,302,283 | |||
Taipei | Taiwan | 2,704,974 | 7,045,488 [77] | |||
Osaka | Japan | 2,691,742 [18] | 19,341,976 [19] | 17,444,000 | ||
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2,643,410 | ||||
Bandung | Indonesia | 2,575,478 | 6,965,655 | |||
Daegu | South Korea | 2,492,994 [78] | ||||
Nagpur | India | 2,405,665[ citation needed ] | 2,497,870 | |||
Nagoya | Japan | 2,296,014 [18] | 9,107,414 [19] | 10,177,000 | ||
Baku | Azerbaijan [f] | 2,269,700 [79] | ||||
Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 2,234,566 | ||||
Kochi | India | 2,232,456 | 4,221,140 | |||
Taoyuan | Taiwan | 2,230,653 | ||||
Medan | Indonesia | 2,097,610 | 4,103,696 | |||
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1,982,112 [80] | 8,455,029 [81] | |||
Sapporo | Japan | 1,918,096 [18] | 2,584,880 | |||
Tainan | Taiwan | 1,883,078 | ||||
Almaty | Kazakhstan [g] | 1,806,833 | 2,460,400 | |||
Davao City | Philippines | 1,632,991 [82] | 2,516,216 [h] | |||
Novosibirsk | Russia [i] | 1,612,833 | ||||
Caloocan | Philippines | 1,583,978 [74] [j] | ||||
Kobe | Japan | 1,536,499 [18] [k] | ||||
Yekaterinburg | Russia [i] | 1,501,652 [83] | ||||
Khulna | Bangladesh | 1,500,689 [84] | ||||
Fukuoka | Japan | 1,483,052 [18] | 5,590,378 | |||
Kyoto | Japan | 1,474,570 [18] [l] | ||||
Kawasaki | Japan | 1,437,266 [18] | ||||
Omsk | Russia [i] | 1,154,116 | ||||
Ranchi | India | 1,126,741 [47] | ||||
Chelyabinsk | Russia [i] | 1,202,371 | ||||
Krasnoyarsk | Russia [i] | 1,090,811 | ||||
Tbilisi | Georgia [m] | 1,178,100 [85] | 1,485,293 | |||
Yerevan | Armenia | 1,081,800 [86] | 1,420,000 | |||
Astana | Kazakhstan [g] | 1,047,966 | 1,200,000 | |||
Shymkent | Kazakhstan [g] | 1,005,996 | 1,800,000 | |||
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