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

The countries and territories included in the following list are:

East Asia China Hong Kong Macau Japan Mongolia North Korea South Korea Taiwan

South Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan British Indian Ocean Territory India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia Brunei Cambodia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Largest megalopolis areas

RankMetropolitan areaCountryRegionPopulation1Southern China Coast Megalopolis (Pearl River Delta -Chaoshan-Xiamen-Quanzhou-Fuzhou)ChinaEast Asia200,000,0002Java Island (Jakarta-Surabaya-Bandung-Semarang-Surakarta-Yogyakarta-Malang)IndonesiaSoutheast Asia145,000,0003Yangtze River DeltaChinaEast Asia100,000,0004Taiheiyō BeltJapanEast Asia84,000,0005(Bengal Megalopolis) Kolkata-Khulna-Dhaka-ChittagongIndia, BangladeshSouth Asia60,000,0006Beijing–Tianjin (Hebei's cities cluster)ChinaEast Asia39,710,0007 Mega Manila (Metro Manila–Laguna–Cavite–Rizal–Bulacan–Metro Clark–Lucena–Batangas City–Cabanatuan–Olongapo)PhilippinesSoutheast Asia35,000,0008Incheon–Seoul–Daejon–Daegu–BusanSouth KoreaEast Asia32,890,0009 Mumbai-Pune-NashikIndiaSouth Asia30,000,00010 Delhi-Gurgaon-Noida-GhaziabadIndiaSouth Asia26,000,00012 Greater Bangkok–Chon Buri-Nakhon RatchasimaThailandSoutheast Asia20,000,00013 (West coast of Taiwan) Taipei-Taichung-KaohsiungTaiwanEast Asia18,000,000

Largest metropolitan areas

RankMetropolitan areaCountryRegionPopulationArea (km²)Population Density (People/km²)1Greater TokyoJapanEast Asia32,450,0008,0144,0492JakartaIndonesiaSoutheast Asia31,650,0006,3424,9903ManilaPhilippinesSoutheast Asia28,250,5177,9679,2004SeoulSouth KoreaEast Asia20,550,0005,0764,0485Mumbai IndiaSouth Asia20,900,0008,1002,5806ShanghaiChinaEast Asia16,650,0005,1773,2167Hong Kong-ShenzhenThere are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and Mainland China and the two areas are usually listed separately in other lists.ChinaEast Asia15,800,0003,0515,1798BeijingChinaEast Asia12,500,0006,5621,905

Largest urban areas ranked by 2010 population

RankCityCountryRegionPopulationArea (km²)Density (km²)Sources of Pop. / AreaImage1Tokyo–YokohamaIncludes 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; 246000000000 km²).JapanEast Asia35,200,0007,8354,100C / B2JakartaVarious 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.IndonesiaSoutheast Asia22,000,0002,7208,500F / B3ManilaThe 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).PhilippinesSoutheast Asia20,795,0001,42514,600C / B4Seoul–IncheonIncludes satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province such as Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Bucheon and Ansan which are treated as separate urban agglomerations by the United Nations.South KoreaEast Asia19,910,0001,94310,200C / B5ShanghaiChinaEast Asia18,400,0002,3966,300C / B6Osaka–Kobe–KyotoIncludes 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).JapanEast Asia17,320,0002,7205,300C / B7ShenzhenChinaEast Asia14,470,0001,29510,200F / B8BeijingChinaEast Asia13,955,0002,6164,200C / B9Guangzhou–FoshanHong 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.ChinaEast Asia13,245,0002,5906,700E / B10DongguanChinaEast Asia10,525,001,2957,600F / B11NagoyaIncludes Toyohashi.JapanEast Asia10,025,0003,302C / B12Taipei-New Taipei-Keelung-TaoyuanTaiwanEast Asia9,272,0823,6782,521D / B13BangkokThailandSoutheast Asia8,250,0001,5022,500C / B14Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamSoutheast Asia7,785,0006099,200E / B15Hong KongChinaEast Asia7,055,00022025,200E / B16TianjinThe 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).ChinaEast Asia6,675,0001,2955,200C / B17Kuala LumpurThe 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).MalaysiaSoutheast Asia5,835,0002,1372,700E / B18ChongqingExcludes 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.ChinaEast Asia5,460,0005707,500E / B19HangzhouShanghai, 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.ChinaEast Asia5,305,0007128,200E / B20WuhanChinaEast Asia5,260,0007127,400E / B21ShenyangExcludes urban area of Fushun (625,000; 104 km²).ChinaEast Asia5,160,0007777,100E / B22ChengduChinaEast Asia4,785,0005708,400E / B23SingaporeExcludes urban area of Johor Bahru (860,000; 583 km²) in Malaysia.SingaporeSoutheast Asia4,635,0004799,700D / B24YangonMyanmarSoutheast Asia4,400,00035012,600D / B25Xi'anChinaEast Asia3,955,0005317,400E / B26Taichung-ChanghuaTaiwanEast Asia3,814,3261,8012,118E / B27HarbinExcludes urban areas of Acheng (300,000; 39 km²) and Shangzhi (250,000; 16 km²) within the sub-provincial city of Harbin.ChinaEast Asia3,615,0005705,900E / B28SuzhouChinaEast Asia3,605,0006355,700E / B29BandungIndonesiaSoutheast Asia3,555,0004018,400E / B30NanjingChinaEast Asia3,550,0006864,200E / B31BusanSouth KoreaEast Asia3,395,00025913,100E / B32PyongyangNorth KoreaEast Asia3,370,00020716,300E / B33DalianChinaEast Asia3,255,0005704,700E / B34ChangchunChinaEast Asia3,170,0003768,400E / B35KunmingChinaEast Asia3,070,0005189,100E / B36KaohsiungTaiwanEast Asia3,023,2251,3302,272E / B37WuxiChinaEast Asia2,925,0003897,500E / B38TaiyuanChinaEast Asia2,900,0003119,300E / B39SurabayaIndonesiaSoutheast Asia2,885,0003767,700D / B 40ChangshaChinaEast Asia2,720,0003896,600E / B41ZhengzhouChinaEast Asia2,590,0004665,600E / B42FukuokaExcludes 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).JapanEast Asia2,550,0005834,900C / B43ShijiazhuangChinaEast Asia2,530,0003637,000E / B45QingdaoChinaEast Asia2,495,0004405,700E / B46SapporoJapanEast Asia2,475,0006484,000C / B47NanchangChinaEast Asia2,465,0001555,300E / B48GuiyangChinaEast Asia2,440,00020711,800E / B49George TownMalaysiaSoutheast Asia2,412,6162,563941A / A50FuzhouChinaEast Asia2,405,0002599,300E / B51LanzhouChinaEast Asia2,385,00018113,200E / B52DaeguSouth KoreaEast Asia2,380,00018113,100E / B53HanoiVietnamSoutheast Asia2,355,0001948,300E / B54MedanIndonesiaSoutheast Asia2,340,0002469,500E / B55JinanChinaEast Asia2,320,0003506,600E / B56ChangzhouChina East Asia2,275,00019411,700E / B57XiamenChinaEast Asia2,225,0002957,500E / B58ShundeChinaEast Asia2,105,0004015,200E / B59BaotouChinaEast Asia2,095,0003635,800E / B60JilinChinaEast Asia2,070,0002338,900E / B61HefeiChinaEast Asia2,000,0003505,700E / B62KitakyūshūFukuoka 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).JapanEast Asia2,000,0008422,400C / 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