List of metropolitan areas in Asia
This is a list of metropolitan areas and urban 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 Karachi, Mumbai, Delhi, Dhaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Manila and Bangkok are important metropolises.
The population of the given cities are obtained from five different sources:
- The World Gazetteer
- City Population
- Demographia (urban area)
- United Nations World Urbanisation Prospects (urban area)
- 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.
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 | 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 | |
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1 | Tokyo | Japan | 37,730,064 | 33,800,000 | 34,670,000 | 35,676,000 | 31,714,000[5] | 2005 | ||
2 | Chongqing | China | 28,846,170 | 6,350,000 | 2,990,000 | 30,000,000 | 28,846,170[6] | - | ||
3 | Shanghai | China | 25,500,000 | 17,900,000 | 14,655,000 | 14,987,000 | 23,019,148[7] | 2010 | ||
4 | Karachi | Pakistan | 25,205,339 | 25,000,000 | 23,665,000 | 21,130,000 | 20,800,000[8] | 2015 | ||
5 | Beijing | China | 25,000,000 | 13,200,000 | 12,780,000 | 11,106,000 | 19,612,368[9] | 2010 | ||
6 | Guangzhou | China | 24,900,000 | 15,300,000 | 11,850,000 | 8,829,000 | 12,700,800[10] | - | ||
7 | Seoul | South Korea | 22,692,652 | 23,900,000 | 19,670,000 | 9,796,000 | 24,472,000[11] | 2007 | ||
8 | Mumbai | India | 21,900,967 | 22,300,000 | 20,400,000 | 18,978,000 | 17,800,000[12] | 2001 | ||
9 | Delhi | India | 21,753,486 | 21,753,486 | 19,830,000 | 15,926,000 | 17,076,000[8] | 2008 | ||
10 | Manila | Philippines | 20,654,307 | 19,200,000 | 20,075,000 | 11,100,000 | 11,553,427[13] | 2007 | ||
11 | Wuhan | China | 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | 5,185,000 | 7,243,000 | 9,785,392[6] | - | ||
12 | Osaka | Japan | 17,409,585 | 16,700,000 | 17,310,000 | 11,294,000 | 16,663,000[5] | 2005 | ||
13 | Tianjin | China | 15,769,500 | 15,469,500 | 8,340,000 | 7,180,000 | 12,938,224[6] | - | ||
14 | Kolkata | India | 15,644,040 | 16,000,000 | 15,250,000 | 14,787,000 | - | - | ||
15 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 13,231,919 | 15,100,000 | 9,645,000 | 9,125,000 | 15,519,545[14] | 2010 Census Final | ||
16 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 14,327,157 | 13,100,000 | 10,190,000 | 13,485,000 | 12,797,394[15] | 2008 | ||
17 | Shenzhen | China | 12,250,000 | 9,400,000 | 14,230,000 | 7,581,000 | 10,357,938[10] | - | ||
18 | Shenyang | China | 12,618,933 | 5,150,000 | 4,965,000 | 4,787,000 | 8,106,171[6] | - | ||
19 | Tehran | Iran | 13,236,489 | 12,500,000 | 8,110,000 | 7,873,000 | 13,422,366[8] | 2006 | ||
20 | Bangkok | Thailand | 10,132,974 | 8,750,000 | 8,330,000 | 6,704,000 | 6,825,956[8] | 2006 | ||
21 | Chennai | India | 9,663,922 | 7,000,000 | 7,400,000 | 8,865,000 | 8,696,010 | 2011[16] | ||
22 | Nagoya | Japan | 8,852,544 | 8,300,000 | 9,285,000 | 3,230,000 | 9,046,000[5] | 2005 | ||
23 | Bengaluru | India | 11,783,825 | 9,250,000 | 7,030,000 | 8,670,000 | 8,499,399 | 2011[16] | ||
24 | Hong Kong | China | 9,222,709 | 7,200,000 | 7,000,000 | 7,206,000 | - | - | ||
25 | Taipei | Republic of China | 8,511,055 | 6,750,000 | 6,610,000 | - | 8,916,653[8] | 2010 | ||
26 | Lahore | Pakistan | 7,129,609 | 8,300,000 | 9,600,000[17] | 8,376,000[18] | 9,600,000[8] | 2014 | ||
28 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 8,063,230 | 4,700,000 | 5,715,000 | - | 4,525,000[8] | 2007 | ||
29 | Hyderabad | India | 6,383,850 | 7,350,000 | 6,815,000 | 6,376,000 | - | - | ||
30 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 5,381,158 | 5,650,000 | 7,005,000 | 5,314,000 | 7,955,000 | 2014 | ||
31 | Ahmedabad | India | 5,413,622 | 5,800,000 | 5,265,000 | 5,375,000 | - | - | - | |
32 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 3,500,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | - | - | ||
See also
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Monthly Bulletin of Interior Statistics 2011.4". Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan/R.O.C.
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- ↑ "Basic Statistics for Mumbai". MMRDA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ "Metro Manila at a glance". Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ↑ http://www.bps.go.id/aboutus.php?hasilSP2010=1 BPS:Hari Statistik Nasional Sensus Penduduk 2010 (Official 2010 Census Figures), Summed from definition
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- 1 2 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf
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- ↑ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
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