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 Taiwan Japan Mongolia North Korea South Korea South Asia Bangladesh India Pakistan

Southeast Asia Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Largest Megalopolis areas

Main article: Megalopolis

Rank	Metropolitan area	Country	Region	Population
1	Southern China Coast Megalopolis (Pearl River Delta -Chaoshan-Xiamen-Quanzhou-Fuzhou)	China	East Asia	200,000,000
2	Java Island (Jakarta-Surabaya-Bandung-Semarang-Surakarta-Yogyakarta-Malang)	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	145,000,000
3	Yangtze River Delta	China	East Asia	100,000,000
4	Taiheiyō Belt	Japan	East Asia	84,000,000
5	(Bengal Megalopolis) Kolkata-Khulna-Dhaka-Chittagong	India, Bangladesh	South Asia	60,000,000
6	Beijing–Tianjin (Hebei's cities cluster)	China	East Asia	39,710,000
7	Mega Manila	Philippines	Southeast Asia	35,000,000
8	Incheon–Seoul–Daejon–Daegu–Busan	South Korea	East Asia	32,890,000
9	Mumbai-Pune-Nashik	India	South Asia	30,000,000
10	Delhi-Gurgaon-Noida-Ghaziabad	India	South Asia	26,000,000
11	Karachi-Hyderabad	Pakistan	South Asia	25,000,000
12	Greater Bangkok–Chon Buri-Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Southeast Asia	20,000,000
13	(West coast of Taiwan) Taipei-Taichung-Kaohsiung	Taiwan	East Asia	18,000,000

Largest metropolitan areas

Main article: List of metropolitan areas by population

Rank	Metropolitan area	Country	Region	Population	Area (km²)	Population Density (People/km²)
1	Greater Tokyo	Japan	East Asia	32,450,000	8,014	4,049
2	Jakarta	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	31,650,000	6,342	4,990
3	Seoul	South Korea	East Asia	20,550,000	5,076	4,048
4	Mumbai	India	South Asia	20,900,000	8,100	2,580
5	Shanghai	China	East Asia	16,650,000	5,177	3,216
6	Hong Kong-Shenzhen[1]	China	East Asia	15,800,000	3,051	5,179
7	Beijing	China	East Asia	12,500,000	6,562	1,905

Largest urban areas ranked by 2010 population

Main article: List of urban areas by population

Rank	City	Country	Region	Population	Area (km²)	Density (km²)	Sources of Pop. / Area	Image
1	Tokyo–Yokohama[2]	Japan	East Asia	35,200,000	7,835	4,100	C / B
2	Jakarta[3]	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	22,000,000	2,720	8,500	F / B
3	Manila[4]	Philippines	Southeast Asia	20,795,000	1,425	14,600	C / B
4	Seoul–Incheon[5]	South Korea	East Asia	19,910,000	1,943	10,200	C / B
5	Shanghai	China	East Asia	18,400,000	2,396	6,300	C / B
6	Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto[6]	Japan	East Asia	17,320,000	2,720	5,300	C / B
7	Shenzhen[7]	China	East Asia	14,470,000	1,295	10,200	F / B
8	Beijing	China	East Asia	13,955,000	2,616	4,200	C / B
9	Guangzhou–Foshan[7]	China	East Asia	13,245,000	2,590	6,700	E / B
10	Dongguan[7]	China	East Asia	10,525,00	1,295	7,600	F / B
11	Nagoya[8]	Japan	East Asia	10,025,000	3,302		C / B
12	Bangkok	Thailand	Southeast Asia	8,250,000	1,502	2,500	C / B
13	Sài Gòn	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	7,785,000	609	9,200	E / B
14	Hong Kong[7]	China	East Asia	7,055,000	220	25,200	E / B
15	Taipei-New Taipei-Keelung	Taiwan	East Asia	6,800,000	440	10,100	D / B
16	Tianjin[9]	China	East Asia	6,675,000	1,295	5,200	C / B
17	Kuala Lumpur[10]	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	5,835,000	2,137	2,700	E / B
18	Chongqing[11]	China	East Asia	5,460,000	570	7,500	E / B
19	Hangzhou[12]	China	East Asia	5,305,000	712	8,200	E / B
20	Wuhan	China	East Asia	5,260,000	712	7,400	E / B
21	Shenyang[13]	China	East Asia	5,160,000	777	7,100	E / B
22	Chengdu	China	East Asia	4,785,000	570	8,400	E / B
23	Singapore[14]	Singapore	Southeast Asia	4,635,000	479	9,700	D / B
24	Yangon	Myanmar	Southeast Asia	4,400,000	350	12,600	D / B
25	Xi'an	China	East Asia	3,955,000	531	7,400	E / B
26	Harbin[15]	China	East Asia	3,615,000	570	5,900	E / B
27	Suzhou[12]	China	East Asia	3,605,000	635	5,700	E / B
28	Bandung	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	3,555,000	401	8,400	E / B
29	Nanjing[12]	China	East Asia	3,550,000	686	4,200	E / B
30	Busan	South Korea	East Asia	3,395,000	259	13,100	E / B
31	Pyongyang	North Korea	East Asia	3,370,000	207	16,300	E / B
32	Dalian	China	East Asia	3,255,000	570	4,700	E / B
33	Changchun	China	East Asia	3,170,000	376	8,400	E / B
34	Kunming	China	East Asia	3,070,000	518	9,100	E / B
35	Wuxi[12]	China	East Asia	2,925,000	389	7,500	E / B
36	Taiyuan	China	East Asia	2,900,000	311	9,300	E / B
37	Surabaya	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	2,885,000	376	7,700	D / B
38	Taichung-Changhua	Taiwan	East Asia	2,815,000	492	5,700	E / B
39	Changsha	China	East Asia	2,720,000	389	6,600	E / B
40	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	East Asia	2,670,000	363	7,400	E / B
41	Zhengzhou	China	East Asia	2,590,000	466	5,600	E / B
42	Fukuoka[16]	Japan	East Asia	2,550,000	583	4,900	C / B
43	Shijiazhuang	China	East Asia	2,530,000	363	7,000	E / B
45	Qingdao	China	East Asia	2,495,000	440	5,700	E / B
46	Sapporo	Japan	East Asia	2,475,000	648	4,000	C / B
47	Nanchang	China	East Asia	2,465,000	155	5,300	E / B
48	Guiyang	China	East Asia	2,440,000	207	11,800	E / B
49	George Town	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	2,412,616	2,563	941	A / A
50	Fuzhou	China	East Asia	2,405,000	259	9,300	E / B
51	Lanzhou	China	East Asia	2,385,000	181	13,200	E / B
52	Daegu	South Korea	East Asia	2,380,000	181	13,100	E / B
53	Hanoi	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	2,355,000	194	8,300	E / B
54	Medan	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	2,340,000	246	9,500	E / B
55	Jinan	China	East Asia	2,320,000	350	6,600	E / B
56	Changzhou[12]	China	East Asia	2,275,000	194	11,700	E / B
57	Xiamen	China	East Asia	2,225,000	295	7,500	E / B
58	Shunde[7]	China	East Asia	2,105,000	401	5,200	E / B
59	Baotou	China	East Asia	2,095,000	363	5,800	E / B
60	Jilin	China	East Asia	2,070,000	233	8,900	E / B
61	Hefei	China	East Asia	2,000,000	350	5,700	E / B
62	Kitakyūshū[17]	Japan	East Asia	2,000,000	842	2,400	C / 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

Rank	City	Population	Country	Region	Statistical concept[18]	Area (km²)[19]
1	Greater Tokyo	36,669,000	Japan	East Asia	Major Metropolitan Area (M.M.A.), as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan	13,500
2	Jakarta (Jabodetabek)	34,365,000	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration[20]	3,370
3	Shanghai	16,575,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21]	3,920
4	Beijing	12,385,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][22]	7,860
5	Manila	11,628,000	Philippines	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration[23]	640
6	Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe (Keihanshin)	11,337,000	Japan	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[24]	1,220
7	Seoul	9,773,000	South Korea	East Asia	City proper (metropolitan city)	610
8	Chongqing	9,401,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][25]	7,490
9	Shenzhen	9,005,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21]	1,950
10	Guangzhou	8,884,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21]	7,260
11	Tianjin	7,884,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][26]	7,130
12	Wuhan	7,681,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21]	8,490
13	Hong Kong	7,069,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[27]	1,100
14	Bangkok	6,976,000	Thailand	Southeast Asia	Official metropolitan area	1,570
15	Ho Chi Minh City	6,167,000	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration	2,090
16	Bandung	5,825,000	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration[20]	557
17	Dongguan	5,347,000	China	East Asia	City proper[21]	2,460
18	Shenyang	5,166,000	China	East Asia	City proper[21]	3,460
19	Foshan	4,969,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][28]	3,813
20	Chengdu	4,961,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][29]	2,130
21	Singapore	4,837,000	Singapore	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration	690
22	Xi'an	4,747,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][30]	3,550
23	Nanjing	4,591,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][31]	6,600
24	Surabaya	4,360,000	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration[20]	907
25	Yangon	4,350,000	Myanmar	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration	350
26	Harbin	4,251,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][32]	4,280
27	Hangzhou	3,860,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][33]	3,068
28	Changchun	3,597,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21]	3,616
29	Shantou	3,502,000	China	East Asia	Urban agglomeration[21][34]	1,956
30	Busan	3,500,992	South Korea	East Asia	City proper (metropolitan city)	760
31	Medan	3,400,000	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Urban agglomeration[20]	479

Largest cities proper by population

Main article: List of cities proper by population

Rank	City	Population	Definition	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Country	Region
1	Shanghai	13,831,900[35]	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,928	7,174	China	East Asia
2	Seoul	10,456,034[36]	Special City	605.4	17,271	South Korea	East Asia
3	Beijing	10,123,000[37]	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,368.32	7,400	China	East Asia
4	Tokyo	8,795,000[38]	23 special wards area	617	14,254	Japan	East Asia
5	Jakarta	8,489,910[39]	Special capital district	664	12,738	Indonesia	Southeast Asia
6	Wuhan	8,001,541[40] (2006-12-31)	Core districts	400	20,004	China	East Asia
7	Ho Chi Minh City	7,123,340[41]	Province-level municipality	2,095.01	3,401	Vietnam	Southeast Asia
8	Bangkok	7,025,000[42]	Administrative area	1,568.74	4,478	Thailand	Southeast Asia
9	Hong Kong	7,008,900[43]	The entire territory	1,092	6,418	China	East Asia
10	Guangzhou	6,172,839[40] (2006-12-31)	Core districts	3,843.43	3,004	China	East Asia
11	Tianjin	5,800,000[44]	Core districts + inner suburbs	2,057	2,820	China	East Asia
12	Singapore	4,839,400[45]	Country	701	6,904	Singapore	Southeast Asia
13	Chongqing	4,776,027[40]	Core districts	5,467.2	1,057	China	East Asia
14	Shenyang	4,101,197[40] (2006-12-31)	Core districts	3,495	1,173	China	East Asia
15	Yangon	4,088,000[46]	Urban agglomeration	598.75[47]	6,828	Myanmar	Southeast Asia
16	Yokohama	3,670,000[48]	City proper	437	8,398	Japan	East Asia
17	Busan	3,596,076[36]	Metropolitan City	765.66	4,697	South Korea	East Asia
18	Pyongyang	3,255,388[49]	Directly Governed City	3,194	1,019	North Korea	East Asia

See also

• Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China
• List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population
• List of cities in the People's Republic of China by GDP per capita
• List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan
• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• Cities of South Korea
• Cities of North Korea
• List of Japanese cities by population

Notes and references

1. There are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and Mainland China and the two areas are usually listed separately in other lists.
2. Includes 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; 246 km²).
3. Various 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.
4. The 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).
5. Includes satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province such as Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Bucheon and Ansan which are treated as separate urban agglomerations by the United Nations.
6. Includes 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).
7. Hong 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.
8. Includes Toyohashi.
9. The 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).
10. The 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).
11. Excludes 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.
12. Shanghai, 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.
13. Excludes urban area of Fushun (625,000; 104 km²).
14. Excludes urban area of Johor Bahru (860,000; 583 km²) in Malaysia.
15. Excludes urban areas of Acheng (300,000; 39 km²) and Shangzhi (250,000; 16 km²) within the sub-provincial city of Harbin.
16. Excludes 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).
17. Fukuoka 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).
19. The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.
20. http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf.
21. The population of the city is composed of population in all City Districts meeting the criteria such as "contiguous built-up area," being the location of the local government, being a Street or Having a Resident Committee.
22. Data include urban population in Daxing, Pinggu, and Huairou Districts.
23. Data refers to Metro Manila
24. The Statistics Bureau of Japan has provided the list of cities, towns and villages included in the urban agglomerations associated with the city of Osaka-Kobe for each census year from 1960 to 1990. The agglomeration of Osaka consisted of the densely inhabited districts of Osaka, 35 cities surrounding Osaka, Kobe and six cities surrounding Kobe.
25. Data include urban population in Jiangjin, Hechuan, Nanchuan, and Yongchuan Districts.
26. Data include urban population in Baodi District
27. Data for Hong Kong consist of the population of Hong Kong Island, New Kowloon, the new towns in New Territories, and the marine areas.
28. Data include urban population in Nanhai, Shunde, Shanshui, and Gaoming Districts.
29. Data include urban population in Xindu and Wenjiang Districts
30. Data include urban population in Chang'an District
31. Data include urban population in Jiangning and Liuhe Districts
32. Data include urban population in Hulan and Acheng Districts
33. Data include urban population in Xiaoshan and Yuhang Districts
34. Data include urban population in Chenghai, Chaonan, and Chaoyang Districts
35. Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2009, Total of permanent population (including "floating population"). Retrieved on 2009-07-17. Total population as of 2008-12-31 of the following districts (core city + inner suburbs): Pudong New Area, Huangpu, Luwan, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Baoshan, Minhang, and Jiading.
36. Thomas Brinkhoff, www.citypopulation.de; South Korea, The registered population of the South Korean provinces and urban municipalities Registered population 2008-12-31. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
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38. Statistics Bureau, Japan, Monthly Statistics, Population of Major Cities (excel-file) Archived 2013-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Population estimate on 2009-06-01.
39. Penduduk Provinsi DKI Jakarta: Penduduk Provinsi DKI Jakarta Januari 2008 (Demographics and Civil Records Service: Population of the Province of Jakarta January 2008) Archived 2012-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-25.
40. City and region database of Statistics Finland
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43. Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong; Population and Vital Events Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Estimated population on 2008-12-31. Including 'usual' and 'mobile' residents, but excluding temporary visitors.
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45. Statistics Singapore, Population (Mid-Year Estimates) Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-03. Estimated population on 2008-06-30, including Singapore residents plus non-residents. Population of Singapore citizens and residents was 3,642,700 on 2008-06-30.
46. United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
47. Third Regional EST Forum, Presentation of Myanmar. Retrieved 6 June 2009
48. Statistics Bureau, Japan, Monthly Statistics, Population of Major Cities (excel-file) Archived 2013-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Population estimate on 2009-07-01.
49. United Nations Statistics Division; Preliminary results of the 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted on 1-15 October 2008 (pdf-file) Archived 25 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-01.