List of Asian cities by population within city limits

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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.

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City Nation Image Population
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
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]
Izmir
  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

See also

Notes

  1. Fuyang
    (450,000; 49 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Hangzhou are also excluded.
  2. Boundaries between the continents of Earth
    .
  3. ^
    Boundaries between the continents of Earth
    .
  4. ^ Sum of the 2014 population estimates for the "urban-function core district" and "urban-function extended district" of Chongqing, which were 3,677,600 and 4,512,200 respectively.[34] See also the next note.
  5. Metropolitan Manila
  6. Boundaries between the continents of Earth
    .
  7. ^
    Boundaries between the continents of Earth
    .
  8. Metropolitan Davao
    .
  9. ^
    Boundaries between the continents of Earth
    .
  10. Metropolitan Manila
  11. ^ Kyoto and Kobe are both part of the Keihanshin, centered on Osaka.
  12. ^ Kyoto and Kobe are both part of the Keihanshin, centered on Osaka.
  13. Boundaries between the continents of Earth
    .

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