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]
Tokyo  Japan 13,513,734[16] 37,843,000 36,923,000[17]
Metro Manila  Philippines 13,484,462[18] 28,250,517[18] 27,123,000
Lahore  Pakistan 13,004,135[19](2023) 10,355,000
Bangkok  Thailand 10,539,415[20] 14,998,000 8,305,218[21]
Dhaka  Bangladesh

10,295,786[22]
Suzhou  China 10,650,501[23]
Jakarta  Indonesia 10,075,310[24] 30,539,000 30,075,310[25]
Seoul  South Korea 10,010,784[26] 12,700,000 25,520,000[27]
Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam 8,993,082[28] 21,281,639[28]
Bengaluru  India 8,443,675[29] (2011) 9,621,551[30] (2011) 11,695,110[31] (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[32]
Chongqing  China 8,189,800[d] 18,384,100[34]
Nanjing  China 8,187,828[35]
Tehran  Iran 8,154,051[36] 13,532,000 14,595,904[37]
Shenyang  China 8,106,171[38]
Hanoi  Vietnam 8,053,663[28] 17,067,480[28]
Hong Kong  Hong Kong SAR 7,298,600[39] 7,331,699[40]
Baghdad  Iraq 7,180,889[41]
Chennai  India 4,646,732[42][43] (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][43]
Changsha  China 7,044,118
Wuhan  China 6,886,253[44]
Tianjin  China 6,859,779[45] 10,920,000
Hyderabad  India 6,809,970[46] 7,749,334[46]
Faisalabad  Pakistan 6,480,765[47] 3,675,000
Foshan  China 6,151,622[48][49]
Zunyi  China 6,127,009
Chittagong  Bangladesh 6,025,985[50] 8,440,000[51]
Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 5,676,621[52]
Ahmedabad  India 5,570,585[46] 6,352,254[46]
Singapore  Singapore 5,535,000[53]
Shantou  China 5,391,028[54]
Ankara  Turkey[c] 5,271,000[15] 4,585,000[15] 4,919,000[15]
Yangon  Myanmar 5,214,000[55]
Chengdu  China 4,741,929[56] 10,376,000
Kolkata  India 4,486,679[46] 14,667,000 14,617,882[46]
Xi'an  China 4,467,837[57]
Surat  India 4,462,002[46]
Vadodara  India 4,280,701[58][59]
İzmir  Turkey[c] 4,168,000[15] 3,019,000[15] 3,575,000[15]
Zhengzhou  China 4,122,087[60]
New Taipei City  Taiwan 4,000,164[61]
Yokohama  Japan 3,726,167[16]
Hangzhou  China 3,560,391[62]
Xiamen  China 3,531,347[63]
Quanzhou  China 3,520,846[64]
Busan  South Korea 3,510,833[27]
Rawalpindi  Pakistan 3,510,000[citation needed]
Jeddah  Saudi Arabia 3,456,259[65]
Hyderabad  Pakistan 3,429,471[66]
Kabul  Afghanistan 3,414,100[67]
Hefei  China 3,352,076[68]
Pyongyang  North Korea 3,255,388[69]
Peshawar  Pakistan 3,201,000[citation needed]
Cebu  Philippines 3,164,337[18] 3,325,385[18]
Zhongshan  China 3,121,275[70]
Pune  India 3,115,431[46]
Jaipur  India 3,073,350[46]
Lucknow  India 3,001,475[46] 6,500,000[46]
Wenzhou  China 3,039,439[71]
Incheon  South Korea 2,978,367[72]
Quezon City  Philippines 2,936,116[73][e]
Taichung  Taiwan 2,809,004
Kaohsiung  Taiwan 2,773,229[74]
Surabaya  Indonesia 2,765,487[75] 7,302,283
Taipei  Taiwan 2,704,974 7,045,488[76]
Osaka  Japan 2,691,742[16] 19,341,976[17] 17,444,000
Dubai  United Arab Emirates 2,643,410
Bandung  Indonesia 2,575,478 6,965,655
Daegu  South Korea 2,492,994[77]
Nagpur  India 2,405,665[citation needed] 2,497,870
Almaty Kazakhstan[f] 2,341,900 3,000,000
Nagoya  Japan 2,296,014[16] 9,107,414[17] 10,177,000
Baku  Azerbaijan[g]
2,269,700[78]
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[79] 8,455,029[80]
Sapporo  Japan 1,918,096[16] 2,584,880
Tainan  Taiwan 1,883,078
Astana Kazakhstan[f]
1,642,738 1,650,000
Davao City  Philippines 1,632,991[81] 2,516,216[h]
Novosibirsk  Russia[i]
1,612,833
Caloocan  Philippines 1,583,978[73][j]
Kobe  Japan 1,536,499[16][k]
Yekaterinburg  Russia[i]
1,501,652[82]
Khulna  Bangladesh 1,500,689[83]
Fukuoka  Japan 1,483,052[16] 5,590,378
Kyoto  Japan 1,474,570[16][l]
Kawasaki  Japan 1,437,266[16]
Shymkent Kazakhstan[f]
1,274,296 1,800,000
Omsk  Russia[i]
1,154,116
Ranchi  India 1,126,741[46]
Chelyabinsk  Russia[i]
1,202,371
Krasnoyarsk  Russia[i]
1,090,811
Tbilisi  Georgia[m]
1,178,100[citation needed] 1,485,293
Yerevan  Armenia
1,081,800[84] 1,420,000
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Bhutan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Changzhou, Shaoxing, and urban area of Zhangjiaggang-Jiangyin within the prefecture-level cities of Suzhou and Wuxi are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Yangtze River Delta economic zone. Huai'an (1,856,000; 148 km2), Xuzhou (1,246,000; 233 km2), Nantong (1,036,000; 233 km2), Lianyungang (985,000; 155 km2), Zhenjiang (983,000; 168 km2), Yancheng (797,000; 207 km2), Huzhou (690,000; 111 km2), Taizhou (in Jiangsu Province; 300,000; 117 km2) and Suqian (220,000; 36 km2), as well as urban areas of Yangzhou (1,593,000; 233 km2) and Gaoyou (180,000; 39 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou, urban areas of Kunshan (1,596,000; 492 km2), Changshu (1,139,000; 285 km2) and Taicang (523,000; 117 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Suzhou, urban areas of Cixi (1,200,000; 298 km2) and Yuyao (650,000; 122 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Ningbo, urban areas of Jiaxing (1,044,000; 259 km2) and Tongxiang (510,000; 52 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing, urban areas of Wenling (510,000; 52 km2), Jiaojiang (375,000; 41 km2) and Huangyan (200,000; 34 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Taizhou (in Zhejiang Province), urban areas of Zhuji (500,000; 117 km2) and Shangyu (400,000; 158 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, urban areas of Yiwu-Dongyang (925,000; 233 km2), Jinhua (520,000; 186 km2), Yongkang (500,000; 223 km2), Dongyang (260,000; 104 km2) and Lanxi (220,000; 34 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Jinhua, and urban area of Fuyang (450,000; 49 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Hangzhou are also excluded.
  2. [b]
    Istanbul is a transcontinental city straddling Eurasia. The majority of its residents live in the commercial and historical centre on the European side, and about a third of its population lives in suburbs on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth.
  3. [c]
    Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth.
  4. [d]
    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.[33] See also the next note.
  5. [e]
    Quezon City and Caloocan are both under the administration of Metropolitan Manila
  6. [f]
    Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia, with the most western parts of it in Eastern Europe, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth.
  7. [g]
    Azerbaijan is a transcontinental country located in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth.
  8. [h]
    Davao City and its neighbouring cities and towns are all under part of Metropolitan Davao.
  9. [i]
    Russia is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, but is considered European historically, culturally, ethnically, and politically, and the vast majority of its population (78%) lives in the European part of the country, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth.
  10. [j]
    Quezon City and Caloocan are both under the administration of Metropolitan Manila
  11. [k]
    Kyoto and Kobe are both part of the Keihanshin, centered on Osaka.
  12. [l]
    Kyoto and Kobe are both part of the Keihanshin, centered on Osaka.
  13. [m]
    Georgia is a transcontinental country located in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth.

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