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.
List Bold represents largest city in country, Italic represents capital city.
City Nation Image Population City proper Metropolitan area Urban area Remarks Shanghai Beijing Karachi (2023) Guangzhou (2020) Mumbai (2024) (2011) (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. Shenzhen (2020) Delhi (2011) (2011) (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 Turkish Statistical Institute - Address Based Population Record System, 2015 Tokyo Metro Manila Lahore (2023) Bangkok Dhaka Suzhou Jakarta Seoul Ho Chi Minh City Bengaluru (2011) (2011) (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 Chongqing Nanjing Tehran Shenyang Hanoi Hong Kong SAR Baghdad Chennai (2011) (2011) (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. Changsha Wuhan Tianjin Hyderabad Faisalabad Foshan Districts of Changcheng, Nanhai, Shunde; see Foshan#Administration Zunyi Chittagong Riyadh Ahmedabad Singapore Shantou Ankara Yangon Chengdu Kolkata Xi'an Surat Vadodara All city proper districts except Sōngběi; namely Dàolǐ, Nángǎng, Dàowài, Píngfáng, Xiāngfang; see Harbin#Administrative divisions İzmir Zhengzhou Sub-provincial City (Census 2010) New Taipei City Yokohama Hangzhou Xiamen Quanzhou Following sections: Licheng District, Fengze District, Shishi City, Jinjiang City; see Quanzhou#Administrative divisions Busan Rawalpindi Jeddah Hyderabad Kabul Hefei Pyongyang 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) Retrieved on 2009-03-01. Peshawar Cebu Zhongshan Pune Jaipur Lucknow Wenzhou Incheon Quezon City Taichung Kaohsiung Surabaya Taipei Osaka Dubai 2,643,410 Bandung Daegu Nagpur Almaty 2,341,9003,000,000 Nagoya Baku 2,269,700 Phnom Penh 2,234,566 Kochi Taoyuan Medan Kuala Lumpur Sapporo Tainan Astana 1,642,738 1,650,000 Davao City Novosibirsk 1,612,833 Caloocan Kobe Yekaterinburg 1,501,652 Khulna Fukuoka Kyoto Kawasaki Shymkent 1,274,296 1,800,000 Omsk 1,154,116 Ranchi Chelyabinsk 1,202,371 Krasnoyarsk 1,090,811 Tbilisi 1,178,1001,485,293 Yerevan 1,081,8001,420,000
See also List of metropolitan areas in Asia
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