List of urban agglomerations in Asia

Tokyo

This is a list of urban agglomerations in Asia by population.[1] An urban area (built-up urban area or urban agglomeration) is fundamentally different from a metropolitan area. A metropolitan area is a labor market (and a housing market). It includes a principal built-up urban area (the largest built-up urban area in the metropolitan area) as well as economically connected rural areas (and smaller urban areas) to the outside.

Asia Rank World Rank Urban Area Country Population[1] Area (km2) Density (people/km2)
1 1 Tokyo  Japan 37,977,000 8,230 4,614
2 2 Jakarta  Indonesia 34,540,000 3,540 9,758
3 3 Delhi  India 29,617,000 2,232 13,269
4 4 Manila  Philippines 28,250,517 8,100 12,327
5 5 Mumbai  India 23,355,000 944 24,740
6 6 Shanghai  China 22,120,000 4,068 5,437
7 8 Seoul  South Korea 21,794,000 2,768 7,873
8 10 Guangzhou-Foshan  China 20,902,000 4,342 4,814
9 12 Beijing  China 19,433,000 4,172 4,658
10 14 Kolkata  India 17,560,000 1,351 12,994
11 16 Bangkok  Thailand 17,066,000 3,199 5,336
12 18 Shenzhen  China 15,929,000 1,803 8,836
13 19 Dhaka  Bangladesh 15,443,000 456 33,852
14 23 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto  Japan 14,977,000 3,019 4,961
15 24 Karachi  Pakistan 14,835,000 1,044 14,210
16 25 Bangalore  India 13,707,000 1,205 11,378
17 26 Tehran  Iran 13,633,000 1,704 8,002
18 28 Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam 13,312,000 1,638 8,127
19 29 Chennai  India 11,324,000 1,049 10,800
20 30 Chengdu  China 11,309,000 1,828 6,188
21 32 Lahore  Pakistan 11,021,000 853 12,916
22 35 Tianjin  China 10,800,000 2,813 3,839
23 37 Hyderabad  India 9,746,000 1,273 7,654
24 40 Nagoya  Japan 9,113,000 3,704 2,460
25 42 Wuhan  China 8,962,000 1,646 5,444
26 43 Taipei  Taiwan 8,918,000 1,076 8,289
27 45 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 8,285,000 2,162 3,833
28 46 Dongguan  China 7,981,000 1,755 4,546
29 47 Pune  India 7,764,000 649 11,956
30 48 Chongqing  China 7,739,000 1,537 5,036
31 50 Nanjing  China 7,496,000 1,613 4,649
32 51 Ahmedabad  India 7,410,000 359 20,622
33 52 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 7,347,000 291 25,254
34 55 Shenyang-Fushun  China 7,105,000 1,515 4,690
35 56 Bandung  Indonesia 7,065,000 487 14,510
36 58 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 6,881,000 1,672 4,115
37 61 Zhengzhou  China 6,765,000 1,656 4,085
38 63 Xi'an  China 6,680,000 1,094 6,105
39 64 Hanoi  Vietnam 6,576,000 963 6,828
40 65 Surabaya  Indonesia 6,499,000 911 7,131
41 68 Hangzhou  China 6,446,000 1,446 4,458
42 63 Quanzhou  China 6,345,000 2,090 3,036
43 70 Yangon  Myanmar 6,314,000 603 10,474
44 74 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 6,036,000 1,508 4,004
45 77 Qingdao  China 5,911,000 1,656 3,569
46 78 Surat  India 5,807,000 238 24,378
47 79 Baghdad  Iraq 5,796,000 693 8,365
  1. ^ a b "Demographia World Urban Areas, 14th Annual Edition" (PDF). April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.