List of metropolitan areas in Asia

This is a list of metropolitan areas in Asia with the largest population according to several sources. The Asian continent is one of the fastest-growing continents in the World, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo in Japan is the world's largest metropolitan area by population. Many other cities, such as Karachi, Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Manila and Bangkok are important metropolises.

The population of the given cities are obtained from five different sources:

• The World Gazetteer
• City Population
• Demographia
• United Nations World Urbanisation Prospects
• National Official Estimate (NOE)

Out of these five sources, the highest estimate is shown in bold. The cities are ranked on the basis of their highest estimate of population.

The table is color-coded to show which region of Asia each city is in. The color-code key is as follows:

East Asia   South Asia   Southeast Asia

With 14 cities, East Asia accounts for the largest number of cities under this list. South Asia, with 11 cities, comes second. Southeast Asia accounts for five cities.

Rank	Metropolitan area	Metropolitan Area Image	Country	World Gazetteer (2010 est.)	City Population (2009 est.)	Demographia (2009 est.)	UN WUP (2007 est.)	Official or Other	Est. Year
1	Tokyo	200px	Japan	37,730,064	33,800,000	34,670,000	35,676,000	31,714,000	2005
2	Karachi		Pakistan	25,205,339	25,000,000	23,665,000	21,130,000	20,800,000	2015
3	Seoul		South Korea	22,692,652	23,900,000	19,670,000	9,796,000	24,472,000	2007
4	Shanghai		China	18,572,816	17,900,000	14,655,000	14,987,000	23,019,148	2010
5	Delhi	200px	India	46,049,032	46,049,032	19,830,000	15,926,000	17,076,000	2008
6	Mumbai		India	21,900,967	22,300,000	20,400,000	18,978,000	17,800,000	2001
7	Manila	200px	Philippines	20,654,307	19,200,000	20,075,000	11,100,000	11,553,427	2007
8	Beijing		China	12,522,839	13,200,000	12,780,000	11,106,000	19,612,368	2010
9	Osaka	200px	Japan	17,409,585	16,700,000	17,310,000	11,294,000	16,663,000	2005
10	Kolkata		India	15,644,040	16,000,000	15,250,000	14,787,000	-	-
11	Jakarta		Indonesia	13,231,919	15,100,000	9,645,000	9,125,000	15,519,545	2010 Census Final
12	Guangzhou		China	5,745,024	15,300,000	11,850,000	8,829,000	12,700,800	-
13	Dhaka		Bangladesh	14,327,157	13,100,000	10,190,000	13,485,000	12,797,394	2008
14	Chennai		India	7,663,922	10,000,000	7,400,000	8,865,000	8,696,010	2011
15	Shenzhen		China	-	9,400,000	14,230,000	7,581,000	10,357,938	-
16	Tehran		Iran	13,236,489	12,500,000	8,110,000	7,873,000	13,422,366	2006
17	Bangkok		Thailand	10,132,974	8,750,000	8,330,000	6,704,000	6,825,956	2006
18	Nagoya		Japan	8,852,544	8,300,000	9,285,000	3,230,000	9,046,000	2005
19	Bengaluru	200px	India	6,783,825	9,250,000	7,030,000	8,670,000	8,499,399	2011
20	Hong Kong		China	9,222,709	7,200,000	7,000,000	7,206,000	-	-
21	Wuhan		China	4,731,497	9,000,000	5,185,000	7,243,000	9,785,392	-
22	Taipei		Taiwan	8,511,055	6,750,000	6,610,000	-	8,916,653	2010
23	Lahore		Pakistan	7,129,609	8,300,000	9,600,000	8,376,000	9,600,000	2014
24	Tianjin		China	6,426,104	8,200,000	8,340,000	7,180,000	12,938,224	-
25	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	8,063,230	4,700,000	5,715,000	-	4,525,000	2007
26	Chongqing		China	7,784,922	6,350,000	2,990,000	6,461,000	28,846,170	-
27	Hyderabad	200px	India	6,383,850	7,350,000	6,815,000	6,376,000	-	-
28	Ho Chi Minh City		Vietnam	5,381,158	5,650,000	7,005,000	5,314,000	7,955,000	2014
29	Shenyang		China	6,618,933	5,150,000	4,965,000	4,787,000	8,106,171	-
30	Ahmedabad		India	5,413,622	5,800,000	5,265,000	5,375,000	-	-	-
31	Rawalpindi-Islamabad		Pakistan	2,344,701	3,600,000	-	-	4,500,000	2011
32	Kathmandu		Nepal	3,500,000	5,000,000	5,000,000	5,000,000	-	-

See also

• List of metropolitan areas by population