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| Most Populous Cities In Asia |
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| Pudong district in Shanghai |
image: Leonard G. (license) |
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This is a list of the most heavily populated cities in Asia, as opposed to the most populous metropolitan or urban areas. This list includes 2009 population estimates for all of those who are defined as living within the 'city limits', or 'city boundary', and are based on a mixture of official and independent sources.
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City |
Country |
2009 Calculation [1] |
| 1 |
Shanghai |
China |
15,968,867 |
| 2 |
Bombay |
India |
13,922,125 |
| 3 |
Karāchi |
Pakistan |
12,827,927 |
| 4 |
Delhi |
India |
12,259,230 |
| 5 |
İstanbul |
Turkey |
11,755,536 |
| 6 |
Manila |
Philippines |
11,165,131 |
| 7 |
Dhāka |
Bangladesh |
10,468,510 |
| 8 |
Sŏul |
South Korea |
9,660,532 |
| 9 |
Tōkyō |
Japan |
8,704,569 |
| 10 |
Jakarta |
Indonesia |
8,579,263 |
| 11 |
Tehrān |
Iran |
8,250,882 |
| 12 |
Peking |
China |
7,817,968 |
| 13 |
Lahore |
Pakistan |
6,936,563 |
| 14 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
5,802,832 |
| 15 |
Bagdād |
Iraq |
5,337,684 |
| 16 |
Bangalore |
India |
5,310,318 |
| 17 |
Singapore |
Singapore |
5,237,334 |
| 18 |
Calcutta |
India |
5,080,519 |
| 19 |
Rangoon |
Burma |
4,994,082 |
| 20 |
Riyadh |
Saudi Arabia |
4,742,038 |
| 21 |
Madras |
India |
4,590,267 |
| 22 |
Chongqing |
China |
4,579,725 |
| 23 |
Xian |
China |
4,445,222 |
| 24 |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam |
4,431,656 |
| 25 |
Wuhan |
China |
4,303,340 |
| 26 |
Hyderabad |
India |
4,025,335 |
| 27 |
Ankara |
Turkey |
3,984,069 |
| 28 |
Chengdu |
China |
3,916,581 |
| 29 |
Ahmadābād |
India |
3,913,793 |
| 30 |
Chāţţagām |
Bangladesh |
3,761,337 |
| 31 |
Yokohama |
Japan |
3,676,188 |
| 32 |
Tianjin |
China |
3,666,320 |
| 33 |
Shenyang |
China |
3,543,444 |
| 34 |
Harbin |
China |
3,363,096 |
| 35 |
Pusan |
South Korea |
3,351,991 |
| 36 |
Pune |
India |
3,337,481 |
| 37 |
Nanjing |
China |
3,320,712 |
| 38 |
Sūrat |
India |
3,233,988 |
| 39 |
Pyŏngyang |
North Korea |
3,198,937 |
| 40 |
Jiddah |
Saudi Arabia |
3,160,961 |
| 41 |
Kānpur |
India |
3,144,267 |
| 42 |
Guangzhou |
China |
3,103,466 |
| 43 |
Jaipur |
India |
3,102,808 |
| 44 |
al-Mawşil |
Iraq |
2,803,999 |
| 45 |
Faisalābād |
Pakistan |
2,793,721 |
| 46 |
Taiyuan |
China |
2,786,596 |
| 47 |
İzmir |
Turkey |
2,758,707 |
| 48 |
Changchun |
China |
2,750,684 |
| 49 |
Lakhnau |
India |
2,685,528 |
| 50 |
Táiběi |
Taiwan |
2,655,423 |
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City |
Country |
2009 Calculation [1] |
| 51 |
Ōsaka |
Japan |
2,640,702 |
| 52 |
Inchŏn |
South Korea |
2,533,513 |
| 53 |
Mashhad |
Iran |
2,490,931 |
| 54 |
Taegu |
South Korea |
2,413,599 |
| 55 |
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
2,413,032 |
| 56 |
Nāgpur |
India |
2,403,239 |
| 57 |
Surabaya |
Indonesia |
2,336,843 |
| 58 |
Shijiazhuang |
China |
2,319,694 |
| 59 |
Changsha |
China |
2,267,008 |
| 60 |
Nagoya |
Japan |
2,253,979 |
| 61 |
Jinan |
China |
2,191,110 |
| 62 |
Dalian |
China |
2,158,193 |
| 63 |
Jilin |
China |
2,150,510 |
| 64 |
Tashkent |
Uzbekistan |
2,138,902 |
| 65 |
Nanchang |
China |
2,092,603 |
| 66 |
Zhengzhou |
China |
2,010,992 |
| 67 |
Bayrūt |
Lebanon |
2,006,452 |
| 68 |
Şan'ā |
Yemen |
1,976,081 |
| 69 |
Jiulong |
China |
1,942,641 |
| 70 |
Rāwalpindi |
Pakistan |
1,933,933 |
| 71 |
Sapporo |
Japan |
1,914,631 |
| 72 |
Hangzhou |
China |
1,908,556 |
| 73 |
Xinyang |
China |
1,903,764 |
| 74 |
al-Başrah |
Iraq |
1,871,994 |
| 75 |
Patna |
India |
1,814,012 |
| 76 |
Indore |
India |
1,811,513 |
| 77 |
Medan |
Indonesia |
1,772,833 |
| 78 |
Dubai |
United Arab Emirates |
1,770,533 |
| 79 |
Bhopāl |
India |
1,752,244 |
| 80 |
Thāna |
India |
1,739,697 |
| 81 |
Bekasi |
Indonesia |
1,724,003 |
| 82 |
Qingdao |
China |
1,713,708 |
| 83 |
Ludhiāna |
India |
1,701,212 |
| 84 |
Aleppo |
Syria |
1,693,803 |
| 85 |
Eşfahān |
Iran |
1,669,830 |
| 86 |
Āgra |
India |
1,638,209 |
| 87 |
Davao |
Philippines |
1,627,171 |
| 88 |
Tangshan |
China |
1,618,562 |
| 89 |
Damascus |
Syria |
1,614,297 |
| 90 |
Bandung |
Indonesia |
1,601,767 |
| 91 |
Urumqi |
China |
1,600,709 |
| 92 |
Multān |
Pakistan |
1,566,932 |
| 93 |
Pimpri |
India |
1,553,538 |
| 94 |
Suzhou |
China |
1,546,947 |
| 95 |
Hà Nội |
Vietnam |
1,546,508 |
| 96 |
Kōbe |
Japan |
1,544,215 |
| 97 |
Hyderabad |
Pakistan |
1,536,398 |
| 98 |
Bursa |
Turkey |
1,528,542 |
| 99 |
Gujrānwāla |
Pakistan |
1,526,168 |
| 100 |
Gāoxióng |
Taiwan |
1,525,999 |
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[1] "World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population" World Gazetteer - All statistics © Stefan Helders, www.world-gazetteer.com. Stefan Helders has been independently collating data relating to population statistics since 1998 on what is now known as the World Gazetteer website. According to Helders... "If possible, official data sources are used. In many cases however no official figures are available. In that case, secondary sources such as year books, encyclopediae, atlases etc. are used. I have also received data from other stats lovers". Along with another useful population statistics website called CityPopulation.de, Stefan Helders/World Gazetteer provides the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of population levels in the World's cities and metropolitan areas. |
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