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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.
Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor Dhaka Bangladesh 6,594,962 (2013) North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam. South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. Islamabad Pakistan 1,330,000 (2011)
List of countries whose capital is not their largest city; List of capitals outside the territories they serve; List of national capitals by latitude; List of countries and dependencies by population; List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants; List of population concern organizations; List of national capitals; List of national ...
Asia is one of the world's fastest-growing continents, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo, in Japan, is the world's largest metropolitan area by population. The populations of the given cities are obtained from five sources: Cities; World Atlas; National Official Estimate (NOE)
The list contains all the cities with the administrative designation of "national central city" (国家中心城市) and "sub-provincial city" (副省级城市) – including five "cities with independent planning status" (计划单列市) and ten large "provincial capital cities" (省会城市), as well as some large "special economic zones" (经济特区城市), "open coastal cities ...
Rank Metropolitan area Country Region Population 1: Southern China Coast Megalopolis (Pearl River Delta-Chaoshan-Xiamen-Quanzhou-Fuzhou)China: East Asia: 200,000,000 2: Java Island (Jakarta-Surabaya-Bandung-Semarang-Surakarta-Yogyakarta-Malang)
Ranking Name Image Country Population Year (Census or Estimate) 1 Manila Philippines 14,942,000: 2020C 2 Jakarta Indonesia 10,562,088: 2020C 3 Bangkok Thailand 9,034,000: 2021E
Asia 2021 [8] Municipal corporation: Tokyo Japan 14,047,594 Asia 2020 [9] Metropolitan Prefecture: Chengdu China 13,568,357 Asia 2020 [1] Sub-provincial City (urban) Mumbai India 13,127,825 Asia 2021 [10] [2] Municipal corporation: Moscow Russia 13,010,112 Europe 2021 [11] Federal city: Lahore Pakistan 13,004,135 Asia 2023 [12] Metropolitan ...