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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)
In the United States, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). [9] In the Philippines, metropolitan areas have an official agency, such as Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which manages Manila metropolitan area. [10]
It is the second-largest single metropolitan area in the world in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at 8,547 km 2 (3,300 mi 2), behind only the New York City metropolitan area at 11,642 km 2 (4,495 mi 2). [5] With over US$2 trillion in GDP, Tokyo remains the second-largest metropolitan economy in the world, also behind New York.
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)
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 ...
The population figures refer in the most cases to the respective municipality within its political boundaries, excluding politically independent suburbs. For Chinese cities, the urban population (urban settlement) of the respective city is given at prefecture, county or district level, which usually include large rural areas.
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.
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 capitals by area