rank              city                population                      definition      country
0      1          shanghai                  13831900  core districts + inner suburbs        china
1      2             seoul                  10456034                    special city  south korea
2      3           beijing                  10123000  core districts + inner suburbs        china
3      4             tokyo                   8795000           23 special wards area        japan
4      5           jakarta                   8489910        special capital district    indonesia
5      6             wuhan  8001541 (2006 - 12 - 31)                  core districts        china
6      7  ho chi minh city                   7123340   province - level municipality      vietnam
7      8           bangkok                   7025000             administrative area     thailand
8      9         hong kong                   7008900            the entire territory    hong kong
9     10         guangzhou  6172839 (2006 - 12 - 31)                  core districts        china
10    11           tianjin                   5800000  core districts + inner suburbs        china
11    12         singapore                   4839400                         country    singapore
12    13         chongqing                   4776027                  core districts        china
13    14          shenyang  4101197 (2006 - 12 - 31)                  core districts        china
14    15            yangon                   4088000             urban agglomeration        burma
15    16          yokohama                   3670000                     city proper        japan
16    17             busan                   3596076               metropolitan city  south korea
17    18         pyongyang                   3255388          directly governed city  north korea

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