List of metropolitan areas in Asia
List
Table:
Rank

Area

Image

Country

Metro
Population
(2017 est.)[1]

Demographia
(2017 est.)[2]

UN WC
(2016 est.)[3]

World
Atlas
(2017 est.)[4]

Official or
Other

Est. Year

1

Tokyo

Japan

39,800,000

37,900,000

38,140,000[5]

37,843,000

31,714,000[6]

2005

2

Jakarta

Indonesia

28,900,000

31,760,000

10,483,000[7]

30,539,000

15,519,545 [8]

2010 Census Final

3

Delhi

India

27,200,000

26,495,000

26,454,000[9]

24,998,000

11,034,555 [7][10]

2011

4

Seoul

South Korea

24,800,000

24,105,000

Seoul 9,979,000[7] Incheon 2,711,000[7]

23,480,000

24,272,000 [11]

2007

5

Shanghai

China

31,100,000[12]

23,390,000

24,484,000[7]

23,416,000

23,019,148[13]

2010

6

Manila

Philippines

24,100,000

24,245,000

13,131,000[9]

24,123,000

11,553,427[14]

2007

7

Mumbai

India

23,600,000

22,885,000

21,357,000[9]

17,712,000

17,800,000[15]

2001

8

Beijing

China
20,700,000

20,415,000

21,240,000[9]

21,009,000

19,612,368[16]

2010

9

Guangzhou-Foshan

China

48,600,000[17]

19,075,000

Guanzhou 13,070,000[9] Foshan 7,089,000[9]

20,597,000

12,700,800[18]

-

10

Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto

Japan

17,800,000

17,075,000

20,337,000[5]

17,440,000

16,663,000[6]

2005

11

Dhaka

Bangladesh

17,190,000

16,820,000

18,237,000[5]

15,669,000

12,797,394[19]

2008

12
Bangkok

Thailand
17,400,000
15,645,000
9,440,000[5]
14,998,000
8,249,117 [20]
2010

13

Kolkata

India

16,200,000

14,950,000

14,980,000[9]

14,667,000

-

-

14

Karachi

Pakistan

14,910,352

14,910,352

15,121,000[7]

16,123,000

-

-

15

Tehran

Iran

14,000,000

13,805,000

8,516,000[7]

13,532,000

13,422,366[21]

2006

16
Chongqing

China
7,200,000
7,990,000
13,744,000[9]
7,217,000
28,846,170[22][23]
2010

17
Tianjin

China
11,800,000
13,245,000
11,558,000[9]
10,920,000
12,938,224[24]
-

18

Shenzhen

China

included in Guangzhou

12,775,000

10,828,000

12,084,000[9]

10,357,938[25]

-

19

Chengdu

China

9,750,000

11,050,000

7,820,000[9]

10,376,000

-

-

20
Bangalore

India
10,800,000
10,535,000
10,456,000[9]
8,728,906
8,499,399
2011[26]

21
Lahore

Pakistan
10,500,000
10,666,000
8,990,000[9]
10,052,000
-
-

22
Nagoya

Japan
10,500,000
10,070,000
9,434,000[5]
10,177,000
9,046,000[6]
2005

23
Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam
8,310,000
10,380,000
7,498,000[9]
8,957,000
7,955,000
2014

24

Chennai

India

10,300,000

10,265,000

10,163,000[9]

9,714,000

8,696,010

2011[26]

25
Hyderabad

India
9,200,000
9,305,000
9,218,000[9]
8,754,000
-
-

26
Taipei

Taiwan
9,050,000
8,550,000
2,669,000[9]
7,438,000
8,916,653 [21]
2010

27

Hangzhou

China

8,450,000

6,820,000

-

7,275,000

-

-

28

Dongguan

China

Included in Guangzhou

8,310,000

7,469,000[9]

8,442,000

-

-

29
Wuhan

China
8,100,000
7,895,000
7,979,000[9]
7,509,000
9,785,392[27][28]
-

30
Shenyang
File:Shenyang ocra (cropped).jpg
China
7,800,000
7,935,000
6,438,000[9]
6,078,000
8,106,171[29]
-

31

Hanoi

File:West Hanoi.jpg

Vietnam

3,450,000

7,785,000

3,790,000[9]

3,715,000

-

-

32
Ahmedabad

India
7,650,000
7,645,000
7,571,000[9]
7,186,000
-
-

33
Kuala Lumpur
File:KL-Skyline Night HDR.JPG
Malaysia
6,800,000
7,590,000
7,047,000[9]
7,088,000
1,768.00 [30][31]
2015

34
Hong Kong

Hong Kong
7,300,000
7,330,000
-
7,246,000[9]
7,246,000
-

35

Nanjing

China

7,050,000

6,320,000

-

6,155,000

-

-

36

Zhengzhou-Xingyang

File:Zhengzhou East Railway Area.jpg

China

4,800,000

7,005,000

4,539,000[9]

4,942,000

-

-

37

Baghdad

Iraq

7,000,000

6,960,000

6,811,000[9]

6,625,000

-

-

38

Singapore

Singapore

6,950,000

5,825,000

5,717,000[9]

5,624,000

5,607,300 [32]

2017

39

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

6,900,000

6,030,000

6,540,000[7]

5,666,000

6,506,000

2014

40

Quanzhou-Shishi-Jinjiang

China

Included in Xiamen [33]

6,480,000

1,469,000[9]

6,710,000

-

-

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