list of cities in the far east by population 

Statements about this table:
the province - level municipality of ho chi minh city rank 7.0
the core district + inner suburb of beijing rank 3.0 and have a population of 1012300
12.0 rank have a population of 3670000
7.0 rank for the administrative area
3.0 rank be urban agglomeration + city proper and have a population of 1012300
rank
city
population
definition
country
1
shanghai
13831900
core districts + inner suburbs
china
2
seoul
10456034
special city
south korea
3
beijing
10123000
core districts + inner suburbs
china
4
tokyo
8795000
23 special wards area
japan
5
jakarta
8489910
special capital district
indonesia
6
wuhan
8001541 (2006 - 12 - 31)
core districts
china
rank
city
population
definition
country
7
ho chi minh city
7123340
province - level municipality
vietnam
8
bangkok
7025000
administrative area
thailand
9
hong kong
7008900
the entire territory
hong kong
10
guangzhou
6172839 (2006 - 12 - 31)
core districts
china
11
tianjin
5800000
core districts + inner suburbs
china
12
singapore
4839400
country
singapore
rank
city
population
definition
country
13
chongqing
4776027
core districts
china
14
shenyang
4101197 (2006 - 12 - 31)
core districts
china
15
yangon
4088000
urban agglomeration
burma
16
yokohama
3670000
city proper
japan
17
busan
3596076
metropolitan city
south korea
18
pyongyang
3255388
directly governed city
north korea