Asia - Top 100+ Cities by Population
Population data by city is the population of the city itself, not the metro area (for specific metro area data, see our ranking by metro area). Data is as of 2011 estimates.
| Rank | City | Country | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shanghai | China | 14,608,512 | |
| 2. | Mumbai | India | 12,691,836 | |
| 3. | Karachi | Pakistan | 11,624,219 | |
| 4. | İstanbul | Turkey | 11,174,257 | |
| 5. | Delhi | India | 10,927,986 | |
| 6. | Manila | Philippines | 10,444,527 | |
| 7. | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 10,356,500 | |
| 8. | Seoul | South Korea | 10,349,312 | |
| 9. | Jakarta | Indonesia | 8,540,121 | |
| 10. | Tokyo | Japan | 8,336,599 | |
| 11. | Zhumadian | China | 8,263,100 | |
| 12. | Taipei | Taiwan | 7,871,900 | |
| 13. | Beijing | China | 7,480,601 | |
| 14. | Tehrān | Iran | 7,153,309 | |
| 15. | Nanchong | China | 7,150,000 | |
| 16. | Hong Kong | China | 7,012,738 | |
| 17. | Lahore | Pakistan | 6,310,888 | |
| 18. | Baghdad | Iraq | 5,672,513 | |
| 19. | Tai’an | China | 5,499,000 | |
| 20. | Bangkok | Thailand | 5,104,476 | |
| 21. | Bangalore | India | 5,104,047 | |
| 22. | Yueyang | China | 5,000,000 | |
| 23. | Kaifeng | China | 4,800,000 | |
| 24. | Kolkata | India | 4,631,392 | |
| 25. | Yangon | Myanmar | 4,477,638 | |
| 26. | Chennai | India | 4,328,063 | |
| 27. | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 4,205,961 | |
| 28. | Wuhan | China | 4,184,206 | |
| 29. | Chongqing | China | 3,967,028 | |
| 30. | Chengdu | China | 3,950,437 | |
| 31. | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 3,920,222 | |
| 32. | Tianjin | China | 3,766,207 | |
| 33. | Ahmadābād | India | 3,719,710 | |
| 34. | Pusan | South Korea | 3,678,555 | |
| 35. | Hyderābād | India | 3,597,816 | |
| 36. | Puyang | China | 3,590,000 | |
| 37. | Yokohama-shi | Japan | 3,574,443 | |
| 38. | Singapore | Singapore | 3,547,809 | |
| 39. | Ankara | Turkey | 3,517,182 | |
| 40. | Shenyang | China | 3,512,192 | |
| 41. | Hồ Chí Minh City | Vietnam | 3,467,331 | |
| 42. | Shiyan | China | 3,460,000 | |
| 43. | Harbin | China | 3,229,883 | |
| 44. | Xi’an | China | 3,225,812 | |
| 45. | Pyongyang | North Korea | 3,222,000 | |
| 46. | Lanzhou | China | 3,200,000 | |
| 47. | Guangzhou | China | 3,152,825 | |
| 48. | Nanjing | China | 3,087,010 | |
| 49. | Kabul | Afghanistan | 3,043,532 | |
| 50. | Shenzhen | China | 3,000,000 | |
| 51. | Pune | India | 2,935,744 | |
| 52. | Sūrat | India | 2,894,504 | |
| 53. | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 2,867,446 | |
| 54. | Kānpur | India | 2,823,249 | |
| 55. | Taiyuan | China | 2,722,475 | |
| 56. | Jaipur | India | 2,711,758 | |
| 57. | Incheon | South Korea | 2,628,000 | |
| 58. | Yunfu | China | 2,612,800 | |
| 59. | Al Başrah | Iraq | 2,600,000 | |
| 60. | Ōsaka-shi | Japan | 2,592,413 | |
| 61. | Taegu | South Korea | 2,566,540 | |
| 62. | Changchun | China | 2,537,421 | |
| 63. | Faisalābād | Pakistan | 2,506,595 | |
| 64. | İzmir | Turkey | 2,500,603 | |
| 65. | Zhongshan | China | 2,493,400 | |
| 66. | Lucknow | India | 2,472,011 | |
| 67. | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2,374,658 | |
| 68. | Mashhad | Iran | 2,307,177 | |
| 69. | Nāgpur | India | 2,228,018 | |
| 70. | Raigarh Fort | India | 2,207,929 | |
| 71. | Nagoya-shi | Japan | 2,191,279 | |
| 72. | Changsha | China | 2,073,938 | |
| 73. | Jinan | China | 2,069,266 | |
| 74. | Mosul | Iraq | 2,065,597 | |
| 75. | Dalian | China | 2,035,307 | |
| 76. | Al Baṣrah | Iraq | 2,015,483 | |
| 77. | Zhengzhou | China | 2,014,125 | |
| 78. | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 2,000,900 | |
| 79. | Shijiazhuang | China | 1,992,474 | |
| 80. | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 1,978,028 | |
| 81. | Sanaa | Yemen | 1,937,451 | |
| 82. | Beirut | Lebanon | 1,916,100 | |
| 83. | Sapporo-shi | Japan | 1,883,027 | |
| 84. | Jilin | China | 1,881,977 | |
| 85. | Hangzhou | China | 1,878,129 | |
| 86. | Nanchang | China | 1,871,351 | |
| 87. | Indore | India | 1,837,041 | |
| 88. | Medan | Indonesia | 1,750,971 | |
| 89. | Rāwalpindi | Pakistan | 1,743,101 | |
| 90. | Bandung | Indonesia | 1,699,719 | |
| 91. | Qingdao | China | 1,642,245 | |
| 92. | Aleppo | Syria | 1,602,264 | |
| 93. | Patna | India | 1,599,920 | |
| 94. | Bhopāl | India | 1,599,914 | |
| 95. | Tangshan | China | 1,596,949 | |
| 96. | Xinyang | China | 1,590,668 | |
| 97. | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 1,573,544 | |
| 98. | Damascus | Syria | 1,569,394 | |
| 99. | Eşfahān | Iran | 1,547,164 | |
| 100. | Ludhiāna | India | 1,545,368 |
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