Asia - Top 100+ Urban Areas by Population
Population data courtesy of the United Nations Statistics Division and is by urban area as defined by each member country in Asia (for specific city data, see our ranking by city). Data is as of 2010 estimates.
| Rank | Urban Area | Country | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315. | Cuttack | India | 590,000 | |
| 319. | Warangal | India | 577,000 | |
| 320. | Gorakhpur | India | 575,000 | |
| 328. | Jamnagar | India | 560,000 | |
| 338. | Mangalore | India | 539,000 | |
| 343. | Amravati | India | 525,000 | |
| 344. | Bikaner | India | 525,000 | |
| 348. | Bhavnagar | India | 518,000 | |
| 354. | Pondicherry | India | 509,000 | |
| 355. | Belgaum | India | 506,000 | |
| 363. | Guntur | India | 500,000 | |
| 364. | Kolhapur | India | 500,000 | |
| 365. | Tellicherry | India | 500,000 | |
| 379. | Asansol | India | 486,000 | |
| 126. | Kochi | India | 1,610,000 | |
| 129. | N_sik | India | 1,590,000 | |
| 143. | Benares | India | 1,430,000 | |
| 152. | Visakhapatnam | India | 1,330,000 | |
| 163. | Srinagar | India | 1,220,000 | |
| 168. | Bhilai | India | 1,170,000 | |
| 200. | Tiruchchir_ppalli | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 201. | Calicut | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 214. | Dh_rw_d | India | 950,000 | |
| 229. | Bhubaneshwar | India | 910,000 | |
| 341. | Dehradun | India | 530,000 | |
| 362. | Bok_ro | India | 500,000 | |
| 4. | Jakarta | Indonesia | 21,700,000 | |
| 29. | Bandung | Indonesia | 5,950,000 | |
| 47. | Surabaya | Indonesia | 3,500,000 | |
| 99. | Medan | Indonesia | 2,125,000 | |
| 157. | Semarang | Indonesia | 1,300,000 | |
| 161. | Palembang | Indonesia | 1,240,000 | |
| 262. | Malang | Indonesia | 790,000 | |
| 286. | Padang | Indonesia | 675,000 | |
| 357. | Banjarmasin | Indonesia | 505,000 | |
| 366. | Denpasar | Indonesia | 500,000 | |
| 367. | Samarinda | Indonesia | 500,000 | |
| 158. | Makassar | Indonesia | 1,300,000 | |
| 206. | Batam | Indonesia | 1,000,000 | |
| 256. | Bandar Lampung | Indonesia | 800,000 | |
| 266. | Pekanbaru | Indonesia | 770,000 | |
| 21. | Tehran | Iran | 7,225,000 | |
| 83. | Karaj | Iran | 2,328,000 | |
| 119. | Esfahan | Iran | 1,725,000 | |
| 139. | Tabriz | Iran | 1,475,000 | |
| 159. | Shiraz | Iran | 1,300,000 | |
| 191. | Ahvaz | Iran | 1,050,000 | |
| 197. | Qom | Iran | 1,025,000 | |
| 251. | Kermanshah | Iran | 825,000 | |
| 329. | Zahedan | Iran | 560,000 | |
| 332. | Rasht | Iran | 550,000 | |
| 352. | Kerman | Iran | 510,000 | |
| 69. | Mashhad | Iran | 2,650,000 | |
| 292. | Esl_m Shahr | Iran | 652,000 | |
| 318. | Urmia | Iran | 580,000 | |
| 30. | Baghdad | Iraq | 5,890,000 | |
| 141. | Mosul | Iraq | 1,450,000 | |
| 204. | Erbil | Iraq | 1,000,000 | |
| 222. | Al Basrah | Iraq | 920,000 | |
| 368. | Kirkuk | Iraq | 500,000 | |
| 248. | As Sulaymaniyah | Iraq | 840,000 | |
| 51. | Tel Aviv | Israel | 3,270,000 | |
| 194. | Haifa | Israel | 1,040,000 | |
| 264. | Jerusalem | Israel | 780,000 | |
| 1. | Tokyo-Yokohama | Japan | 36,650,000 | |
| 8. | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto | Japan | 17,000,000 | |
| 17. | Nagoya | Japan | 10,025,000 | |
| 70. | Sapporo | Japan | 2,650,000 | |
| 73. | Fukuoka | Japan | 2,550,000 | |
| 104. | Kitakyushu | Japan | 2,000,000 | |
| 154. | Sendai | Japan | 1,330,000 | |
| 155. | Hiroshima | Japan | 1,325,000 | |
| 207. | Hamamatsu | Japan | 1,000,000 | |
| 212. | Naha | Japan | 970,000 | |
| 259. | Niigata | Japan | 800,000 | |
| 265. | Otsu | Japan | 775,000 | |
| 278. | Fuji | Japan | 710,000 | |
| 281. | Shizuoka | Japan | 700,000 | |
| 288. | Kumamoto | Japan | 675,000 | |
| 296. | Okayama | Japan | 650,000 | |
| 321. | Kanazawa | Japan | 575,000 | |
| 322. | Nagano | Japan | 575,000 | |
| 337. | Kagoshima | Japan | 540,000 | |
| 345. | Matsuyama | Japan | 525,000 | |
| 369. | Fukuyama | Japan | 500,000 | |
| 370. | Mito | Japan | 500,000 | |
| 371. | Utsunomiya | Japan | 500,000 | |
| 85. | Amman | Jordan | 2,300,000 | |
| 147. | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1,380,000 | |
| 346. | Astana | Kazakhstan | 525,000 | |
| 372. | Qaraghandy | Kazakhstan | 500,000 | |
| 353. | Shymkent | Kazakhstan | 510,000 | |
| 87. | Kuwait | Kuwait | 2,300,000 | |
| 242. | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 860,000 | |
| 250. | Vientiane | Laos | 830,000 | |
| 108. | Beirut | Lebanon | 1,940,000 | |
| 34. | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 5,100,000 | |
| 300. | Ipoh | Malaysia | 625,000 | |
| 134. | Johor Bahru | Malaysia | 1,500,000 | |
| 142. | Penang | Malaysia | 1,450,000 |
