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Largest megalopolis areas

Main article: Megalopolis
Rank Metropolitan area Country Region Population
1 Southern China Coast Megalopolis (Pearl River Delta -Chaoshan-Xiamen-Quanzhou-Fuzhou) China East Asia 200,000,000
2 Java Island (Jakarta-Surabaya-Bandung-Semarang-Surakarta-Yogyakarta-Malang) Indonesia Southeast Asia 145,000,000
3 Yangtze River Delta China East Asia 100,000,000
4 Taiheiyō Belt Japan East Asia 84,000,000
5 (Bengal Megalopolis) Kolkata-Khulna-Dhaka-Chittagong India, Bangladesh South Asia 60,000,000
6 Beijing–Tianjin (Hebei's cities cluster) China East Asia 39,710,000
7 Mega Manila (Metro Manila–Laguna–Cavite–Rizal–Bulacan–Metro Clark–Lucena–Batangas City–Cabanatuan–Olongapo) Philippines Southeast Asia 35,000,000
8 Incheon–Seoul–Daejon–Daegu–Busan South Korea East Asia 32,890,000
9 Mumbai-Pune-Nashik India South Asia 30,000,000
10 Delhi-Gurgaon-Noida-Ghaziabad India South Asia 26,000,000
12 Greater Bangkok–Chon Buri-Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand Southeast Asia 20,000,000
13 (West coast of Taiwan) Taipei-Taichung-Kaohsiung Taiwan East Asia 18,000,000

Largest metropolitan areas

Main article: List of metropolitan areas by population
Rank Metropolitan area Country Region Population Area (km²) Population Density (People/km²)
1 Greater Tokyo Japan East Asia 32,450,000 8,014 4,049
2 Jakarta Indonesia Southeast Asia 31,650,000 6,342 4,990
3 Manila Philippines Southeast Asia 28,250,517 7,967 9,200
4 Seoul South Korea East Asia 20,550,000 5,076 4,048
5 Mumbai India South Asia 20,900,000 8,100 2,580
6 Shanghai China East Asia 16,650,000 5,177 3,216
7 Hong Kong-Shenzhen China East Asia 15,800,000 3,051 5,179
8 Beijing China East Asia 12,500,000 6,562 1,905

Largest urban areas ranked by 2010 population

Main article: List of urban areas by population
Rank City Country Region Population Area (km²) Density (km²) Sources of

Pop. / Area

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1 Tokyo–Yokohama Japan East Asia 35,200,000 7,835 4,100 C / B
2 Jakarta Indonesia Southeast Asia 22,000,000 2,720 8,500 F / B
3 Manila Philippines Southeast Asia 20,795,000 1,425 14,600 C / B
4 Seoul–Incheon South Korea East Asia 19,910,000 1,943 10,200 C / B
5 Shanghai China East Asia 18,400,000 2,396 6,300 C / B
6 Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto Japan East Asia 17,320,000 2,720 5,300 C / B

7 Shenzhen China East Asia 14,470,000 1,295 10,200 F / B
8 Beijing China East Asia 13,955,000 2,616 4,200 C / B
9 Guangzhou–Foshan China East Asia 13,245,000 2,590 6,700 E / B
10 Dongguan China East Asia 10,525,00 1,295 7,600 F / B
11 Nagoya Japan East Asia 10,025,000 3,302 C / B
12 Taipei-New Taipei-Keelung-Taoyuan Taiwan East Asia 9,272,082 3,678 2,521 D / B
13 Bangkok Thailand Southeast Asia 8,250,000 1,502 2,500 C / B
14 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Southeast Asia 7,785,000 609 9,200 E / B
15 Hong Kong China East Asia 7,055,000 220 25,200 E / B
16 Tianjin China East Asia 6,675,000 1,295 5,200 C / B
17 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Southeast Asia 5,835,000 2,137 2,700 E / B
18 Chongqing China East Asia 5,460,000 570 7,500 E / B
19 Hangzhou China East Asia 5,305,000 712 8,200 E / B
20 Wuhan China East Asia 5,260,000 712 7,400 E / B
21 Shenyang China East Asia 5,160,000 777 7,100 E / B
22 Chengdu China East Asia 4,785,000 570 8,400 E / B
23 Singapore Singapore Southeast Asia 4,635,000 479 9,700 D / B
24 Yangon Myanmar Southeast Asia 4,400,000 350 12,600 D / B
25 Xi'an China East Asia 3,955,000 531 7,400 E / B
26 Taichung-Changhua Taiwan East Asia 3,814,326 1,801 2,118 E / B
27 Harbin China East Asia 3,615,000 570 5,900 E / B
28 Suzhou China East Asia 3,605,000 635 5,700 E / B
29 Bandung Indonesia Southeast Asia 3,555,000 401 8,400 E / B
30 Nanjing China East Asia 3,550,000 686 4,200 E / B
31 Busan South Korea East Asia 3,395,000 259 13,100 E / B
32 Pyongyang North Korea East Asia 3,370,000 207 16,300 E / B
33 Dalian China East Asia 3,255,000 570 4,700 E / B
34 Changchun China East Asia 3,170,000 376 8,400 E / B
35 Kunming China East Asia 3,070,000 518 9,100 E / B
36 Kaohsiung Taiwan East Asia 3,023,225 1,330 2,272 E / B
37 Wuxi China East Asia 2,925,000 389 7,500 E / B
38 Taiyuan China East Asia 2,900,000 311 9,300 E / B
39 Surabaya Indonesia Southeast Asia 2,885,000 376 7,700 D / B
40 Changsha China East Asia 2,720,000 389 6,600 E / B
41 Zhengzhou China East Asia 2,590,000 466 5,600 E / B
42 Fukuoka Japan East Asia 2,550,000 583 4,900 C / B
43 Shijiazhuang China East Asia 2,530,000 363 7,000 E / B
45 Qingdao China East Asia 2,495,000 440 5,700 E / B
46 Sapporo Japan East Asia 2,475,000 648 4,000 C / B
47 Nanchang China East Asia 2,465,000 155 5,300 E / B
48 Guiyang China East Asia 2,440,000 207 11,800 E / B
49 George Town Malaysia Southeast Asia 2,412,616 2,563 941 A / A
50 Fuzhou China East Asia 2,405,000 259 9,300 E / B
51 Lanzhou China East Asia 2,385,000 181 13,200 E / B
52 Daegu South Korea East Asia 2,380,000 181 13,100 E / B
53 Hanoi Vietnam Southeast Asia 2,355,000 194 8,300 E / B
54 Medan Indonesia Southeast Asia 2,340,000 246 9,500 E / B
55 Jinan China East Asia 2,320,000 350 6,600 E / B
56 Changzhou China East Asia 2,275,000 194 11,700 E / B
57 Xiamen China East Asia 2,225,000 295 7,500 E / B
58 Shunde China East Asia 2,105,000 401 5,200 E / B
59 Baotou China East Asia 2,095,000 363 5,800 E / B
60 Jilin China East Asia 2,070,000 233 8,900 E / B
61 Hefei China East Asia 2,000,000 350 5,700 E / B
62 Kitakyūshū Japan East Asia 2,000,000 842 2,400 C / B
  • Sources
A: National census authority data.
B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis.
C: Demographia population "build up" from third, fourth or fifth order jurisdictions (NUTS-3, NUTS-4, NUTS-5 or equivalent).
D: Population estimate based upon United Nations agglomeration estimate.
E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority agglomeration data.
F: Other Demographia population estimate.
G: Estimate based upon projected growth rate from last census.
H: Combination of adjacent national census authority agglomerations.

Largest urban agglomerations by population

Asia Rank World Rank Urban Area Country/Territory Population Area (km) Density (people/km)
1 1 Tokyo  Japan 37,977,000 8,230 4,614
2 2 Jakarta  Indonesia 34,540,000 3,540 9,758
3 3 Delhi  India 29,617,000 2,232 13,269
4 4 Mumbai  India 23,355,000 944 24,740
5 5 Manila  Philippines 23,088,000 1,873 12,327
6 6 Shanghai  China 22,120,000 4,068 5,437
7 8 Seoul  South Korea 21,794,000 2,768 7,873
8 10 Guangzhou-Foshan  China 20,902,000 4,342 4,814
9 12 Beijing  China 19,433,000 4,172 4,658
10 14 Kolkata  India 17,560,000 1,351 12,994
11 16 Bangkok  Thailand 17,066,000 3,199 5,336
12 18 Shenzhen  China 15,929,000 1,803 8,836
13 19 Dhaka  Bangladesh 15,443,000 456 33,852
14 23 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto  Japan 14,977,000 3,019 4,961
16 25 Bengaluru  India 13,707,000 1,205 11,378
17 28 Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam 13,312,000 1,638 8,127
18 29 Chennai  India 11,324,000 1,049 10,800
19 30 Chengdu  China 11,309,000 1,828 6,188
21 35 Tianjin  China 10,800,000 2,813 3,839
22 37 Hyderabad  India 9,746,000 1,273 7,654
23 40 Nagoya  Japan 9,113,000 3,704 2,460
24 42 Wuhan  China 8,962,000 1,646 5,444
25 43 Taipei  Taiwan 8,918,000 1,076 8,289
26 45 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 8,285,000 2,162 3,833
27 46 Dongguan  China 7,981,000 1,755 4,546
28 47 Pune  India 7,764,000 649 11,956
29 48 Chongqing  China 7,739,000 1,537 5,036
30 50 Nanjing  China 7,496,000 1,613 4,649
31 51 Ahmedabad  India 7,410,000 359 20,622
32 52 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 7,347,000 291 25,254
33 55 Shenyang-Fushun  China 7,105,000 1,515 4,690
34 56 Bandung  Indonesia 7,065,000 487 14,510
35 61 Zhengzhou  China 6,765,000 1,656 4,085
36 63 Xi'an  China 6,680,000 1,094 6,105
37 64 Hanoi  Vietnam 6,576,000 963 6,828
38 65 Surabaya  Indonesia 6,499,000 911 7,131
39 68 Hangzhou  China 6,446,000 1,446 4,458
40 63 Quanzhou  China 6,345,000 2,090 3,036
41 70 Yangon  Myanmar 6,314,000 603 10,474
42 77 Qingdao  China 5,911,000 1,656 3,569
43 78 Surat  India 5,807,000 238 24,378

Largest cities proper by population

Main article: List of cities proper by population
Rank City Population Definition Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country Region
1 Manila 14,942,000 National Capital Region 638 21,000 Philippines Southeast Asia
2 Shanghai 13,831,900 Core districts + inner suburbs 1,928 7,174 China East Asia
3 Seoul 10,456,034 Special City 605.4 17,271 South Korea East Asia
4 Beijing 10,123,000 Core districts + inner suburbs 1,368.32 7,400 China East Asia
5 Tokyo 8,795,000 23 special wards area 617 14,254 Japan East Asia
6 Jakarta 8,489,910 Special capital district 664 12,738 Indonesia Southeast Asia
7 Wuhan 8,001,541 (2006-12-31) Core districts 400 20,004 China East Asia
8 Ho Chi Minh City 7,123,340 Province-level municipality 2,095.01 3,401 Vietnam Southeast Asia
9 Bangkok 7,025,000 Administrative area 1,568.74 4,478 Thailand Southeast Asia
10 Hong Kong 7,008,900 The entire territory 1,092 6,418 China East Asia
11 Guangzhou 6,172,839 (2006-12-31) Core districts 3,843.43 3,004 China East Asia
12 Tianjin 5,800,000 Core districts + inner suburbs 2,057 2,820 China East Asia
13 Singapore 4,839,400 City-state 701 6,904 Singapore Southeast Asia
14 Chongqing 4,776,027 Core districts 5,467.2 1,057 China East Asia
15 Shenyang 4,101,197 (2006-12-31) Core districts 3,495 1,173 China East Asia
16 Yangon 4,088,000 Urban agglomeration 598.75 6,828 Myanmar Southeast Asia
17 Yokohama 3,670,000 City proper 437 8,398 Japan East Asia
18 Busan 3,596,076 Metropolitan City 765.66 4,697 South Korea East Asia
19 Pyongyang 3,255,388 Directly Governed City 3,194 1,019 North Korea East Asia
20 Cebu 3,162,009 Metropolitan City 1,062 3,000 Philippines Southeast Asia

See also

Notes and references

  1. There are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and Mainland China and the two areas are usually listed separately in other lists.
  2. Includes large portions of the prefectures of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama; and small portions of Gunma, Tochigi and Ibaraki. Excludes urban areas of Utsunomiya (500,000; 88 km²) and Mito (500,000; 246 km²).
  3. Various international sources limit their population estimates to DKI Jakarta itself (the national capital district). However, the urbanization of Jakarta extends into the regencies of Tangerang, Bekasi, Bogor and Karawang and the separate cities of Bekasi, Depok and Bogor. Demographia continues to use the "Jakarta" name instead of Jabodetabek because of its familiarity.
  4. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), tend to be limited to Metro Manila, which is a province level jurisdiction. The continuous urbanization of Manila extends outward into Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon provinces. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  5. Includes satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province such as Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Bucheon and Ansan which are treated as separate urban agglomerations by the United Nations.
  6. Includes Nara and Himeji. United Nations estimates separate Osaka–Kobe and Kyoto and exclude both Nara and Himeji. Excludes urban area of Ōtsu (700,000; 389 km²).
  7. ^ Hong Kong and Shenzhen are treated as separate urban areas because of the lack of freedom of labor movement without trade, immigration or customs barriers. Guangzhou–Foshan, Shenzhen and Dongguan are also treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Pearl River Delta economic zone. Likewise, urban areas of Jiangmen–Xinhui (600,000; 130 km²) and Taishan (350,000; 21 km²) within the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, Huizhou–Huiyang (500,000; 93 km²) within the prefecture-level city of Huiyang, Zhuhai (530,000; 117 km²), Zhongshan (410,000; 130 km²) and Zhaoqing (310,000; 41 km²) as well as urban area of Macau (525,000; 23 km²) in are excluded. Population estimates for Shenzhen and Dongguan are based upon press reports, since the national census excludes millions of residents who do not have permanent resident status.
  8. Includes Toyohashi.
  9. The population is lower than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which include metropolitan area population not within the continuously developed urban area. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of sub-municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration). Excludes urban area of Tangshan (900,000; 168 km²).
  10. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), which does not include all of the continuously developed urban area. Continuous urbanization extends well beyond the municipality of Kuala Lumpur, for example to Port Klang and the area represents a single labor market (metropolitan area). The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  11. Excludes urban area of Wanzhou (200,000; 16 km²) within the municipality of Chongqing. The direct-controlled municipality of Chongqing, which is sometimes translated as the direct-controlled city of Chongqing, has the largest population of any organism called a city in the stretches far beyond any reasonable definition of a metropolitan area and has a land area similar to that of Austria.
  12. ^ Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi and Changzhou are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Yangtze River Delta economic zone. Urban areas of Ningbo (1,920,000; 570 km), Cixi City (915,000; 259 km) and Yuyao (370,000; 111 km) within the prefecture-level city of Ningbo, Shaoxing (795,000; 254 km) and Zhuji (400,000; 85 km) within the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, Jiaxing (750,000; 130 km) and Tongxiang (510,000; 52 km)within the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing, Kunshan (580,000; 401 km) and Taicang (350,000; 91 km) within the prefectrual level city of Suzhou, Wenling (510,000; 52 km), Jiaojiang (375,000; 41 km), Taizhou (300,000; 39 km) and Huangyan (200,000; 34 km) within the prefectrure-level city of Taizhou, Fuyang (370,000; 49 km) within the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, Nantong (735,000; 85 km), Yangzhou (725,000; 49 km), Huzhou (690,000; 111 km) and Zhenjiang (510,000; 36 km) are also excluded.
  13. Excludes urban area of Fushun (625,000; 104 km²).
  14. Excludes urban area of Johor Bahru (860,000; 583 km²) in Malaysia.
  15. Excludes urban areas of Acheng (300,000; 39 km²) and Shangzhi (250,000; 16 km²) within the sub-provincial city of Harbin.
  16. Excludes urban area of Kitakyūshū (1,800,000; 1,166 km²). Some sources combine Fukuoka with Kitakyūshū (such as the United Nations), which is not a part of the continuous urbanization of Fukuoka. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  17. Fukuoka and Kitakyūshū are treated as separate urban areas. Some sources combine Fukuoka with Kitakyūshū (such as the United Nations), which is not a part of the continuous urbanization of Fukuoka. The Demographia population estimate is a "build-up" of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
  18. Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2009, Total of permanent population (including "floating population"). Retrieved on 2009-07-17. Total population as of 2008-12-31 of the following districts (core city + inner suburbs): Pudong New Area, Huangpu, Luwan, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Baoshan, Minhang, and Jiading.
  19. ^ Thomas Brinkhoff, www.citypopulation.de; South Korea, The registered population of the South Korean provinces and urban municipalities Registered population 2008-12-31. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
  20. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Statistical Yearbook 2008, Total number of permanent population (including "floating population") Archived 2009-07-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-14. Total population on 2007-12-31(1% sample census) of the two functional areas of 1) Core Districts of Capital Function and 2) Urban Function Extended Districts, including eight fully urban districts. The data is for so-called 'permanent population'; registered population was 7,323,000 the same year.
  21. Statistics Bureau, Japan, Monthly Statistics, Population of Major Cities (excel-file) Archived 2013-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Population estimate on 2009-06-01.
  22. Penduduk Provinsi DKI Jakarta: Penduduk Provinsi DKI Jakarta Januari 2008 (Demographics and Civil Records Service: Population of the Province of Jakarta January 2008) Archived 2012-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-25.
  23. ^ "City and region database of Statistics Finland". Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  24. "Cổng Thông tin điện tử Chính phủ".
  25. National Statistical Office Thailand, Key Statistics of Thailand 2007; Chapter 1.9, Population Projections (1 July) by Region and Sex (embedded in huge 121MB zipped file!) Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Projected de facto population as of 2009. The registered (de jure) population was 5,695,956 in 2006.
  26. Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong; Population and Vital Events Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Estimated population on 2008-12-31. Including 'usual' and 'mobile' residents, but excluding temporary visitors.
  27. Tianjin Statistical Information Net Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-01-29. Total population as of 2005-11-01 of the following districts (core city + inner suburbs): Heping, Hedong, Hexi, Nankai, Hebei, Hongqiao, Dongli, Xiqing, Jinnan, and Beichen. Excludes the separate urban area of Binhai.
  28. Statistics Singapore, Population (Mid-Year Estimates) Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-03. Estimated population on 2008-06-30, including Singapore residents plus non-residents. Population of Singapore citizens and residents was 3,642,700 on 2008-06-30.
  29. United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  30. Third Regional EST Forum, Presentation of Myanmar. Retrieved 6 June 2009
  31. Statistics Bureau, Japan, Monthly Statistics, Population of Major Cities (excel-file) Archived 2013-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Population estimate on 2009-07-01.
  32. United Nations Statistics Division; Preliminary results of the 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted on 1-15 October 2008 (pdf-file) Archived 25 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
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