List of urban agglomerations in Asia explained

This is a list of urban agglomerations in Asia by population.^[1] An urban area (built-up urban area or urban agglomeration) is fundamentally different from a metropolitan area. A metropolitan area is a labor market (and a housing market). It includes a principal built-up urban area (the largest built-up urban area in the metropolitan area) as well as economically connected rural areas (and smaller urban areas) to the outside.

Asia Rank	World Rank	Urban Area	Country	Population	Area (km^2)	Density (people/km^2)
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	Manila	Philippines	28,250,517	8,100	12,327
5	5	Mumbai	India	23,355,000	944	24,740
6	6	Shanghai	China	22,120,000	4,068	5,437
7	8	Seoul		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
15	24	Karachi	Pakistan	14,835,000	1,044	14,210
16	25	Bangalore	India	13,707,000	1,205	11,378
17	26	Tehran		13,633,000	1,704	8,002
18	28	Ho Chi Minh City		13,312,000	1,638	8,127
19	29	Chennai	India	11,324,000	1,049	10,800
20	30	Chengdu	China	11,309,000	1,828	6,188
21	32	Lahore	Pakistan	11,021,000	853	12,916
22	35	Tianjin	China	10,800,000	2,813	3,839
23	37	Hyderabad	India	9,746,000	1,273	7,654
24	40	Nagoya	Japan	9,113,000	3,704	2,460
25	42	Wuhan	China	8,962,000	1,646	5,444
26	43	Taipei		8,918,000	1,076	8,289
27	45	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	8,285,000	2,162	3,833
28	46	Dongguan	China	7,981,000	1,755	4,546
29	47	Pune	India	7,764,000	649	11,956
30	48	Chongqing	China	7,739,000	1,537	5,036
31	50	Nanjing	China	7,496,000	1,613	4,649
32	51	Ahmedabad	India	7,410,000	359	20,622
33	52	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7,347,000	291	25,254
34	55	Shenyang-Fushun	China	7,105,000	1,515	4,690
35	56	Bandung	Indonesia	7,065,000	487	14,510
36	58	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	6,881,000	1,672	4,115
37	61	Zhengzhou	China	6,765,000	1,656	4,085
38	63	Xi'an	China	6,680,000	1,094	6,105
39	64	Hanoi		6,576,000	963	6,828
40	65	Surabaya	Indonesia	6,499,000	911	7,131
41	68	Hangzhou	China	6,446,000	1,446	4,458
42	63	Quanzhou	China	6,345,000	2,090	3,036
43	70	Yangon	Myanmar	6,314,000	603	10,474
44	74	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	6,036,000	1,508	4,004
45	77	Qingdao	China	5,911,000	1,656	3,569
46	78	Surat	India	5,807,000	238	24,378
47	79	Baghdad	Iraq	5,796,000	693	8,365

See also

Notes and References

1. Web site: Demographia World Urban Areas, 14th Annual Edition. https://web.archive.org/web/20200207210003/http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf. 7 February 2020. April 2019. 10 June 2020. dead.