Top 5 Most Populous Cities in Each Country of Asia

In most cases populations are for city proper as reported by citypopulation.de.
*These population totals are for urban agglomerations as reported by citypopulation.de
Updated April 2026
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Afghanistan
4,434,600
Kabul
574,300
Herat
523,300
Kandahar
484,500
Mazar-i-Sharif
271,900
Jalalabad
 
 
Armenia
1,141,100
Yerevan
114,700
Gyumri
78,100
Vanadzor
50,600
Abovyan
49,500
Hrazdan
 
 
Azerbaijan
1,311,900
Baku
440,900
Sumqayit
301,200
Ganja
215,800
Khirdalan
122,200
Mingechevir
 
 
Bahrain
143,035
Manama
91,307
Muharraq
79,550
Riffa
52,718
Hamad Town
47,529
A'ali
 
 
Bangladesh
10,295,786*
Dhaka
3,230,507*
Chittagong
2,677,715*
Gazipur
967,951*
Narayanganj
719,557*
Khulna
 
 
Bhutan
114,551
Thimphu
27,658
Phuntsholing
11,448
Paro
9,858
Gelephu
9,325
Samdrup Jongkhar
 
 
Brunei
266,682*
Bandar Seri Begawan
27,819*
Kuala Belait
16,340*
Seria
9,835
Bukit Beruang
8,596*
Tutong
 
 
Cambodia
2,189,460
Phnom Penh
225,607
Siem Reap
151,827
Battambang
91,344
Ta Khmao
79,475
Poi Pet
 
 
China
21,909,814
Shanghai
18,960,744
Beijing
17,444,609
Shenzhen
16,096,724
Guangzhou
13,568,357
Chengdu
 
 
Cyprus
107,970
Limassol
70,823
Strovolos
56,479
Nicosia
52,046
Larnaca
43,111
Lakatamia
 
 
East Timor
267,623
Dili
19,118
Baucau
15,240
Pante Macassar
13,078
Maliana
12,782
Lospalos
 
 
Georgia
1,285,300
Tbilisi
234,600
Batumi
161,200
Kutaisi
131,800
Rustavi
67,087
Sokhumi
 
 
India
18,394,912*
Mumbai
16,349,831*
Delhi
14,057,991*
Kolkata
8,653,521*
Chennai
8,520,435*
Bengaluru
 
 
Indonesia
9,607,787
Jakarta
2,765,487
Surabaya
2,394,873
Bandung
2,334,871
Bekasi
2,097,610
Medan
 
 
Iran
8,693,706
Tehran
3,001,184
Mashhad
1,961,260
Isfahan
1,592,492
Karaj
1,565,572
Shiraz
 
 
Iraq
6,719,476
Baghdad
1,361,819
Mosul
1,340,827
Basra
972,272
Kirkuk
879,071
Erbil
Israel
1,247,373
Jerusalem
631,215
Gaza
467,875
Tel Aviv-Yafo
282,832
Haifa
257,128
Rishon LeZion
 
 
Japan
9,733,276
Tokyo
3,777,491
Yokohama
2,752,412
Osaka
2,332,176
Nagoya
1,973,395
Sapporo
 
 
Jordan
1,812,059
Amman
635,160
Zarqa
502,714
Irbid
472,604
Russeifa
296,763
Quwaysimah
 
 
Kazakhstan
2,348,103
Almaty
1,639,176
Astana
1,294,050
Shymkent
598,683
Aktobe
533,344
Karaganda
 
 
Kuwait
961,170
Hawally
791,744
Farwaniya
455,786
Jahra
447,009
Fintas
388,294
South Kuwait City
 
 
Kyrgyzstan
1,103,562
Bishkek
315,881
Osh
117,533
Jalal-Abad
77,241
Karakol
73,433
Tokmok
 
 
Laos
620,157
Vientiane
91,684
Savannakhet
68,093
Pakse
66,781
Luang Prabang
48,643
Phonsavan
 
 
Lebanon
1,650,000
Beirut
450,000
Tripoli
250,000
Sidon
140,000
Zahle
125,000
Tyre
 
 
Malaysia
1,588,750*
Kuala Lumpur
826,400*
Klang
809,900*
Johor Bahru
718,200*
Subang Jaya
665,600*
Ipoh
 
 
Maldives
137,238
Malé
65,714
Hulhumalé
13,759
Hithadhoo
10,131
Kulhudhuffushi
9,177
Fuvahmulah
 
 
Mongolia
1,466,431
Ulaanbaatar
102,141
Erdenet
84,429
Darkhan
47,153
Choibalsan
42,423
Mörön
 
 
Myanmar
4,584,622
Yangon
1,162,500
Mandalay
358,679
Naypyidaw
312,700
Myitkyina
276,987
Bago
 
 
Nepal
862,400
Kathmandu
513,504
Pokhara
369,268
Bharatpur
294,098
Lalitpur
272,382
Birgunj
 
 
North Korea
2,521,785
Pyongyang
703,610
Hamhung
614,892
Chongjin
334,031
Sinuiju
328,467
Wonsan
 
 
Oman
470,878
Seeb
362,523
Bawshar
293,962
Salalah
230,881
Muttrah
219,264
Sohar
 
 
Pakistan
18,868,021
Karachi
13,004,135
Lahore
3,691,999
Faisalabad
3,357,612
Rawalpindi
2,511,118
Gujranwala
Philippines
26,570,462*
Manila
2,581,824*
Cebu
1,679,075*
Angeles
1,627,459*
Davao
837,787*
Cagayan de Oro
 
 
Qatar
872,048
Doha
799,933
Al Rayyan
313,754
Doha Industrial Area
149,701
Umm Salal Mohammed
134,481
Al Wukair
 
 
Saudi Arabia
6,924,566
Riyadh
3,712,917
Jeddah
2,385,509
Mecca
1,411,599
Medina
1,386,166
Dammam
 
 
Singapore
290,090
Tampines
274,360
Bedok
267,600
Sengkang
254,440
Woodlands
253,840
Jurong West
 
 
South Korea
9,586,195*
Seoul
3,179,551*
Busan
2,860,142*
Incheon
2,149,687*
Daegu
1,488,435*
Daejeon
 
 
Sri Lanka
561,314
Colombo
252,041
Kaduwela
196,423
Maharagama
185,122
Kesbewa
184,468
Dehiwala/Mount Lavinia
 
 
Syria
2,132,100
Aleppo
1,414,913
Damascus
652,609
Homs
383,786
Latakia
312,994
Hama
 
 
Taiwan
4,365,947
New Taipei City
3,033,840
Taichung
2,734,275
Kaohsiung
2,594,581
Taipei
2,441,064
Taoyuan
 
 
Tajikistan
1,242,600
Dushanbe
203,800
Khujand
130,800
Bokhtar
110,400
Kulob
66,600
Istaravshan
 
 
Thailand
5,666,264
Bangkok
254,375
Nonthaburi
190,272
Pak Kret
156,802
Hat Yai
143,024
Chaophraya Surasak
 
 
Turkey
15,244,936
Istanbul
5,186,022
Ankara
2,948,160
Izmir
2,051,464
Bursa
1,779,463
Adana
 
 
Turkmenistan
1,030,063
Ashgabat
230,861
Turkmenabat
201,142
Dasoguz
167,027
Mary
123,190
Balkanabat
 
 
United Arab Emirates
3,570,099
Dubai
1,750,000
Abu Dhabi
1,610,000
Sharjah
690,000
Al Ain
557,071
Ajman
 
 
Uzbekistan
3,112,748
Tashkent
713,385
Namangan
595,818
Samarkand
492,425
Andijan
344,690
Nukus
 
 
Vietnam
7,004,921
Ho Chi Minh City
3,605,364
Hanoi
988,561
Da Nang
841,520
Haiphong
830,829
Bien Hoa
 
 
Yemen
1,707,531
Sana'a
588,938
Aden
466,968
Taizz
409,994
Hudaydah
212,992
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6 Comments
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Level 99
Mar 30, 2025
As of March 2025, some city populations will be based on urban area populations instead of city proper. These cases are indicated by an askterisk (*) next to the population total. This is done to simplify keeping this series of quizzes up to date. Unfortunately, citypopulation.de is not consistent on what totals they use in all cases, sometimes even within the same country (to be fair, they are also limited by what population data is publicly available).

Also, for Israel, I've combined Palestine and Israel into one entry under Israel to conform with how that country is generally handled on Jetpunk, even though citypopulation.de reports them as separate entities.

And finally, I'm aware that Singapore is a city state with no cities under it. But citypopulation.de breaks it down into urban planning areas, so I've done the same in this quiz so as not to exclude it.

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Level 70
May 26, 2022
For Philippines, the urban area population is used. According to citypopulation.de, the biggest city proper in Philippines is Quezon city.
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Level 99
May 26, 2022
Thanks for the feedback and correction. I've updated the quiz.
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Level 99
May 26, 2022
I also found the same problem with Bangladesh and India. These have been corrected as well.
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Level 36
Jul 16, 2025
Great quiz, I love it! The only thing I’ve seen, is… Osaka and Nagoya on the quiz are flipped LOL

So if you could swap them to there respected locations, maybe people couldn’t get confused, like when I first did it. Thanks! :)

PS: There is like no way you will see this tho lol

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Level 99
Jul 17, 2025
According to the source I used for this quiz, citypopulation.de, the populations and ordering for Nagoya and Osaka are correct. If you don't think it is please take it up with them. Please note that population totals are not static values but constantly changing, so just because one city was bigger than the other at one point means that that will still be the case today. I try to update this quiz yearly to keep it as up to date as possible. The last update was a few months ago.

https://citypopulation.de/en/japan/cities/

(scroll down to the city section)