Top 20 Largest Cities in Asia

Name the top 20 biggest cities in Asia by population.
Does not include Russia
DOES include cities straddling Asia and another continent.
Data for 2010, source: http://www.blatantworld.com/feature/asia/most_populous_cities.html
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Rank
Population
Answer
1
16,348,947
Shanghai
2
13,830,884
Mumbai
3
13,205,339
Karachi
4
12,565,901
Delhi
5
12,175,592
Istanbul
6
11,248,470
Manila
7
10,861,172
Dhaka
8
9,567,665
Seoul
9
8,762,073
Tokyo
10
8,431,302
Jakarta
Rank
Population
Answer
11
8,429,807
Tehran
12
7,923,530
Beijing
13
7,129,609
Lahore
14
5,831,835
Bangkok
15
5,560,904
Singapore
16
5,438,065
Bangalore
17
5,402,486
Baghdad
18
5,138,208
Kolkata
19
5,032,190
Yangon
20
4,878,473
Riyadh
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8 Comments
+3
Level 50
Apr 9, 2014
This is missing a lot of large Chinese cities, Chongqing and Guangzhou should definitely be on this list, along with a few others.
+2
Level 18
Jul 10, 2014
And Tianjin
+3
Level 49
Aug 19, 2014
Ahemadabad, Hyderabad, Surat, Pune, Chennai

All larger than Riyadh and Yangon!

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Level 69
Jul 24, 2015
Istanbul is now in Europe
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Level 79
Dec 28, 2015
I'm sure Tokyo is bigger than Seoul.
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Level 27
Apr 6, 2021
Tokyo is #9? Explain.
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Level 43
Oct 6, 2022
By city proper, Tokyo is smoll. It's one of the only populations that was accurate on the quiz.
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Level 68
Aug 9, 2022
This is wildly inaccurate, even for 2013