100 Biggest Cities of Asia in 1850 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of Asia in 1850?

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Population figures are calculated from different approximates according to 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox.

Both historical and modern-day names accepted.

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Population	City	Country
1,65m	Beijing	China
800k	Guangzhou	China
700k	Hangzhou	China
575k	Bombay	United Kingdom
567k	Edo	Japan
550k	Suzhou	China
413k	Calcutta	United Kingdom
323k	Kyoto	Japan
310k	Madras	United Kingdom
300k	Lucknow	United Kingdom
300k	Osaka	Japan
275k	Xi'an	China
263k	Patna	United Kingdom
250k	Fuzhou	China
250k	Shanghai	China
240k	Chengdu	China
235k	Wuchang	China
230k	Ningbo	China
200k	Chongqing	China
200k	Hyderabad	United Kingdom
200k	Jiangning	China
200k	Tianjin	China
194k	Hanseong	Joseon
185k	Benares	United Kingdom
180k	Mukden	China
175k	Foshan	China
170k	Lanzhou	China
160k	Bangkok	Siam
156k	Delhi	United Kingdom
150k	Smyrna	Ottoman Empire
144k	Jingdezhen	China
131k	Bangalore	United Kingdom
130k	Zhenjiang	China
125k	Tabriz	Persia

Population	City	Country
116k	Kanazawa	Japan
114k	Manila	Spain
111k	Nagpur	United Kingdom
110k	Amritsar	United Kingdom
110k	Changsha	China
110k	Nanchang	China
110k	Xiangtan	China
108k	Agra	United Kingdom
108k	Cawnpore	United Kingdom
108k	Damascus	Ottoman Empire
106k	Baroda	United Kingdom
101k	Bareilly	United Kingdom
100k	Bursa	Ottoman Empire
100k	Jeypore	United Kingdom
100k	Nagoya	Japan
100k	Soerakarta	Netherlands
99k	Surat	United Kingdom
96k	Ahmedabad	United Kingdom
96k	Murshidabad	United Kingdom
95k	Aleppo	Ottoman Empire
95k	Kaifeng	China
94k	Lahore	United Kingdom
85k	Xiamen	China
80k	Baghdad	Ottoman Empire
80k	Liaoyang	China
80k	Multan	United Kingdom
80k	Pyeongyang	Joseon
80k	Rampur	United Kingdom
80k	Tehran	Persia
77k	Mirzapur	United Kingdom
76k	Trichinopoly	United Kingdom
75k	Hanoi	Đại Nam
75k	Huaiyin	China

Population	City	Country
75k	Shaoxing	China
75k	Wanzhou	China
75k	Xiangyang	China
74k	Gwalior	United Kingdom
73k	Poona	United Kingdom
72k	Amroha	United Kingdom
72k	Kagoshima	Japan
71k	Batavia	Netherlands
70k	Allahabad	United Kingdom
70k	Bukhara	Bukhara
70k	Jinan	China
70k	Rehe	China
70k	Yarkand	China
70k	Zhangjiakou	China
69k	Bharatpur	United Kingdom
68k	Farukkhabad	United Kingdom
66k	Matsumae	Japan
65k	Mathura	United Kingdom
65k	Tashkent	Kokand
65k	Yangzhou	China
62k	Shahjahanpur	United Kingdom
60k	Dacca	United Kingdom
60k	Huế	Đại Nam
60k	Indore	United Kingdom
60k	Isfahan	Persia
60k	Jhansi	United Kingdom
60k	Kabul	Afghanistan
60k	Kokand	Kokand
60k	Muscat	Muscat and Oman
60k	Qulja	China
60k	Soerabaja	Netherlands
60k	Taiwan	China
60k	Xuzhou	China

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