Deze lijst bevat de grootste steden (metropolen of agglomeraties van Azië qua inwoneraantal, beperkt tot metropolen met meer dan 3.000.000 inwoners. Het land, het geschat aantal inwoners per 1 januari 2025, en eventueel de naam van de agglomeratie en grote bijhorende steden staan erbij.[1]
| Rang
|
Metropool gebiedsnaam
|
Land
|
Bevolking
|
Opmerkingen
|
| 1
|
Guangzhou (Kanton)
|
China
|
72.700.000
|
Parelrivierdelta incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen en Zhongshan
|
| 2
|
Shanghai
|
China
|
41.600.000
|
incl. Changzhou, Kunshan, Suzhou en Wuxi
|
| 3
|
Tokio
|
Japan
|
41.200.000
|
Kanto-Regio incl. Chiba, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Kawasaki , Saitama, Utsunomiya & Yokohama
|
| 4
|
Delhi
|
India
|
35.700.000
|
incl. New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad & Gurgaon
|
| 5
|
Jakarta
|
Indonesië
|
29.500.000
|
Jabotabek incl. Bogor, Depok, Tangerang & Bekasi
|
| 6
|
Manilla
|
Filipijnen
|
27.800.000
|
incl. Antipolo, Caloocan en Quezon City
|
| 7
|
Mumbai (Bombay)
|
India
|
27.609.000
|
incl. Bhiwandi, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli, Thane, Vasai-Virar & Ulhasnagar
|
| 8
|
Seoel
|
Zuid-Korea
|
25.200.000
|
incl. Incheon, Bucheon, Goyang, Seongnam & Suwon
|
| 9
|
Dhaka
|
Bangladesh
|
23.100.000
|
incl. Gazipur en Narayanganj
|
| 10
|
Bangkok
|
Thailand
|
21.800.000
|
incl. Nonthaburi en Pattaya
|
| 11
|
Beijing (Peking)
|
China
|
21.500.000
|
|
| 12
|
Karachi
|
Pakistan
|
21.000.000
|
|
| 14
|
Chengdu
|
China
|
18.100.000
|
|
| 15
|
Kolkata (Calcutta)
|
India
|
17.900.000
|
incl. Haora
|
| 13
|
Osaka
|
Japan
|
17.700.000
|
Keihanshin incl. Himeji, Kobe, Kyoto en Sakai
|
| 16
|
Teheran
|
Iran
|
16.800.000
|
incl. Karaj
|
| 17
|
Quanzhou
|
China
|
15.200.000
|
incl. Putian, Xiamen en Zhangzhou
|
| 18
|
Bangalore
|
India
|
14.700.000
|
|
| 19
|
Hangzhou
|
China
|
14.600.000
|
incl. Shaoxing
|
| 19
|
Lahore
|
Pakistan
|
14.600.000
|
|
| 21
|
Ho Chi Minhstad (Saigon)
|
Vietnam
|
14.300.000
|
incl. Biên Hòa en Thuận An
|
| 22
|
Xi'an
|
China
|
13.400.000
|
incl. Xianyang
|
| 23
|
Chennai (Madras)
|
India
|
12.900.000
|
|
| 23
|
Chongqing (Tsjoengking)
|
China
|
12.900.000
|
|
| 25
|
Wuhan
|
China
|
12.600.000
|
|
| 26
|
Haiderabad
|
India
|
11.700.000
|
|
| 26
|
Tianjin (Tientsin)
|
China
|
11.700.000
|
|
| 28
|
Changsha
|
China
|
11.500.000
|
incl. Xiangtan en Zhuzhou
|
| 29
|
Nagoya
|
Japan
|
10.500.000
|
Chukyo incl. Gifu, Okazaki en Yokkaichi
|
| 30
|
Zhengzhou
|
China
|
10.300.000
|
|
| 31
|
Taipei
|
Taiwan
|
10.100.000
|
incl. Taoyuan & Nieuw Taipei (grotendeels)
|
| 32
|
Ahmedabad
|
India
|
9.900.000
|
|
| 33
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
Maleisië
|
9.550.000
|
incl. Klang
|
| 34
|
Nanjing (Nanking)
|
China
|
9.500.000
|
incl. Ma'anshan
|
| 35
|
Shenyang (Mukden)
|
China
|
8.800.000
|
incl. Fushun
|
| 36
|
Hefei
|
China
|
8.200.000
|
inc'Feidong en Feixi
|
| 37
|
Shantou
|
China
|
8.050.000
|
incl. Chaozhou en Jieyang
|
| 37
|
Surat
|
India
|
8.050.000
|
|
| 39
|
Poona
|
India
|
8.000.000
|
incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad
|
| 39
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
8.000.000
|
incl. Johor Bahru (Maleisië)
|
| 41
|
Bagdad
|
Irak
|
7.800.000
|
|
| 42
|
Qingdao (Tsingtao)
|
China
|
7.700.000
|
incl. Jiaozhou
|
| 42
|
Riyad
|
Saoedi-Arabië
|
7.700.000
|
|
| 43
|
Ningbo
|
China
|
7.600.000
|
incl. [[| incl. Cixi en Yuyao Cixi (stad)|Cixi]] en Yuyao
|
| 44
|
Hongkong
|
Hongkong
|
7.500.000
|
incl. Kowloon en Victoria
|
| 45
|
Hanoi
|
Vietnam
|
7.350.000
|
|
| 46
|
Bandung
|
Indonesië
|
7.000.000
|
incl. Cimahi
|
| 46
|
Wenzhou
|
China
|
7.000.000
|
incl. Rui'an en Yueqing
|
| 48
|
Kunming
|
China
|
6.800.000
|
|
| 49
|
Jinan
|
China
|
6.750.000
|
|
| 50
|
Shijiazhuang
|
China
|
6.450.000
|
|
| 51
|
Amman
|
Jordanië
|
6.150.000
|
|
| 51
|
Taiyuan
|
China
|
6.150.000
|
|
| 53
|
Dubai
|
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
|
6.050.000
|
incl. Sharjah
|
| 54
|
Surabaya
|
Indonesië
|
5.950.000
|
|
| 55
|
Yangon (Rangoon)
|
Myanmar
|
5.650.000
|
|
| 56
|
Harbin
|
China
|
5.550.000
|
|
| 56
|
Nanning
|
China
|
5.550.000
|
|
| 58
|
Dalian
|
China
|
5.400.000
|
|
| 59
|
Guiyang
|
China
|
5.300.000
|
|
| 60
|
Kabul
|
Afghanistan
|
5.250.000
|
|
| 61
|
Ankara
|
Turkije
|
5.200.000
|
|
| 61
|
Changchun
|
China
|
5.200.000
|
|
| 63
|
Nanchang
|
China
|
5.150.000
|
|
| 64
|
Chittagong
|
Bangladesh
|
5.050.000
|
|
| 64
|
Koeweit-stad
|
Koeweit
|
5.050.000
|
|
| 66
|
Ürümqi
|
China
|
5.000.000
|
|
| 67
|
Colombo
|
Sri Lanka
|
4.975.000
|
incl. Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia en Negombo
|
| 68
|
Fuzhou
|
China
|
4.775.000
|
|
| 69
|
Linyi
|
China
|
4.650.000
|
|
| 70
|
Jaipur
|
India
|
4.525.000
|
|
| 71
|
Medan
|
Indonesië
|
4.250.000
|
|
| 72
|
Lucknow
|
India
|
4.225.000
|
|
| 73
|
Faisalabad
|
Pakistan
|
4.125.000
|
|
| 74
|
Busan
|
Zuid-Korea
|
3.975.000
|
|
| 74
|
Damascus
|
Syrië
|
3.975.000
|
|
| 74
|
Zibo
|
China
|
3.975.000
|
incl. Zouping
|
| 77
|
Jeddah
|
Saoedi-Arabië
|
3.950.000
|
|
| 78
|
Tasjkent
|
Oezbekistan
|
3.850.000
|
|
| 79
|
Indore
|
India
|
3.750.000
|
|
| 79
|
Luoyang
|
China
|
3.750.000
|
|
| 81
|
Kanpur
|
India
|
3.700.000
|
|
| 82
|
Lanzhou
|
China
|
3.575.000
|
|
| 82
|
Nagpur
|
India
|
3.575.000
|
|
| 84
|
Mashhad
|
Iran
|
3.475.000
|
|
| 84
|
Nantong
|
China
|
3.475.000
|
|
| 86
|
Gujranwala
|
Pakistan
|
3.450.000
|
|
| 87
|
Isfahan
|
Iran
|
3.425.000
|
|
| 88
|
Bhilai
|
India
|
3.375.000
|
incl. Raipur
|
| 89
|
Weifang
|
China
|
3.325.000
|
|
| 90
|
Sanaa
|
Jemen
|
3.275.000
|
|
| 91
|
Jiangyin
|
China
|
3.200.000
|
inc. Zhangjiagang
|
| 92
|
Kathmandu
|
Nepal
|
3.175.000
|
|
| 93
|
Xuzhou
|
China
|
3.150.000
|
|
| 94
|
Coimbatore
|
India
|
3.075.000
|
|
| 95
|
Izmir
|
Turkije
|
3.025.000
|
|
| 95
|
Pyongyang
|
Noord-Korea
|
3.025.000
|
|
| 97
|
Tel Aviv
|
Israël
|
3.000.000
|
incl. Jaffa
|
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