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 |