The countries and territories included in the following list are:
East Asia
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Hong Kong
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Macau
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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North Korea
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South Korea
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Mongolia
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Taiwan
South Asia
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Afghanistan
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Bangladesh
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Bhutan
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British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 ...
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India
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Maldives
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Nepal
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Pakistan
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
Southeast Asia
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Brunei
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Cambodia
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Christmas Island
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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East Timor
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Indonesia
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Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
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Malaysia
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Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
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Philippines
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Singapore
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Thailand
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Vietnam
Largest Megalopolis areas
Largest metropolitan areas
Largest urban areas ranked by 2010 population
*Sources
:A: National census authority data.
:B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis.
:C: Demographia population "build up" from third, fourth or fifth order jurisdictions (NUTS-3, NUTS-4, NUTS-5 or equivalent).
:D: Population estimate based upon United Nations agglomeration estimate.
:E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority agglomeration data.
:F: Other Demographia population estimate.
:G: Estimate based upon projected growth rate from last census.
:H: Combination of adjacent national census authority agglomerations.
Largest urban agglomerations by population
Largest cities proper by population
See also
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Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there a ...
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List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population
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List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan
Metropolitan areas were recognized by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) until 2010. This was the definition of metropolitan areas used by the ROC central government.
# A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated a ...
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List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population
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List of metropolitan areas by population
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Cities of South Korea
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Cities of North Korea
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List of Japanese cities by population
This is a list of cities in Japan sorted by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. ...
Notes and references
{{Urban pop list
East Asia, List of cities
Far East