Asia is one of the world's fastest-growing continents, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities.
Tokyo, in Japan, is the world's largest metropolitan area by population.
The populations of the given cities are obtained from five sources: Out of these five sources, the highest estimate is shown in bold.
The cities are ranked on the basis of their highest estimate of population.
Some remarks: The table is color-coded to show which region of Asia each city is in.