Eastern Asia Cities by Population 2026

5 Most Populated Eastern Asia Cities

China Flag Shanghai

24,722,254

China Flag Beijing

21,571,693

China Flag Shenzhen

20,622,629

China Flag Guangzhou

18,515,410

China Flag Chengdu

15,831,571
City
Country
Population ↓
China FlagShanghaiChina24,722,254
China FlagBeijingChina21,571,693
China FlagShenzhenChina20,622,629
China FlagGuangzhouChina18,515,410
China FlagChengduChina15,831,571
China FlagTianjinChina12,361,093
China FlagWuhanChina11,746,708
China FlagDongguanChina11,485,606
China FlagChongqingChina10,933,060
China FlagXi'anChina10,738,037
China FlagHangzhouChina10,697,657
China FlagFoshanChina10,673,812
Japan FlagTokyoJapan10,316,210
South Korea FlagSeoulSouth Korea9,217,913
China FlagNanjingChina8,562,383
China FlagShenyangChina7,701,267
China FlagZhengzhouChina7,487,991
China FlagQingdaoChina7,080,465
China FlagSuzhouChina6,911,912
China FlagChangshaChina6,494,068
China FlagJinanChina6,436,275
China FlagKunmingChina6,061,121
China FlagHefeiChina5,930,446
China FlagShijiazhuangChina5,869,423
China FlagHarbinChina5,760,502
China FlagDalianChina5,521,027
China FlagXiamenChina5,471,952
China FlagNanningChina5,320,113
China FlagChangchunChina5,110,411
China FlagTaiyuanChina4,831,308
North Korea FlagSouth PyonganNorth Korea4,672,958
China FlagGuiyangChina4,588,310
China FlagWuxiChina4,582,705
China FlagZhongshanChina4,541,011
China FlagUrumqiChina4,385,217
China FlagNingboChina4,320,326
China FlagFuzhouChina4,269,451
China FlagShantouChina4,249,275
Taiwan FlagNew TaipeiTaiwan4,056,148
China FlagNanchangChina4,027,247
North Korea FlagPyongyangNorth Korea4,000,888
Japan FlagYokohamaJapan3,962,266
China FlagChangzhouChina3,711,170
North Korea FlagSouth HamgyongNorth Korea3,520,803
China FlagNantongChina3,474,235
China FlagHuizhouChina3,412,671
China FlagLanzhouChina3,354,151
China FlagXuzhouChina3,247,552
South Korea FlagBusanSouth Korea3,233,150
China FlagLinyiChina3,211,011
China FlagZiboChina3,125,463
North Korea FlagNorth PyonganNorth Korea3,124,412
China FlagWenzhouChina3,030,849
South Korea FlagIncheonSouth Korea3,012,841
Taiwan FlagTaichungTaiwan2,878,117
China FlagTangshanChina2,841,172
Japan FlagOsakaJapan2,828,297
North Korea FlagSouth HwanghaeNorth Korea2,729,384
China FlagHaikouChina2,727,405
China FlagHohhotChina2,715,016
Taiwan FlagKaohsiungTaiwan2,713,913
China FlagShaoxingChina2,713,087
North Korea FlagNorth HamgyongNorth Korea2,693,250
China FlagYantaiChina2,684,197
China FlagZhuhaiChina2,574,666
North Korea FlagP'yongyangNorth Korea2,521,785
China FlagLuoyangChina2,521,653
China FlagLiuzhouChina2,508,650
North Korea FlagNorth HwanghaeNorth Korea2,485,796
Japan FlagNagoyaJapan2,434,621
Taiwan FlagTaipeiTaiwan2,431,249
China FlagHandanChina2,408,684
China FlagYangzhouChina2,389,666
Taiwan FlagTaoyuanTaiwan2,374,056
South Korea FlagDaeguSouth Korea2,345,915
China FlagBaotouChina2,323,692
China FlagWeifangChina2,287,356
China FlagBaodingChina2,214,667
China FlagHuai'anChina2,110,834
China FlagGanzhouChina2,086,733
China FlagJiangmenChina2,086,560
Japan FlagSapporoJapan2,066,420
China FlagDatongChina1,987,839
China FlagKunshanChina1,973,206
China FlagZunyiChina1,932,724
China FlagYinchuanChina1,928,110
China FlagXiangyangChina1,920,516
China FlagXiningChina1,881,962
China FlagJiningChina1,850,655
Taiwan FlagTainanTaiwan1,849,281
China FlagWuhuChina1,834,285
China FlagPutianChina1,821,529
China FlagMianyangChina1,790,980
Japan FlagFukuokaJapan1,777,644
China FlagDaqingChina1,776,920
China FlagYiwuChina1,746,582
China FlagQinhuangdaoChina1,744,875
China FlagTaizhouChina1,729,645
China FlagQuanzhouChina1,725,800
North Korea FlagKangwon ProvinceNorth Korea1,715,885
China FlagXingtaiChina1,712,952
China FlagZhuzhouChina1,711,295
China FlagCixiChina1,705,623
China FlagJinjiangChina1,694,964
Mongolia FlagUlaanbaatarMongolia1,682,636
Japan FlagKawasakiJapan1,634,478
China FlagNanyangChina1,632,090
Japan FlagKobeJapan1,628,857
China FlagTai'anChina1,616,764
China FlagJilinChina1,585,983
China FlagShangraoChina1,583,656
China FlagZhanjiangChina1,577,776
China FlagJiangyinChina1,575,170
China FlagYanchengChina1,556,374
China FlagWeihaiChina1,554,203
China FlagTaizhouChina1,550,745
China FlagZaozhuangChina1,544,258
Japan FlagSaitamaJapan1,542,972
China FlagGuilinChina1,538,844
Japan FlagKyotoJapan1,534,703
China FlagAnshanChina1,531,601
North Korea FlagChagang ProvinceNorth Korea1,501,329
China FlagMaomingChina1,491,028
China FlagZhangjiakouChina1,479,923
China FlagHezeChina1,475,478
China FlagChaozhouChina1,452,592
China FlagJieyangChina1,452,295
China FlagYichangChina1,452,027
Japan FlagHiroshimaJapan1,447,743
China FlagChangshuChina1,447,575
China FlagNanchongChina1,433,721
South Korea FlagDaejeonSouth Korea1,430,621
China FlagXinxiangChina1,427,659
China FlagQingyuanChina1,416,880
China FlagJiaxingChina1,383,109
China FlagFuyangChina1,383,005
China FlagHuainanChina1,361,846
China FlagXianyangChina1,345,027
China FlagAnyangChina1,336,053
China FlagKaifengChina1,332,913
China FlagHengyangChina1,325,705
China FlagDazhouChina1,325,313
China FlagRizhaoChina1,325,199
China FlagLuzhouChina1,286,949
China FlagSuqianChina1,280,787
China FlagZhenjiangChina1,278,222
China FlagYueyangChina1,277,946
China FlagYibinChina1,261,709
China FlagZhangjiagangChina1,255,134
China FlagChangdeChina1,254,536
China FlagHuzhouChina1,251,744
China FlagBaojiChina1,248,457
China FlagLu'anChina1,244,413
China FlagChifengChina1,240,315
South Korea FlagSuwonSouth Korea1,229,432
Japan FlagSendaiJapan1,222,410
China FlagLianyungangChina1,221,093
China FlagFushunChina1,215,614
China FlagJinhuaChina1,211,434
Taiwan FlagChanghua CountyTaiwan1,207,402
China FlagBengbuChina1,197,039
China FlagShangqiuChina1,196,775
South Korea FlagYonginSouth Korea1,194,265
South Korea FlagHwaseongSouth Korea1,189,035
China FlagYuyaoChina1,183,899
China FlagRui'anChina1,181,327
China FlagChangzhiChina1,177,708
China FlagZhaoqingChina1,177,389
China FlagXinyangChina1,175,268
China FlagLiaochengChina1,172,346
China FlagPingdingshanChina1,154,625
China FlagQujingChina1,138,594
South Korea FlagGoyangSouth Korea1,116,116
China FlagJinzhouChina1,109,015
China FlagNan'anChina1,106,923
China FlagPuningChina1,104,199
South Korea FlagUlsanSouth Korea1,099,092
Japan FlagChibaJapan1,095,991
China FlagDongyingChina1,092,627
China FlagTengzhouChina1,091,187
China FlagPanjinChina1,090,457
China FlagYueqingChina1,089,512
China FlagJiujiangChina1,088,544
China FlagGuigangChina1,084,994
China FlagXiangtanChina1,083,681
China FlagShiyanChina1,078,127
Japan FlagHamamatsuJapan1,067,358
Japan FlagNiigataJapan1,065,410
China FlagWenlingChina1,064,904
China FlagLiuyangChina1,053,117
China FlagSuzhouChina1,051,120
China FlagJingzhouChina1,046,117
Japan FlagKitakyushuJapan1,036,944
China FlagYixingChina1,035,678
China FlagHengshuiChina1,030,124
China FlagQiqiharChina1,028,891
China FlagLangfangChina1,026,427
China FlagYulinChina1,013,931
China FlagPizhouChina1,006,556
South Korea FlagChangwonSouth Korea994,675
Japan FlagOkayamaJapan978,231
China FlagXuchangChina977,783
China FlagZhangzhouChina975,922
Japan FlagKumamotoJapan972,195
China FlagDezhouChina969,233
China FlagSuiningChina966,024
China FlagJiaozuoChina964,708
China FlagYangjiangChina962,285
China FlagZigongChina960,978
China FlagChenzhouChina949,612
China FlagPuyangChina946,565
China FlagLuoheChina945,433
China FlagHuaibeiChina941,507
China FlagXinzhengChina931,063
China FlagDanyangChina928,260
China FlagLeshanChina907,524
China FlagNingxiangChina906,498
China FlagSanheChina902,355
China FlagRugaoChina898,514
China FlagQinzhouChina895,901
China FlagShaoguanChina893,450
South Korea FlagSeongnamSouth Korea890,939
China FlagZhujiChina885,542
South Korea FlagCheongjuSouth Korea882,558
China FlagZhumadianChina879,030
China FlagMa'anshanChina876,044
China FlagFuqingChina872,088
China FlagBozhouChina866,901
China FlagHainingChina865,999
China FlagXintaiChina865,020
China FlagCangzhouChina862,758
Japan FlagSakaiJapan860,573
China FlagYiyangChina859,991
China FlagMudanjiangChina858,142
China FlagTianshuiChina855,539
China FlagLaiwuChina851,698
China FlagZouchengChina851,319
China FlagXiaoganChina850,542
China FlagHuludaoChina845,196
China FlagXiantaoChina836,056
North Korea FlagRyanggang ProvinceNorth Korea829,830
China FlagBenxiChina825,423
South Korea FlagBucheonSouth Korea820,550
China FlagLiaoyangChina819,706
Japan FlagSagamiharaJapan804,396
China FlagDandongChina791,551
Japan FlagShizuokaJapan790,713
South Korea FlagNamyangjuSouth Korea785,876
Taiwan FlagPingtung CountyTaiwan777,632
Japan FlagKagoshimaJapan759,762
South Korea FlagCheonanSouth Korea751,921
Japan FlagHimejiJapan716,093
Hong Kong FlagSha TinHong Kong713,836
South Korea FlagSiheungSouth Korea705,258
North Korea FlagHamhungNorth Korea703,610
Japan FlagFunabashiJapan702,255
Japan FlagUtsunomiyaJapan700,249
Hong Kong FlagYuen LongHong Kong685,663
South Korea FlagAnsanSouth Korea683,270
South Korea FlagJeonjuSouth Korea676,671
Hong Kong FlagKwun TongHong Kong666,132
South Korea FlagPyeongtaekSouth Korea665,004
Japan FlagHachiojiJapan663,748
China FlagLhasaChina657,317
Taiwan FlagYunlin CountyTaiwan648,791
Japan FlagOitaJapan642,012
Japan FlagKurashikiJapan640,632
South Korea FlagGimpoSouth Korea640,570
Japan FlagKawaguchiJapan630,902
Japan FlagMatsuyamaJapan629,765
Japan FlagFukuyamaJapan622,190
China FlagJixiChina616,668
North Korea FlagCh'ongjinNorth Korea614,892
Taiwan FlagHsinchu CountyTaiwan607,326
South Korea FlagGimhaeSouth Korea575,220
Japan FlagKanazawaJapan574,235
Japan FlagToyotaJapan570,086
Hong Kong FlagTuen MunHong Kong567,710
Japan FlagTakamatsuJapan563,561
Japan FlagToyamaJapan558,758
Japan FlagNagasakiJapan552,252
South Korea FlagJejuSouth Korea545,796
Japan FlagGifuJapan543,395
Japan FlagMiyazakiJapan541,751
Japan FlagMatsudoJapan541,296
Japan FlagNishinomiyaJapan530,085
Japan FlagIchikawaJapan529,324
Taiwan FlagMiaoli CountyTaiwan527,787
South Korea FlagPajuSouth Korea521,314
Japan FlagOkazakiJapan519,229
Hong Kong FlagEasternHong Kong514,378
Japan FlagIchinomiyaJapan513,045
Japan FlagKashiwaJapan512,917
Hong Kong FlagSai KungHong Kong511,117
Hong Kong FlagKwai TsingHong Kong505,153
Japan FlagTakasakiJapan503,461
Japan FlagNaganoJapan503,173
Japan FlagToyohashiJapan502,039
South Korea FlagGwangjuSouth Korea499,185
South Korea FlagAnyangSouth Korea495,046
Japan FlagFujisawaJapan489,353
South Korea FlagPohangSouth Korea488,570
South Korea FlagUijeongbuSouth Korea485,628
Japan FlagHigashiosakaJapan484,845
Japan FlagWakayamaJapan481,534
South Korea FlagSejongSouth Korea477,760
Japan FlagKawagoeJapan469,406
Taiwan FlagChiayi CountyTaiwan469,324
Japan FlagAmagasakiJapan468,173
Japan FlagOtsuJapan465,796
Taiwan FlagNantou CountyTaiwan463,691
Japan FlagMachidaJapan462,807
Taiwan FlagHsinchuTaiwan460,552
Japan FlagIwakiJapan449,410
Japan FlagMaebashiJapan448,354
Taiwan FlagYilan CountyTaiwan447,167
Hong Kong FlagSham Shui PoHong Kong446,799
Japan FlagKoriyamaJapan442,338
South Korea FlagYangsanSouth Korea428,544
Hong Kong FlagKowloon CityHong Kong426,455
Japan FlagNaraJapan419,986
Hong Kong FlagWong Tai SinHong Kong413,528
Japan FlagYokkaichiJapan412,279
South Korea FlagGumiSouth Korea411,299
Japan FlagKurumeJapan409,434
Japan FlagToyonakaJapan408,976
Japan FlagKochiJapan407,165
Japan FlagHirakataJapan404,941
Japan FlagSuitaJapan399,321
Japan FlagTokorozawaJapan398,065
Japan FlagAkitaJapan393,623
Japan FlagKoshigayaJapan391,861
Japan FlagYokosukaJapan389,568
Japan FlagFukushimaJapan381,596
South Korea FlagWonjuSouth Korea380,184
South Korea FlagHanamSouth Korea377,684
Japan FlagTsuJapan370,586
Japan FlagTakatsukiJapan369,745
Japan FlagMoriokaJapan368,193
South Korea FlagAsanSouth Korea366,981
Hong Kong FlagNorthHong Kong365,764
Japan FlagMitoJapan365,387
Japan FlagIchiharaJapan363,819
Japan FlagNagaokaJapan360,326
Japan FlagKasugaiJapan359,310
Taiwan FlagKeelungTaiwan358,304
South Korea FlagJinjuSouth Korea355,567
Japan FlagFukuiJapan354,106
Japan FlagAomoriJapan351,017
Japan FlagAsahikawaJapan349,113
Japan FlagShimonosekiJapan344,283
Hong Kong FlagTai PoHong Kong340,958
Japan FlagTokushimaJapan340,692
Japan FlagAkashiJapan334,749
Japan FlagYamagataJapan334,212
North Korea FlagSinuijuNorth Korea334,031
Japan FlagKakogawaJapan333,700
North Korea FlagWonsanNorth Korea328,467
Japan FlagSaseboJapan328,317
Japan FlagTsukubaJapan326,201
Japan FlagMatsumotoJapan325,512
Japan FlagFujiJapan317,448
Japan FlagNahaJapan316,995
Japan FlagSagaJapan314,923
Japan FlagIbarakiJapan311,781
Taiwan FlagHualien CountyTaiwan311,051
North Korea FlagNamp'oNorth Korea310,531
Hong Kong FlagTsuen WanHong Kong304,697
Hong Kong FlagYau Tsim MongHong Kong302,698
Japan FlagHachinoheJapan301,579
Japan FlagOtaJapan301,037
South Korea FlagGyeongsanSouth Korea290,143
Japan FlagKureJapan289,669
South Korea FlagChuncheonSouth Korea288,347
Japan FlagHiratsukaJapan288,224
Japan FlagIsesakiJapan285,968
South Korea FlagSuncheonSouth Korea281,168
Japan FlagHakodateJapan279,698
South Korea FlagOsanSouth Korea277,282
Japan FlagMatsueJapan274,853
North Korea FlagSariwonNorth Korea271,434
South Korea FlagYangjuSouth Korea270,860
Japan FlagNagareyamaJapan269,768
South Korea FlagYeosuSouth Korea268,822
South Korea FlagIksanSouth Korea266,793
Japan FlagFuchuJapan265,841
Japan FlagHigashihiroshimaJapan265,393
Japan FlagChigasakiJapan264,593
Japan FlagYaoJapan264,424
Japan FlagSuzukaJapan264,127
South Korea FlagGunpoSouth Korea263,866
Hong Kong FlagSouthernHong Kong263,153
Japan FlagAtsugiJapan262,826
Japan FlagKasukabeJapan262,679
Japan FlagKumagayaJapan262,433
North Korea FlagKaech'onNorth Korea262,389
South Korea FlagGunsanSouth Korea261,845
Japan FlagYamaguchiJapan261,827
South Korea FlagGyeongjuSouth Korea261,141
Taiwan FlagChiayiTaiwan260,113
Japan FlagChofuJapan259,940
Japan FlagAgeoJapan259,656
South Korea FlagGwangmyeongSouth Korea255,955
Japan FlagTottoriJapan254,401
Japan FlagJoetsuJapan253,837
Japan FlagAnjoJapan253,760
Japan FlagSokaJapan252,595
North Korea FlagKanggyeNorth Korea251,971
Japan FlagYamatoJapan250,968
North Korea FlagSunch'onNorth Korea250,738
Japan FlagToyokawaJapan249,266
South Korea FlagIcheonSouth Korea248,743
Japan FlagKofuJapan243,249
North Korea FlagHaejuNorth Korea241,599
Japan FlagTakarazukaJapan241,031
North Korea FlagTanch'onNorth Korea240,873
North Korea FlagP'yongsongNorth Korea236,583
Japan FlagIzumoJapan233,222
Hong Kong FlagCentral and WesternHong Kong232,307
Hong Kong FlagVictoriaHong Kong232,307
Japan FlagYachiyoJapan231,806
South Korea FlagGeojeSouth Korea230,722
Japan FlagIzumiJapan228,735
Japan FlagNishioJapan228,188
Japan FlagNeyagawaJapan227,796
Japan FlagSakuraJapan227,779
South Korea FlagChungjuSouth Korea227,644
Japan FlagHirosakiJapan227,405
Japan FlagIwataJapan224,984
Japan FlagOyamaJapan224,976
Japan FlagTakaokaJapan224,607
Japan FlagNumazuJapan224,096
Japan FlagUbeJapan219,447
South Korea FlagGangneungSouth Korea217,585
Japan FlagMiyakonojoJapan216,841
Japan FlagNishitokyoJapan216,599
Japan FlagOdawaraJapan215,641
Japan FlagMatsusakaJapan214,823
Japan FlagOgakiJapan213,664
South Korea FlagSeogwipoSouth Korea213,465
South Korea FlagAnseongSouth Korea213,412
Japan FlagHitachinakaJapan211,362
Japan FlagTomakomaiJapan210,669
North Korea FlagTokch'onNorth Korea210,571
Japan FlagTochigiJapan209,969
Japan FlagKodairaJapan209,751
Hong Kong FlagIslandsHong Kong209,128
Japan FlagKishiwadaJapan208,589
Japan FlagUedaJapan207,952
South Korea FlagMokpoSouth Korea207,728
Taiwan FlagTaitung CountyTaiwan207,713
South Korea FlagGuriSouth Korea207,495
Japan FlagKariyaJapan206,324
Japan FlagMitakaJapan206,043
Japan FlagNodaJapan206,040
Japan FlagImabariJapan204,736
Japan FlagKukiJapan203,264
Japan FlagHitachiJapan201,825
Japan FlagKomakiJapan199,819
Japan FlagItamiJapan199,659
Japan FlagYonagoJapan198,857
Japan FlagHinoJapan197,215
Japan FlagTachikawaJapan195,491
Japan FlagAshikagaJapan195,387
Japan FlagKakamigaharaJapan195,083
Japan FlagKusatsuJapan194,262
North Korea FlagKaesongNorth Korea192,578
Japan FlagTsuchiuraJapan191,780
Japan FlagFujiedaJapan190,792
Japan FlagFukayaJapan190,692
Japan FlagIshinomakiJapan189,184
Japan FlagHadanoJapan188,326
Japan FlagKogaJapan188,095
Japan FlagNarashinoJapan187,512
Japan FlagKuwanaJapan187,108
Japan FlagObihiroJapan187,022
Japan FlagShunanJapan185,660
South Korea FlagSeosanSouth Korea185,369
Japan FlagYaizuJapan184,721
Japan FlagNiizaJapan184,235
Japan FlagKisarazuJapan183,805
Japan FlagInazawaJapan181,895
Japan FlagIsahayaJapan180,681
Japan FlagUrayasuJapan180,602
Japan FlagNaritaJapan179,404
Japan FlagKamakuraJapan179,256
Japan FlagUjiJapan178,537
Japan FlagOnomichiJapan177,061
Japan FlagKushiroJapan176,544
Japan FlagIrumaJapan176,420
South Korea FlagDangjinSouth Korea175,404
Japan FlagSayamaJapan174,582
Japan FlagIwakuniJapan174,301
North Korea FlagHyesanNorth Korea174,015
Japan FlagOmeJapan173,470
Japan FlagFujinomiyaJapan172,924
Japan FlagSetoJapan172,501
Japan FlagOkinawaJapan172,031
Japan FlagOsakiJapan171,878
Japan FlagIizukaJapan170,574

Eastern Asia Cities Overview

Eastern Asia includes several of the world’s largest metropolitan areas, led by Tokyo at 10.3M residents. It is followed by Shanghai (24.7M), Beijing (21.6M), and Osaka (2.8M).

China has the largest concentration of top-tier cities in the region, including Chongqing (10.9M ), Guangzhou (18.5M ), Tianjin (12.4M ), and Shenzhen (20.6M ). Other major Chinese metros such as Nanjing ( 8.6M) and Chengdu ( 15.8M) remain above the ten-million mark.

Beyond China and Japan, Seoul anchors South Korea with 9.2M residents. Together, these metropolitan centers make Eastern Asia one of the most densely urbanized and economically connected regions in the world.

Sources

  1. World Urbanization Prospects 2025 - United Nations population estimates and projections of major Urban Agglomerations
  2. World Population Prospects (2024 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.