Eastern Asia Cities by Population 2026

5 Most Populated Eastern Asia Cities

Japan Flag

Tokyo

36,953,600

China Flag

Shanghai

31,049,800

China Flag

Beijing

22,983,400

Japan Flag

Osaka

18,873,900

China Flag

Chongqing

18,531,600
City
Country
Population ↓
Japan FlagTokyoJapan36,953,600
China FlagShanghaiChina31,049,800
China FlagBeijingChina22,983,400
Japan FlagOsakaJapan18,873,900
China FlagChongqingChina18,531,600
China FlagGuangzhouChina15,147,900
China FlagTianjinChina14,933,500
China FlagShenzhenChina13,770,000
China FlagNanjingChina10,380,200
China FlagChengduChina10,163,400
South Korea FlagSeoulSouth Korea10,050,200
Japan FlagNagoyaJapan9,511,730
China FlagWuhanChina9,121,840
China FlagSuzhouChina8,802,000
China FlagHangzhouChina8,749,670
China FlagShenyangChina8,110,930
China FlagFoshanChina7,930,870
China FlagDongguanChina7,876,240
Hong Kong FlagHong KongHong Kong7,813,300
China FlagXi'anChina6,501,190
China FlagDalianChina6,467,000
China FlagQingdaoChina6,325,350
China FlagZhengzhouChina6,282,970
China FlagHarbinChina5,878,939
China FlagTai'anChina5,499,000
Japan FlagFukuokaJapan5,453,200
China FlagUrumqiChina5,243,920
China FlagChangshaChina5,221,630
China FlagKunmingChina5,044,260
China FlagChangchunChina4,975,060
China FlagHefeiChina4,924,050
China FlagNingboChina4,869,300
China FlagShantouChina4,815,660
China FlagShijiazhuangChina4,612,020
China FlagNanningChina4,467,920
China FlagJinanChina4,335,989
China FlagChangzhouChina4,265,190
China FlagNanchangChina4,184,360
China FlagWenzhouChina4,170,240
China FlagXiamenChina4,145,340
China FlagGuiyangChina3,806,320
China FlagWuxiChina3,617,260
China FlagWuxiChina3,617,260
Japan FlagYokohamaJapan3,574,443
South Korea FlagBusanSouth Korea3,492,730
China FlagLanzhouChina3,491,820
China FlagTaiyuanChina3,426,519
China FlagTangshanChina3,372,102
North Korea FlagPyongyangNorth Korea3,235,960
China FlagHandanChina3,224,510
China FlagZhongshanChina3,137,750
China FlagWeifangChina3,127,020
China FlagShaoxingChina3,013,160
China FlagYantaiChina2,956,420
China FlagHuizhouChina2,948,280
China FlagZiboChina2,922,540
Japan FlagShizuokaJapan2,921,450
South Korea FlagIncheonSouth Korea2,884,820
Taiwan FlagTaipeiTaiwan2,792,490
China FlagLuoyangChina2,779,070
China FlagLuoyangChina2,779,070
China FlagLuoyangChina2,779,070
China FlagNantongChina2,666,220
Japan FlagSapporoJapan2,645,940
China FlagHohhotChina2,552,380
China FlagBaotouChina2,467,750
China FlagPutianChina2,371,140
Japan FlagSendaiJapan2,330,920
China FlagYangzhouChina2,255,980
China FlagBaodingChina2,228,190
South Korea FlagDaeguSouth Korea2,184,070
China FlagHaikouChina2,132,010
China FlagHaikouChina2,132,010
China FlagDaqingChina2,123,650
Japan FlagHiroshimaJapan2,053,290
Hong Kong FlagKowloonHong Kong2,019,533
China FlagQuanzhouChina2,007,700
China FlagZhuhaiChina2,004,290
China FlagDadonghaiChina2,000,000
China FlagDatongChina1,986,680
China FlagDatongChina1,986,680
China FlagOrdosChina1,940,653
China FlagJiangmenChina1,855,070
China FlagYichangChina1,838,240
China FlagXiangyangChina1,830,460
China FlagYinchuanChina1,830,390
China FlagQinhuangdaoChina1,798,180
China FlagAnyangChina1,778,260
China FlagXiningChina1,773,780
China FlagHengyangChina1,772,860
China FlagAnshanChina1,763,740
China FlagBayan NurChina1,760,000
China FlagJilinChina1,744,980
China FlagZhangjiakouChina1,626,900
China FlagYiwuChina1,597,590
China FlagHuainanChina1,589,370
China FlagChaozhouChina1,569,150
China FlagJiaxingChina1,546,760
South Korea FlagGwangjuSouth Korea1,540,890
South Korea FlagGwangjuSouth Korea1,540,890
China FlagWeihaiChina1,529,560
Japan FlagKobeJapan1,528,478
Taiwan FlagKaohsiungTaiwan1,519,711
China FlagKaifengChina1,497,220
China FlagRizhaoChina1,488,120
South Korea FlagDaejeonSouth Korea1,475,221
China FlagNanchongChina1,473,860
China FlagZunyiChina1,460,060
Japan FlagKyotoJapan1,459,640
China FlagZhanjiangChina1,450,230
China FlagShiyanChina1,445,920
China FlagYingkouChina1,412,510
China FlagFushunChina1,400,646
China FlagJieyangChina1,385,020
China FlagGuankouChina1,380,000
China FlagJinhuaChina1,359,810
China FlagLiupanshuiChina1,341,760
China FlagPuningChina1,334,000
China FlagChifengChina1,328,870
China FlagZhuzhouChina1,320,890
China FlagHuaibeiChina1,315,880
China FlagPizhouChina1,312,740
China FlagLuoheChina1,311,020
Japan FlagKawasakiJapan1,306,785
China FlagBinzhouChina1,290,440
China FlagBinzhouChina1,290,440
China FlagJinzhouChina1,281,950
China FlagJinzhouChina1,281,950
China FlagBenxiChina1,278,180
China FlagGuilinChina1,259,140
South Korea FlagSuwonSouth Korea1,242,724
China FlagWenlingChina1,208,220
China FlagXinxiangChina1,200,000
China FlagTongshanChina1,199,193
Japan FlagSaitamaJapan1,193,350
China FlagFuyangChina1,192,260
China FlagFuyangChina1,192,260
China FlagZaozhuangChina1,186,080
China FlagFuzhouChina1,179,720
China FlagChenzhouChina1,177,330
China FlagShangraoChina1,174,700
China FlagZhaoqingChina1,171,700
China FlagLeshanChina1,166,520
China FlagDezhouChina1,156,460
China FlagXuchangChina1,139,910
China FlagLijiangChina1,137,600
China FlagHuzhouChina1,135,190
China FlagQujingChina1,114,880
China FlagGuipingChina1,113,720
China FlagYueyangChina1,095,900
China FlagXintaiChina1,094,420
Japan FlagYonoJapan1,077,730
China FlagChengdeChina1,076,600
South Korea FlagGoyang-siSouth Korea1,073,069
China FlagLeiyangChina1,069,680
South Korea FlagChangwonSouth Korea1,059,130
China FlagLaiwuChina1,051,310
China FlagChangshu CityChina1,047,700
China FlagJiujiangChina1,043,180
Taiwan FlagTaichungTaiwan1,040,725
China FlagXianyangChina1,034,081
South Korea FlagSeongnam-siSouth Korea1,031,935
China FlagGuigangChina1,030,910
China FlagHengshuiChina1,030,900
China FlagMudanjiangChina1,025,590
China FlagXinyuChina1,025,140
China FlagLinfenChina1,024,140
China FlagZhangzhouChina1,022,670
China FlagYangjiangChina1,014,020
China FlagBaishanChina1,005,740
China FlagDeyangChina1,004,890
China FlagJiangyinChina1,003,350
China FlagZhu Cheng CityChina1,000,000
Japan FlagKitakyushuJapan997,536
China FlagBengbuChina990,361
China FlagChangzhiChina966,677
China FlagDandongChina962,140
China FlagChangdeChina955,997
China FlagQuzhouChina953,084
China FlagShangqiuChina952,787
China FlagLiaoyangChina946,597
China FlagXingtaiChina937,021
China FlagHuangshiChina924,002
China FlagXinghuaChina919,964
Japan FlagChibaJapan919,729
South Korea FlagUlsanSouth Korea918,482
China FlagFuxinChina917,396
China FlagYibinChina912,745
China FlagHuaihuaChina912,663
China FlagXinyangChina906,367
China FlagXiaoganChina904,876
China FlagYangquanChina902,484
China FlagBozhouChina896,567
China FlagTianshuiChina895,618
China FlagKunshanChina893,198
China FlagPingdingshanChina889,675
Taiwan FlagTainanTaiwan886,039
China FlagZhujiChina885,148
China FlagQiqiharChina882,364
China FlagJinchengChina882,169
China FlagZhumadianChina870,712
China FlagAnqiuChina869,644
China FlagTaixingChina864,646
China FlagHezeChina864,086
China FlagLangfangChina863,203
China FlagHaichengChina861,388
China FlagLiaochengChina860,764
China FlagGaomiChina860,282
China FlagHanchuanChina857,519
South Korea FlagBucheon-siSouth Korea850,731
Mongolia FlagUlan BatorMongolia844,818
China FlagZhabeiChina840,000
China FlagJiaozuoChina832,142
China FlagLinhaiChina830,096
China FlagAnqingChina826,123
China FlagDengzhouChina822,678
China FlagShaoguanChina816,261
China FlagYunchengChina814,924
China FlagYuxiChina814,376
China FlagYanjiChina808,147
China FlagZigongChina803,465
China FlagTongliaoChina802,817
China FlagQingyuanChina802,697
China FlagDazhouChina800,986
China FlagWuzhouChina798,828
China FlagZhangjiagangChina792,546
Japan FlagNiigataJapan791,952
China FlagDongtaiChina788,212
China FlagJiamusiChina786,151
China FlagAnkangChina784,537
Japan FlagSakaiJapan782,339
China FlagYuyaoChina772,356
China FlagLoudiChina763,088
China FlagBijieChina762,945
China FlagRenqiuChina761,689
China FlagZhoukouChina760,893
China FlagPuyangChina744,856
China FlagEnshiChina742,886
China FlagQinzhouChina739,562
Japan FlagKumamotoJapan733,444
China FlagHaimenChina728,527
China FlagSanyaChina727,336
China FlagEzhouChina727,046
China FlagZhoushanChina721,665
South Korea FlagCheonanSouth Korea717,256
Japan FlagOkayamaJapan716,815
China FlagWuhaiChina712,859
China FlagNeijiangChina702,825
China FlagAnshunChina699,457
China FlagHegangChina687,913
China FlagHanzhongChina679,647
China FlagXiangtanChina674,189
South Korea FlagJeonjuSouth Korea669,579
North Korea FlagChongjinNorth Korea666,765
China FlagPuyang ChengguanzhenChina666,322
China FlagZhaodongChina660,871
China FlagFuqingChina659,307
China FlagDayeChina658,981
China FlagSipingChina658,264
China FlagGaozhouChina654,954
South Korea FlagAnsan-siSouth Korea650,728
China FlagXinyiChina640,191
China FlagTonghuaChina639,888
China FlagJiaozhouChina639,629
China FlagZaoyangChina638,673
China FlagDongyangChina638,380
South Korea FlagCheongju-siSouth Korea634,596
South Korea FlagAnyang-siSouth Korea634,367
China FlagXiantaoChina633,933
China FlagZhenjiangChina632,552
China FlagGuangyuanChina632,132
China FlagHebiChina629,450
China FlagYanchengChina628,441
China FlagPanshanChina625,040
China FlagWeinanChina620,130
China FlagCangzhouChina614,014
China FlagTaizhouChina612,356
China FlagFeichengChina610,228
China FlagFeichengChina610,228
China FlagTongchuanChina606,956
China FlagHainingChina606,908
Japan FlagHamamatsuJapan605,098
China FlagGaoyouChina604,659
China FlagTaishanChina604,141
China FlagQingzhouChina602,141
China FlagDaliChina601,663
China FlagChuzhouChina600,938
China FlagShouguangChina598,718
China FlagLuanchengChina597,130
China FlagLaixiChina597,007
China FlagChaoyangChina590,875
China FlagChaoyangChina590,875
China FlagPingduChina590,175
China FlagShangyuChina584,591
China FlagShizuishanChina584,579
Japan FlagHachiojiJapan579,399
China FlagHeyuanChina579,113
Japan FlagKagoshimaJapan576,499
China FlagQianjiangChina566,830
China FlagJinjiangChina563,800
China FlagJinjiangChina563,800
Japan FlagHonchoJapan560,743
China FlagZhuangheChina559,032
China FlagSongyuanChina558,847
China FlagChizhouChina555,991
China FlagHuai'anChina555,230
China FlagJingmenChina549,579
North Korea FlagHamhungNorth Korea548,468
China FlagNanpingChina548,105
Taiwan FlagBanqiaoTaiwan543,342
China FlagChaohuChina541,343
China FlagShuangyashanChina539,190
China FlagZhongxiangChina537,757
China FlagGuliChina536,000
China FlagTangguChina535,298
China FlagBeihaiChina522,586
Macau FlagMacauMacau520,400
Japan FlagUtsunomiyaJapan516,249
China FlagWuhuChina507,524
China FlagWafangdianChina501,662
Japan FlagMatsuyamaJapan500,662
China FlagShashiChina498,780
China FlagFengchengChina497,623
China FlagSuizhouChina488,811
China FlagZhangyeChina482,055
Japan FlagHimejiJapan481,493
China FlagQionghaiChina480,000
South Korea FlagUijeongbu-siSouth Korea479,141
South Korea FlagHwaseong-siSouth Korea476,297
China FlagShanweiChina474,689
China FlagBotouChina473,330
Japan FlagOitaJapan473,310
China FlagJiaojiangChina470,804
Japan FlagMatsudoJapan470,277
Japan FlagKurashikiJapan469,199
Japan FlagNishinomiya-hamaJapan468,925
Japan FlagKawaguchiJapan468,565
China FlagSuihuaChina465,930
China FlagGaopingChina465,537
China FlagHuangshanChina464,177
China FlagDadukouChina461,513
Japan FlagKanazawaJapan460,005
China FlagLaibinChina459,987
Japan FlagFukuyamaJapan459,330
China FlagPingliangChina456,608
China FlagJiuquanChina455,710
North Korea FlagNamp'oNorth Korea455,000
China FlagHamiChina454,501
China FlagJiningChina450,327
China FlagWenshan CityChina450,000
China FlagChangjiChina448,933
China FlagWuweiChina446,906
China FlagTielingChina445,145
China FlagWanningChina444,617
Japan FlagAmagasakiJapan442,173
China FlagBaiyinChina442,131
North Korea FlagSunch'onNorth Korea437,000
China FlagBei'anChina436,444
China FlagMeizhouChina435,610
South Korea FlagMasanSouth Korea434,371
China FlagXinzhouChina431,830
China FlagXinzhouChina431,830
China FlagJingdezhenChina430,133
Japan FlagYokosukaJapan428,992
China FlagLuqiaoChina427,890
China FlagLaizhouChina421,421
China FlagLaiyangChina418,853
China FlagWenchangChina417,401
Japan FlagTakamatsuJapan413,604
China FlagHuazhouChina410,358
China FlagHuazhouChina410,358
China FlagDashiqiaoChina409,221
China FlagQufuChina408,834
China FlagSanmingChina408,702
South Korea FlagJeju CitySouth Korea408,364
China FlagGongzhulingChina406,483
Japan FlagHirakataJapan406,331
China FlagJiayuguanChina405,774
China FlagLengshuijiangChina405,080
China FlagYushuChina404,628
Japan FlagToyamaJapan404,360
Taiwan FlagHsinchuTaiwan404,109
China FlagJixiChina403,759
China FlagAnluChina403,390
South Korea FlagGumiSouth Korea402,995
Taiwan FlagTaoyuan CityTaiwan402,014
China FlagYunfuChina401,824
Japan FlagMachidaJapan399,969
Japan FlagGifu-shiJapan397,714
Taiwan FlagKeelungTaiwan397,515
China FlagFujinChina395,548
China FlagLiaoyuanChina394,691
Japan FlagFujisawaJapan394,624
Japan FlagMiyazakiJapan393,787
Japan FlagNagasakiJapan393,167
China FlagXinpuChina392,444
China FlagZhaoyuanChina391,329
China FlagZhaoyuanChina391,329
China FlagMachengChina389,900
China FlagZhaotongChina389,673
China FlagManzhouliChina389,652
Japan FlagToyonakaJapan384,459
China FlagNingdeChina383,856
Japan FlagMinatoJapan375,339
China FlagWuchuanChina374,141
China FlagXianningChina373,664
China FlagZhangjiakou Shi Xuanhua QuChina373,422
China FlagPingxiangChina372,123
China FlagFenghuangChina370,000
North Korea FlagWonsanNorth Korea368,948
South Korea FlagPohangSouth Korea368,816
Japan FlagNara-shiJapan367,353
China FlagBaichengChina366,313
China FlagDingzhouChina366,259
Japan FlagToyohashiJapan364,054
Japan FlagTakasakiJapan363,347
Japan FlagNaganoJapan362,689
Japan FlagToyotaJapan362,383
China FlagHuochengChina360,000
China FlagHailinChina358,365
South Korea FlagKwangmyongSouth Korea357,545
South Korea FlagKimhaeSouth Korea356,242
Japan FlagTakatsukiJapan354,468
China FlagShiheziChina353,858
Japan FlagIwakiJapan353,321
Japan FlagOkazakiJapan352,361
Japan FlagSuitaJapan351,630
Japan FlagWakayamaJapan351,000
Taiwan FlagHualien CityTaiwan350,468
North Korea FlagHungnamNorth Korea346,082
China FlagTaihecunChina345,033
China FlagShiqiChina342,306
Japan FlagKashiwaJapan340,221
China FlagAksuChina340,020
Japan FlagTokorozawaJapan339,435
North Korea FlagKaesongNorth Korea338,155
Japan FlagKawagoeJapan337,931
North Korea FlagSinuijuNorth Korea335,294
China FlagYangchunChina328,413
Japan FlagKoriyamaJapan322,624
Japan FlagMaebashiJapan321,546
Japan FlagKochiJapan318,399
Japan FlagAsahikawaJapan318,216
Japan FlagKoshigayaJapan317,437
Japan FlagNahaJapan316,833
China FlagLianshanChina313,247
China FlagWusongChina312,588
North Korea FlagSariwonNorth Korea310,100
South Korea FlagChinjuSouth Korea307,242
China FlagShengliChina306,450
Japan FlagKurumeJapan300,782
China FlagXinyuanChina300,000
China FlagYangshuoChina300,000
Japan FlagKasugaiJapan298,589
Japan FlagAomoriJapan298,394
Japan FlagOtsuJapan298,164
Japan FlagAkashiJapan297,279
Japan FlagYokkaichiJapan295,841
South Korea FlagYeosuSouth Korea295,538
Japan FlagMoriokaJapan295,172
Japan FlagAkitaJapan294,304
Japan FlagFukushimaJapan294,237
China FlagXiuyingChina290,000
Hong Kong FlagTsuen WanHong Kong288,728
Japan FlagIchiharaJapan283,531
South Korea FlagIksanSouth Korea283,501
Japan FlagIchinomiyaJapan280,331
Japan FlagHakodateJapan275,730
China FlagKashgarChina274,717
Japan FlagIbarakiJapan273,992
Japan FlagYaoJapan273,213
Japan FlagKakogawacho-honmachiJapan271,634
China FlagLinyiChina270,669
South Korea FlagMokpoSouth Korea268,402
Japan FlagTokushimaJapan267,345
China FlagChengzhongChina265,886
China FlagHulan ErgiChina265,344
China FlagMianyangChina264,136
China FlagKaramayChina260,000
China FlagAralChina260,000
Japan FlagHiratsukaJapan259,052
China FlagJiningChina258,757
China FlagTurpanChina254,900
Japan FlagYamagataJapan254,538
China FlagLaohekouChina253,112
China FlagNanyangChina251,532
Japan FlagFukui-shiJapan248,707
Japan FlagMitoJapan246,538
Japan FlagShimonosekiJapan245,786
China FlagJi'anChina245,000
South Korea FlagGunsanSouth Korea243,406
South Korea FlagWonjuSouth Korea243,387
China FlagHuayinChina242,488
Japan FlagFujiJapan240,014
Japan FlagHachinoheJapan239,046
Japan FlagNeyagawaJapan238,549
Japan FlagSaseboJapan237,444
China FlagYuciChina235,929
Japan FlagChigasakiJapan231,657
Japan FlagSokaJapan231,445

Eastern Asia Cities Overview

Eastern Asia includes several of the world’s largest metropolitan areas, led by Tokyo at 37M residents. It is followed by Shanghai (31M), Beijing (23M), and Osaka (18.9M).

China has the largest concentration of top-tier cities in the region, including Chongqing (18.5M ), Guangzhou (15.1M ), Tianjin (14.9M ), and Shenzhen (13.8M ). Other major Chinese metros such as Nanjing ( 10.4M) and Chengdu ( 10.2M) remain above the ten-million mark.

Beyond China and Japan, Seoul anchors South Korea with 10.1M residents. Together, these metropolitan centers make Eastern Asia one of the most densely urbanized and economically connected regions in the world.

Sources

  1. World Population Prospects (2024 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.

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