United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Population of the largest urban agglomerations in 1995 ------------------------------------------- As percentage Population of urban Country or area Agglomeration (thousands) population --------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- Asia Eastern Asia --------------------------------------------------------------------- China Shanghai 13584 3.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dem. People's Rep. of Korea Pyongyang 2484 18.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong, China Hong Kong 5817 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Tokyo 26959 27.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Macau Macau 424 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mongolia Ulan Bator 666 44.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Korea Seoul 11609 31.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- South-central Asia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Afghanistan Kabul 2029 51.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangladesh Dhaka 8545 39.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhutan Thimphu 22 20.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- India Bombay 15138 6.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iran (Islamic Republic of) Teheran 6836 17.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakstan Alma-Ata 1245 12.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyrgyzstan Bishkeh 662 38.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Maldives Male 68 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nepal Kathmandu 533 24.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan Karachi 9733 20.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sri Lanka Colombo 645 16.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tajikistan Dushanbe 664 35.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkmenistan Ashkabad 462 25.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Uzbekistan Tashkent 2282 24.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- South-eastern Asia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Bega 75 37.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambodia Phnom Penh 429 21.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- East Timor Dili 61 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia Jakarta 8621 12.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lao People's Dem. Rep. Vientiane 534 52.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1236 11.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar Yangon 3873 33.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Philippines Metro Manila 9286 25.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Singapore Singapore 3327 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand Bangkok 6547 56.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh 3521 24.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Asia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Armenia Yerevan 1278 51.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Azerbaijan Baku 1848 44.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahrain Manama 148 29.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyprus Nicosia 178 44.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (Urban) 746 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Tbilisi 1342 42.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq Baghdad 4336 29.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Israel Tel-Aviv-Yafo 1976 39.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan Amman 1183 30.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuwait Kuwait City 1090 66.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lebanon Beirut 1826 69.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Oman Muscat 635 38.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Qatar Doha 355 70.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Saudi Arabia Riyadh 2619 17.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Syrian Arab Republic Damascus 2036 27.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey Ankara 2846 6.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 799 43.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yemen Sana'a 629 12.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997