Southern Asia Cities by Population 2025

5 Most Populated Southern Asia Cities

India Flag

Delhi

34,665,600

Bangladesh Flag

Dhaka

24,652,900

India Flag

Mumbai

22,089,000

Pakistan Flag

Karachi

18,076,800

India Flag

Kolkata

15,845,200
City
Country
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DelhiIndia34,665,600
DhakaBangladesh24,652,900
MumbaiIndia22,089,000
KarachiPakistan18,076,800
KolkataIndia15,845,200
LahorePakistan14,825,800
ChennaiIndia12,336,000
HyderabadIndia11,337,900
TehranIran9,729,740
AhmedabadIndia9,061,820
SuratIndia8,581,730
PuneIndia7,525,720
ChittagongBangladesh5,653,490
BengaluruIndia5,104,047
KabulAfghanistan4,877,020
JaipurIndia4,411,110
KozhikodeIndia4,387,410
MalappuramIndia4,343,910
LucknowIndia4,132,670
FaisalabadPakistan3,892,830
IndoreIndia3,482,830
MashhadIran3,460,660
KanpurIndia3,345,370
NagpurIndia3,170,180
CoimbatoreIndia3,158,720
ThiruvananthapuramIndia3,072,530
PatnaIndia2,689,540
BhopalIndia2,686,290
Navi MumbaiIndia2,600,000
PeshawarPakistan2,548,930
GujranwalaPakistan2,543,540
RawalpindiPakistan2,486,560
AgraIndia2,478,340
KannurIndia2,465,140
VisakhapatnamIndia2,440,420
VadodaraIndia2,424,920
NashikIndia2,351,140
VijayawadaIndia2,350,700
MultanPakistan2,258,380
KollamIndia2,252,170
RajkotIndia2,150,330
HyderabadPakistan2,058,730
LudhianaIndia2,028,680
RaipurIndia1,923,440
RaipurIndia1,923,440
RaipurIndia1,923,440
MaduraiIndia1,911,650
MeerutIndia1,874,890
VaranasiIndia1,826,010
TiruppurIndia1,783,690
SrinagarIndia1,777,610
SrinagarIndia1,777,610
JamshedpurIndia1,767,760
AurangabadIndia1,767,330
AurangabadIndia1,767,330
ShirazIran1,763,900
TabrizIran1,695,670
KathmanduNepal1,672,900
JodhpurIndia1,664,420
JodhpurIndia1,664,420
RanchiIndia1,621,720
KarajIran1,614,660
KotaIndia1,599,350
KotaIndia1,599,350
KotaIndia1,599,350
JabalpurIndia1,582,200
AsansolIndia1,565,300
IsfahanIran1,547,164
GwaliorIndia1,543,500
AllahabadIndia1,523,670
AmritsarIndia1,511,110
DhanbadIndia1,441,800
BareillyIndia1,413,250
QomIran1,392,280
AligarhIndia1,379,560
MoradabadIndia1,369,880
MysoreIndia1,345,720
AhvazIran1,324,800
IslamabadPakistan1,301,130
PimpriIndia1,284,606
TiruchirappalliIndia1,269,900
ChandigarhIndia1,266,010
KalyanIndia1,262,255
ThaneIndia1,261,517
QuettaPakistan1,253,110
SaharanpurIndia1,242,490
GuwahatiIndia1,224,170
NowrangapurIndia1,220,946
SalemIndia1,220,710
FaridabadIndia1,220,229
GhaziabadIndia1,199,191
DombivliIndia1,193,000
JalandharIndia1,167,600
KermanshahIran1,117,360
SolapurIndia1,108,180
WarangalIndia1,080,490
TeniIndia1,034,724
SylhetBangladesh1,032,980
HaoraIndia1,027,672
RajshahiBangladesh1,007,020
Shivaji NagarIndia1,000,000
BograBangladesh981,223
KhulnaBangladesh980,200
BahawalpurPakistan970,074
GunturIndia962,403
BhiwandiIndia943,921
FirozabadIndia941,758
PuducherryIndia940,911
CherthalaIndia931,015
KottayamIndia885,396
OrumiyehIran860,169
NelloreIndia858,853
BikanerIndia853,869
HubliIndia840,214
MuzaffarnagarIndia836,997
AmravatiIndia824,965
GorakhpurIndia816,586
GorakhpurIndia816,586
CuttackIndia804,914
BelgaumIndia799,729
MalegaonIndia799,708
TirupatiIndia797,302
SialkotPakistan789,386
Pasragad BranchIran787,878
MangaloreIndia778,685
SargodhaPakistan775,091
BhavnagarIndia766,887
KahrizIran766,706
KurnoolIndia765,324
BhubaneshwarIndia762,243
RashtIran757,765
HeratAfghanistan752,910
GulbargaIndia751,802
JammuIndia751,521
DurgapurIndia740,728
DurgapurIndia740,728
MuzaffarabadPakistan725,000
JhansiIndia706,823
ErodeIndia705,586
BattagramPakistan700,000
JamnagarIndia691,018
Bandar AbbasIran690,978
ComillaBangladesh690,860
PatialaIndia684,928
BilaspurIndia682,488
BilaspurIndia682,488
BilaspurIndia682,488
BilaspurIndia682,488
Mazar-e SharifAfghanistan681,531
RaurkelaIndia676,909
AgartalaIndia670,388
KolhapurIndia669,008
UjjainIndia668,371
AjmerIndia664,708
MathuraIndia664,568
ImphalIndia662,452
ColomboSri Lanka647,557
HosurIndia646,438
ZahedanIran643,702
KotliPakistan640,000
SangliIndia635,803
UdaipurIndia629,951
UdaipurIndia629,951
UdaipurIndia629,951
JalgaonIndia628,788
VelloreIndia625,881
BhilaiIndia625,138
GayaIndia623,751
TirunelveliIndia616,444
ArdabilIran614,154
HamadanIran611,801
PanipatIndia611,170
BorivliIndia609,617
LarkanaPakistan609,434
YazdIran609,302
CochinIndia604,696
SukkurPakistan595,585
RajahmundryIndia593,031
ArakIran589,740
BegusaraiIndia586,584
BellaryIndia585,914
KandaharAfghanistan577,128
MuzaffarpurIndia567,318
PurniaIndia566,482
BarisalBangladesh565,243
KakinadaIndia563,735
KermanIran559,142
NandedIndia550,564
LaturIndia537,088
Rahim Yar KhanPakistan530,892
BhagalpurIndia525,429
RohtakIndia522,082
Dehra DunIndia522,081
BhayandarIndia520,301
ShillongIndia520,140
UlhasnagarIndia516,584
ShiliguriIndia515,574
AzadshahrIran514,102
PokharaNepal511,247
BilimoraIndia510,879
AnantapurIndia510,372
ZanjanIran509,683
MymensinghBangladesh509,237
RaniganjIndia507,918
BhilwaraIndia507,328
Karol BaghIndia505,241
YamunanagarIndia495,719
SahiwalPakistan495,075
SahiwalPakistan495,075
BhatparaIndia483,129
SanandajIran482,664
SagarIndia481,894
AlwarIndia481,531
AkolaIndia481,186
DhulianIndia476,915
RampurIndia473,662
RampurIndia473,662
GujratPakistan469,248
GandhidhamIndia465,869
BaharampurIndia464,829
BijapurIndia464,807
OttappalamIndia464,748
KarnalIndia458,934
BarddhamanIndia458,031
RangpurBangladesh456,821
KorbaIndia456,114
RamgundamIndia452,261
KarimnagarIndia450,584
OkaraPakistan447,596
BrahmapurIndia446,017
QazvinIran444,984
JunagadhIndia444,160
ShyamnagarIndia441,956
NangiIndia440,894
DindigulIndia438,664
DavangereIndia435,128
AhmadnagarIndia432,248
KasurPakistan423,971
MardanPakistan422,758
KhorramabadIran420,998
AnandIndia419,844
Bihar SharifIndia418,625
BokaroIndia418,533
RoorkeeIndia415,859
BathindaIndia415,294
AizawlIndia414,881
ThoothukudiIndia410,760
ShimogaIndia410,755
KarurIndia405,879
TumkurIndia399,268
IchalkaranjiIndia398,872
DewasIndia396,079
ParbhaniIndia394,363
GorganIran391,519
HisarIndia387,141
KhammamIndia382,803
DarbhangaIndia382,707
HabraIndia382,033
HaldwaniIndia381,677
SatnaIndia381,322
FarrukhabadIndia379,548
PanihatiIndia378,705
ShibganjBangladesh378,701
JalnaIndia376,403
AbadanIran370,180
ArrahIndia369,680
NatoreBangladesh369,138
DhuliaIndia366,980
ShekhupuraPakistan361,303
NizamabadIndia357,286
NizamabadIndia357,286
HapurIndia356,615
KharagpurIndia351,911
KharagpurIndia351,911
PunasaIndia350,000
RatlamIndia346,299
BhimbarPakistan342,900
KukatpalliIndia341,709
Jhang SadrPakistan341,210
AmbatturIndia341,049
SariIran338,115
TungiBangladesh337,579
KamarhatiIndia332,965
KhorramshahrIran330,606
ChandaIndia328,351
TrichurIndia325,110
ShahjanpurIndia320,434
New DelhiIndia317,797
KultiIndia305,405
Malir CantonmentPakistan300,000
BarasatIndia298,127
BaliIndia296,973
Greater NoidaIndia293,908
NoidaIndia293,908
NarsingdiBangladesh281,080
MingoraPakistan279,914
Khomeyni ShahrIran277,334
BagerhatBangladesh266,388
Lal Bahadur NagarIndia261,987
BaranagarIndia260,072
GajuwakaIndia258,944
EtawahIndia257,448
DurgIndia255,283
Cox's BazarBangladesh253,788
NaihatiIndia253,221
BorujerdIran251,958
QarchakIran251,834
SonipatIndia250,521
AvadiIndia250,044
TiruvottiyurIndia248,059
SaugorIndia247,333
MauIndia246,050
JessoreBangladesh243,987
NagarpurBangladesh238,422
BarasatIndia237,783
Dera Ghazi KhanPakistan236,093
RamagundamIndia235,000
GanganagarIndia231,838
NawabshahPakistan229,504
BharatpurIndia229,384
ShrirampurIndia226,317
SabzevarIran226,183
RaichurIndia225,962
QuthbullapurIndia225,816
NarayanganjBangladesh223,622
NajafabadIran223,450
GosabaIndia222,764
NeyshaburIran220,929
MirzapurIndia220,029
Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaSri Lanka219,827
TanjoreIndia219,571
AmarnathIndia217,780
Mirpur KhasPakistan215,657
NagercoilIndia213,858
NazarabadIran213,388
BukanIran213,331
PaliIndia210,103
RewaIndia208,461
SirjanIran207,645
DinajpurBangladesh206,234
SecunderabadIndia204,182
BidarIndia204,071
MonghyrIndia203,163
BabolIran202,796
BurhanpurIndia202,695
NadiadIndia202,067
ChiniotPakistan201,781
ChapraIndia201,597
JalalabadAfghanistan200,331
ShahkotPakistan200,000
PanchkulaIndia200,000
SikarIndia199,932
KamokePakistan199,531
SaidpurBangladesh199,422
AmolIran199,382
BulandshahrIndia198,612
HospetIndia197,846
GurgaonIndia197,340
BirjandIran196,982
SambhalIndia196,109
GandhinagarIndia195,985
MurwaraIndia195,856
Nangloi JatIndia194,363
MachilipatnamIndia192,827
KatiharIndia192,555
Par NaogaonBangladesh192,464
BojnurdIran192,041
BhiwaniIndia190,855
SaddiqabadPakistan189,876
KultaliIndia187,942
PabnaBangladesh186,781
RaebareliIndia186,433
HaridwarIndia186,079
SingrauliIndia185,580
MoratuwaSri Lanka185,031
PaltanBangladesh184,492
BurewalaPakistan183,915
SujangarhIndia183,808
ElloreIndia183,387
PatanNepal183,310
BhusavalIndia183,001
KhandwaIndia182,841
BiratnagarNepal182,324
BahraighIndia182,218
SirsaIndia181,639
ChandannagarIndia180,623
TangailBangladesh180,144
SurendranagarIndia179,628
VaraminIran179,603
VizianagaramIndia179,358
ProddaturIndia177,797
HugliIndia177,005
AlleppeyIndia176,783
MalayerIran176,573
AmrohaIndia176,253
SavehIran175,533
KhowyIran175,370
TambaramIndia174,787
PathankotIndia174,306
BhindIndia174,035
ShimlaIndia173,503
OngoleIndia172,872
Gadag-BetageriIndia172,813
PuriIndia170,841
HaldiaIndia170,695
JacobabadPakistan170,588
RaiganjIndia170,252
Ingraj BazarIndia170,039
JaunpurIndia169,572
JaffnaSri Lanka169,102
JamalpurBangladesh167,900
FatehpurIndia166,480
BushehrIran165,377
NandyalIndia165,337
MuzaffargarhPakistan165,192
UdupiIndia165,000
LoniIndia164,810
SitapurIndia164,435
MuridkePakistan164,246
ShivpuriIndia164,215
JhelumPakistan164,080
BhadravatiIndia163,903
AdoniIndia163,631
VeravalIndia163,326
SambalpurIndia162,887
GadagIndia162,569
MahabadIran162,434
KunduzAfghanistan161,902
UnnaoIndia161,671
BudaunIndia161,555
JindIndia161,260
MadhyamgramIndia161,126
JamuriaIndia160,242
PuthiaBangladesh159,406
JaigaonIndia158,664
CuddaloreIndia158,569
OraiIndia158,265
HoshiarpurIndia158,142
PallavaramIndia157,145
ShikarpurPakistan156,901
HanumangarhIndia155,687
KanchipuramIndia155,029
AlandurIndia153,775
GunaIndia153,689
HafizabadPakistan153,656
BahadurgarhIndia153,613
BharuchIndia153,528
MedinipurIndia153,349
FyzabadIndia153,047
DinaporeIndia152,940
SilcharIndia152,393
BandaIndia152,218
MorenaIndia152,004
KohatPakistan151,427
TonkIndia151,331
SaqqezIran151,237
Raj-NandgaonIndia150,755
SerilingampalleIndia150,525
VirarIndia150,357
MalkajgiriIndia150,000
ShantipurIndia149,983
BarakpurIndia148,174
RafsanjanIran147,680
AmbalaIndia146,787
KrishnanagarIndia145,926
SaharsaIndia145,764
BatalaIndia145,468
BhimavaramIndia142,967
KhanpurPakistan142,426
NawabganjBangladesh142,361
BalurghatIndia141,404
KhuzdarPakistan141,227
GhazniAfghanistan141,000
IlamIran140,940
KaithalIndia140,604
LakhimpurIndia140,223
HazaribaghIndia140,063
VidishaIndia140,045
DaduPakistan139,784
GojraPakistan139,726
KumbakonamIndia139,264
PorbandarIndia138,872
ChitradurgaIndia138,587
ThanesarIndia138,279
TiruvannamalaiIndia138,243
NegomboSri Lanka137,223
KanchraparaIndia136,954
MahbubnagarIndia136,135
DimapurIndia135,860
KushtiaBangladesh135,724
RobertsonpetIndia135,218
ChhindwaraIndia134,847
MandyaIndia134,845
BankuraIndia133,966
HajipurIndia133,606
Gonda CityIndia133,583
BhujIndia133,459
HindupurIndia133,298
BirganjNepal133,238
MiandoabIran132,819

Southern Asia Cities Overview

Southern Asia features several megacities, with Mumbai leading as the largest metropolitan area at 12.7M residents. It’s followed closely by Karachi (11.6M), Delhi (10.9M), and Dhaka (10.4M).

India dominates the urban landscape with numerous major metropolitan areas including Bengaluru (5.1M), Kolkata (4.6M), and Chennai (4.3M). The country’s extensive urban network includes major regional centers like Ahmedabad (3.7M) and Hyderabad (3.6M).

Other countries feature significant urban centers as well: Tehran in Iran has 7.2M residents, while Lahore in Pakistan maintains 6.3M inhabitants. Kabul in Afghanistan (3M) and Kathmandu in Nepal (1.4M) serve as important regional capitals.