Jakarta

Indonesia’s Jakarta now the world’s largest city, Tokyo falls to third: UN - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/26/indonesias-jakarta-now-the-worlds-largest-city-tokyo-falls-to-third-un - Nine of the top 10 mega-cities are in Asia, with Bangladesh’s Dhaka projected to be the world’s largest city by 2050.

• Asia is home to 19 of the world’s 33 megacities, and nine out of the top 10. In addition to Jakarta, Dhaka and Tokyo, the other Asian cities in the top 10 are: New Delhi, India (30.2 million); Shanghai, China (29.6 million); Guangzhou, China (27.6 million); Manila, Philippines (24.7 million); Kolkata, India (22.5 million); and Seoul, South Korea (22.5 million).

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