South Asia

===Largest urban areas===
South Asia is home to some of the most populated urban areas in the world. According to the 2023 edition of ''Demographia World Urban Areas'', the region contains 8 of the world's 35 megacities (urban areas over 10&nbsp;million population):<ref name="demographia1">{{cite web |url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf |title=Demographia World Urban Areas |last=Cox |first=Wendell |author-link=Wendell Cox |date=June 2020 |publisher=[[Demographia]] |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
!Rank
!Urban Area
!State/Province
!Country
!Skyline
!Population<ref name="demographia1" />
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name="demographia1"/>
!Density (/km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name="demographia1"/>
|-
||1||[[Delhi]]
|[[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]]||{{Country|India}}||[[File:Skyline of Cannaught Place, New Delhi.jpg|center|100x100px]]||31,190,000||2,344||13,307
|-
||2||[[Mumbai]]
|[[Maharashtra]]||{{Country|India}}||[[File:ওরলির গগনরৈখিক দৃশ্য.jpg|center|100x100px]]||25,189,000||1,046||24,073
|-
||3||[[Kolkata]]
|[[West Bengal]]|||{{Country|India}}||[[File:Kolkata Skyline pic.jpg|center|100x100px]]||21,747,000 ||1,352 ||16,085
|-
||4||[[Karachi]]
|[[Sindh]]||{{Country|Pakistan}}||[[File:Sadar Neighborhood Karachi.jpg|center|100x100px]]||20,249,000 ||1,124 ||18,014
|-
||5||[[Dhaka]]
|[[Dhaka Division]]||{{Country|Bangladesh}}||[[File:Dhaka Skyline at Night.jpg|center|100x100px]] |||19,134,000||619||30,911
|-
||6||[[Bangalore]]
|[[Karnataka]]||{{Country|India}}||[[File:Ubcity2.jpg|center|100x100px]]||15,257,000||1,743||8,753
|-
||7||[[Lahore]]
|[[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]||{{Country|Pakistan}}||[[File:Eye Of Lahore (Minar e Pakistan) evening.jpg|center|100x100px]]||13,504,000||945||14,285
|-
||8||[[Chennai]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]||{{Country|India}}||[[File:Chennai skyline.JPG|center|100x100px]]||11,570,000||1,225||9,444
|-
||9||[[Hyderabad]]
|[[Telangana]]||{{Country|India}}||[[File:High Rise buildings in Madhapur from Golkonda hill.jpg|center|100x100px]]||9,797,000 ||1,689||5,802
|-
||10||[[Ahmedabad]]
|[[Gujarat]]||{{Country|India}}||[[File:SG Highway Skyline.jpg|center|100x100px]]||8,006,000||505||15,852
|}