A. Population Size

Table 3 shows the minima, maxima and means of city population size in 1980. The range of city sizes included is substantial, from a small city of less than 15,000 to a large one of 8.2 million. The response from Jakarta comes from two different administrative districts of the city, rather than from one overall city administrative unit. Thus the range for Indonesia is smaller than it would be if the two city districts were reported for greater Jakarta as a whole. Bombay, India is the largest single city included, and the smallest is Sawahlunto in Indonesia. Appendix II lists all cities in this review together with their sizes and growth rates.

Two-thirds of the cities covered had populations between 100,000 and 500,000 in 1980. There are 19 cities below 100,000, and 10 that are over 1 million. All of these smaller and larger cities are in countries other than Japan. The selection of cities for the Enquiry in Japan focused on what have been called medium-sized cities. Thus of the 26 cities surveyed in Japan. 23 were between 100,000 and 500,000, and only three were larger than 500,000 (Okayama: 513,000; Kumamoto: 526.000; and Chiba: 746,000). Later we shall examine the impact of city size on a number of other conditions.

Table 3.
Population Size of 128 Asian Cities