South-East Asia
South-East Asia: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
continent · Asia · page prepared 2026-11-07
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South East Asia at a glance
Rolled up from the 335 regions inside South East Asia on this site.
Largest employers headquartered in South East Asia
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.NextStar Energy Windsor, ON · Manufacturing — lithium-ion battery cells and modules ↗1,100 at this site, 2025
Largest places in South East Asia
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Dhaka36,600,000
- 2.Shanghai, China30,050,000
- 3.Beijing, China21,800,000
- 4.Chengdu, Sichuan, China20,937,757
- 5.Karachi, Pakistan20,000,000
- 6.Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam14,000,000
- 7.Lahore, Pakistan14,000,000
- 8.Tianjin, China13,866,009
- 9.Wuhan, China13,861,900
- 10.Xi'an, Shaanxi, China13,240,000
- 11.Mumbai (Bombay), India full12,500,000
- 12.Seoul, Korea9,600,000
- 13.Nanjing, China9,423,400
- 14.Jinan, China9,200,000
- 15.Chattogram (Chittagong), Bangladesh9,200,000
Inside South East Asia
12 regions have South East Asia as their parent.
- Cambodia country
- East Timor (Timor-Leste) country
- Indian Subcontinent continent
- Indonesia country
- Laos country
- Malaysia country
- Myanmar (Burma) country
- Philippines country
- Sentosa Island, Singapore region
- Singapore country
- Thailand country
- Vietnam country
Companies based in South East Asia
3,384 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in South East Asia. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of South-East Asia are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.