10/40 Nation | Gateway City | Population | Location | Religion | | Afghanistan | Kabul | 2,051,000 | C Asia | Islam | | Albania | Tirana | 427,000 | SE Europe | Islam | | Algeria | Algiers | 3,722,000 | N Africa | Islam | | Azerbaijan | Baku | 1,808,000 | C Asia | Islam | | Bahrain | Manama | 270,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 9,105,000 | SC Asia | Islam | | Benin | Cotonou | 501,000 | NC Africa | Animism | | Bhutan | Thimphu | 121,400 | SC Asia | Buddhism | | Brunei | Bandar Seri
Begawan | 110,000 | SE Asia | Islam | | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 437,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 2,827,000 | SE Asia | Buddhism | | Chad | N'Djamena | 729,000 | NC Africa | Islam | | China | Beijing | 12,332,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Changchun | 2,620,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Chengdu | 3,528,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Chongqing | 3,646,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Guangzhou | 4,184,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Hohhot | 1,312,000 | EC Asia | Buddhism/
Islam | | China | Jinan | 3,208,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Lanzhou | 1,803,000 | EC Asia | Islam | | China | Lhasa | 120,000 | SC Asia | Buddhism | | China | Nanjing | 3,073,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Shanghai | 15,112,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Shenyang | 5,493,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Taiyuan | 2,596,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Tianjin | 10,995,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Urumqi | 1,724,000 | C Asia | Islam | | China | Wuhan | 4,556,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | China | Xian | 3,417,000 | EC Asia | Atheism | | Djibouti | Djibouti | 137,000 | NE Africa | Islam | | Egypt | Cairo | 10,361,000 | NE Africa | Islam | | Eritrea | Asmara | 1,069,000 | NE Africa | Islam/
Christianity | | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 2,419,000 | NE Africa | Christianity | | Gambia | Banjul | 560,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Gaza Strip | Gaza | 1,073,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Guinea | Conakry | 1,734,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 130,000 | NW Africa | Animism | | India | Ahmedabad | 4,396,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Amritsar | 837,000 | SC Asia | Sikhism | | India | Calcutta | 13,604,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Delhi | 10,857,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Hyderabad | 4,208,000 | SC Asia | | India | Jaipur | 1,969,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Kanpur | 2,378,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Lucknow | 1,391,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism/
Islam | | India | Patna | 2,209,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Pune | 2,971,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | India | Varanasi | 1,193,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | Indonesia | Jakarta | 11,401,000 | SE Asia | Islam | | Iran | Mashhad | 2,450,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Iran | Tehran | 7,509,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Iraq | Baghdad | 4,511,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Israel | Jerusalem | 518,000 | Mid East | Judaism | | Israel | Tel Aviv | 2,092,000 | Mid East | Judaism | | Japan | Fukuoko-
Kita-Kyushu | 4,164,000 | E Asia | Shintoism | | Japan | Osaka-
Kobe-Kyoto | 8,563,000 | E Asia | Shintoism | | Japan | Sapporo | E Asia | Shintoism | | Japan | Tokyo-Yokohama | 18,527,000 | E Asia | Shintoism | | Jordan | Amman | 1,273,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Kazakhstan | Almaty | 1,197,000 | C Asia | Islam | | Korea, North | Pyongyang | 2,471,000 | E Asia | Atheism | | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 231,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 710,000 | C Asia | Islam | | Laos | Vientiane | 491,000 | SE Asia | Buddhism | | Lebanon | Beirut | 1,543,000 | Mid East | Islam/
Christianity | | Libya | Tripoli | 1,828,000 | N Africa | Islam | | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 2,183,000 | SE Asia | Islam | | Maldives | Male | 50,000 | SC Asia | Islam | | Mali | Bamako | 680,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 650,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 600,000 | C Asia | Animism/
Buddhism | | Morocco | Casablanca | 3,858,000 | N Africa | Islam | Myanmar
(Burma) | Yangon | 3,905,000 | SE Asia | Buddhism | | Nepal | Kathmandu | 372,000 | SC Asia | Hinduism | | Niger | Niamey | 430,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Nigeria | Kano | 660,000 | WC Africa | Islam | | Oman | Muscat | 177,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Pakistan | Karachi | 9,506,000 | SC Asia | Islam | | Pakistan | Lahore | 4,926,000 | SC Asia | Islam | | Qatar | Doha | 340,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Saudi Arabia | Mecca | 884,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 2,664,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Senegal | Dakar | 1,847,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Somalia | Mogadishu | 849,000 | E Africa | Islam | | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 2,345,000 | SC Asia | Buddhism | | Sudan | Khartoum | 2,477,000 | NE Africa | Islam | | Syria | Damascus | 2,511,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Taiwan | Taipei | 3,561,000 | E Asia | Buddhism | | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 620,000 | C Asia | Islam | | Thailand | Bangkok | 8,627,000 | SE Asia | Buddhism | | Tunisia | Tunis | 1,935,000 | N Africa | Islam | | Turkey | Ankara | 3,071,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Turkey | Istanbul | 8,143,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Turkey | Izmir | 2,169,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Turkmenistan | Ashkhabad | 407,000 | C Asia | Islam | | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 730,000 | Mid East | Islam | | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 2,037,000 | C Asia | Islam | | Vietnam | Hanoi | 1,260,000 | SE Asia | Buddhism | | Western Sahara | El Aaiun | 186,000 | NW Africa | Islam | | Yemen | Sana'a | 503,600 | Mid East | Islam |
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