Asia has dominated a new list of the world's most polluted cities of 2018.

Axar.az reports citing CNN that, according to the report from AirVisual, which measured 3,000 cities, air pollution will cause around 7 million premature deaths globally next year and have a major economic impact. It noted that although South Asian countries and China were the worst affected, air pollution is a global issue.

Asian and the Middle Eastern countries dominated the top 10 list of most air polluted countries, according to the report. Every city in the Middle East that was included in the study exceeded the World Health Organization’s annual exposure guideline for fine particulate matter. The map below shows pollution by country using the US Air Quality Index.

Here are the 10 most polluted cities according to the report, starting with Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi.

1. Gurugram, India

2. Ghaziabad, India

3. Faisalabad, Pakistan

4. Faridabad, India

5. Bhiwadi, India

6. Noida, India

7. Patna, India

8. Hotan, China

9. Lucknow, India

10. Lahore, Pakistan