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List of Asian countries by population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date19 Aug 2024
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India is the most populous country in Asia, followed by China. These two contries together share close to 60% of Asia population. The other five countries with a total number of humans above 100 million are Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. The top five countries together hold a huge 74.45% share of the Asia population. As of 2024, 30 countries/territories have a population above 10 million. The least populous country in Asia is Brunei Darussalam. Four countries/dependent territories in Asia have a population below one million.

Five Asian countries are in the list of the top ten most populous countries globally as it hosts India and China, the world's top two most populous countries. The other three Asian countries in the top ten are Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nineteen countries are within the top 50 world population ranking.

Out of 51 countries/territories, the population of 42 would increase, and nine countries would decrease in 2024. India would be the top contributor to the total population increment in 2024. India accounts for 45 percent of the total population increase in Asia. Indian population would increase by 13 million, followed by Pakistan (3.9 million) and Indonesia (2.3 million). Six countries will add at least ten million humans in 2024. China (-3.2 million) is the top decliner, followed by Japan (-636k) and Taiwan (-101k).

Oman would have the highest population growth rate of 4.51% in 2024, ollowed by The Syrian Arab Republic (4.12%). These two are the only countries in Asia with having growth rate above 4%. Nine countries have a growth rate above 2%. Nine countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations.

In 1950 and 2000, Qatar and the Maldives were the least populous country in Asia, resp. Now Brunei Darussalam will remain the least populous country until 2100. Macao will become the least populous region in Asia by 2100.

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Population (UN)
Country/Region Population Share (%) Rank Growth (2024) Growth Rank
20232024 AsiaWorldAsiaWorldNet%AsiaWorld
Kazakhstan20,330,10420,592,5710.4280.2522564256,7261.252088
Kyrgyzstan7,073,5167,186,0090.1490.088035107110,8301.541572
Tajikistan10,389,79910,590,9270.2200.1302991198,4431.871158
Turkmenistan7,364,4387,494,4980.1560.091833104127,5911.701365
Uzbekistan35,652,30736,361,8590.7560.4461743702,8101.931053
China1,422,584,9331,419,321,27829.517.422-3,175,283-0.2247193
China, Hong Kong SAR7,442,7347,414,9090.1540.090834105-36,337-0.4949204
China, Macao SAR713,912720,2620.01500.00882491682,7900.3938154
China, Taiwan Province of China23,317,14523,213,9620.4830.2842360-100,652-0.4348201
Dem. People's Republic of Korea26,418,20426,498,8230.5510.325215677,0180.2941161
Japan124,370,947123,753,0412.571.52612-636,276-0.5150206
Mongolia3,431,9323,475,5400.07230.04264213342,5401.222190
Republic of Korea51,748,73951,717,5901.080.6341329-40,992-0.0845183
Afghanistan41,454,76142,647,4920.8870.52315361,205,6762.83516
Bangladesh171,466,990173,562,3643.612.13582,109,7921.222292
Bhutan786,385791,5240.01650.00970481674,8370.6136136
India1,438,069,5961,450,935,79130.217.81112,999,0940.9027114
Iran (Islamic Republic of)90,608,70791,567,7381.901.12917905,9210.9925108
Maldives525,994527,7990.01100.00647501741,9100.3640158
Nepal29,694,61429,651,0540.6170.3632051-45,791-0.1546189
Pakistan247,504,495251,269,1645.233.08453,867,1481.541673
Sri Lanka22,971,61723,103,5650.4810.2832461130,2550.5637139
Brunei Darussalam458,949462,7210.009630.00567511763,7050.8029120
Cambodia17,423,88017,638,8010.3670.2162673211,4351.202494
Indonesia281,190,067283,487,9315.903.47342,268,5730.8030121
Lao People's Democratic Republic7,664,9937,769,8190.1620.095232103104,2901.341884
Malaysia35,126,29835,557,6730.7400.4361844426,8631.202393
Myanmar54,133,79854,500,0911.130.6681227359,2200.6633131
Philippines114,891,199115,843,6702.411.42714945,2450.8228119
Singapore5,789,0905,832,3870.1210.07153611539,8520.6832129
Thailand71,702,43571,668,0111.490.8781120-42,394-0.0644182
Timor-Leste1,384,2861,400,6380.02910.01724615617,8261.271986
Viet Nam100,352,192100,987,6862.101.24816624,7890.6234134
Armenia2,943,3932,973,8400.06190.036444140-21,195-0.7151215
Azerbaijan10,318,20710,336,5770.2150.127309463,5770.6135135
Bahrain1,569,6661,607,0490.03340.01974515438,4892.40628
Cyprus1,344,9761,358,2820.02830.01664715812,8900.9526111
Georgia3,807,4923,807,6700.07920.046741131-338-0.0143176
Iraq45,074,04946,042,0150.9580.5641434968,2242.10845
Israel9,256,3149,387,0210.1950.1153198130,4081.391778
Jordan11,439,21311,552,8760.2400.142278443,8660.3839157
Kuwait4,838,7824,934,5070.1030.060540128100,7292.04950
Lebanon5,773,4935,805,9620.1210.07113711640,3410.6931126
Oman5,049,2695,281,5380.1100.064739123232,7884.4111
Qatar2,979,0823,048,4230.06340.03734313771,9422.36730
Saudi Arabia33,264,29233,962,7570.7070.4161948603,0311.781263
State of Palestine5,409,2025,495,4430.1140.06733812190,0341.641469
Syrian Arab Republic23,594,62324,672,7600.5130.3022257996,2634.0424
Türkiye87,270,50187,473,8051.821.071018204,2600.2342165
United Arab Emirates10,642,08111,027,1290.2290.1352886375,9963.4135
Yemen39,390,79940,583,1640.8440.49716371,191,8072.94412
Asia 4,778,004,486 4,806,898,007 58.89 28,810,566 0.60
Estimated and Projected population (UN)
Country/Region 1950 2000 2050 2100
PopulationRankPopulationRankPopulation RankPopulationRank
Kazakhstan6,787,1491915,501,1032526,544,2652233,672,18120
Kyrgyzstan1,751,139295,025,145339,642,9523311,729,82731
Tajikistan1,528,308326,284,7352915,574,6422820,201,58327
Turkmenistan1,269,180364,582,677349,639,708349,946,59835
Uzbekistan6,239,9042024,787,0541452,210,7551674,350,00513
China544,044,35811,269,581,17511,260,289,0932633,368,1132
China, Hong Kong SAR1,978,342286,704,664286,090,619392,080,29144
China, Macao SAR196,65444437,30949668,86049331,16851
China, Taiwan Province of China7,596,5301822,332,8701919,434,6002610,016,99534
Dem. People's Republic of Korea11,116,7361423,665,9101725,787,1272319,512,14929
Japan86,443,2773127,027,7896105,123,167876,845,98912
Mongolia781,688392,455,182414,501,493415,519,34540
Republic of Korea19,757,3211046,766,6611245,143,1341821,848,79124
Afghanistan7,776,1761720,130,3272076,885,13511130,216,7396
Bangladesh41,206,8565134,544,3045214,709,0975208,596,5165
Bhutan169,98245596,86348882,34048690,43248
India346,278,82121,057,922,73321,679,589,25911,505,251,7611
Iran (Islamic Republic of)16,510,5531366,418,6599101,861,993980,045,29111
Maldives74,44849282,01951589,96250474,91949
Nepal8,396,6031524,546,5091534,642,0272131,831,43321
Pakistan35,849,2606154,879,1274371,863,7933511,000,6183
Sri Lanka7,811,0471619,293,0542224,813,6902421,249,40626
Brunei Darussalam48,29750326,42450519,55151464,80650
Cambodia4,375,2572412,462,3362621,931,4552522,738,85823
Indonesia68,799,0254216,077,7903320,712,9494295,511,0614
Lao People's Democratic Republic1,684,550315,431,212319,757,285329,256,27837
Malaysia6,098,2832122,967,8161844,289,7721944,026,12218
Myanmar17,737,1171245,290,8411358,623,2321549,658,88216
Philippines18,849,5281179,625,3977134,373,4396114,221,9097
Singapore1,013,313374,035,245376,081,691404,163,01241
Thailand20,428,402963,007,8151166,382,7351445,555,06517
Timor-Leste414,76243745,088451,889,249461,972,92445
Viet Nam25,100,738777,154,0118110,008,908791,705,10810
Armenia1,382,895333,125,628402,495,207441,692,19846
Azerbaijan3,131,972278,174,7852711,224,9233110,021,32033
Bahrain117,26347669,581462,139,465453,090,32342
Cyprus493,87140947,667441,508,482471,275,35347
Georgia3,497,441264,328,358363,664,014432,969,40343
Iraq5,653,3502224,424,0561671,928,75012100,649,0569
Israel1,289,236356,111,1903013,092,7223019,747,04028
Jordan438,802425,386,9453216,367,3542721,322,92625
Kuwait153,958461,954,709436,367,756389,602,01436
Lebanon1,349,350344,329,340356,999,260377,192,59239
Oman456,988412,282,131427,827,0023612,094,99630
Qatar24,28351644,989474,164,461427,272,25638
Saudi Arabia1,703,2713016,177,7222447,693,9101771,006,69014
State of Palestine944,624383,151,793398,451,8913511,482,18632
Syrian Arab Republic3,612,0812516,637,8882337,793,3722043,686,64719
Türkiye21,021,140865,425,9611091,258,0611065,338,45915
United Arab Emirates74,512483,493,5753815,367,3922926,134,29922
Yemen4,616,7802319,624,1412170,976,40313110,035,6348
Asia 1,368,075,415 3,747,780,304 5,280,378,401 4,612,667,565
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