List of Asian countries by population
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This is a list of Asian countries and dependent territories by population sorted by normalised demographic projections.
Table
Rank | Country | October 22, 2022 projection |
% of Asia's population |
Average relative annual growth (%)[1] |
Average absolute annual growth [2] |
Estimated doubling time (Years)[3] |
Official figure (where available) |
Date of last figure |
Source |
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1 | China | 1,452,218,082 | 31.35 | 0.49 | 6,730,000 | 141 | 1,411,750,000 | December 31, 2022 | Annual national estimate |
2 | India | 1,411,944,971 | 29.72 | 1.64 | 20,998,000 | 43 | 1,370,508,600 | December 31, 2020 | Official estimate |
3 | Indonesia | 278,462,000 | 5.84 | 1.41 | 1,605,354 | 50 | 272,248,500 | July 1, 2021 | Official estimate |
4 | Pakistan | 229,785,000 | 4.39 | 2.40 | 3,765,000 | 35 | 225,200,000 | July 1, 2021 | UN Projection |
5 | Bangladesh | 171,200,000 | 3.617 | 1.35 | 2,139,000 | 51 | 177,954,000 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock |
7 | Japan | 124,891,000 | 2.81 | -0.01 | -12,000 | - | 124,750,000 | September 1, 2022 | Provisional estimate |
8 | Philippines | 115,699,395 | 2.23 | 1.5 | 1,500,000 | 45 | 110,198,654 | December 1, 2021 | Official estimate |
9 | Vietnam | 99,100,000 | 2.03 | 1.16 | 1,057,000 | 60 | 98,505,400 | July 1, 2021 | Official estimate |
10 | Iran | 88,000,000 | 1.74 | 1.29 | 1,001,000 | 54 | 86,652,000 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock |
11 |
Turkey[4] | 85,214,000 | 1.73 | 1.34 | 1,035,000 | 52 | 84,680,273 | December 31, 2021 | Official estimate |
12 | Thailand | 70,100,000 | 1.51 | 0.76 | 517,000 | 91 | 67,993,000 | July 1, 2019 | National Statistical Office |
13 | Myanmar | 54,486,253 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 632,000 | 57 | 54,101,253 | April 1, 2019 | National annual Projection |
14 | South Korea | 51,617,000 | 1.12 | 0.38 | 193,000 | 181 | 51,671,569 | 1 July 2021 | Monthly National Estimate |
15 | Iraq | 44,575,000 | 0.81 | 2.90 | 1,030,000 | 24 | 41,190,700 | July 1, 2021 | National Annual Projection Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive |
16 | Afghanistan | 42,523,418 | 0.70 | 2.44 | 751,000 | 29 | 40,218,234 | 2021 | Official estimate |
17 | Uzbekistan | 35,283,000 | 0.69 | 1.70 | 523,000 | 41 | 35,118,807 | September 30, 2021 | Official estimate |
18 | Saudi Arabia | 35,849,000 | 0.59 | 1.87 | 494,000 | 37 | 35,013,414 | July 1, 2020 | Official estimate |
19 | Malaysia | 34,032,000 | 0.69 | 1.84 | 561,000 | 38 | 35,719,000 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock |
20 | Yemen | 31,100,000 | 0.59 | 2.95 | 766,000 | 24 | 30,491,000 | July 1, 2021 | Official estimate |
21 | Nepal | 30,200,000 | 0.62 | 1.42 | 392,000 | 49 | 30,378,055 | July 1, 2021 | Official estimate |
22 | North Korea | 26,180,000 | 0.57 | 1.08 | 277,000 | 64 | 25,660,000 | July 1, 2021 | National Annual Projection |
23 | Taiwan[5] | 25,055,000 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 81,000 | 200 | 23,196,178 | May 31, 2022 | Monthly official estimate |
24 | Sri Lanka | 23,480,000 | 0.51 | 0.94 | 194,000 | 74 | 22,480,000 | February 19, 2017 | Live Population |
25 | Syria | 19,541,000 | 0.39 | 1.45 | 250,000 | 48 | 18,276,000 | July 1 ,2021 | Monthly official estimate |
26 | Kazakhstan[6] | 19,200,000 | 0.42 | 2.45 | 557,000 | 29 | 21,377,000 | December 31, 2011 | Official estimate |
27 | Cambodia | 17,040,000 | 0.33 | 1.59 | 236,000 | 44 | 15,552,211 | March 3, 2019 | 2019 census result |
28 | Jordan | 11,837,000 | 0.15 | 2.75 | 183,000 | 26 | 11,051,940 | October 10, 2021 | Official estimate |
29 | United Arab Emirates | 10,100,000 | 0.20 | 1.57 | 138,000 | 45 | 9,503,738 | December 31, 2019 | Official estimate |
30 | Tajikistan | 10,000,000 | 0.19 | 2.35 | 194,000 | 30 | 9,504,000 | January 1, 2021 | Official estimate |
31 | Azerbaijan[7] | 10,000,000 | 0.21 | 1.23 | 117,000 | 57 | 10,139,196 | July 1,2021 | Official estimate |
32 | Israel | 9,000,000 | 0.19 | 1.89 | 155,000 | 37 | 9,412,700 | October 10, 2021 | Monthly official estimate Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine |
33 | Lebanon | 6,288,000 | 0.09 | 1.78 | 75,000 | 39 | 6,769,000 | July 1,2021 | Official estimate[permanent dead link] |
34 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,543,000 | 0.13 | 1.64 | 96,000 | 43 | 5,895,100 | January 1, 2015 | Official estimate |
35 | Laos | 7,500,000 | 0.15 | 1.63 | 109,000 | 43 | 6,492,400 | March 1, 2015 | Preliminary 2015 census result |
36 | Singapore | 5,541,000 | 0.12 | 1.30 | 71,000 | 54 | 5,535,000 | July 1, 2015 | Official estimate |
37 | Turkmenistan | 5,302,000 | 0.11 | 1.24 | 60,000 | 56 | 4,751,120 | December 26, 2012 | 2012 census result |
38 | Palestine[8] | 5,683,000 | 0.10 | 2.92 | 133,000 | 24 | 4,550,368 | 2014 | Official estimate |
39 | Oman | 4,181,000 | 0.09 | 5.13 | 204,000 | 14 | 4,906,700 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine |
40 | Kuwait | 4,161,000 | 0.09 | 3.00 | 121,000 | 23 | 4,183,658 | June 30, 2015 | Official estimate |
41 | Georgia[9] | 3,730,000 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 1,000 | 2,585 | 3,729,500 | January 1, 2015 | Official estimate |
42 | Mongolia | 3,029,000 | 0.08 | 2.19 | 65,000 | 32 | 3,495,000 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock |
43 | Armenia | 3,005,000 | 0.07 | -0.03 | -1,000 | - | 3,004,000 | September 30, 2015 | Monthly official estimate |
44 | Qatar | 2,113,000 | 0.05 | 4.29 | 87,000 | 16 | 2,412,483 | October 31, 2015 | Monthly official estimate |
45 | Timor-Leste (East Timor) | 1,645,000 | 0.03 | 2.72 | 33,000 | 26 | 1,167,242 | July 11, 2015 | Preliminary 2015 census result |
46 | Bahrain | 1,381,000 | 0.04 | 7.35 | 122,000 | 10 | 1,501,635 | February 28, 2021 | Bahrain 2020 Census |
47 | Cyprus | 1,223,916 | 0.02 | 1.74 | 13,000 | 40 | 892,230 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine |
48 | Bhutan | 760,000 | 0.02 | 1.74 | 13,000 | 40 | 892,230 | August 4, 2024 | Official population clock Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine |
49 | Maldives | 454,914 | 0.01 | 1.47 | 5,000 | 47 | 557,426 | January 14, 2021 | National Bureau of Statistics |
50 | Brunei | 421,000 | 0.01 | 1.69 | 7,000 | 41 | 460,345 | July 1, 2020 | -National Annual Estimate |
Total 50 countries | 4,625,817,000 | 100.00 | 1.16 | 52,210,000 | 58 |
See also
- List of Asian countries by area
- List of Asian countries by population growth rate
- List of Asian countries by life expectancy
- List of countries by population
- List of African countries by population
- List of countries in the Americas by population
- List of Arab countries by population
- List of Caribbean island countries by population
- List of Eurasian countries by population
- List of European countries by population
- List of European Union member states by population
- List of Latin American countries by population
- List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population
- List of Middle East countries by population
- List of North American countries by population
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of South American countries by population
- List of countries by past and future population
- List of countries by population in 2000
- List of countries by population in 2010
- List of population concern organizations
References
- ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/proj\ction2014x100-100.
- ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
- ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).
- ^ Transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and a small portion of Southeast Europe.
- ^ Taiwan is a widely recognized but partially recognised country.
- ^ Transcontinental country mainly located in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
- ^ Transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
- ^ It comprises the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, separated between each other by an Israeli land corridor. It is also a partially recognized state, recognized by 138 out of 193 UN member states, and is a UN observer member, along with the Vatican City.
- ^ Transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Eastern Europe.