List of Asian countries by population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date04 Feb 2024

India is the most populous country in Asia, followed by China. The other five countries with a total number of humans above 100 mn are Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, and the Philippines. The top five countries together hold a huge 74.5% share of the Asia population. As of 2024, 29 countries 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. Twenty countries are within the top 50 world population ranking.

Out of 51 countries/territories, the population of 44 would increase, and seven countries would decrease in 2024 compared to 2023. India would be the top contributor to the total population increment in 2024. India accounts for 41 percent of the total population increase in Asia. Indian population would increase by 12.98 million, followed by Pakistan (4.7 mn) and Indonesia (2.3 mn). Eight countries will add at least ten mn humans in 2024. The six decliners would be Japan, China, Lebanon, Republic of Korea, Georgia, Maldives and Armenia.

The Syrian Arab Republic would have the highest population growth rate of 4.56 % in 2024. Syria is the only country in Asia with having growth rate above 3%. Five countries have a growth rate above 2%. Six 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.

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Population (UN)

Code Country/Region Population Share (%) Rank Growth (2024) Growth Rank
20232024 AsiaWorldAsiaWorldNet%AsiaWorld
KAZKazakhstan19,606,63319,828,1650.4140.2442564230,7841.161983
KGZKyrgyzstan6,735,3476,839,6060.1430.084234109104,1761.52861
TJKTajikistan10,143,54310,331,5130.2160.1272992186,9411.81752
TKMTurkmenistan6,516,1006,598,0710.1380.08133511180,4241.221881
UZBUzbekistan35,163,94435,673,8040.7460.4391743496,3471.391472
CHNChina1,425,671,3521,425,178,78229.817.622-629,267-0.0446197
HKGChina, Hong Kong SAR7,491,6097,496,6810.1570.0923331044,0910.0644191
MACChina, Macao SAR704,149713,0820.01490.00878491688,9071.251779
TWNChina, Taiwan Province of China23,923,27623,950,2140.5010.295235925,3170.1142184
PRKDem. People's Republic of Korea26,160,82126,244,5820.5480.323215679,3100.3040163
JPNJapan123,294,513122,631,4322.561.51612-665,040-0.5449221
MNGMongolia3,447,1573,493,6290.07300.04304213345,3801.301678
KORRepublic of Korea51,784,05951,741,9631.080.6371329-47,123-0.0947202
AFGAfghanistan42,239,85443,372,9500.9060.53415361,140,5872.63217
BGDBangladesh172,954,319174,701,2113.652.15581,735,4480.992395
BTNBhutan787,424792,3820.01660.00976481664,9560.6235135
INDIndia1,428,627,6631,441,719,85230.117.81112,982,1080.9024103
IRNIran (Islamic Republic of)89,172,76789,809,7811.881.11917617,4910.6932128
MDVMaldives521,021517,8870.01080.0063850175-3,022-0.5850225
NPLNepal30,896,59031,240,3150.6530.3852049340,6871.092085
PAKPakistan240,485,658245,209,8155.123.02454,729,2271.93646
LKASri Lanka21,893,57921,949,2680.4590.270246153,0230.2441169
BRNBrunei Darussalam452,524455,8580.009530.00561511763,2510.7130124
KHMCambodia16,944,82617,121,8470.3580.2112673174,5491.022291
IDNIndonesia277,534,122279,798,0495.853.45342,232,3860.8027112
LAOLao People's Democratic Republic7,633,7797,736,6810.1620.095332103102,2081.321576
MYSMalaysia34,308,52534,671,8950.7250.4271948359,7791.042189
MMRMyanmar54,577,99754,964,6941.150.6771227379,1360.6931127
PHLPhilippines117,337,368119,106,2242.491.477131,766,3651.48963
SGPSingapore6,014,7236,052,7090.1260.07463611437,4790.6236138
THAThailand71,801,27971,885,7991.500.885112074,0980.1043186
TLSTimor-Leste1,360,5961,379,8830.02880.01704615619,2711.401269
VNMViet Nam98,858,95099,497,6802.081.23816622,4180.6334134
ARMArmenia2,777,9702,777,9790.05810.034243141-500-0.0245195
AZEAzerbaijan10,412,65110,462,9040.2190.129289148,2770.4639154
BHRBahrain1,485,5091,498,7120.03130.01854515513,0660.8726107
CYPCyprus1,260,1381,268,4670.02650.0156471598,1770.6533132
GEOGeorgia3,728,2823,717,4250.07770.045841132-7,374-0.2048209
IRQIraq45,504,56046,523,6570.9720.57314331,021,2222.19538
ISRIsrael9,174,5209,311,6520.1950.1153198136,9961.471064
JORJordan11,337,05211,384,9220.2380.140278452,7270.4638153
KWTKuwait4,310,1084,349,3800.09090.05364012938,4220.8825104
LBNLebanon5,353,9305,219,0440.1090.064338124-126,546-2.4251236
OMNOman4,644,3844,713,5530.09850.05813912768,2001.451165
QATQatar2,716,3912,737,0610.05720.03374414220,3870.7429120
SAUSaudi Arabia36,947,02537,473,9290.7830.4621642521,9371.391371
PSEState of Palestine5,371,2305,494,9630.1150.067737121125,3632.28333
SYRSyrian Arab Republic23,227,01424,348,0530.5090.30022571,109,8734.5611
TURTürkiye85,816,19986,260,4171.801.061018437,7350.5137148
AREUnited Arab Emirates9,516,8719,591,8530.2000.118309674,2150.7728118
YEMYemen34,449,82535,219,8530.7360.4341844782,2192.22436
Asia 4,753,079,727 4,785,060,131 58.94 31,616,088 0.66

Estimated and Projected population (UN)

Code Country/Region 1950 2000 2050 2100
PopulationRankPopulationRankPopulation RankPopulationRank
KAZKazakhstan6,655,6751915,236,2532525,609,9782334,093,33020
KGZKyrgyzstan1,751,225304,935,182339,426,8583311,975,36532
TJKTajikistan1,526,140326,272,9982915,200,9892720,398,91324
TKMTurkmenistan1,214,096364,569,132348,263,833358,814,38834
UZBUzbekistan6,247,5502024,925,5541445,593,1491850,794,58615
CHNChina543,979,23311,264,099,06911,312,636,3252766,673,2702
HKGChina, Hong Kong SAR1,980,524296,731,195286,975,391364,852,44140
MACChina, Macao SAR196,83844431,89649881,666481,031,18448
TWNChina, Taiwan Province of China7,623,1301722,194,7311922,445,5262415,241,96128
PRKDem. People's Republic of Korea11,103,3791423,367,0591725,807,1972220,473,59023
JPNJapan84,353,0493126,803,8616103,784,357873,644,06413
MNGMongolia781,260392,450,979414,518,856415,257,21838
KORRepublic of Korea20,104,0101046,788,5911245,770,8741724,102,93222
AFGAfghanistan7,480,4611819,542,9822174,075,23412110,854,7848
BGDBangladesh39,728,5355129,193,3275203,904,9005176,366,0386
BTNBhutan176,36745587,20748874,29449654,43049
INDIndia357,021,10021,059,633,67521,670,490,59611,529,850,1191
IRNIran (Islamic Republic of)16,832,8341365,544,383999,007,204979,906,39011
MDVMaldives74,48449282,50751569,90950469,44150
NPLNepal8,398,9451524,559,5001637,401,3652133,769,50721
PAKPakistan37,696,2646154,369,9244367,808,4683487,017,4053
LKASri Lanka7,945,9771618,776,3712221,814,9852514,694,77229
BRNBrunei Darussalam48,26950333,92650498,37351404,52151
KHMCambodia4,380,3802412,118,8412620,258,4352619,118,80425
IDNIndonesia69,567,6194214,072,4213317,225,2134296,623,4754
LAOLao People's Democratic Republic1,684,674315,430,853319,775,552329,694,23433
MYSMalaysia5,972,8762122,945,1501841,032,4331939,474,47419
MMRMyanmar17,731,8181245,538,3321359,929,3991452,417,68714
PHLPhilippines18,469,8781177,958,2238157,891,6226180,147,6605
SGPSingapore1,006,701374,053,602376,337,235375,446,43037
THAThailand20,411,638963,066,6031167,880,0831344,570,97817
TLSTimor-Leste414,79143878,360451,806,869461,804,54245
VNMViet Nam25,109,200779,001,1427107,012,939791,036,7329
ARMArmenia1,385,041333,168,523392,573,465441,598,83546
AZEAzerbaijan3,158,966278,190,3372710,867,296318,265,20235
BHRBahrain117,14947711,442461,809,237452,046,91244
CYPCyprus493,95640948,237441,391,785471,337,05347
GEOGeorgia3,517,264264,265,172363,384,660422,366,90943
IRQIraq5,656,4712224,628,8581574,515,14011111,503,5377
ISRIsrael1,284,157356,116,9583012,991,7902918,410,40326
JORJordan438,386425,056,1743215,005,9412817,625,25327
KWTKuwait153,738461,934,901435,155,414394,895,80639
LBNLebanon1,349,588344,320,642354,937,579404,745,07441
OMNOman457,317412,344,253426,328,978387,838,99136
QATQatar24,28851645,937473,358,454434,379,29542
SAUSaudi Arabia3,089,6932821,547,3902048,374,5431650,468,33416
PSEState of Palestine944,807383,139,954408,861,7473412,805,18431
SYRSyrian Arab Republic3,543,5372516,307,6542438,306,3742043,472,70018
TURTürkiye20,977,697864,113,5471095,829,2581082,549,01210
AREUnited Arab Emirates74,591483,275,3333811,449,4713014,089,00430
YEMYemen4,712,8102318,628,7002355,296,3311574,176,03412
Asia 1,379,048,370 3,736,037,845 5,292,947,571 4,674,249,207