List of Asian countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	19 Aug 2024

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.

Population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2024)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2023	2024	Asia	World	Asia	World	Net	%	Asia	World
KAZ	Kazakhstan	20,330,104	20,592,571	0.428	0.252	25	64	256,726	1.25	20	88
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	7,073,516	7,186,009	0.149	0.0880	35	107	110,830	1.54	15	72
TJK	Tajikistan	10,389,799	10,590,927	0.220	0.130	29	91	198,443	1.87	11	58
TKM	Turkmenistan	7,364,438	7,494,498	0.156	0.0918	33	104	127,591	1.70	13	65
UZB	Uzbekistan	35,652,307	36,361,859	0.756	0.446	17	43	702,810	1.93	10	53
CHN	China	1,422,584,933	1,419,321,278	29.5	17.4	2	2	-3,175,283	-0.22	47	193
HKG	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,442,734	7,414,909	0.154	0.0908	34	105	-36,337	-0.49	49	204
MAC	China, Macao SAR	713,912	720,262	0.0150	0.00882	49	168	2,790	0.39	38	154
TWN	China, Taiwan Province of China	23,317,145	23,213,962	0.483	0.284	23	60	-100,652	-0.43	48	201
PRK	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,418,204	26,498,823	0.551	0.325	21	56	77,018	0.29	41	161
JPN	Japan	124,370,947	123,753,041	2.57	1.52	6	12	-636,276	-0.51	50	206
MNG	Mongolia	3,431,932	3,475,540	0.0723	0.0426	42	133	42,540	1.22	21	90
KOR	Republic of Korea	51,748,739	51,717,590	1.08	0.634	13	29	-40,992	-0.08	45	183
AFG	Afghanistan	41,454,761	42,647,492	0.887	0.523	15	36	1,205,676	2.83	5	16
BGD	Bangladesh	171,466,990	173,562,364	3.61	2.13	5	8	2,109,792	1.22	22	92
BTN	Bhutan	786,385	791,524	0.0165	0.00970	48	167	4,837	0.61	36	136
IND	India	1,438,069,596	1,450,935,791	30.2	17.8	1	1	12,999,094	0.90	27	114
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	90,608,707	91,567,738	1.90	1.12	9	17	905,921	0.99	25	108
MDV	Maldives	525,994	527,799	0.0110	0.00647	50	174	1,910	0.36	40	158
NPL	Nepal	29,694,614	29,651,054	0.617	0.363	20	51	-45,791	-0.15	46	189
PAK	Pakistan	247,504,495	251,269,164	5.23	3.08	4	5	3,867,148	1.54	16	73
LKA	Sri Lanka	22,971,617	23,103,565	0.481	0.283	24	61	130,255	0.56	37	139
BRN	Brunei Darussalam	458,949	462,721	0.00963	0.00567	51	176	3,705	0.80	29	120
KHM	Cambodia	17,423,880	17,638,801	0.367	0.216	26	73	211,435	1.20	24	94
IDN	Indonesia	281,190,067	283,487,931	5.90	3.47	3	4	2,268,573	0.80	30	121
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,664,993	7,769,819	0.162	0.0952	32	103	104,290	1.34	18	84
MYS	Malaysia	35,126,298	35,557,673	0.740	0.436	18	44	426,863	1.20	23	93
MMR	Myanmar	54,133,798	54,500,091	1.13	0.668	12	27	359,220	0.66	33	131
PHL	Philippines	114,891,199	115,843,670	2.41	1.42	7	14	945,245	0.82	28	119
SGP	Singapore	5,789,090	5,832,387	0.121	0.0715	36	115	39,852	0.68	32	129
THA	Thailand	71,702,435	71,668,011	1.49	0.878	11	20	-42,394	-0.06	44	182
TLS	Timor-Leste	1,384,286	1,400,638	0.0291	0.0172	46	156	17,826	1.27	19	86
VNM	Viet Nam	100,352,192	100,987,686	2.10	1.24	8	16	624,789	0.62	34	134
ARM	Armenia	2,943,393	2,973,840	0.0619	0.0364	44	140	-21,195	-0.71	51	215
AZE	Azerbaijan	10,318,207	10,336,577	0.215	0.127	30	94	63,577	0.61	35	135
BHR	Bahrain	1,569,666	1,607,049	0.0334	0.0197	45	154	38,489	2.40	6	28
CYP	Cyprus	1,344,976	1,358,282	0.0283	0.0166	47	158	12,890	0.95	26	111
GEO	Georgia	3,807,492	3,807,670	0.0792	0.0467	41	131	-338	-0.01	43	176
IRQ	Iraq	45,074,049	46,042,015	0.958	0.564	14	34	968,224	2.10	8	45
ISR	Israel	9,256,314	9,387,021	0.195	0.115	31	98	130,408	1.39	17	78
JOR	Jordan	11,439,213	11,552,876	0.240	0.142	27	84	43,866	0.38	39	157
KWT	Kuwait	4,838,782	4,934,507	0.103	0.0605	40	128	100,729	2.04	9	50
LBN	Lebanon	5,773,493	5,805,962	0.121	0.0711	37	116	40,341	0.69	31	126
OMN	Oman	5,049,269	5,281,538	0.110	0.0647	39	123	232,788	4.41	1	1
QAT	Qatar	2,979,082	3,048,423	0.0634	0.0373	43	137	71,942	2.36	7	30
SAU	Saudi Arabia	33,264,292	33,962,757	0.707	0.416	19	48	603,031	1.78	12	63
PSE	State of Palestine	5,409,202	5,495,443	0.114	0.0673	38	121	90,034	1.64	14	69
SYR	Syrian Arab Republic	23,594,623	24,672,760	0.513	0.302	22	57	996,263	4.04	2	4
TUR	Türkiye	87,270,501	87,473,805	1.82	1.07	10	18	204,260	0.23	42	165
ARE	United Arab Emirates	10,642,081	11,027,129	0.229	0.135	28	86	375,996	3.41	3	5
YEM	Yemen	39,390,799	40,583,164	0.844	0.497	16	37	1,191,807	2.94	4	12
	Asia	4,778,004,486	4,806,898,007		58.89			28,810,566	0.60

Estimated and Projected population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Code	Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
KAZ	Kazakhstan	6,787,149	19	15,501,103	25	26,544,265	22	33,672,181	20
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	1,751,139	29	5,025,145	33	9,642,952	33	11,729,827	31
TJK	Tajikistan	1,528,308	32	6,284,735	29	15,574,642	28	20,201,583	27
TKM	Turkmenistan	1,269,180	36	4,582,677	34	9,639,708	34	9,946,598	35
UZB	Uzbekistan	6,239,904	20	24,787,054	14	52,210,755	16	74,350,005	13
CHN	China	544,044,358	1	1,269,581,175	1	1,260,289,093	2	633,368,113	2
HKG	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,978,342	28	6,704,664	28	6,090,619	39	2,080,291	44
MAC	China, Macao SAR	196,654	44	437,309	49	668,860	49	331,168	51
TWN	China, Taiwan Province of China	7,596,530	18	22,332,870	19	19,434,600	26	10,016,995	34
PRK	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	11,116,736	14	23,665,910	17	25,787,127	23	19,512,149	29
JPN	Japan	86,443,277	3	127,027,789	6	105,123,167	8	76,845,989	12
MNG	Mongolia	781,688	39	2,455,182	41	4,501,493	41	5,519,345	40
KOR	Republic of Korea	19,757,321	10	46,766,661	12	45,143,134	18	21,848,791	24
AFG	Afghanistan	7,776,176	17	20,130,327	20	76,885,135	11	130,216,739	6
BGD	Bangladesh	41,206,856	5	134,544,304	5	214,709,097	5	208,596,516	5
BTN	Bhutan	169,982	45	596,863	48	882,340	48	690,432	48
IND	India	346,278,821	2	1,057,922,733	2	1,679,589,259	1	1,505,251,761	1
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	16,510,553	13	66,418,659	9	101,861,993	9	80,045,291	11
MDV	Maldives	74,448	49	282,019	51	589,962	50	474,919	49
NPL	Nepal	8,396,603	15	24,546,509	15	34,642,027	21	31,831,433	21
PAK	Pakistan	35,849,260	6	154,879,127	4	371,863,793	3	511,000,618	3
LKA	Sri Lanka	7,811,047	16	19,293,054	22	24,813,690	24	21,249,406	26
BRN	Brunei Darussalam	48,297	50	326,424	50	519,551	51	464,806	50
KHM	Cambodia	4,375,257	24	12,462,336	26	21,931,455	25	22,738,858	23
IDN	Indonesia	68,799,025	4	216,077,790	3	320,712,949	4	295,511,061	4
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1,684,550	31	5,431,212	31	9,757,285	32	9,256,278	37
MYS	Malaysia	6,098,283	21	22,967,816	18	44,289,772	19	44,026,122	18
MMR	Myanmar	17,737,117	12	45,290,841	13	58,623,232	15	49,658,882	16
PHL	Philippines	18,849,528	11	79,625,397	7	134,373,439	6	114,221,909	7
SGP	Singapore	1,013,313	37	4,035,245	37	6,081,691	40	4,163,012	41
THA	Thailand	20,428,402	9	63,007,815	11	66,382,735	14	45,555,065	17
TLS	Timor-Leste	414,762	43	745,088	45	1,889,249	46	1,972,924	45
VNM	Viet Nam	25,100,738	7	77,154,011	8	110,008,908	7	91,705,108	10
ARM	Armenia	1,382,895	33	3,125,628	40	2,495,207	44	1,692,198	46
AZE	Azerbaijan	3,131,972	27	8,174,785	27	11,224,923	31	10,021,320	33
BHR	Bahrain	117,263	47	669,581	46	2,139,465	45	3,090,323	42
CYP	Cyprus	493,871	40	947,667	44	1,508,482	47	1,275,353	47
GEO	Georgia	3,497,441	26	4,328,358	36	3,664,014	43	2,969,403	43
IRQ	Iraq	5,653,350	22	24,424,056	16	71,928,750	12	100,649,056	9
ISR	Israel	1,289,236	35	6,111,190	30	13,092,722	30	19,747,040	28
JOR	Jordan	438,802	42	5,386,945	32	16,367,354	27	21,322,926	25
KWT	Kuwait	153,958	46	1,954,709	43	6,367,756	38	9,602,014	36
LBN	Lebanon	1,349,350	34	4,329,340	35	6,999,260	37	7,192,592	39
OMN	Oman	456,988	41	2,282,131	42	7,827,002	36	12,094,996	30
QAT	Qatar	24,283	51	644,989	47	4,164,461	42	7,272,256	38
SAU	Saudi Arabia	1,703,271	30	16,177,722	24	47,693,910	17	71,006,690	14
PSE	State of Palestine	944,624	38	3,151,793	39	8,451,891	35	11,482,186	32
SYR	Syrian Arab Republic	3,612,081	25	16,637,888	23	37,793,372	20	43,686,647	19
TUR	Türkiye	21,021,140	8	65,425,961	10	91,258,061	10	65,338,459	15
ARE	United Arab Emirates	74,512	48	3,493,575	38	15,367,392	29	26,134,299	22
YEM	Yemen	4,616,780	23	19,624,141	21	70,976,403	13	110,035,634	8
	Asia	1,368,075,415		3,747,780,304		5,280,378,401		4,612,667,565