List of Asian countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	10 Oct 2021

China is the most populous country in Asia, followed by India. 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 75% share of the Asia population. As of 2021, 28 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 China and India, 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 48 would increase, and three countries would decrease in 2021 compared to 2020. India would be the top contributor to the total population increment in 2021. India accounts for 34.7 percent of the total population increase in Asia. Indian population would increase by 13.40 million, followed by China (4.9 mn) and Pakistan(4.3 mn). Seven countries will add at least ten mn humans in 2021. The three decliners would be Japan, Lebanon, and Georgia.

The Syrian Arab Republic would have the highest population growth rate of 4.43% in 2021. Syria is the only country in Asia with having growth rate above 3%. Eight countries have a growth rate above 2%. Nine countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations.

By 2027, India will have more people than China and will remain the most populous country on the continent until 2100.

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 (2021)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2020	2021	Asia	World	Asia	World	Net	%	Asia	World
ARM	Armenia	2,963,234	2,968,128	0.0634	0.0377	43	138	4,894	0.17	46	188
AZE	Azerbaijan	10,139,175	10,223,344	0.218	0.130	28	89	84,169	0.83	35	126
BHR	Bahrain	1,701,583	1,748,295	0.0374	0.0222	45	152	46,712	2.75	2	17
CYP	Cyprus	1,207,361	1,215,588	0.0260	0.0154	47	158	8,227	0.68	39	143
GEO	Georgia	3,989,175	3,979,773	0.0850	0.0505	41	132	-9,402	-0.24	49	215
IRQ	Iraq	40,222,503	41,179,351	0.880	0.523	14	36	956,848	2.38	3	39
ISR	Israel	8,655,541	8,789,776	0.188	0.112	31	99	134,235	1.55	15	68
JOR	Jordan	10,203,140	10,269,022	0.219	0.130	27	88	65,882	0.65	40	146
KWT	Kuwait	4,270,563	4,328,553	0.0925	0.0550	40	129	57,990	1.36	22	82
LBN	Lebanon	6,825,442	6,769,151	0.145	0.0860	34	109	-56,291	-0.82	51	231
OMN	Oman	5,106,622	5,223,376	0.112	0.0663	38	120	116,754	2.29	6	42
QAT	Qatar	2,881,060	2,930,524	0.0626	0.0372	44	139	49,464	1.72	12	61
SAU	Saudi Arabia	34,813,867	35,340,680	0.755	0.449	16	41	526,813	1.51	16	71
PSE	State of Palestine	5,101,416	5,222,756	0.112	0.0663	39	121	121,340	2.38	4	40
SYR	Syrian Arab Republic	17,500,657	18,275,704	0.391	0.232	25	66	775,047	4.43	1	1
TUR	Turkey	84,339,067	85,042,736	1.82	1.08	9	17	703,669	0.83	34	125
ARE	United Arab Emirates	9,890,400	9,991,083	0.214	0.127	29	93	100,683	1.02	29	107
YEM	Yemen	29,825,968	30,490,639	0.652	0.387	19	48	664,671	2.23	7	44
KAZ	Kazakhstan	18,776,707	18,994,958	0.406	0.241	24	64	218,251	1.16	26	98
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,191	6,628,347	0.142	0.0842	35	111	104,156	1.60	13	65
TJK	Tajikistan	9,537,642	9,749,625	0.208	0.124	30	94	211,983	2.22	8	45
TKM	Turkmenistan	6,031,187	6,117,933	0.131	0.0777	36	113	86,746	1.44	17	73
UZB	Uzbekistan	33,469,199	33,935,765	0.725	0.431	17	42	466,566	1.39	19	77
AFG	Afghanistan	38,928,341	39,835,428	0.851	0.506	15	37	907,087	2.33	5	41
BGD	Bangladesh	164,689,383	166,303,494	3.55	2.11	5	8	1,614,111	0.98	30	110
BTN	Bhutan	771,612	779,900	0.0167	0.00990	48	165	8,288	1.07	27	101
IND	India	1,380,004,385	1,393,409,033	29.8	17.7	2	2	13,404,648	0.97	31	112
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	83,992,953	85,028,760	1.82	1.08	10	18	1,035,807	1.23	25	91
MDV	Maldives	540,542	543,620	0.0116	0.00690	50	173	3,078	0.57	41	154
NPL	Nepal	29,136,808	29,674,920	0.634	0.377	20	49	538,112	1.85	11	57
PAK	Pakistan	220,892,331	225,199,929	4.81	2.86	4	5	4,307,598	1.95	9	49
LKA	Sri Lanka	21,413,250	21,497,306	0.459	0.273	23	58	84,056	0.39	43	169
CHN	China	1,439,323,774	1,444,216,102	30.9	18.3	1	1	4,892,328	0.34	44	175
HKG	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,496,988	7,552,800	0.161	0.0959	32	104	55,812	0.74	37	136
MAC	China, Macao SAR	649,342	658,391	0.0141	0.00836	49	167	9,049	1.39	20	78
TWN	China, Taiwan Province of China	23,816,775	23,855,008	0.510	0.303	22	57	38,233	0.16	47	189
PRK	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	25,778,815	25,887,045	0.553	0.329	21	54	108,230	0.42	42	164
JPN	Japan	126,476,458	126,050,796	2.69	1.60	6	11	-425,662	-0.34	50	221
MNG	Mongolia	3,278,292	3,329,282	0.0711	0.0423	42	135	50,990	1.56	14	66
KOR	Republic of Korea	51,269,183	51,305,184	1.10	0.651	13	28	36,001	0.07	48	196
BRN	Brunei Darussalam	437,483	441,532	0.00944	0.00561	51	175	4,049	0.93	32	116
KHM	Cambodia	16,718,971	16,946,446	0.362	0.215	26	71	227,475	1.36	21	81
IDN	Indonesia	273,523,621	276,361,788	5.91	3.51	3	4	2,838,167	1.04	28	105
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,275,556	7,379,358	0.158	0.0937	33	105	103,802	1.43	18	75
MYS	Malaysia	32,365,998	32,776,195	0.700	0.416	18	45	410,197	1.27	24	88
MMR	Myanmar	54,409,794	54,806,014	1.17	0.696	12	27	396,220	0.73	38	137
PHL	Philippines	109,581,085	111,046,910	2.37	1.41	7	13	1,465,825	1.34	23	83
SGP	Singapore	5,850,343	5,896,684	0.126	0.0749	37	114	46,341	0.79	36	133
THA	Thailand	69,799,978	69,950,844	1.49	0.888	11	20	150,866	0.22	45	185
TLS	Timor-Leste	1,318,442	1,343,875	0.0287	0.0171	46	155	25,433	1.93	10	51
VNM	Viet Nam	97,338,583	98,168,829	2.10	1.25	8	15	830,246	0.85	33	124
	Asia	4,641,054,786	4,679,660,580		59.42			38,605,794	0.83

Projected population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Code	Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
ARM	Armenia	1,353,502	33	3,069,597	40	2,816,114	44	2,038,613	46
AZE	Azerbaijan	2,927,926	28	8,122,743	27	11,064,995	30	9,192,141	33
BHR	Bahrain	115,612	47	664,610	46	2,316,047	45	2,251,891	45
CYP	Cyprus	494,018	40	943,288	44	1,354,589	47	1,308,911	47
GEO	Georgia	3,527,008	25	4,362,184	35	3,516,870	43	2,514,130	43
IRQ	Iraq	5,719,183	22	23,497,589	16	70,940,131	11	107,711,273	7
ISR	Israel	1,257,968	35	5,945,949	30	12,720,415	29	18,127,523	26
JOR	Jordan	481,319	41	5,122,495	32	12,932,404	28	13,644,110	29
KWT	Kuwait	153,103	46	2,045,123	43	5,393,471	40	6,188,983	38
LBN	Lebanon	1,334,617	34	3,842,774	37	6,528,162	38	5,707,209	40
OMN	Oman	456,410	42	2,267,973	42	6,915,451	37	7,267,893	37
QAT	Qatar	25,006	51	592,467	47	3,851,121	42	4,162,408	42
SAU	Saudi Arabia	3,121,340	27	20,663,840	21	44,562,484	17	42,231,012	17
PSE	State of Palestine	931,925	38	3,224,009	38	8,815,777	34	12,268,218	31
SYR	Syrian Arab Republic	3,413,325	26	16,410,847	24	33,129,325	21	36,103,178	19
TUR	Turkey	21,408,398	8	63,240,196	10	97,139,565	10	86,170,462	10
ARE	United Arab Emirates	69,594	49	3,134,067	39	10,425,284	31	12,909,869	30
YEM	Yemen	4,661,279	23	17,409,071	23	48,080,012	15	53,171,320	14
KAZ	Kazakhstan	6,703,000	19	14,922,724	25	24,024,036	23	27,917,815	21
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	1,740,005	30	4,920,712	33	9,126,098	33	10,984,938	32
TJK	Tajikistan	1,531,507	32	6,216,329	29	16,208,246	27	25,328,026	22
TKM	Turkmenistan	1,210,998	36	4,516,128	34	7,949,276	36	8,421,349	35
UZB	Uzbekistan	6,264,058	20	24,769,955	14	42,942,489	18	42,270,842	16
AFG	Afghanistan	7,752,117	17	20,779,957	20	64,682,976	13	74,937,961	12
BGD	Bangladesh	37,894,671	5	127,657,862	5	192,567,779	5	151,393,018	5
BTN	Bhutan	176,796	45	591,014	48	904,614	48	686,287	49
IND	India	376,325,200	2	1,056,575,548	2	1,639,176,036	1	1,447,025,612	1
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	17,119,262	13	65,623,397	9	103,098,083	9	98,587,985	8
MDV	Maldives	73,716	48	279,396	51	586,102	50	490,058	50
NPL	Nepal	8,483,322	15	23,941,099	15	35,323,925	20	23,708,193	23
PAK	Pakistan	37,542,370	6	142,343,583	4	338,013,194	3	403,102,827	3
LKA	Sri Lanka	7,971,098	16	18,777,606	22	21,813,964	26	15,275,209	28
CHN	China	554,419,269	1	1,290,550,767	1	1,402,405,167	2	1,064,993,457	2
HKG	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,974,002	29	6,606,328	28	8,041,042	35	7,647,231	36
MAC	China, Macao SAR	196,473	44	427,772	49	838,377	49	1,011,617	48
TWN	China, Taiwan Province of China	7,602,355	18	21,966,528	19	22,412,979	24	16,258,857	27
PRK	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	10,549,470	14	22,929,078	18	26,561,614	22	22,792,833	24
JPN	Japan	82,802,084	3	127,524,168	6	105,804,023	8	74,959,378	11
MNG	Mongolia	780,199	39	2,397,417	41	4,448,931	41	5,387,208	41
KOR	Republic of Korea	19,211,387	10	47,379,237	12	46,829,924	16	29,541,953	20
BRN	Brunei Darussalam	48,009	50	333,166	50	492,391	51	389,884	51
KHM	Cambodia	4,432,724	24	12,155,241	26	21,860,917	25	21,355,011	25
IDN	Indonesia	69,543,321	4	211,513,822	3	330,904,672	4	320,782,426	4
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1,682,915	31	5,323,701	31	9,479,753	32	8,423,978	34
MYS	Malaysia	6,109,902	21	23,194,252	17	40,550,371	19	40,078,167	18
MMR	Myanmar	17,779,635	12	46,719,698	13	62,253,423	14	55,298,929	13
PHL	Philippines	18,580,483	11	77,991,757	8	144,488,171	6	146,327,441	6
SGP	Singapore	1,022,095	37	4,028,872	36	6,407,528	39	5,733,477	39
THA	Thailand	20,710,353	9	62,952,639	11	65,940,494	12	46,015,553	15
TLS	Timor-Leste	414,754	43	884,366	45	2,019,297	46	2,372,970	44
VNM	Viet Nam	24,809,909	7	79,910,411	7	109,605,010	7	97,437,286	9