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	20,592,571	20,843,754	0.431	0.253	25	65	245,641	1.18	21	88
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	7,186,009	7,295,034	0.151	0.0886	35	107	107,221	1.47	16	72
TJK	Tajikistan	10,590,927	10,786,734	0.223	0.131	29	89	193,169	1.79	10	59
TKM	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	7,618,847	0.158	0.0926	33	104	121,107	1.59	14	69
UZB	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	37,053,428	0.766	0.450	17	43	680,328	1.84	9	55
CHN	China	1,419,321,278	1,416,096,094	29.3	17.2	2	2	-3,275,084	-0.23	47	190
HKG	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,414,909	7,396,076	0.153	0.0898	34	106	-1,330	-0.02	42	174
MAC	China, Macao SAR	720,262	722,007	0.0149	0.00877	49	168	700	0.10	41	168
TWN	China, Taiwan Province of China	23,213,962	23,112,793	0.478	0.281	24	61	-101,686	-0.44	48	198
PRK	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,498,823	26,571,036	0.550	0.323	21	56	67,409	0.25	39	158
JPN	Japan	123,753,041	123,103,479	2.55	1.50	6	12	-662,848	-0.54	49	201
MNG	Mongolia	3,475,540	3,517,100	0.0727	0.0427	42	133	40,580	1.15	23	90
KOR	Republic of Korea	51,717,590	51,667,029	1.07	0.628	13	29	-60,129	-0.12	46	185
AFG	Afghanistan	42,647,492	43,844,111	0.907	0.533	15	36	1,187,563	2.71	4	18
BGD	Bangladesh	173,562,364	175,686,899	3.63	2.13	5	8	2,139,279	1.22	20	85
BTN	Bhutan	791,524	796,682	0.0165	0.00968	48	167	5,477	0.69	32	124
IND	India	1,450,935,791	1,463,865,525	30.3	17.8	1	1	12,860,373	0.88	26	110
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	91,567,738	92,417,681	1.91	1.12	9	17	793,966	0.86	27	111
MDV	Maldives	527,799	529,676	0.0110	0.00643	50	174	1,844	0.35	38	155
NPL	Nepal	29,651,054	29,618,118	0.613	0.360	20	52	-20,083	-0.07	44	178
PAK	Pakistan	251,269,164	255,219,554	5.28	3.10	4	5	4,033,633	1.58	15	70
LKA	Sri Lanka	23,103,565	23,229,470	0.480	0.282	23	60	121,557	0.52	37	139
BRN	Brunei Darussalam	462,721	466,330	0.00964	0.00567	51	176	3,513	0.75	31	119
KHM	Cambodia	17,638,801	17,847,982	0.369	0.217	26	73	206,927	1.16	22	89
IDN	Indonesia	283,487,931	285,721,236	5.91	3.47	3	4	2,198,037	0.77	30	118
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,769,819	7,873,046	0.163	0.0956	32	103	102,163	1.30	18	79
MYS	Malaysia	35,557,673	35,977,838	0.744	0.437	18	44	413,466	1.15	24	91
MMR	Myanmar	54,500,091	54,850,648	1.13	0.666	12	27	341,894	0.62	34	128
PHL	Philippines	115,843,670	116,786,962	2.42	1.42	7	14	941,341	0.81	28	115
SGP	Singapore	5,832,387	5,870,750	0.121	0.0713	36	115	36,874	0.63	33	126
THA	Thailand	71,668,011	71,619,863	1.48	0.870	11	20	-53,902	-0.07	45	181
TLS	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	1,418,517	0.0293	0.0172	46	156	17,933	1.26	19	84
VNM	Viet Nam	100,987,686	101,598,527	2.10	1.23	8	16	596,892	0.59	35	133
ARM	Armenia	2,973,840	2,952,365	0.0611	0.0359	44	140	-21,757	-0.74	50	214
AZE	Azerbaijan	10,336,577	10,397,713	0.215	0.126	30	94	58,694	0.56	36	136
BHR	Bahrain	1,607,049	1,643,332	0.0340	0.0200	45	154	34,077	2.07	7	43
CYP	Cyprus	1,358,282	1,370,754	0.0283	0.0167	47	157	12,054	0.88	25	109
GEO	Georgia	3,807,670	3,806,671	0.0787	0.0462	41	131	-1,660	-0.04	43	175
IRQ	Iraq	46,042,015	47,020,774	0.972	0.571	14	34	989,294	2.10	6	40
ISR	Israel	9,387,021	9,517,181	0.197	0.116	31	98	129,911	1.36	17	75
JOR	Jordan	11,552,876	11,520,684	0.238	0.140	27	84	-108,249	-0.94	51	223
KWT	Kuwait	4,934,507	5,026,078	0.104	0.0611	40	128	82,411	1.64	13	66
LBN	Lebanon	5,805,962	5,849,421	0.121	0.0711	37	116	46,577	0.80	29	116
OMN	Oman	5,281,538	5,494,691	0.114	0.0668	39	122	193,518	3.52	1	3
QAT	Qatar	3,048,423	3,115,889	0.0644	0.0379	43	137	62,989	2.02	8	46
SAU	Saudi Arabia	33,962,757	34,566,328	0.715	0.420	19	48	604,112	1.75	12	61
PSE	State of Palestine	5,495,443	5,589,623	0.116	0.0679	38	120	98,326	1.76	11	60
SYR	Syrian Arab Republic	24,672,760	25,620,427	0.530	0.311	22	57	899,071	3.51	2	4
TUR	Türkiye	87,473,805	87,685,426	1.81	1.07	10	18	218,982	0.25	40	159
ARE	United Arab Emirates	11,027,129	11,346,000	0.235	0.138	28	86	261,746	2.31	5	31
YEM	Yemen	40,583,164	41,773,878	0.864	0.507	16	37	1,189,619	2.85	3	13
	Asia	4,806,898,007	4,835,320,060		58.74			27,981,135	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