Demographics of Asia

Graph showing population by continent as a percentage of world population (1750 - 2005)

Map of countries by population density

The continent of Asia covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of around 4.75 billion (as of 2022),^[1] accounting for about 60% of the world population. The combined population of both China and India is estimated to be over 2.8 billion people as of 2022. Asia's population is projected to grow to 5.25 billion by 2055, or about 54% of projected world population at that time.^[1] Population growth in Asia was close to 0.55% p.a. as of 2022, with highly disparate rates. Many Western Asian and South Asian countries have growth rates far above the world average, notably Pakistan at 2% p.a., and India with a 0.6% increase in 2022. On the other hand, East Asian nations are in the middle of a demographic stagnation, with China experiencing a small decrease of –0.06%, after years of rapidly slowing growth.

Population

Asia population pyramid in 2023 based on the United Nations geoscheme for Asia

History

Population of Asia, 1–1820 AD (in millions)

Source: Maddison et al.^[2]

Year^[2]	1	1000	1500	1600	1700	1820
China	59.6	59.0	103.0	160.0	138.0	381.0
India	75.0	75.0	110.0	135.0	165.0	209.0
Japan	3.0	7.5	15.4	18.5	27.0	31.0
Korea	1.6	3.9	8.0	10.0	12.2	13.8
Indonesia	2.8	5.2	10.7	11.7	13.1	17.9
Indochina	1.1	2.2	4.5	5.0	5.9	8.9
Other East Asia	5.9	9.8	14.4	16.9	19.8	23.6
Iran	4.0	4.5	4.0	5.0	5.0	6.6
Turkey	6.1	7.3	6.3	7.9	8.4	10.1
Other West Asia	15.1	8.5	7.5	8.5	7.4	8.5
Total Asia	174.2	182.9	283.8	378.5	401.8	710.4

Shares of world population, Asia, 1–1998 AD (percent of world total)

Source: Maddison et al.^[2]

Year^[2]	1	1000	1500	1600	1700	1820	1870	1913	1950	1973	1999
China	25.8	22.0	23.5	28.8	22.9	36.6	28.2	24.4	21.7	22.5	21.0
India	32.5	28.0	25.1	24.3	27.3	20.1	19.9	17.0	14.2	14.8	16.5
Japan	1.3	2.8	3.5	3.3	4.5	3.0	2.7	2.9	3.3	2.8	2.1
Other Asia	15.9	15.4	12.7	11.7	11.9	8.6	9.4	10.3	15.5	17.3	19.8
Total Asia (excluding Japan)	74.2	65.4	61.3	64.8	62.1	65.3	57.5	51.7	51.4	54.7	57.4
World	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Countries ranking by international organisations

Life expectancy in Asia in 2019–2021, according to the World Bank Group

**2024 World Population Prospects by the United Nations Population Division**^[3]
Countries	Population (Thousands)	TFR	Population Growth Rate (percentage)	Life Expectancy at birth (years)	Median Age as of 1 July (years)	Net Migration Rate (per 1000 people)
India	1,444,436.244	1.96	0.90	72.2	28.4	-0.4
China	1,420,909	1.01	-0.22	78.0	39.6	-0.2
Indonesia	282,354	2.12	0.80	71.3	30.1	-0.1
Pakistan	249,336	3.55	1.54	67.8	20.4	-5.6
Bangladesh	172,507	2.14	1.22	74.9	25.7	-2.7
Japan	124,071	1.22	-0.51	84.9	49.4	1.2
Philippines	115,371	1.89	0.82	69.9	25.7	-1.4
Vietnam	100,675	1.90	0.62	74.7	32.9	-0.6
Iran	91,115	1.68	0.99	77.9	33.4	2.1
Turkey	87,372	1.62	0.23	77.4	33.0	-3.2
Thailand	71,689	1.20	-0.06	76.6	40.1	0.3
Myanmar	54,320	2.10	0.66	67.1	29.8	-0.7
South Korea	51,738	0.73	-0.08	84.4	45.1	1.5
Iraq	45,558	3.22	2.10	72.4	20.6	-0.4
Afghanistan	42,045	4.76	2.83	66.3	17.1	-1.0
Saudi Arabia	33,661	2.31	1.78	79.0	29.6	3.6
Uzbekistan	36,010	3.49	1.93	72.5	27.0	-0.2
Malaysia	35,344	1.54	1.20	76.8	30.5	4.9
Yemen	39,987	4.50	2.94	69.4	18.3	-0.3
Nepal	29,674	1.96	-0.15	70.6	25.0	-13.5
North Korea	26,460	1.78	0.29	73.7	36.3	-0.1
Sri Lanka	23,038	1.95	0.56	77.7	33.1	-1.2
Syria	24,175	2.70	4.04	72.6	22.8	22.2
Kazakhstan	20,464	2.98	1.25	74.5	29.6	-0.4
Cambodia	17,533	2.55	1.20	70.8	26.0	-1.9
Jordan	11,531	2.60	0.38	78.0	24.5	-13.5
Azerbaijan	10,305	1.67	0.62	74.6	33.1	1.1
Tajikistan	10,492	3.04	1.87	71.9	22.1	-2.0
Israel	9,322	2.79	1.39	82.7	29.2	1.1
United Arab Emirates	10,839	1.21	3.41	83.1	31.6	25.3
Laos	7,718	2.40	1.34	69.2	24.6	-1.3
Hong Kong (China)	7,433	0.73	-0.49	85.6	46.8	-2.6
Kyrgyzstan	7,131	2.78	1.54	71.8	25.3	0.5
Turkmenistan	7,431	2.66	1.70	70.2	26.6	2.0
Singapore	5,812	0.95	0.68	83.9	35.7	3.4
Lebanon	5,786	2.23	0.70	77.9	28.6	-3.0
Oman	5,165	2.51	4.41	80.2	29.5	29.2
Kuwait	4,884	1.52	2.04	80.6	34.8	12.5
Georgia	3,808	1.80	-0.01	74.7	37.0	0.5
Mongolia	3,454	2.63	1.22	72.0	26.9	0.0
Armenia	2,984	1.72	-0.71	75.8	36.1	-10.1
Qatar	3,012	1.72	2.36	82.5	33.6	15.1
Bahrain	1,588	1.81	2.40	81.4	33.2	14.1
East Timor	1,392	2.63	1.27	67.9	21.3	-1.8
Cyprus	1,352	1.38	0.95	81.8	38.2	6.0
Bhutan	789	1.45	0.61	73.3	29.9	-0.4
Macau (China)	719	0.68	0.39	83.2	38.9	2.2
Maldives	527	1.56	0.36	81.3	31.9	-4.6
Brunei	461	1.73	0.80	75.5	32.2	0
Asia	4,792,493	1.88	0.60	74.8	32.1	-0.5
Population Replacement		2.1

Economy

Economically, most of Asia is traditionally considered part of the Second World, with the significant exception of the industrialized First World countries of Israel, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Asian countries in the G-20 major economies include China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Of these, Japan is also in the G8, and additionally China and India in the G8+5.

The Human Development Index of Asian countries range from Low to Very High category. The table below shows the 10 highest and lowest countries according to their Human Development Index scores based on the 2021 report.^[4]

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Hong Kong	0.952
2	Singapore	0.939
3	Japan	0.925
4	South Korea	0.925
5	Israel	0.919
6	United Arab Emirates	0.911
7	Cyprus	0.896
8	Saudi Arabia	0.875
9	Bahrain	0.875
10	Qatar	0.855

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Yemen	0.455
2	Afghanistan	0.478
3	Pakistan	0.544
Medium human development
4	Syria	0.577
5	Myanmar	0.585
6	Cambodia	0.593
7	Nepal	0.602
8	East Timor	0.607
9	Laos	0.607
10	India	0.633

Ethnicities

The language families of Asia

Central Asian peoples: Turkic peoples, Iranian peoples
East Asian peoples: List of Chinese ethnic groups (historical), Japanese people, Koreans, Mongols
South Asian peoples: Ethnic groups of India, Ethnic groups in Pakistan, Dravidians, Indo-Aryans, Munda people
Southeast Asian peoples: Austronesian peoples, Tai peoples; List of ethnic groups in Cambodia, ethnic groups in Indonesia, List of ethnic groups in Laos, Ethnic groups of the Philippines, List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
West Asian peoples: Arab people, Jews, Samaritans, Druze, Peoples of the Caucasus (transcontinental), Ethnic minorities in Iran, Ethnic minorities in Iraq; Iranian peoples, Turkmen, Turks

References

1 2 "Asia Population". World Population Prospects 2022. United Nations. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
1 2 3 4 Maddison (27 July 2016). "Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820" (PDF).
↑ "World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". population.un.org/.
↑ "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

External links

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[UN_Population_Division-1] 1 2 "Asia Population". World Population Prospects 2022. United Nations. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[ggdc.net-2] 1 2 3 4 Maddison (27 July 2016). "Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820" (PDF).

[2024listUNPD-3] "World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". population.un.org/.

[4] "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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