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The book World on Fire, describing the Chinese as a "market-dominant minority", notes that "Chinese market dominance and intense resentment amongst the indigenous majority is characteristic of virtually every country in Southeast Asia except Thailand and Singapore". [70]
This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure. Map [ edit ]
China was the world's most populous country from at least 1950 [5] until being surpassed by India in 2023. [6] [7] By one estimate, in 2024 China's population stood at about 1.408 billion, down from the 1.412 billion recorded in the 2020 census. [8] According to the 2020 census, 91.11% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.89% were minorities.
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a record low birth rate and a wave of COVID-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that ...
Southeast Asia 2,412,616 2,563 941 A / A 50 Fuzhou: China East Asia 2,405,000 259 9,300 E / B 51 Lanzhou: China East Asia 2,385,000 181 13,200 E / B 52 Daegu: South Korea East Asia 2,380,000 181 13,100 E / B 53 Hanoi: Vietnam Southeast Asia 2,355,000 194 8,300 E / B 54 Medan: Indonesia Southeast Asia 2,340,000 246 9,500 E / B 55 Jinan: China ...
The list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for the year 2023. All sovereign states with United Nations membership and territory in Asia are included on the list apart from those who are also members of the Council of Europe. In addition, the list includes the special administrative regions of China (Hong Kong and Macao).
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
The Han Chinese represent 91.11% of the population in China and 97% of the population in Taiwan. [19] [20] Han Chinese form large diaspora populations throughout Southeast Asia, comprising large minorities in countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In Singapore, people of Han Chinese or Chinese descent make up around 75% of the ...