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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 ]
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).
Earth has a human population of over 8 billion as of 2024, with an overall population density of 50 people per km 2 (130 per sq. mile). Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with more than 2.8 billion in the countries of India and China combined. The percentage shares of China, India and rest of South Asia of the world population ...
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Population (2021) [1] [2] [4] % (world) ±% p.a. (2010–2013) Sovereign states (2024) De facto states (2024) Non-self-governing territory(ies) (2024) Other area(s) (2024) World: 7,909,295,151: 100% 1.17% 197 8 17 34 Asia: 4,694,576,167: 59.4% 1.04% 48 4 0 2 Africa: 1,393,676,444: 17.6%: 2.57% 54 2 2 4 Europe: 745,173,774: 9.4%: 0.08% 44 2 1 6 ...
Rank Metropolitan area Country Region Population 1: Southern China Coast Megalopolis (Pearl River Delta-Chaoshan-Xiamen-Quanzhou-Fuzhou)China: East Asia: 200,000,000 2: Java Island (Jakarta-Surabaya-Bandung-Semarang-Surakarta-Yogyakarta-Malang)
By 2024, the rate is projected to fall even further to 0.68. The trend is mirrored elsewhere. For the last 70 years, fertility rates have decreased worldwide, with a total decline of 50%.
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 ...