Asian Countries by population (2024)

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# Country (or dependency) Population
(2024)		 Yearly
Change		 Net
Change		 Density
(P/Km²)		 Land Area
(Km²)		 Migrants
(net)		 Fert.
Rate		 Med.
Age		 Urban
Pop %		 World
Share
1 India 1,450,935,791 0.89 % 12,866,195 488 2,973,190 -630,830 2.0 28 37 % 17.78 %
2 China 1,419,321,278 -0.23 % -3,263,655 151 9,388,211 -318,992 1.0 40 66 % 17.39 %
3 Indonesia 283,487,931 0.82 % 2,297,864 156 1,811,570 -38,469 2.1 30 59 % 3.47 %
4 Pakistan 251,269,164 1.52 % 3,764,669 326 770,880 -1,401,173 3.5 20 34 % 3.08 %
5 Bangladesh 173,562,364 1.22 % 2,095,374 1,333 130,170 -473,362 2.1 26 42 % 2.13 %
6 Japan 123,753,041 -0.50 % -617,906 339 364,555 153,357 1.2 49 93 % 1.52 %
7 Philippines 115,843,670 0.83 % 952,471 389 298,170 -160,373 1.9 26 49 % 1.42 %
8 Vietnam 100,987,686 0.63 % 635,494 326 310,070 -59,645 1.9 33 41 % 1.24 %
9 Iran 91,567,738 1.06 % 959,031 56 1,628,550 190,156 1.7 33 73 % 1.12 %
10 Turkey 87,473,805 0.23 % 203,304 114 769,630 -275,952 1.6 33 76 % 1.07 %
11 Thailand 71,668,011 -0.05 % -34,424 140 510,890 23,321 1.2 40 53 % 0.88 %
12 Myanmar 54,500,091 0.68 % 366,293 83 653,290 -37,979 2.1 30 34 % 0.67 %
13 South Korea 51,717,590 -0.06 % -31,149 532 97,230 75,963 0.7 45 82 % 0.63 %
14 Iraq 46,042,015 2.15 % 967,966 106 434,320 -17,735 3.2 21 72 % 0.56 %
15 Afghanistan 42,647,492 2.88 % 1,192,731 65 652,860 -44,089 4.8 17 27 % 0.52 %
16 Yemen 40,583,164 3.03 % 1,192,365 77 527,970 -10,482 4.5 18 33 % 0.50 %
17 Uzbekistan 36,361,859 1.99 % 709,552 85 425,400 -7,066 3.5 27 48 % 0.45 %
18 Malaysia 35,557,673 1.23 % 431,375 108 328,550 174,770 1.5 31 77 % 0.44 %
19 Saudi Arabia 33,962,757 2.10 % 698,465 16 2,149,690 122,170 2.3 30 92 % 0.42 %
20 Nepal 29,651,054 -0.15 % -43,560 207 143,350 -401,282 2.0 25 24 % 0.36 %
21 North Korea 26,498,823 0.31 % 80,619 220 120,410 -2,473 1.8 36 63 % 0.32 %
22 Syria 24,672,760 4.57 % 1,078,137 134 183,630 546,494 2.7 23 53 % 0.30 %
23 Taiwan 23,213,962 -0.44 % -103,183 656 35,410 -25,832 0.9 44 83 % 0.28 %
24 Sri Lanka 23,103,565 0.57 % 131,948 368 62,710 -27,245 2.0 33 18 % 0.28 %
25 Kazakhstan 20,592,571 1.29 % 262,467 8 2,699,700 -7,368 3.0 30 55 % 0.25 %
26 Cambodia 17,638,801 1.23 % 214,921 100 176,520 -32,960 2.5 26 26 % 0.22 %
27 Jordan 11,552,876 0.99 % 113,663 130 88,780 -156,369 2.6 25 84 % 0.14 %
28 United Arab Emirates 11,027,129 3.62 % 385,048 132 83,600 278,439 1.2 32 82 % 0.14 %
29 Tajikistan 10,590,927 1.94 % 201,128 76 139,960 -21,236 3.0 22 27 % 0.13 %
30 Azerbaijan 10,336,577 0.18 % 18,370 125 82,658 10,864 1.7 33 58 % 0.13 %
31 Israel 9,387,021 1.41 % 130,707 434 21,640 10,612 2.8 29 91 % 0.12 %
32 Laos 7,769,819 1.37 % 104,826 34 230,800 -10,284 2.4 25 38 % 0.10 %
33 Turkmenistan 7,494,498 1.77 % 130,060 16 469,930 14,646 2.7 27 46 % 0.09 %
34 Hong Kong 7,414,909 -0.37 % -27,825 7,062 1,050 -19,272 0.7 47 N.A. 0.09 %
35 Kyrgyzstan 7,186,009 1.59 % 112,493 37 191,800 3,645 2.8 25 35 % 0.09 %
36 Singapore 5,832,387 0.75 % 43,297 8,332 700 20,011 1.0 36 N.A. 0.07 %
37 Lebanon 5,805,962 0.56 % 32,469 568 10,230 -17,267 2.2 29 88 % 0.07 %
38 State of Palestine 5,495,443 1.59 % 86,241 913 6,020 -23,145 3.3 20 83 % 0.07 %
39 Oman 5,281,538 4.60 % 232,269 17 309,500 154,219 2.5 29 93 % 0.06 %
40 Kuwait 4,934,507 1.98 % 95,725 277 17,820 61,624 1.5 35 92 % 0.06 %
41 Georgia 3,807,670 0.00 % 178 55 69,490 1,745 1.8 37 62 % 0.05 %
42 Mongolia 3,475,540 1.27 % 43,608 2 1,553,560 83 2.6 27 67 % 0.04 %
43 Qatar 3,048,423 2.33 % 69,341 263 11,610 46,105 1.7 34 97 % 0.04 %
44 Armenia 2,973,840 1.03 % 30,447 104 28,470 -29,966 1.7 36 63 % 0.04 %
45 Bahrain 1,607,049 2.38 % 37,383 2,115 760 22,699 1.8 33 N.A. 0.02 %
46 Timor-Leste 1,400,638 1.18 % 16,352 94 14,870 -2,552 2.6 21 35 % 0.02 %
47 Cyprus 1,358,282 0.99 % 13,306 147 9,240 8,138 1.4 38 61 % 0.02 %
48 Bhutan 791,524 0.65 % 5,139 21 38,117 -277 1.4 30 49 % 0.01 %
49 Macao 720,262 0.89 % 6,350 24,009 30 1,620 0.7 39 96 % 0.01 %
50 Maldives 527,799 0.34 % 1,805 1,759 300 -2,421 1.6 32 39 % 0.01 %
51 Brunei 462,721 0.82 % 3,772 88 5,270 0 1.7 32 80 % 0.01 %

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)
Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).