Asian Countries by population (2023)

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Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest
July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the 2022 U.N. Revision
# Country (or dependency) Population
(2023)		 Yearly
Change		 Net
Change		 Density
(P/Km²)		 Land Area
(Km²)		 Migrants
(net)		 Fert.
Rate		 Med.
Age		 Urban
Pop %		 World
Share
1 China 1,425,671,352 -0.02 % -215,985 152 9,388,211 -310,220 1.2 39 65 % 17.72 %
2 India 1,428,627,663 0.81 % 11,454,490 481 2,973,190 -486,136 2.0 28 36 % 17.76 %
3 Indonesia 277,534,122 0.74 % 2,032,783 153 1,811,570 -49,997 2.1 30 59 % 3.45 %
4 Pakistan 240,485,658 1.98 % 4,660,796 312 770,880 -165,988 3.3 21 35 % 2.99 %
5 Bangladesh 172,954,319 1.03 % 1,767,947 1,329 130,170 -309,977 1.9 27 41 % 2.15 %
6 Japan 123,294,513 -0.53 % -657,179 338 364,555 99,994 1.3 49 94 % 1.53 %
7 Philippines 117,337,368 1.54 % 1,778,359 394 298,170 -69,996 2.7 25 47 % 1.46 %
8 Vietnam 98,858,950 0.68 % 672,094 319 310,070 -82,700 1.9 33 40 % 1.23 %
9 Iran 89,172,767 0.70 % 622,197 55 1,628,550 -39,998 1.7 33 74 % 1.11 %
10 Turkey 85,816,199 0.56 % 474,958 112 769,630 -318,067 1.9 32 77 % 1.07 %
11 Thailand 71,801,279 0.15 % 104,249 141 510,890 18,999 1.3 40 52 % 0.89 %
12 Myanmar 54,577,997 0.74 % 398,691 84 653,290 -34,998 2.1 30 33 % 0.68 %
13 South Korea 51,784,059 -0.06 % -31,751 533 97,230 29,998 0.9 44 82 % 0.64 %
14 Iraq 45,504,560 2.27 % 1,008,438 105 434,320 -6,000 3.4 20 71 % 0.57 %
15 Afghanistan 42,239,854 2.70 % 1,111,083 65 652,860 -65,846 4.4 17 26 % 0.53 %
16 Saudi Arabia 36,947,025 1.48 % 538,205 17 2,149,690 28,998 2.4 31 83 % 0.46 %
17 Uzbekistan 35,163,944 1.55 % 536,292 83 425,400 -19,999 2.8 27 49 % 0.44 %
18 Malaysia 34,308,525 1.09 % 370,304 104 328,550 48,997 1.8 31 78 % 0.43 %
19 Yemen 34,449,825 2.24 % 753,211 65 527,970 -29,914 3.6 19 37 % 0.43 %
20 Nepal 30,896,590 1.14 % 349,010 216 143,350 -62,012 2.0 24 22 % 0.38 %
21 North Korea 26,160,821 0.35 % 91,405 217 120,410 -2,000 1.8 36 63 % 0.33 %
22 Taiwan 23,923,276 0.13 % 29,882 676 35,410 23,999 1.2 42 80 % 0.30 %
23 Sri Lanka 21,893,579 0.28 % 61,436 349 62,710 -77,495 2.0 33 19 % 0.27 %
24 Syria 23,227,014 4.98 % 1,101,765 126 183,630 757,103 2.7 22 53 % 0.29 %
25 Kazakhstan 19,606,633 1.08 % 208,635 7 2,699,700 0 3.0 30 57 % 0.24 %
26 Cambodia 16,944,826 1.06 % 176,984 96 176,520 -29,998 2.3 27 26 % 0.21 %
27 Jordan 11,337,052 0.45 % 51,183 128 88,780 -157,392 2.7 24 85 % 0.14 %
28 Azerbaijan 10,412,651 0.53 % 54,577 126 82,658 0 1.7 32 57 % 0.13 %
29 Tajikistan 10,143,543 1.92 % 190,756 72 139,960 -19,999 3.1 22 28 % 0.13 %
30 United Arab Emirates 9,516,871 0.80 % 75,742 114 83,600 0 1.4 34 94 % 0.12 %
31 Israel 9,174,520 1.51 % 136,211 424 21,640 9,999 2.9 29 92 % 0.11 %
32 Hong Kong 7,491,609 0.04 % 2,744 7,135 1,050 19,999 0.8 46 N.A. 0.09 %
33 Laos 7,633,779 1.39 % 104,304 33 230,800 -9,999 2.4 24 37 % 0.09 %
34 Kyrgyzstan 6,735,347 1.58 % 104,724 35 191,800 -9,999 2.9 24 37 % 0.08 %
35 Turkmenistan 6,516,100 1.33 % 85,330 14 469,930 -4,000 2.6 26 52 % 0.08 %
36 Singapore 6,014,723 0.65 % 39,034 8,592 700 26,998 1.0 43 N.A. 0.07 %
37 Lebanon 5,353,930 -2.47 % -135,809 523 10,230 -177,331 2.1 29 97 % 0.07 %
38 State of Palestine 5,371,230 2.31 % 121,158 892 6,020 -5,000 3.4 20 83 % 0.07 %
39 Oman 4,644,384 1.49 % 68,086 15 309,500 0 2.5 29 N.A. 0.06 %
40 Kuwait 4,310,108 0.97 % 41,235 242 17,820 11,999 2.1 40 N.A. 0.05 %
41 Georgia 3,728,282 -0.43 % -16,103 54 69,490 -9,999 2.1 37 63 % 0.05 %
42 Mongolia 3,447,157 1.44 % 48,791 2 1,553,560 -850 2.7 27 67 % 0.04 %
43 Armenia 2,777,970 -0.09 % -2,499 98 28,470 -5,000 1.6 35 67 % 0.03 %
44 Qatar 2,716,391 0.79 % 21,269 234 11,610 0 1.8 34 N.A. 0.03 %
45 Bahrain 1,485,509 0.90 % 13,276 1,955 760 0 1.8 34 N.A. 0.02 %
46 Timor-Leste 1,360,596 1.44 % 19,300 91 14,870 -5,000 3.0 21 35 % 0.02 %
47 Cyprus 1,260,138 0.69 % 8,650 136 9,240 5,000 1.3 39 65 % 0.02 %
48 Bhutan 787,424 0.64 % 4,969 21 38,117 300 1.4 29 49 % 0.01 %
49 Macao 704,149 1.29 % 8,981 23,472 30 5,000 1.1 39 97 % 0.01 %
50 Maldives 521,021 -0.53 % -2,766 1,737 300 -8,652 1.7 32 39 % 0.01 %
51 Brunei 452,524 0.78 % 3,522 86 5,270 0 1.7 33 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 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).