List of Asian countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	25 Sep 2025

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India is the most populous country in Asia, followed by China. These two countries together share close to 60% of Asia's population. The other six countries with a total number of humans above 100 million are Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. The top five countries together hold a huge 74.38% share of the Asia population. As of 2025, 30 countries/territories have a population above 10 million. The least populous country in Asia is Brunei Darussalam. Four countries/dependent territories in Asia have a population below one million.

Five Asian countries are on the list of the top ten most populous countries globally, as it hosts India and China, the world's top two most populous countries. The other three Asian countries in the top ten are Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nineteen countries are within the top 50 world population ranking.

Out of 51 countries/territories, the population of 41 would increase, and ten countries would decrease in 2025. India would be the top contributor to the total population increment in 2025. India accounts for 45.24 percent of the total population increase in Asia. The Indian population would increase by 12.8 million, followed by Pakistan (4.03 million) and Indonesia (2.2 million). Six countries will add at least ten million humans in 2025. China (-3.28 million) is the top decliner, followed by Japan (-663k) and Jordan (-108k).

Oman would have the highest population growth rate of 3.52% in 2025, followed by the Syrian Arab Republic (3.51%). These two are the only countries in Asia with a growth rate above 3%. Eight countries have a growth rate above 2%. Eight countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations.

In 1950 and 2000, Qatar and the Maldives were the least populous countries in Asia, respectively. Now Brunei Darussalam will remain the least populous country until 2100. Macao will become the least populous region in Asia by 2100.

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Population (UN)
Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2025)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2024	2025	Asia	World	Asia	World	Net	%	Asia	World
Kazakhstan	20,843,754	21,083,626	0.431	0.254	25	65	234,103	1.11	21	88
Kyrgyzstan	7,295,034	7,400,465	0.151	0.0892	35	106	103,639	1.40	16	73
Tajikistan	10,786,734	10,978,599	0.223	0.132	29	88	190,561	1.74	10	55
Turkmenistan	7,618,847	7,736,632	0.158	0.0932	33	104	114,461	1.48	14	69
Uzbekistan	37,053,428	37,724,223	0.766	0.454	17	43	661,261	1.75	9	54
China	1,416,096,094	1,412,914,089	29.3	17.0	2	2	-3,088,927	-0.22	47	190
China, Hong Kong SAR	7,396,076	7,378,602	0.153	0.0889	34	107	-33,618	-0.46	42	205
China, Macao SAR	722,007	723,188	0.0149	0.00871	49	168	1,663	0.23	41	159
China, Taiwan Province of China	23,112,793	23,011,292	0.478	0.277	24	61	-101,315	-0.44	48	204
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,571,036	26,633,691	0.550	0.321	21	56	57,900	0.22	39	160
Japan	123,103,479	122,427,731	2.55	1.47	6	12	-688,648	-0.56	49	211
Mongolia	3,517,100	3,556,798	0.0727	0.0428	42	133	38,816	1.09	23	93
Republic of Korea	51,667,029	51,600,388	1.07	0.622	13	31	-73,154	-0.14	46	184
Afghanistan	43,844,111	45,047,069	0.907	0.543	15	36	1,218,351	2.71	4	15
Bangladesh	175,686,899	177,818,044	3.63	2.14	5	8	2,123,011	1.19	20	84
Bhutan	796,682	802,214	0.0165	0.00966	48	167	5,588	0.70	32	120
India	1,463,865,525	1,476,625,576	30.3	17.8	1	1	12,659,731	0.86	26	106
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	92,417,681	93,168,497	1.91	1.12	9	17	707,667	0.76	27	116
Maldives	529,676	531,517	0.0110	0.00640	50	174	1,838	0.35	38	153
Nepal	29,618,118	29,629,410	0.613	0.357	20	52	42,667	0.14	44	164
Pakistan	255,219,554	259,299,791	5.28	3.12	4	5	4,126,841	1.59	15	66
Sri Lanka	23,229,470	23,348,315	0.480	0.281	23	60	116,132	0.50	37	135
Brunei Darussalam	466,330	469,775	0.00964	0.00566	51	176	3,376	0.72	31	119
Cambodia	17,847,982	18,051,219	0.369	0.217	26	73	199,549	1.10	22	90
Indonesia	285,721,236	287,886,782	5.91	3.47	3	4	2,133,057	0.74	30	118
Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,873,046	7,974,017	0.163	0.0961	32	103	99,781	1.25	18	82
Malaysia	35,977,838	36,385,115	0.744	0.438	18	45	401,087	1.10	24	91
Myanmar	54,850,648	55,184,819	1.13	0.665	12	27	326,448	0.59	34	124
Philippines	116,786,962	117,724,471	2.42	1.42	7	14	933,677	0.79	28	114
Singapore	5,870,750	5,905,748	0.121	0.0711	36	115	33,121	0.56	33	128
Thailand	71,619,863	71,559,614	1.48	0.862	11	21	-66,595	-0.09	45	180
Timor-Leste	1,418,517	1,436,923	0.0293	0.0173	46	156	18,878	1.31	19	78
Viet Nam	101,598,527	102,177,431	2.10	1.23	8	16	560,916	0.55	35	130
Armenia	2,952,365	2,930,915	0.0611	0.0353	44	140	-21,142	-0.72	50	219
Azerbaijan	10,397,713	10,454,855	0.215	0.126	30	93	55,590	0.53	36	131
Bahrain	1,643,332	1,675,572	0.0340	0.0202	45	153	30,404	1.81	7	51
Cyprus	1,370,754	1,382,334	0.0283	0.0167	47	157	11,107	0.80	25	112
Georgia	3,806,671	3,804,642	0.0787	0.0458	41	131	-2,399	-0.06	43	175
Iraq	47,020,774	48,007,437	0.972	0.578	14	33	984,032	2.05	6	42
Israel	9,517,181	9,647,689	0.197	0.116	31	97	131,106	1.36	17	76
Jordan	11,520,684	11,589,532	0.238	0.140	27	85	245,945	2.12	51	37
Kuwait	5,026,078	5,102,773	0.104	0.0615	40	128	70,980	1.39	13	74
Lebanon	5,849,421	5,897,467	0.121	0.0710	37	116	49,515	0.84	29	108
Oman	5,494,691	5,671,458	0.114	0.0683	39	120	160,017	2.82	1	10
Qatar	3,115,889	3,173,559	0.0644	0.0382	43	136	52,353	1.65	8	61
Saudi Arabia	34,566,328	35,165,787	0.715	0.424	19	47	594,806	1.69	12	58
State of Palestine	5,589,623	5,692,790	0.116	0.0686	38	119	108,008	1.90	11	47
Syrian Arab Republic	25,620,427	26,472,497	0.530	0.319	22	57	805,070	3.04	2	5
Türkiye	87,685,426	87,926,082	1.81	1.06	10	18	262,330	0.30	40	158
United Arab Emirates	11,346,000	11,574,682	0.235	0.139	28	86	195,618	1.69	5	59
Yemen	41,773,878	42,961,653	0.864	0.518	16	37	1,185,932	2.76	3	13
Asia	4,835,320,060	4,863,327,397		58.59			28,033,540	0.58

Estimated and Projected population (UN)
Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
Kazakhstan	6,787,149	19	15,501,103	25	26,544,265	22	33,672,181	20
Kyrgyzstan	1,751,139	29	5,025,145	33	9,642,952	33	11,729,827	31
Tajikistan	1,528,308	32	6,284,735	29	15,574,642	28	20,201,583	27
Turkmenistan	1,269,180	36	4,582,677	34	9,639,708	34	9,946,598	35
Uzbekistan	6,239,904	20	24,787,054	14	52,210,755	16	74,350,005	13
China	544,044,358	1	1,269,581,175	1	1,260,289,093	2	633,368,113	2
China, Hong Kong SAR	1,978,342	28	6,704,664	28	6,090,619	39	2,080,291	44
China, Macao SAR	196,654	44	437,309	49	668,860	49	331,168	51
China, Taiwan Province of China	7,596,530	18	22,332,870	19	19,434,600	26	10,016,995	34
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	11,116,736	14	23,665,910	17	25,787,127	23	19,512,149	29
Japan	86,443,277	3	127,027,789	6	105,123,167	8	76,845,989	12
Mongolia	781,688	39	2,455,182	41	4,501,493	41	5,519,345	40
Republic of Korea	19,757,321	10	46,766,661	12	45,143,134	18	21,848,791	24
Afghanistan	7,776,176	17	20,130,327	20	76,885,135	11	130,216,739	6
Bangladesh	41,206,856	5	134,544,304	5	214,709,097	5	208,596,516	5
Bhutan	169,982	45	596,863	48	882,340	48	690,432	48
India	346,278,821	2	1,057,922,733	2	1,679,589,259	1	1,505,251,761	1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	16,510,553	13	66,418,659	9	101,861,993	9	80,045,291	11
Maldives	74,448	49	282,019	51	589,962	50	474,919	49
Nepal	8,396,603	15	24,546,509	15	34,642,027	21	31,831,433	21
Pakistan	35,849,260	6	154,879,127	4	371,863,793	3	511,000,618	3
Sri Lanka	7,811,047	16	19,293,054	22	24,813,690	24	21,249,406	26
Brunei Darussalam	48,297	50	326,424	50	519,551	51	464,806	50
Cambodia	4,375,257	24	12,462,336	26	21,931,455	25	22,738,858	23
Indonesia	68,799,025	4	216,077,790	3	320,712,949	4	295,511,061	4
Lao People's Democratic Republic	1,684,550	31	5,431,212	31	9,757,285	32	9,256,278	37
Malaysia	6,098,283	21	22,967,816	18	44,289,772	19	44,026,122	18
Myanmar	17,737,117	12	45,290,841	13	58,623,232	15	49,658,882	16
Philippines	18,849,528	11	79,625,397	7	134,373,439	6	114,221,909	7
Singapore	1,013,313	37	4,035,245	37	6,081,691	40	4,163,012	41
Thailand	20,428,402	9	63,007,815	11	66,382,735	14	45,555,065	17
Timor-Leste	414,762	43	745,088	45	1,889,249	46	1,972,924	45
Viet Nam	25,100,738	7	77,154,011	8	110,008,908	7	91,705,108	10
Armenia	1,382,895	33	3,125,628	40	2,495,207	44	1,692,198	46
Azerbaijan	3,131,972	27	8,174,785	27	11,224,923	31	10,021,320	33
Bahrain	117,263	47	669,581	46	2,139,465	45	3,090,323	42
Cyprus	493,871	40	947,667	44	1,508,482	47	1,275,353	47
Georgia	3,497,441	26	4,328,358	36	3,664,014	43	2,969,403	43
Iraq	5,653,350	22	24,424,056	16	71,928,750	12	100,649,056	9
Israel	1,289,236	35	6,111,190	30	13,092,722	30	19,747,040	28
Jordan	438,802	42	5,386,945	32	16,367,354	27	21,322,926	25
Kuwait	153,958	46	1,954,709	43	6,367,756	38	9,602,014	36
Lebanon	1,349,350	34	4,329,340	35	6,999,260	37	7,192,592	39
Oman	456,988	41	2,282,131	42	7,827,002	36	12,094,996	30
Qatar	24,283	51	644,989	47	4,164,461	42	7,272,256	38
Saudi Arabia	1,703,271	30	16,177,722	24	47,693,910	17	71,006,690	14
State of Palestine	944,624	38	3,151,793	39	8,451,891	35	11,482,186	32
Syrian Arab Republic	3,612,081	25	16,637,888	23	37,793,372	20	43,686,647	19
Türkiye	21,021,140	8	65,425,961	10	91,258,061	10	65,338,459	15
United Arab Emirates	74,512	48	3,493,575	38	15,367,392	29	26,134,299	22
Yemen	4,616,780	23	19,624,141	21	70,976,403	13	110,035,634	8
Asia	1,368,075,415		3,747,780,304		5,280,378,401		4,612,667,565