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Demographics of Asia

The continent of Asia covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of around 4.75 billion (as of 2022),[1] accounting for about 60% of the world population. 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 rates. Many Western Asian and South Asian countries have growth rates above world average, notably Pakistan at 2% p.a., while China had a small decrease of –0.06% and India had a 0.6% increase in 2022.

Graph showing population by continent as a percentage of world population (1750 - 2005)
Map of countries by population density

Population edit

See also: List of Asian countries by population and List of Asian countries by life expectancy
 
Asia population pyramid in 2023 based on the United Nations geoscheme for Asia

History edit

Population of Asia, 1–1820 AD (in millions) edit

Source: Maddison et al.[2]

Year[2] 1 1000 1500 1600 1700 1820
China 59.6 59.0 103.0 160.0 138.0 381.0
India 75.0 75.0 110.0 135.0 165.0 209.0
Japan 3.0 7.5 15.4 18.5 27.0 31.0
Korea 1.6 3.9 8.0 10.0 12.2 13.8
Indonesia 2.8 5.2 10.7 11.7 13.1 17.9
Indochina 1.1 2.2 4.5 5.0 5.9 8.9
Other East Asia 5.9 9.8 14.4 16.9 19.8 23.6
Iran 4.0 4.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.6
Turkey 6.1 7.3 6.3 7.9 8.4 10.1
Other West Asia 15.1 8.5 7.5 8.5 7.4 8.5
Total Asia 174.2 182.9 283.8 378.5 401.8 710.4

Shares of world population, Asia, 1–1998 AD (percent of world total) edit

Source: Maddison et al.[2]

Year[2] 1 1000 1500 1600 1700 1820 1870 1913 1950 1973 1999
China 25.8 22.0 23.5 28.8 22.9 36.6 28.2 24.4 21.7 22.5 21.0
India 32.5 28.0 25.1 24.3 27.3 20.1 19.9 17.0 14.2 14.8 16.5
Japan 1.3 2.8 3.5 3.3 4.5 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.8 2.1
Other Asia 15.9 15.4 12.7 11.7 11.9 8.6 9.4 10.3 15.5 17.3 19.8
Total Asia (excluding Japan) 74.2 65.4 61.3 64.8 62.1 65.3 57.5 51.7 51.4 54.7 57.4
World 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Countries ranking by international organisations edit

 
 
 
Life expectancy in Asia in 2019–2021, according to the World Bank Group
2022 List by the World Bank [3]
Countries Population (Thousands) TFR HDI
  India 1,417,173.17 2.0 0.633
  China 1,412,175.00 1.2 0.768
  Indonesia 275,501.34 2.2 0.705
  Pakistan 235,824.86 3.5 0.544
  Bangladesh 171,186.37 2.0 0.661
  Japan 125,124.99 1.3 0.925
  Philippines 115,559.01 2.7 0.699
  Vietnam 98,186.86 1.9 0.703
  Iran 88,550.57 1.7 0.774
  Turkey 85,341.24 1.9 0.838
  Thailand 71,697.03 1.3 0.800
  Myanmar 54,179.31 2.2 0.585
  South Korea 51,628.12 0.8 0.925
  Iraq 44,496.12 3.5 0.686
  Afghanistan 41,128.77 4.6 0.478
  Saudi Arabia 36,408.82 2.4 0.875
  Uzbekistan 35,648.10 3.2 0.727
  Malaysia 33,938.22 1.8 0.803
  Yemen 33,696.61 3.8 0.455
  Nepal 30,547.58 2.0 0.602
  North Korea 26,069.42 1.8 NA
  Sri Lanka 22,181.00 2.0 0.782
  Syria 22,125.25 2.7 0.577
  Kazakhstan 19,621.97 3.3 0.811
  Cambodia 16,767.84 2.3 0.593
  Jordan 11,285.87 2.8 0.720
  Azerbaijan 10,175.02 1.5 0.745
  Tajikistan 9,952.79 3.2 0.685
  Israel 9,550.60 3.0 0.919
  United Arab Emirates 9,441.13 1.5 0.911
  Laos 7,529.48 2.5 0.607
  Hong Kong (China) 7,346.10 0.8 0.952
  Kyrgyzstan 6,803.30 2.9 0.692
  Turkmenistan 6,430.77 2.7 0.745
  Singapore 5,637.02 1.1 0.939
  Lebanon 5,489.74 2.1 0.706
  Oman 4,576.30 2.6 0.816
  Kuwait 4,268.87 2.1 0.831
  Georgia 3,712.50 2.1 0.802
  Mongolia 3,398.37 2.8 0.739
  Armenia 2,780.47 1.6 0.759
  Qatar 2,695.12 1.8 0.855
  Bahrain 1,472.23 1.8 0.875
  East Timor 1,341.30 3.1 0.607
  Cyprus 1,251.49 1.3 0.896
  Bhutan 782.46 1.4 0.666
  Macau (China) 695.17 1.1 NA
  Maldives 523.79 1.7 0.747
  Brunei 449.00 1.8 0.829
Asia 4,682,346.46 1.89 0.70
Population Replacement 2.1

Economy edit

Further information: Economy of Asia

Economically, most of Asia is traditionally considered part of the Second World, with the significant exception of the industrialized First World countries of Israel, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Asian countries in the G-20 major economies include China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Of these, Japan is also in the G8, and additionally China and India in the G8+5.

The Human Development Index of Asian countries range from Low to Very High category. The table below shows the 10 highest and lowest countries according to their Human Development Index scores based on the 2021 report.[4]

Ethnicities edit

Main article: Ethnic groups in Asia
Further information: Asian people
 
The language families of Asia

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Asia Population". World Population Prospects 2022. United Nations. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Maddison (27 July 2016). "Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Fertility rate, total (births per woman) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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