Asian Countries by Population (2025)

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# Country (or
dependency) 		Population
(2025) 		Yearly
Change 		Net
Change 		Density
(P/Km²) 		Land Area
(Km²) 		Migrants
(net) 		Fert.
Rate 		Median
Age 		Urban
Pop % 		World
Share
1 India 1,463,865,525 0.89% 12,929,734 492 2,973,190 −495,753 1.9 29 37% 17.78%
2 China 1,416,096,094 −0.23% −3,225,184 151 9,388,211 −268,126 1 40 68% 17.20%
3 Indonesia 285,721,236 0.79% 2,233,305 158 1,811,570 −39,509 2.1 30 60% 3.47%
4 Pakistan 255,219,554 1.57% 3,950,390 331 770,880 −1,235,336 3.5 21 34% 3.10%
5 Bangladesh 175,686,899 1.22% 2,124,535 1,350 130,170 −402,100 2.1 26 43% 2.13%
6 Japan 123,103,479 −0.52% −649,562 338 364,555 140,579 1.2 50 93% 1.50%
7 Philippines 116,786,962 0.81% 943,292 392 298,170 −149,315 1.9 26 49% 1.42%
8 Vietnam 101,598,527 0.6% 610,841 328 310,070 −48,171 1.9 33 41% 1.23%
9 Iran 92,417,681 0.93% 849,943 57 1,628,550 116,786 1.7 34 73% 1.12%
10 Turkey 87,685,426 0.24% 211,621 114 769,630 −258,205 1.6 33 77% 1.07%
11 Thailand 71,619,863 −0.07% −48,148 140 510,890 27,509 1.2 41 54% 0.87%
12 Myanmar 54,850,648 0.64% 350,557 84 653,290 −39,661 2.1 30 34% 0.67%
13 South Korea 51,667,029 −0.1% −50,561 531 97,230 65,731 0.7 46 82% 0.63%
14 Iraq 47,020,774 2.13% 978,759 108 434,320 −1,064 3.2 21 72% 0.57%
15 Afghanistan 43,844,111 2.81% 1,196,619 67 652,860 −74,404 4.7 17 27% 0.53%
16 Yemen 41,773,878 2.93% 1,190,714 79 527,970 −16,291 4.4 18 33% 0.51%
17 Uzbekistan 37,053,428 1.9% 691,569 87 425,400 −6,987 3.4 27 48% 0.45%
18 Malaysia 35,977,838 1.18% 420,165 110 328,550 166,615 1.5 31 77% 0.44%
19 Saudi Arabia 34,566,328 1.78% 603,571 16 2,149,690 119,738 2.3 30 92% 0.42%
20 Nepal 29,618,118 −0.11% −32,936 207 143,350 −364,699 1.9 25 25% 0.36%
21 North Korea 26,571,036 0.27% 72,213 221 120,410 −2,787 1.8 37 63% 0.32%
22 Syria 25,620,427 3.84% 947,667 140 183,630 421,693 2.7 23 54% 0.31%
23 Sri Lanka 23,229,470 0.54% 125,905 370 62,710 −30,724 1.9 33 18% 0.28%
24 Taiwan 23,112,793 −0.44% −101,169 653 35,410 −20,947 0.9 45 84% 0.28%
25 Kazakhstan 20,843,754 1.22% 251,183 8 2,699,700 −8,834 3 30 55% 0.25%
26 Cambodia 17,847,982 1.19% 209,181 101 176,520 −31,469 2.5 26 26% 0.22%
27 Jordan 11,520,684 −0.28% −32,192 130 88,780 −303,267 2.6 25 85% 0.14%
28 United Arab Emirates 11,346,000 2.89% 318,871 136 83,600 158,634 1.2 32 81% 0.14%
29 Tajikistan 10,786,734 1.85% 195,807 77 139,960 −21,606 3 22 28% 0.13%
30 Azerbaijan 10,397,713 0.59% 61,136 126 82,658 8,731 1.7 34 59% 0.13%
31 Israel 9,517,181 1.39% 130,160 440 21,640 11,466 2.8 29 91% 0.12%
32 Laos 7,873,046 1.33% 103,227 34 230,800 −10,645 2.4 25 38% 0.096%
33 Turkmenistan 7,618,847 1.66% 124,349 16 469,930 13,268 2.6 27 46% 0.093%
34 Hong Kong 7,396,076 −0.25% −18,833 7,044 1,050 17,863 0.7 47 0.090%
35 Kyrgyzstan 7,295,034 1.52% 109,025 38 191,800 1,815 2.8 25 35% 0.089%
36 Singapore 5,870,750 0.66% 38,363 8,387 700 16,892 1 36 0.071%
37 Lebanon 5,849,421 0.75% 43,459 572 10,230 −10,230 2.2 29 86% 0.071%
38 State of Palestine 5,589,623 1.71% 94,180 929 6,020 −23,156 3.2 20 84% 0.068%
39 Oman 5,494,691 4.04% 213,153 18 309,500 113,734 2.5 30 91% 0.067%
40 Kuwait 5,026,078 1.86% 91,571 282 17,820 42,775 1.5 35 92% 0.061%
41 Georgia 3,806,671 −0.03% −999 55 69,490 1,283 1.8 37 62% 0.046%
42 Mongolia 3,517,100 1.2% 41,560 2 1,553,560 79 2.6 27 67% 0.043%
43 Qatar 3,115,889 2.21% 67,466 268 11,610 36,288 1.7 33 97% 0.038%
44 Armenia 2,952,365 −0.72% −21,475 104 28,470 −29,013 1.7 37 64% 0.036%
45 Bahrain 1,643,332 2.26% 36,283 2,162 760 18,128 1.8 33 0.020%
46 Timor-Leste 1,418,517 1.28% 17,879 95 14,870 −2,550 2.6 22 36% 0.017%
47 Cyprus 1,370,754 0.92% 12,472 148 9,240 7,749 1.4 39 61% 0.017%
48 Bhutan 796,682 0.65% 5,158 21 38,117 455 1.4 30 50% 0.0097%
49 Macao 722,007 0.24% 1,745 24,067 30 −328 0.7 40 97% 0.0088%
50 Maldives 529,676 0.36% 1,877 1,766 300 −2,283 1.5 33 40% 0.0064%
51 Brunei 466,330 0.78% 3,609 88 5,270 0 1.7 33 80% 0.0057%

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).