The population of Asia by countries(2022)

Editing by Ruzeki, Shadow News 

Updated at 4:47 am, Thu Nov 17, 2022  

• The current population of Asia is 4,735,177,165 as of Thursday, November 17, 2022, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Asia population is equivalent to 59.76% of the total world population.
• Asia ranks number 1 among regions of the world ordered by population.
• The population density in Asia is 150 per Km2 (387 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 31,033,131 Km2 (11,981,954 sq. miles)
• 46.3 % of the population is urban (2,192,387,027 people in 2022)
• The median age in Asia is 32.0 years.  

Country (or dependency)	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %
China	1,439,323,776	0.39 %	5,540,090	-348,399	1.7	38	61 %
India	1,380,004,385	0.99 %	13,586,631	-532,687	2.2	28	35 %
Indonesia	273,523,615	1.07 %	2,898,047	-98,955	2.3	30	56 %
Pakistan	220,892,340	2.00 %	4,327,022	-233,379	3.6	23	35 %
Bangladesh	164,689,383	1.01 %	1,643,222	-369,501	2.1	28	39 %
Japan	126,476,461	-0.30 %	-383,840	71,560	1.4	48	92 %
Philippines	109,581,078	1.35 %	1,464,463	-67,152	2.6	26	47 %
Vietnam	97,338,579	0.91 %	876,473	-80,000	2.1	32	38 %
Turkey	84,339,067	1.09 %	909,452	283,922	2.1	32	76 %
Iran	83,992,949	1.30 %	1,079,043	-55,000	2.2	32	76 %
Thailand	69,799,978	0.25 %	174,396	19,444	1.5	40	51 %
Myanmar	54,409,800	0.67 %	364,380	-163,313	2.2	29	31 %
South Korea	51,269,185	0.09 %	43,877	11,731	1.1	44	82 %
Iraq	40,222,493	2.32 %	912,710	7,834	3.7	21	73 %
Afghanistan	38,928,346	2.33 %	886,592	-62,920	4.6	18	25 %
Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	1.59 %	545,343	134,979	2.3	32	84 %
Uzbekistan	33,469,203	1.48 %	487,487	-8,863	2.4	28	50 %
Malaysia	32,365,999	1.30 %	416,222	50,000	2.0	30	78 %
Yemen	29,825,964	2.28 %	664,042	-30,000	3.8	20	38 %
Nepal	29,136,808	1.85 %	528,098	41,710	1.9	25	21 %
North Korea	25,778,816	0.44 %	112,655	-5,403	1.9	35	63 %
Taiwan	23,816,775	0.18 %	42,899	30,001	1.2	42	79 %
Sri Lanka	21,413,249	0.42 %	89,516	-97,986	2.2	34	18 %
Kazakhstan	18,776,707	1.21 %	225,280	-18,000	2.8	31	58 %
Syria	17,500,658	2.52 %	430,523	-427,391	2.8	26	60 %
Cambodia	16,718,965	1.41 %	232,423	-30,000	2.5	26	24 %
Jordan	10,203,134	1.00 %	101,440	10,220	2.8	24	91 %
Azerbaijan	10,139,177	0.91 %	91,459	1,200	2.1	32	56 %
United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	1.23 %	119,873	40,000	1.4	33	86 %
Tajikistan	9,537,645	2.32 %	216,627	-20,000	3.6	22	27 %
Israel	8,655,535	1.60 %	136,158	10,000	3.0	30	93 %
Hong Kong	7,496,981	0.82 %	60,827	29,308	1.3	45	N.A.
Laos	7,275,560	1.48 %	106,105	-14,704	2.7	24	36 %
Lebanon	6,825,445	-0.44 %	-30,268	-30,012	2.1	30	78 %
Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	1.69 %	108,345	-4,000	3.0	26	36 %
Turkmenistan	6,031,200	1.50 %	89,111	-5,000	2.8	27	53 %
Singapore	5,850,342	0.79 %	46,005	27,028	1.2	42	N.A.
State of Palestine	5,101,414	2.41 %	119,994	-10,563	3.7	21	80 %
Oman	5,106,626	2.65 %	131,640	87,400	2.9	31	87 %
Kuwait	4,270,571	1.51 %	63,488	39,520	2.1	37	N.A.
Georgia	3,989,167	-0.19 %	-7,598	-10,000	2.1	38	58 %
Mongolia	3,278,290	1.65 %	53,123	-852	2.9	28	67 %
Armenia	2,963,243	0.19 %	5,512	-4,998	1.8	35	63 %
Qatar	2,881,053	1.73 %	48,986	40,000	1.9	32	96 %
Bahrain	1,701,575	3.68 %	60,403	47,800	2.0	32	89 %
Timor-Leste	1,318,445	1.96 %	25,326	-5,385	4.1	21	33 %
Cyprus	1,207,359	0.73 %	8,784	5,000	1.3	37	67 %
Bhutan	771,608	1.12 %	8,516	320	2.0	28	46 %
Macao	649,335	1.39 %	8,890	5,000	1.2	39	N.A.
Maldives	540,544	1.81 %	9,591	11,370	1.9	30	35 %
Brunei	437,479	0.97 %	4,194	0	1.8	32	80 %

 

 

The population density of Asia by country. 

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