Asia Population

Name: Population of Asia by country
Creator: Population.is
License: CC BY 3.0 IGO (distributed via Our World in Data)

Asia is home to an estimated 4,860,508,187 people in 2026, across 49 countries and territories. The largest is India. Totals are the sum of UN World Population Prospects estimates for each country.

Population 2026: 4,860,508,187
Yearly change: +0.58%
Countries & territories: 49
Density: 157 per km²

Countries in Asia by Population

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1	India	1,476,625,571	+0.87%	497	72.2	29.2
2	China	1,412,914,090	-0.22%	150	78.0	40.6
3	Indonesia	287,886,782	+0.76%	152	71.3	30.7
4	Pakistan	259,299,792	+1.60%	336	67.8	20.8
5	Bangladesh	177,818,039	+1.21%	1,366	74.9	26.3
6	Japan	122,427,730	-0.55%	336	84.0	50.2
7	Philippines	117,724,473	+0.80%	395	69.9	26.6
8	Vietnam	102,177,434	+0.57%	326	74.7	33.9
9	Iran	93,168,492	+0.81%	57	77.9	34.5
10	Turkey	87,926,083	+0.27%	114	77.4	33.9
11	Thailand	71,559,619	-0.08%	140	76.6	41.0
12	Myanmar	55,184,826	+0.61%	85	67.1	30.4
13	South Korea	51,600,389	-0.13%	529	83.6	46.2
14	Iraq	48,007,435	+2.10%	111	72.4	21.1
15	Afghanistan	45,047,067	+2.74%	69	66.3	17.4
16	Yemen	42,961,661	+2.84%	81	69.4	18.5
17	Uzbekistan	37,724,225	+1.81%	86	72.5	27.0
18	Malaysia	36,385,116	+1.13%	111	76.8	31.4
19	Saudi Arabia	35,165,789	+1.73%	16	79.0	29.7
20	Nepal	29,629,406	+0.04%	207	70.6	25.7
21	North Korea	26,633,693	+0.24%	221	73.7	36.8
22	Syria	26,472,496	+3.33%	144	72.6	23.8
23	Sri Lanka	23,348,314	+0.51%	377	77.7	33.6
24	Taiwan	23,011,292	-0.44%	—	—	45.4
25	Kazakhstan	21,083,624	+1.15%	8	74.5	29.7
26	Cambodia	18,051,219	+1.14%	102	70.8	26.4
27	Jordan	11,589,538	+0.60%	131	78.0	24.9
28	United Arab Emirates	11,574,684	+2.02%	163	83.1	31.6
29	Tajikistan	10,978,600	+1.78%	79	71.9	22.4
30	Azerbaijan	10,454,854	+0.55%	126	74.6	34.1
31	Israel	9,647,689	+1.37%	446	83.2	29.3
32	Laos	7,974,024	+1.28%	35	69.2	25.3
33	Turkmenistan	7,736,632	+1.55%	16	70.2	27.3
34	Kyrgyzstan	7,400,471	+1.45%	39	72.4	25.5
35	Hong Kong	7,378,600	-0.24%	7,027	85.4	47.9
36	Singapore	5,905,748	+0.60%	8,148	83.3	36.8
37	Lebanon	5,897,462	+0.82%	576	77.9	29.0
38	Palestinian Territory	5,692,792	+1.85%	945	69.2	20.3
39	Oman	5,671,455	+3.22%	18	80.2	29.8
40	Kuwait	5,102,771	+1.53%	286	84.6	34.8
41	Georgia	3,804,644	-0.05%	55	74.7	37.6
42	Mongolia	3,556,796	+1.13%	2	72.4	27.0
43	Qatar	3,173,568	+1.85%	276	82.5	33.4
44	Armenia	2,930,918	-0.73%	104	78.3	37.2
45	Bahrain	1,675,573	+1.96%	2,094	81.4	33.4
46	Bhutan	802,219	+0.69%	21	73.3	31.0
47	Macao	723,196	+0.16%	21,718	83.3	40.3
48	Maldives	531,516	+0.35%	1,784	81.3	33.4
49	Brunei	469,780	+0.74%	89	75.5	33.2