Asia

50 countries in World Bank data. The continent figure is the median of its countries - the World Bank does not publish continental totals, and its own regions do not match continents.

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Map of Asia

 

Boundaries: Natural Earth, simplified · sources and licences

Countries

latest available value
Afghanistan43.8 mn41766.34.7613.40.28
Armenia3.1 mn9,47478.31.7012.92.47
Azerbaijan10.2 mn7,41174.61.435.53.81
Bahrain1.6 mn30,59781.41.811.123.90
Bangladesh175.7 mn2,59774.92.143.80.72
Bhutan796,6824,49373.31.453.22.01
Brunei466,33032,23575.51.735.320.24
Cambodia17.8 mn2,87270.82.550.31.10
China1.4 bn13,86278.01.014.69.32
Cyprus1.4 mn41,78381.81.384.95.40
Georgia3.9 mn9,69274.71.8012.13.53
Hong Kong7.5 mn56,98385.40.842.84.60
India1.5 bn2,70272.21.964.22.17
Indonesia285.7 mn5,06071.32.123.22.87
Iran92.4 mn3,92477.91.688.39.05
Iraq47 mn5,41072.43.2215.55.18
Israel10.1 mn60,33783.22.873.55.77
Japan123.4 mn35,95184.01.152.57.84
Jordan11.5 mn5,34878.02.6016.52.09
Kazakhstan20.8 mn14,69274.52.984.812.57
Kuwait4.9 mn32,31284.61.562.223.67
Kyrgyzstan7.3 mn3,08172.42.603.51.49
Laos7.9 mn2,32569.22.401.23.35
Lebanon5.8 mn4,47377.92.2311.01.90
Macao685,90075,90283.30.582.32.53
Malaysia36 mn13,12576.81.543.88.32
Maldives529,67614,61581.31.564.53.57
Mongolia3.6 mn7,10872.42.505.27.85
Myanmar54.9 mn1,48967.12.103.00.58
Nepal29.6 mn1,53670.61.9610.50.54
North Korea26.6 mn-73.71.783.52.50
Oman5.5 mn19,94780.22.513.318.65
Pakistan255.2 mn1,59667.83.555.40.81
Palestine5.4 mn3,17169.23.2524.4-
Philippines116.8 mn4,17169.91.892.21.50
Qatar3 mn72,52582.51.720.147.33
Saudi Arabia37 mn34,53779.02.313.018.48
Singapore6.1 mn98,81483.30.972.89.75
South Korea51.7 mn36,22783.60.752.711.36
Sri Lanka21.8 mn5,00277.71.954.01.06
Syria25.6 mn1,05772.62.7013.61.27
Tajikistan10.8 mn1,63771.93.046.90.92
Thailand71.6 mn8,05776.61.200.83.96
Timor-Leste1.4 mn1,34167.92.631.60.50
Turkmenistan7.6 mn6,54070.22.664.310.86
Türkiye85.9 mn18,59977.41.488.55.38
United Arab Emirates11.5 mn50,27483.11.212.218.26
Uzbekistan37.1 mn3,96872.53.494.64.09
Vietnam101.6 mn5,06674.71.901.54.27
Yemen41.8 mn63469.44.5017.30.26
Sources: World Bank, UN agencies and others Sources and licences

Asia compared with the world

median country vs world
Indicator Year Asia median World
Population
Population 2025 14.7 mn 8.2 bn
Population density · /km² 2023 134.6 62.1
Population growth · % 2025 1.05 0.91
Life expectancy at birth · years 2024 74.8 73.5
Fertility rate 2024 1.96 2.19
Birth rate · ‰ 2024 15.8 16.3
Infant mortality · ‰ 2024 12.0 27.7
Urban population · % 2025 66.1 57.8
Population aged 65 and over · % 2025 6.6 10.4
Population living in cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 46.8 44.8
Population living in towns and semi-dense areas (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 28.5 35.6
Population living in rural areas (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 15.5 19.6
Human development
Human Development Index (HDI) 2023 0.766 0.756
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) 2023 0.642 0.590
Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI) 2023 0.666 0.680
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2023 0.291 0.455
Economy
Gross domestic product · US$ 2025 128.3 bn 118.4 tn
GDP per capita · US$ 2025 7,259 14,406
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity · int. $ 2025 23,678 25,704
GNI per capita (Atlas method) · US$ 2025 6,210 14,244
Real GDP growth · % 2025 4.5 2.9
Inflation, consumer prices · % 2025 2.4 3.0
Trade (exports plus imports) · % 2025 77.3 68.5
Exports of goods and services · % 2025 28.7 29.5
Foreign direct investment, net inflows · % 2024 1.7 1.4
Manufacturing, value added · % 2025 13.7 14.9
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added · % 2025 8.0 4.0
Tax revenue · % 2024 15.2 13.8
Central government debt · % 2019 50.7 -
Military expenditure · % 2024 2.3 2.5
Labour
Unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 3.8 4.8
Youth unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 11.5 13.4
Female labour force participation · % 2025 51.3 48.9
Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 21.1 25.8
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person · h 2025 41.6 40.9
Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15-24 · % 2025 16.3 20.0
Labour income share of GDP · % 2024 41.6 52.5
Output per hour worked (GDP, constant 2021 international $ at PPP) · $ 2025 20.6 23.3
Health
Current health expenditure · % 2023 5.0 10.1
Current health expenditure per capita · US$ 2023 333 1,317
Physicians · /1,000 2022 2.63 1.86
Under-5 mortality · ‰ 2024 13.4 37.4
Maternal mortality ratio (modelled estimate) · /100k 2023 23 197
Current tobacco use among adults · % 2024 20.7 20.3
People using safely managed drinking water · % 2024 78.5 73.7
Food
Dietary energy supply per person · kcal 2023 2,888 3,017
Average protein supply per person (3-year average) · g 2022 90.9 92.5
Average supply of protein of animal origin per person (3-year average) · g 2022 40.7 38.7
Average fat supply per person (3-year average) · g 2022 85.6 89.7
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (3-year average) · % 2024 12.4 26.8
Prevalence of severe food insecurity (3-year average) · % 2024 3.4 9.8
Cereal import dependency ratio (3-year average) · % 2022 43.4 -0.9
Education
Adult literacy rate · % 2024 97.9 87.7
School enrolment, secondary (gross) · % 2024 92.1 77.3
School enrolment, tertiary (gross) · % 2023 44.9 43.2
Government expenditure on education · % 2023 3.6 3.6
Expected years of schooling · yrs 2023 13.2 13.0
Mean years of schooling (adults 25+) · yrs 2023 10.2 8.8
Society
Gini index of income inequality 2018 36.0 -
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) · % 2018 1.4 11.1
Individuals using the internet · % 2024 88.2 71.2
Mobile cellular subscriptions · /100 2024 127.1 110.4
Access to electricity · % 2024 100.0 91.9
Seats held by women in national parliaments · % 2025 19.7 27.2
Refugees
Refugees hosted (under UNHCR mandate, by country of asylum) 2025 4,407 28.5 mn
Refugees hosted per 1,000 inhabitants · ‰ 2025 0.2 3.5
Asylum-seekers hosted (pending cases, by country of asylum) 2025 611 9 mn
Refugees originating from the country (under UNHCR mandate) 2025 4,664 28.5 mn
Refugees originating from the country per 1,000 inhabitants · ‰ 2025 0.2 3.5
Governance
Control of corruption · /100 2024 40.1 -
Government effectiveness · /100 2024 52.1 -
Rule of law · /100 2024 52.1 -
Regulatory quality · /100 2024 53.6 -
Voice and accountability · /100 2024 42.7 -
Political stability and absence of violence · /100 2024 62.2 -
Environment
CO₂ emissions per capita (excluding land use) · t 2024 3.81 4.69
Fossil CO₂ emissions (fossil fuels and cement) · Mt 2024 48.7 38,598.6
Share of global fossil CO₂ emissions · % 2024 0.13 100.00
Cumulative fossil CO₂ emissions since 1750 · Gt 2024 2.0 1,849.1
Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita (excluding land use) · t 2024 5.36 6.36
Renewable energy consumption · % 2021 10.3 -
Forest area · % 2023 14.1 31.1
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure · µg/m³ 2023 27.6 32.9
Level of water stress (freshwater withdrawal of available resources) · % 2022 49.0 -
Land area · km² 2023 159,935 129.8 mn
Energy
Share of renewables in electricity generation · % 2024 19.8 31.6
Share of wind and solar in electricity generation · % 2024 3.8 15.0
Share of nuclear in electricity generation · % 2024 0.0 9.0
Share of low-carbon sources (renewables and nuclear) in electricity generation · % 2024 22.4 40.6
Share of fossil fuels in electricity generation · % 2024 77.6 59.4
Share of coal in electricity generation · % 2024 4.5 34.4
Carbon intensity of electricity generation · g/kWh 2024 541 474
Electricity demand per capita · MWh 2024 3.20 3.81

The median is the middle country: half of the countries of Asia are above it, half below. Unlike an average it is not pulled by one very large or very rich country. For totals (population, GDP) the world column is the world total, not comparable with the median.