Population in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: people. World ranking →

First in the ranking
1.5 bn
India
Median country
14.7 mn
half above, half below
World total
8.2 bn
World Bank aggregate
Range
466.3k to 1.5 bn
Brunei - India

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in India (1,463,865,525) and the lowest in Brunei (466,330).

The median country is at 14,684,333: half are above, half below.

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications… · via World Bank WDI (SP.POP.TOTL) · licence

Population over time

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1India1.5 bn
2China1.4 bn
3Indonesia285.7 mn
4Pakistan255.2 mn
5Bangladesh175.7 mn
6Japan123.4 mn
7Philippines116.8 mn
8Vietnam101.6 mn
9Iran92.4 mn
10Türkiye85.9 mn
11Thailand71.6 mn
12Myanmar54.9 mn
13South Korea51.7 mn
14Iraq47 mn
15Afghanistan43.8 mn
16Yemen41.8 mn
17Uzbekistan37.1 mn
18Saudi Arabia37 mn
19Malaysia36 mn
20Nepal29.6 mn
21North Korea26.6 mn
22Syria25.6 mn
23Sri Lanka21.8 mn
24Kazakhstan20.8 mn
25Cambodia17.8 mn
26Jordan11.5 mn
27United Arab Emirates11.5 mn
28Tajikistan10.8 mn
29Azerbaijan10.2 mn
30Israel10.1 mn
31Laos7.9 mn
32Turkmenistan7.6 mn
33Hong Kong7.5 mn
34Kyrgyzstan7.3 mn
35Singapore6.1 mn
36Lebanon5.8 mn
37Oman5.5 mn
38Palestine5.4 mn
39Kuwait4.9 mn
40Georgia3.9 mn
41Mongolia3.6 mn
42Armenia3.1 mn
43Qatar3 mn
44Bahrain1.6 mn
45Timor-Leste1.4 mn
46Cyprus1.4 mn
47Bhutan796.7k
48Macao685.9k
49Maldives529.7k
50Brunei466.3k
World Bank, WDI · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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