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Asia · 2025

Population, country by country

Everyone resident in the country at mid-year, whatever their legal status or citizenship. A modelled estimate, not a census count.

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466,330 to 3,568,978(10 countries)
3,935,766 to 7,873,046(10 countries)
10,122,800 to 26,571,036(10 countries)
29,618,118 to 71,619,863(10 countries)
85,878,556 to 1,463,865,525(10 countries)
No data (0 countries; also land this data set does not carry)

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Population in 2025 for Asia
Country	Population (persons)	Status
AFG	43,844,111^est.	Published
ARM	3,086,700^est.	Published
AZE	10,246,996^est.	Published
BHR	1,600,366^est.	Published
BGD	175,686,899^est.	Published
BTN	796,682^est.	Published
BRN	466,330^est.	Published
KHM	17,847,982^est.	Published
CHN	1,406,585,000^est.	Published
CYP	1,370,754^est.	Published
GEO	3,935,766^est.	Published
HKG	7,498,900^est.	Published
IND	1,463,865,525^est.	Published
IDN	285,721,236^est.	Published
IRN	92,417,681^est.	Published
IRQ	47,020,774^est.	Published
ISR	10,122,800^est.	Published
JPN	123,366,734^est.	Published
JOR	11,520,684^est.	Published
KAZ	20,843,754^est.	Published
KWT	4,865,298^est.	Published
KGZ	7,343,064^est.	Published
LAO	7,873,046^est.	Published
LBN	5,849,421^est.	Published
MAC	685,900^est.	Published
MYS	35,977,838^est.	Published
MDV	529,676^est.	Published
MNG	3,568,978^est.	Published
MMR	54,850,648^est.	Published
NPL	29,618,118^est.	Published
PRK	26,571,036^est.	Published
OMN	5,494,691^est.	Published
PAK	255,219,554^est.	Published
PSE	5,413,596^est.	Published
PHL	116,786,962^est.	Published
QAT	2,972,215^est.	Published
SAU	36,973,555^est.	Published
SGP	6,111,175^est.	Published
KOR	51,684,564^est.	Published
LKA	21,756,000^est.	Published
SYR	25,620,427^est.	Published
TJK	10,786,734^est.	Published
THA	71,619,863^est.	Published
TLS	1,418,517^est.	Published
TUR	85,878,556^est.	Published
TKM	7,618,847^est.	Published
ARE	11,513,149^est.	Published
UZB	37,053,428^est.	Published
VNM	101,598,527^est.	Published
YEM	41,773,878^est.	Published

Showing 50 of 50 countries in Asia.

How many people live in Asia?

4,802,872,935^* people in 2025, the sum of 50 of the 53 areas the United Nations lists in Asia.

This is our own sum of the country figures in the table, which are modelled estimates. It is not a figure the World Bank publishes for Asia. Listed by the United Nations as parts of a country it also lists whole, so inside that country's figure and not added again: Iraq (Central Iraq), Iraq (Kurdistan Region). A United Nations catch-all area, not a place, with no figure to add: Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia.

Regions within Asia

Central Asia (5 countries)
Eastern Asia (7 countries)
South-Eastern Asia (11 countries)
Southern Asia (9 countries)
Western Asia (18 countries)

Latest published figures for Asia

Each figure is at its indicator's latest year. #1 is the highest in this region. Countries with an identical figure are marked joint and share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. A country with no figure has no rank.

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Population, net migration, life expectancy, urban share and GDP per person for the countries of Asia, with rank within the region
Country	Population2025	Net migration (people)2025	Life expectancy (years)2024	Urban share (%)2025	GDP per person (PPP, Int$)2025
Afghanistan	43,844,111^est.#15	-74,404^est.#42	66.3^est.#50	25.9%^est.#49	no figure published
Armenia	3,086,700^est.#42	-29,013^est.#36	78.3^est.#15	65.9%^est.#26	24,754^est.#22
Azerbaijan	10,246,996^est.#29	8,731^est.#17	74.6^est.#28	58.6%^est.#32	26,113^est.#21
Bahrain	1,600,366^est.#44	18,128^est.#12	81.4^est.#11	100.0%^est.joint #1	70,997^est.#7
Bangladesh	175,686,899^est.#5	-402,100^est.#48	74.9^est.#25	33.2%^est.#45	10,154^est.#36
Bhutan	796,682^est.#47	455^est.#21	73.3^est.#31	43.4%^est.#36	19,594^est.#26
Brunei	466,330^est.#50	0^est.#23	75.5^est.#24	75.0%^est.#19	92,430^est.#4
Cambodia	17,847,982^est.#25	-31,469^est.#38	70.8^est.#40	41.1%^est.#38	8,543^est.#38
China	1,406,585,000^est.#2	-268,126^est.#45	78.0^est.#16	66.3%^est.#25	29,333^est.#18
Cyprus	1,370,754^est.#46	7,749^est.#18	81.8^est.#10	66.7%^est.#24	64,575^est.#8
Georgia	3,935,766^est.#40	1,283^est.#20	74.7^est.#27	61.2%^est.#30	29,414^est.#17
Hong Kong	7,498,900^est.#33	17,863^est.#13	85.4^est.#1	100.0%^est.joint #1	80,423^est.#5
India	1,463,865,525^est.#1	-495,753^est.#49	72.2^est.#37	35.7%^est.#43	11,748^est.#34
Indonesia	285,721,236^est.#3	-39,509^est.#39	71.3^est.#39	59.4%^est.#31	17,660^est.#28
Iran	92,417,681^est.#9	116,786^est.#6	77.9^est.#19	77.4%^est.#18	19,699^est.#25
Iraq	47,020,774^est.#14	-1,064^est.#25	72.4^est.#34	69.9%^est.#22	14,267^est.#30
Israel	10,122,800^est.#30	11,466^est.#16	83.2^est.#7	91.6%^est.#9	59,717^est.#10
Japan	123,366,734^est.#6	140,579^est.#4	84.0^est.#3	92.3%^est.#8	55,422^est.#12
Jordan	11,520,684^est.#26	-303,267^est.#46	78.0^est.#17	93.2%^est.#7	12,632^est.#32
Kazakhstan	20,843,754^est.#24	-8,834^est.#30	74.5^est.#29	62.4%^est.#29	44,293^est.#14
Kuwait	4,865,298^est.#39	42,775^est.#9	84.6^est.#2	100.0%^est.joint #1	56,468^est.#11
Kyrgyzstan	7,343,064^est.#34	1,815^est.#19	72.4^est.#35	34.7%^est.#44	9,220^est.#37
Laos	7,873,046^est.#31	-10,645^est.#32	69.2^est.#45	40.3%^est.#39	10,383^est.#35
Lebanon	5,849,421^est.#36	-10,230^est.#31	77.9^est.#18	91.0%^est.#10	no figure published
Macao	685,900^est.#48	-328^est.#24	83.3^est.#6	100.0%^est.joint #1	137,031^est.#2
Malaysia	35,977,838^est.#19	166,615^est.#2	76.8^est.#22	77.4%^est.#17	41,498^est.#16
Maldives	529,676^est.#49	-2,283^est.#26	81.3^est.#12	42.5%^est.#37	28,555^est.#19
Mongolia	3,568,978^est.#41	79^est.#22	72.4^est.#36	71.1%^est.#21	20,798^est.#24
Myanmar	54,850,648^est.#12	-39,661^est.#40	67.1^est.#49	30.6%^est.#46	6,012^est.#41
Nepal	29,618,118^est.#20	-364,699^est.#47	70.6^est.#41	67.0%^est.#23	6,175^est.#40
North Korea	26,571,036^est.#21	-2,787^est.#28	73.7^est.#30	64.2%^est.#27	no figure published
Oman	5,494,691^est.#37	113,734^est.#7	80.2^est.#13	79.5%^est.#16	42,295^est.#15
Pakistan	255,219,554^est.#4	-1,235,336^est.#50	67.8^est.#48	39.5%^est.#40	6,573^est.#39
Palestine	5,413,596^est.#38	-23,156^est.#35	69.2^est.#46	87.4%^est.#12	5,000^est.#43
Philippines	116,786,962^est.#7	-149,315^est.#43	69.9^est.#43	55.8%^est.#33	12,577^est.#33
Qatar	2,972,215^est.#43	36,288^est.#10	82.5^est.#9	99.4%^est.#6	128,883^est.#3
Saudi Arabia	36,973,555^est.#18	119,738^est.#5	79.0^est.#14	84.6%^est.#14	73,784^est.#6
Singapore	6,111,175^est.#35	16,892^est.#14	83.3^est.#5	100.0%^est.joint #1	163,354^est.#1
South Korea	51,684,564^est.#13	65,731^est.#8	83.6^est.#4	81.2%^est.#15	63,125^est.#9
Sri Lanka	21,756,000^est.#23	-30,724^est.#37	77.7^est.#20	20.5%^est.#50	17,065^est.#29
Syria	25,620,427^est.#22	421,693^est.#1	72.6^est.#32	72.1%^est.#20	no figure published
Tajikistan	10,786,734^est.#28	-21,606^est.#34	71.9^est.#38	26.2%^est.#48	5,923^est.#42
Thailand	71,619,863^est.#11	27,509^est.#11	76.6^est.#23	62.8%^est.#28	26,250^est.#20
Timor-Leste	1,418,517^est.#45	-2,550^est.#27	67.9^est.#47	28.8%^est.#47	4,809^est.#44
Turkmenistan	7,618,847^est.#32	13,268^est.#15	70.2^est.#42	47.1%^est.#35	22,602^est.#23
Türkiye	85,878,556^est.#10	-258,205^est.#44	77.4^est.#21	89.5%^est.#11	45,288^est.#13
United Arab Emirates	11,513,149^est.#27	158,634^est.#3	83.1^est.#8	86.0%^est.#13	no figure published
Uzbekistan	37,053,428^est.#17	-6,987^est.#29	72.5^est.#33	51.0%^est.#34	13,601^est.#31
Viet Nam	101,598,527^est.#8	-48,171^est.#41	74.7^est.#26	38.8%^est.#41	18,088^est.#27
Yemen	41,773,878^est.#16	-16,291^est.#33	69.4^est.#44	37.0%^est.#42	no figure published

Highest and lowest in Asia

The member country with the highest and the lowest published figure for each indicator.

Highest and lowest country in Asia for each indicator
Indicator	Highest	Lowest
Population (2025)	India: 1,463,865,525^est.	Brunei: 466,330^est.
Net migration (2025)	Syria: 421,693^est.	Pakistan: -1,235,336^est.
Life expectancy (2024)	Hong Kong: 85.4^est.	Afghanistan: 66.3^est.
Urban share (2025)	Joint: Bahrain: 100.0%^est. Joint: Hong Kong: 100.0%^est. Joint: Kuwait: 100.0%^est. Joint: Macao: 100.0%^est. Joint: Singapore: 100.0%^est.	Sri Lanka: 20.5%^est.
GDP per person (2025)	Singapore: 163,354^est.	Timor-Leste: 4,809^est.

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What this data does not tell us

Every figure is a modelled or compiled estimate republished by the World Bank (quality class C, shown as "est."). It is not an official count by each country.
A country with no figure is shown as "no figure published" and drawn in its own grey. It is never counted as zero. In this table the source published no figure for: GDP per person (6 countries).
The latest year differs by indicator (2024 and 2025). Each indicator uses one year for every country, and a country with no figure in that year is not filled from an earlier one.
Net migration is a modelled residual of population change, not a count of migrants. It is a different measure from the citizenship and country-of-birth figures on the Cyprus pages, and the two are not to be added or compared.
Urban share uses each country's own definition of "urban". GDP per person is in current international dollars, so a ten-year change includes price rises.
Colours group countries into five bands of about equal size, from the lowest figures to the highest (see the legend). A shade shows which band a country is in, not how far apart two figures are.
Population is the only indicator that is added up, because it counts people. Life expectancy, urban share, GDP per person and net migration are shown country by country, with no total or average.
The World Bank figures for Cyprus on these pages are not comparable to the Eurostat and CYSTAT figures on the Cyprus pages, which are built differently. The two are never shown together.

Sources

Every figure comes from the World Bank — World Development Indicators, a reputable independent estimate (quality class C), not an official count by each country. Open a figure to see its own provenance.

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