List of Asian countries by population

This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population, total projected population from the United Nations and the latest official figure.

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Country / dependency %Asia Asianpopulation  Totalpopulation %growth Officialfigure Officialdate 1 29.9% 1,428,627,663 1,428,627,663 0.8% 1,388,163,000 1 Jul 2023Official projection 2 29.9% 1,425,671,352 1,425,671,352 0.0% 1,409,670,000 31 Dec 2023Official estimate 3 5.7% 272,096,348 277,534,123 0.7% 277,749,853 31 Dec 2022Official estimate 4 5.0% 240,485,658 240,485,658 2.5% 241,499,431 2023Official census 5 3.6% 172,954,319 172,954,319 1.0% 169,828,911 15 Jun 20222022 final census result 6 2.6% 123,294,513 123,294,513 -0.3% 124,352,000 1 Oct 2023Official estimate 7 2.5% 117,337,368 117,337,368 1.5% 110,596,059 13 May 2023National population clock 8 2.1% 98,858,950 98,858,950 0.7% 99,460,000 1 Jul 2022Official estimate 9 1.9% 89,172,767 89,172,767 0.7% 85,054,189 16 May 2023Official figure 10 1.5% 73,568,471 85,816,199 0.6% 85,279,553 31 Dec 2022Official estimate 11 1.5% 71,801,279 71,801,279 0.1% 68,263,022 1 Jul 2021Official estimate 12 1.1% 54,577,997 54,577,997 0.7% 56,067,251 15 May 2023Official population clock 13 1.1% 51,784,059 51,784,059 -0.1% 51,408,155 1 Apr 2023Official monthly estimate 14 1.0% 45,504,560 45,504,560 2.3% 43,324,000 1 Jul 2023Official estimate 15 0.9% 42,239,854 42,239,854 2.7% 32,890,171 1 Jun 2020Official estimate 16 0.8% 37,069,254 144,444,359 -0.2% 146,447,424 1 Jan 2023Official estimate 17 0.8% 36,947,025 36,947,025 1.5% 34,110,821 1 Jul 2021Official estimate 18 0.7% 35,163,944 35,163,944 1.5% 35,271,300 1 Jan 2022Official estimate 19 0.7% 34,449,825 34,449,825 2.2% 31,890,000 1 Jul 2022Official estimate 20 0.7% 34,308,525 34,308,525 1.1% 32,697,494 16 May 2023National population clock 21 0.6% 30,896,590 30,896,590 1.1% 29,164,578 25 Nov 20212021 final census result 22 0.5% 26,160,822 26,160,822 0.4% 25,850,000 1 Jul 2023National annual projection 23 0.5% 23,923,277 23,923,277 0.1% 23,347,374 30 Apr 2023Monthly official estimate 24 Syria 0.5% 23,227,014 23,227,014 5.0% 22,923,000 1 Jul 2021Official estimate 25 0.5% 21,893,579 21,893,579 0.3% 22,181,000 1 Jul 2022Official estimate 26 0.4% 19,014,710 19,606,634 1.1% 19,832,737 1 Jan 2023Official estimate 27 0.4% 16,944,826 16,944,826 1.1% 15,552,211 3 Mar 20192019 census result 28 0.2% 11,337,053 11,337,053 0.5% 11,392,242 16 May 2023National population clock 29 0.2% 10,678,556 10,678,556 0.8% 9,503,738 1 Jul 2019Official estimate 30 0.2% 10,143,543 10,143,543 1.9% 9,313,800 1 Jan 2020Official estimate 31 0.2% 10,003,232 10,003,232 1.5% 9,915,511 26 Sept 2024Official estimate 32 0.2% 9,886,952 10,412,652 0.5% 10,135,373 1 Mar 2023Monthly national estimate 33 0.2% 7,633,779 7,633,779 1.4% 7,231,200 1 Jul 2020Official projection (China) 0.2% 7,491,609 7,491,609 0.0% 7,413,070 30 Jun 20212021 census result 34 0.1% 6,735,348 6,735,348 1.6% 7,100,000 1 Apr 2023Monthly official estimate 35 0.1% 6,516,100 6,516,100 1.3% 4,751,120 26 Dec 2012Partial 2012 census result 36 0.1% 6,014,723 6,014,723 0.7% 5,637,000 30 Jun 2022Official estimate 37 0.1% 5,371,230 5,371,230 2.3% 5,483,450 1 Jan 2023Official projection 38 0.1% 5,353,930 5,353,930 -2.5% 5,416,225 31 Dec 2017Official estimate 39 0.1% 4,644,384 4,644,384 1.5% 4,471,148 12 Dec 20202020 Census 40 0.1% 4,310,108 4,310,108 1.0% 4,670,713 31 Dec 2020Official estimate 41 0.1% 3,728,282 3,728,282 -0.4% 3,736,400 1 Jan 2023Official estimate 42 0.1% 3,447,157 3,447,157 1.4% 3,457,548 12 Dec 2022Official figure 43 0.1% 2,777,971 2,777,971 -0.1% 2,981,200 1 Jan 2023Official figure 44 0.1% 2,716,391 2,716,391 0.8% 2,956,261 1 Apr 2023Official figure 45 0.03% 1,485,510 1,485,510 0.9% 1,472,204 17 Mar 2020Official figure 46 0.03% 1,360,596 1,360,596 1.4% 1,354,662 1 Jul 2023Official projection 47 0.03% 1,260,138 1,260,138 0.7% 918,100 1 Oct 20212021 census result 48 0.02% 787,425 787,425 0.6% 770,276 1 Jan 2023Official projection (China) 0.01% 704,150 704,150 1.3% 673,600 31 Mar 2023National quarterly estimate 49 0.01% 527,799 527,799 0.05% 523,787 2022 Official figure 50 0.01% 452,524 452,524 0.8% 440,715 31 Dec 2021Official figure Total 100% 4,772,122,568 5,010,243,461 0.6% 4,886,949,737

See also Demographics of Asia List of Asian countries by area List of Asian countries by population growth rate List of Asian countries by life expectancy List of countries and dependencies by population

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