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Asian Countries by Population

Asia's 49 countries were home to about 4.83 billion people in 2025, close to three in every five people on Earth. India (1.46 billion) overtook China (1.42 billion) as the most populous country in 2023, and together they account for 60% of Asia's population.

The table ranks all 49 countries by their 2025 population, with each one's share of the Asian total.

Rank	Country	Population (2025)	Share of Asia	Sub-region
1	India	1,463,865,525	30.33%	South Asia
2	China	1,416,096,094	29.34%	East Asia
3	Indonesia	285,721,236	5.92%	Southeast Asia
4	Pakistan	255,219,554	5.29%	South Asia
5	Bangladesh	175,686,899	3.64%	South Asia
6	Japan	123,103,479	2.55%	East Asia
7	Philippines	116,786,962	2.42%	Southeast Asia
8	Vietnam	101,598,527	2.10%	Southeast Asia
9	Iran	92,417,681	1.91%	South Asia
10	Turkey	87,685,426	1.82%	West Asia
11	Thailand	71,619,863	1.48%	Southeast Asia
12	Myanmar	54,850,648	1.14%	Southeast Asia
13	South Korea	51,667,029	1.07%	East Asia
14	Iraq	47,020,774	0.97%	West Asia
15	Afghanistan	43,844,111	0.91%	South Asia
16	Yemen	41,773,878	0.87%	West Asia
17	Uzbekistan	37,053,428	0.77%	Central Asia
18	Malaysia	35,977,838	0.75%	Southeast Asia
19	Saudi Arabia	34,566,328	0.72%	West Asia
20	Nepal	29,618,118	0.61%	South Asia
21	North Korea	26,571,036	0.55%	East Asia
22	Syria	25,620,427	0.53%	West Asia
23	Sri Lanka	23,229,470	0.48%	South Asia
24	Taiwan	23,112,793	0.48%	East Asia
25	Kazakhstan	20,843,754	0.43%	Central Asia
26	Cambodia	17,847,982	0.37%	Southeast Asia
27	Jordan	11,520,684	0.24%	West Asia
28	United Arab Emirates	11,346,000	0.24%	West Asia
29	Tajikistan	10,786,734	0.22%	Central Asia
30	Azerbaijan	10,397,713	0.22%	West Asia
31	Israel	9,517,181	0.20%	West Asia
32	Laos	7,873,046	0.16%	Southeast Asia
33	Turkmenistan	7,618,847	0.16%	Central Asia
34	Kyrgyzstan	7,295,034	0.15%	Central Asia
35	Singapore	5,870,750	0.12%	Southeast Asia
36	Lebanon	5,849,421	0.12%	West Asia
37	Palestine	5,589,623	0.12%	West Asia
38	Oman	5,494,691	0.11%	West Asia
39	Kuwait	5,026,078	0.10%	West Asia
40	Georgia	3,806,671	0.08%	West Asia
41	Mongolia	3,517,100	0.07%	East Asia
42	Qatar	3,115,889	0.06%	West Asia
43	Armenia	2,952,365	0.06%	West Asia
44	Bahrain	1,643,332	0.03%	West Asia
45	Timor-Leste	1,418,517	0.03%	Southeast Asia
46	Cyprus	1,370,754	0.03%	West Asia
47	Bhutan	796,682	0.02%	South Asia
48	Maldives	529,676	0.01%	South Asia
49	Brunei	466,330	0.01%	Southeast Asia

Patterns in the ranking

• Eight Asian countries have more than 100 million people: India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
• Extreme concentration. The 25 least populous countries, from Kazakhstan down, have about 162.5 million people between them, fewer than Indonesia alone.
• South Asia is the most populous sub-region, with 2.09 billion people (43%), ahead of East Asia (1.64 billion). Central Asia has only 83.6 million.
• Diverging trends. China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are shrinking, while Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen are among the faster-growing countries, so the order in the middle of the table will keep shifting.
• The smallest populations are Bhutan, the Maldives and Brunei, each under one million.

Sources: Population: UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2025.

Country count: the 49 countries covered on AsiaMap.net (47 UN member states in Asia plus Palestine and Taiwan; Russia is classed as European). Last reviewed October 2026.