List of Asian countries by population

Table columns:
Rank
Country (or dependent territory)
July 1, 2015 projection[1]
% of Asia's population
Average relative annual growth (%)[2]
Average absolute annual growth [3]
Estimated doubling time (Years)[4]
Official figure (where available)
Date of last figure
Source

Table rows:
cells: 1
China
1,387,160,730
31.35
0.49
6,730,000
141
1,387,630,000
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 2
India
1,324,009,090
29.72
1.64
20,998,000
43
1,210,854,977
March 1, 2011
Final 2011 census result
cells: 3
Indonesia
255,462,000
5.84
1.41
3,549,000
50
261,890,900
2017
Official estimate
cells: 4
Pakistan
191,785,000
4.39
2.4
3,765,000
35
207,774,520
2017
Official Census 2017
cells: 5
Bangladesh
158,762,000
3.63
1.37
2,139,000
51
164,160,000
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 6
Russia[5]
144,031,000
3.19
0.19
278,000
368
146,544,710
January 1, 2016
Annual official estimate
cells: 7
Japan
126,891,000
2.81
-0.01
-12,000
-
126,890,000
November 1, 2015
Monthly official estimate
cells: 8
Philippines
100,699,395
2.23
1.5
1,500,000
45
100,981,437
August 1, 2015
2015 Census of Population
cells: 9
Vietnam
91,812,000
2.03
1.16
1,057,000
60
90,493,352
April 1, 2014
Official estimate
cells: 10
Iran
78,778,000
1.74
1.29
1,001,000
54
80,753,000
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 11
Turkey
78,214,000
1.73
1.34
1,035,000
52
77,695,904
December 31, 2014
Official estimate
cells: 12
Thailand
68,387,000
1.51
0.76
517,000
91
65,926,261
September 1, 2010
2010 census result
cells: 13
Myanmar
56,480,000
1.26
1.22
632,000
57
51,486,253
March 29, 2014
2014 census result
cells: 14
South Korea
50,617,000
1.12
0.38
193,000
181
50,617,045
2015
Official estimate
cells: 15
Iraq
36,575,000
0.81
2.9
1,030,000
24
36,575,000
2015
Official estimate
cells: 16
Saudi Arabia
31,521,000
0.7
2.44
751,000
29
31,521,418
2015
Official estimate
cells: 17
Uzbekistan
31,283,000
0.69
1.7
523,000
41
31,022,500
January 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 18
Malaysia
31,032,000
0.69
1.84
561,000
38
32,282,000
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 19
Nepal
28,038,000
0.62
1.42
392,000
49
28,037,904
2015
Official estimate
cells: 20
Afghanistan
26,849,000
0.59
1.87
494,000
37
27,101,365
January 1, 2016
Official estimate
cells: 21
Yemen
26,745,000
0.59
2.95
766,000
24
24,527,000
July 1, 2012
Official estimate
cells: 22
North Korea
25,863,000
0.57
1.08
277,000
64
24,052,231
October 1, 2008
Final 2008 census result
cells: 23
Taiwan[6]
23,455,000
0.52
0.35
81,000
200
23,476,640
October 31, 2015
Monthly official estimate
cells: 24
Sri Lanka
22,480,000
0.51
0.94
194,000
74
22,480,000
February 19, 2017
Live Population
cells: 25
Syria
18,906,000
0.42
2.45
557,000
29
21,377,000
December 31, 2011
Official estimate
cells: 26
Kazakhstan
17,541,000
0.39
1.45
250,000
48
17,608,200
October 1, 2015
Monthly official estimate
cells: 27
Cambodia
15,040,000
0.33
1.59
236,000
44
13,395,682
March 3, 2008
Final 2008 census result
cells: 28
Azerbaijan
9,651,000
0.21
1.23
117,000
57
9,593,000
January 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 29
United Arab Emirates
8,933,000
0.2
1.57
138,000
45
8,264,070
2010
Official estimate
cells: 30
Tajikistan
8,451,000
0.19
2.35
194,000
30
8,354,000
January 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 31
Israel
8,372,000
0.19
1.89
155,000
37
8,436,600
October 31, 2015
Monthly official estimate
cells: 32
Hong Kong (China)[7]
7,299,000
0.16
0.9
65,000
77
7,298,600
July 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 33
Jordan
6,837,000
0.15
2.75
183,000
26
6,388,000
2012
Official estimate
cells: 34
Laos
6,802,000
0.15
1.63
109,000
43
6,492,400
March 1, 2015
Preliminary 2015 census result
cells: 35
Kyrgyzstan
5,943,000
0.13
1.64
96,000
43
5,895,100
January 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 36
Singapore
5,541,000
0.12
1.3
71,000
54
5,535,000
July 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 37
Turkmenistan
4,902,000
0.11
1.24
60,000
56
4,751,120
December 26, 2012
2012 census result
cells: 38
Palestine[8]
4,683,000
0.1
2.92
133,000
24
4,550,368
2014
Official estimate
cells: 39
Lebanon
4,288,000
0.09
1.78
75,000
39
4,965,846
December 31, 2013
Official estimate[permanent dead link]
cells: 40
Oman
4,181,000
0.09
5.13
204,000
14
4,351,300
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 41
Kuwait
4,161,000
0.09
3.0
121,000
23
4,183,658
June 30, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 42
Georgia
3,730,000
0.08
0.03
1,000
2,585
3,729,500
January 1, 2015
Official estimate
cells: 43
Mongolia
3,029,000
0.07
2.19
65,000
32
3,162,200
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 44
Armenia
3,005,000
0.07
-0.03
-1,000
-
3,004,000
September 30, 2015
Monthly official estimate
cells: 45
Qatar
2,113,000
0.05
4.29
87,000
16
2,412,483
October 31, 2015
Monthly official estimate
cells: 46
Bahrain
1,781,000
0.04
7.35
122,000
10
1,234,571
April 27, 2010
Final 2010 census result
cells: 47
Timor-Leste
1,245,000
0.03
2.72
33,000
26
1,167,242
July 11, 2015
Preliminary 2015 census result
cells: 48
Bhutan
760,000
0.02
1.74
13,000
40
798,870
January 14, 2018
Official population clock
cells: 49
Macau (China)[9]
641,000
0.01
3.89
24,000
18
643,100
September 2015
Official estimate
cells: 50
Brunei
421,000
0.01
1.69
7,000
41
393,372
June 20, 2011
Preliminary 2011 census result
cells: 51
Maldives
345,000
0.01
1.47
5,000
47
344,023
September 20, 2014
Preliminary 2014 census result
cells: Total
4,516,317,000
100.0
1.16
52,210,000
58

Questions about this table:
originalText: which is the largest country in asia by population
answer: answerTexts: China