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This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure.
Asia has the two most populous countries in its borders: China and India. China is currently the most populous country on earth with an estimated population in 2016 of 1,377,124,512. It accounts for 31.69% of Asia's total population and over 18% of the world's population.
The continent of Asia covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of around 4.75 billion (as of 2022), [1] accounting for about 60% of the world population. The combined population of both China and India is estimated to be over 2.8 billion people as of 2022.
Asia has a population of 4,806,898,007 people, as of July 1, 2024. Asia's population is equivalent to 60.09% of the total world population. In 2024, Asia's population will grow with 28,810,566 people. In 2024, 2,335,416 more people will emigrate from Asia than immigrate to the country.
Chart and table of Asia population from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100. The current population of Asia in 2024 is 4,785,060,131, a 0.67% increase from 2023. The population of Asia in 2023 was 4,753,079,727, a 0.64% increase from 2022.
The two most populous countries in Asia are China and India together making up over 60 percent of the Asian population (and roughly 36 percent of the global population). India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous nation in 2022 and be the first country to reach 1.5 billion people by 2029.
The current population of Asia is 4,813,625,749 as of September 24, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Asia is projected at 4,806,898,007, or 4.81 billion, or 4,807 million, as of July 1, 2024.
Below are the key figures for Asia population in 2023: 86,078,091 live births. 33,428,127 deaths. Natural increase: 52,649,964 people. Net migration: -745,153 people. 2,469,237,602 males as of 31 December 2023. 2,354,951,442 females as of 31 December 2023.
Populations are becoming “older”. Age and sex distribution of the total population in Asia and the Pacific, 1990, 2021 and 2050. Women are living longer than men; however, many of these extra years are spent living in less than full health due to disease and/or injury.
Urban population growth (annual %) Sources - What is a population pyramid? - Keywords: demography, population pyramid, age pyramid, aging, retirement, ASIA, 2020.