Asia is the largest and most populous of Earth's continents, and is located in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Asia comprises 33.06% of the world's land area, along with 60.31% of the world's current population. It also has the fourth-highest ranked growth rate today, and its population almost quadrupled during the 20th century. The estimated population for Asia is 5,005,339,144.
51 countries
| | Country | Population ↓ | Density |
|---|---|---|---|
 | India | 1,476,630,000 | 449 |
 | China | 1,412,910,000 | 146 |
 | Indonesia | 287,887,000 | 151 |
 | Pakistan | 259,300,000 | 294 |
 | Bangladesh | 177,818,000 | 1,205 |
 | Russia | 143,394,000 | 8.4 |
 | Japan | 122,428,000 | 324 |
 | Philippines | 117,724,000 | 344 |
 | Vietnam | 102,177,000 | 308 |
 | Iran | 93,168,500 | 57 |
 | Turkey | 87,926,100 | 112 |
 | Thailand | 71,559,600 | 139 |
 | Myanmar | 55,184,800 | 82 |
 | South Korea | 51,600,400 | 515 |
 | Iraq | 48,007,400 | 110 |
 | Afghanistan | 45,047,100 | 69 |
 | Yemen | 42,961,700 | 81 |
 | Uzbekistan | 37,724,200 | 84 |
 | Malaysia | 36,385,100 | 110 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 35,165,800 | 16 |
 | Nepal | 29,629,400 | 201 |
 | North Korea | 26,633,700 | 221 |
 | Syria | 26,472,500 | 143 |
 | Sri Lanka | 23,348,300 | 356 |
 | Taiwan | 23,011,300 | 636 |
 | Kazakhstan | 21,083,600 | 7.7 |
 | Cambodia | 18,051,200 | 100 |
 | Jordan | 11,589,500 | 130 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 11,574,700 | 138 |
 | Tajikistan | 10,978,600 | 77 |
 | Azerbaijan | 10,454,900 | 121 |
 | Israel | 9,647,690 | 465 |
 | Laos | 7,974,020 | 34 |
 | Turkmenistan | 7,736,630 | 16 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,400,460 | 37 |
 | Hong Kong | 7,378,600 | 6,684 |
 | Singapore | 5,905,750 | 8,318 |
 | Lebanon | 5,897,470 | 564 |
 | Palestine | 5,692,790 | 915 |
 | Oman | 5,671,460 | 18 |
 | Kuwait | 5,102,770 | 286 |
 | Georgia | 3,804,640 | 55 |
 | Mongolia | 3,556,800 | 2.3 |
 | Qatar | 3,173,560 | 274 |
 | Armenia | 2,930,920 | 99 |
 | Bahrain | 1,675,570 | 2,190 |
 | Timor-Leste | 1,436,920 | 97 |
 | Bhutan | 802,214 | 21 |
 | Macau | 723,188 | 21,981 |
 | Maldives | 531,517 | 1,772 |
 | Brunei | 469,775 | 81 |
Asia is the largest and most populous of earth’s continents and its located in both the northern and eastern hemispheres. Asia comprises a full 30% of the world’s land area with 60% of the world’s current population. It also has the highest growth rate today, and its population almost quadrupled during the 20th century. The estimated population for Asia in 2016 is 4.4 billion.
Asia comprises the eastern 4/5 of Eurasia, bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Indian Ocean on the south and the Arctic Ocean on the north. There are a total of 48 countries in Asia. In 2016, the population of Asia is estimated at 4,434,846,235. Russia is excluded from Asia’s population, although there are about 40 million Russians who live in Asia, or east of the Ural Mountains.
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