Asian Countries by Population (2026)

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#	Country or other entity	Population (2026)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/km²)	Land Area (km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Median Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	India	1,476,625,576	+0.87%	12,760,051	497	2,973,193	−440,456	1.93	29.2	36.0%^[1]	17.8%
2	China	1,412,914,089	−0.22%	−3,182,005	151	9,326,410	−232,107	1.03	40.6	66.8%	17.0%
3	Indonesia	287,886,782	+0.76%	2,165,546	159	1,811,569	−39,472	2.08	30.7	60.0%	3.5%
4	Pakistan	259,299,792	+1.60%	4,080,238	303	856,692	−1,144,738	3.44	20.8	39.9%	3.1%
5	Bangladesh	177,818,044	+1.21%	2,131,144	1,366	130,170	−371,398	2.09	26.3	33.8%	2.1%
6	Japan	122,427,731	−0.55%	−675,748	336	364,485	128,619	1.23	50.2	92.4%^[2]	1.5%
7	Philippines	117,724,472	+0.80%	937,510	395	298,170	−144,275	1.86	26.6	56.1%	1.4%
8	Vietnam	102,177,431	+0.57%	578,904	330	310,070	−51,045	1.86	33.9	39.2%	1.2%
9	Iran	93,168,497	+0.81%	750,816	61	1,531,595	66,848	1.66	34.5	77.7%	1.1%
10	Turkey (Türkiye)	87,926,082	+0.27%	240,656	114	769,632	−217,896	1.62	33.9	89.6%	1.1%
11	Thailand	71,559,614	−0.08%	−60,249	140	510,890	29,200	1.19	41.0	63.7%	0.86%
12	Myanmar	55,184,819	+0.61%	334,171	84	653,508	−40,682	2.06	30.4	30.7%	0.66%
13	South Korea	51,600,388	−0.13%	−66,641	532	96,920	62,644	0.76	46.2	81.2%	0.62%
14	Iraq	48,007,437	+2.10%	986,663	110	437,367	−13,102	3.13	21.1	70.0%	0.58%
15	Afghanistan	45,047,068	+2.74%	1,202,956	69	652,230	−53,884	4.56	17.4	26.2%	0.54%
16	Yemen	42,961,653	+2.84%	1,187,775	81	527,968	−22,178	4.33	18.5	37.2%	0.52%
17	Uzbekistan	37,724,223	+1.81%	670,795	89	425,400	−4,517	3.40	27.0	51.1%	0.45%
18	Malaysia	36,385,115	+1.13%	407,277	111	328,657	159,001	1.52	31.4	77.9%^[3]	0.44%
19	Saudi Arabia	35,165,787	+1.73%	599,459	16	2,149,690	108,660	2.27	29.7	84.8%^[4]	0.42%
20	Nepal	29,629,410	+0.04%	11,292	207	143,351	−292,014	1.92	25.7	67.2%^[5]	0.36%
21	North Korea	26,633,691	+0.24%	62,655	221	120,408	−2,809	1.75	36.8	64.5%	0.32%
22	Syria	26,472,497	+3.33%	852,070	142	185,887	305,822	2.62	23.8	72.1%	0.32%
23	Sri Lanka	23,348,315	+0.51%	118,845	361	64,630	−30,760	1.93	33.6	20.6%^[6]	0.28%
24	Taiwan	23,011,292	−0.44%	−101,501	713	32,260	−15,041	0.86	45.4	78.9%	0.28%
25	Kazakhstan	21,083,626	+1.15%	239,872	8	2,699,700	−12,814	2.92	29.7	62.7%	0.25%
26	Cambodia	18,051,219	+1.14%	203,237	102	176,515	−34,323	2.49	26.4	41.3%	0.22%
27	Jordan	11,589,532	+0.60%	68,848	131	88,802	60,699	2.54	24.9	93.5%^[7]	0.14%
28	United Arab Emirates	11,574,682	+2.02%	228,682	138	83,600	87,401	1.21	31.6	86.1%^[8]	0.14%
29	Tajikistan	10,978,598	+1.78%	191,864	78	141,510	−20,198	2.96	22.4	26.1%	0.13%
30	Azerbaijan	10,454,855	+0.55%	57,142	127	82,629	7,708	1.66	34.1	58.7%^[9]	0.13%
31	Israel	9,647,689	+1.37%	130,509	449	21,497	13,023	2.73	29.3	91.6%^[10]	0.12%
32	Laos	7,974,018	+1.28%	100,972	35	230,800	−11,125	2.33	25.3	41.1%^[11]	0.10%
33	Turkmenistan	7,736,632	+1.55%	117,784	16	469,930	11,792	2.60	27.3	47.1%	0.09%
34	Kyrgyzstan	7,400,464	+1.45%	105,430	39	191,801	39	2.72	25.5	34.8%	0.09%
35	Hong Kong	7,378,602	−0.24%	−17,474	6,877	1,073	−12,576	0.75	47.9	100.0%	0.09%
36	Singapore	5,905,748	+0.60%	34,998	7,935	744	13,379	0.97	36.8	100.0%	0.07%
37	Lebanon	5,897,467	+0.82%	48,047	576	10,230	−6,685	2.19	29.0	91.1%^[12]	0.07%
38	State of Palestine	5,692,790	+1.85%	103,167	949	6,000	−20,055	3.13	20.3	87.6%	0.07%
39	Oman	5,671,458	+3.22%	176,767	18	309,500	79,740	2.44	29.8	79.6%	0.07%
40	Kuwait	5,102,773	+1.53%	76,695	286	17,818	30,696	1.49	34.8	100.0%	0.06%
41	Georgia	3,804,642	−0.05%	−2,029	55	69,700	1,215	1.78	37.6	61.3%	0.05%
42	Mongolia	3,556,798	+1.13%	39,698	2	1,553,556	12	2.54	27.0	71.3%	0.04%
43	Qatar	3,173,559	+1.85%	57,671	274	11,586	24,791	1.69	33.4	99.4%	0.04%
44	Armenia	2,930,915	−0.73%	−21,450	104	28,203	−27,000	1.71	37.2	66.0%	0.04%
45	Bahrain	1,675,572	+1.96%	32,240	2,205	760	14,280	1.77	33.4	100.0%	0.02%
46	Timor-Leste	1,436,923	+1.30%	18,406	97	14,874	−1,695	2.50	22.1	29.0%	0.02%
47	Cyprus	1,382,334	+0.84%	11,580	150	9,241	7,210	1.37	39.1	66.7%	0.02%
48	Bhutan	802,214	+0.69%	5,532	21	38,394	633	1.43	31.0	44.3%	0.01%
49	Macao	723,188	+0.16%	1,181	21,981	33	826	0.70	40.3	100.0%	0.01%
50	Maldives	531,517	+0.35%	1,841	1,784	298	−2,079	1.53	33.4	43.0%^[13]	0.01%
51	Brunei	469,775	+0.74%	3,445	89	5,265	8	1.70	33.2	75.2%^[14]	0.01%

[1]
India
Urban: Statutory places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, and places satisfying all three of the following criteria: 5,000 inhabitants or more, at least 75 per cent of the male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits, and at least 400 inhabitants per square kilometre.
[2]
Japan
Urban: Cities (shi), in general municipalities with 50,000 or more inhabitants, 60 per cent or more of houses in the main built-up areas, and 60 per cent or more of the population (including dependants) engaged in manufacturing, trade or other urban types of business.
[3]
Malaysia
Urban: Gazetted areas and their adjoining built-up areas with a combined population of 10,000 or more. Built-up areas are areas contiguous to a gazetted area with at least 60 per cent of their population (aged 15 years and over) engaged in non-agricultural activities.
[4]
Saudi Arabia
Urban: Cities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
[5]
Nepal
Urban: Urban municipalities.
[6]
Sri Lanka
Urban: Areas under Municipal Councils and Urban Councils.
[7]
Jordan
Urban: Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more as well as the district and sub-district centres of each governorate irrespective of population size.
[8]
United Arab Emirates
Urban: Localities with a population of 3,000 or more that have access to essential public services such as electricity and piped water, and at least one school and one health center.
[9]
Azerbaijan
Urban: Settlements recognized by law as cities, including cities of district subordination, and urban-type settlements.
[10]
Israel
Urban: Localities with 2,000 or more residents.
[11]
Laos
Urban: Villages meeting at least 3 of 5 basic infrastructure conditions: located in the municipality of a district or province, at least 70% of households with access to piped water, at least 70% of households with access to electricity, all-season road access, and a market in or near the village.
[12]
Lebanon
Urban: Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
[13]
Maldives
Urban: Male (capital) and other small settlements.
[14]
Brunei
Urban: Municipality areas of Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Seria, Pekan Tutong and Pekan Bangar, and heavily populated areas with urban characteristics that depend on the town for employment, education, entertainment and other facilities.

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision . (Medium-fertility variant).

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Asian Countries by Population (2026)