This is a list of Asian countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections. Rank Country (or dependent territory) July 1, 2013 projection[1] % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%)[2] Average absolute annual growth [3] Estimated doubling time (Years)[4] Alternative figure Date Source 1 China 1,357,379,000 31.69 0.50 6,688,000 140 1,354,040,000 December 31, 2012 Official estimate 2 India 1,257,476,000 29.36 1.64 20,290,000 43 1,210,569,573 March 1, 2011 Final 2011 census result 3 Indonesia 248,731,000 5.81 1.45 3,553,000 48 237,641,326 May 2010 2010 census result 4 Pakistan 183,936,000 4.29 2.05 3,696,000 34 187,024,000 July 15, 2014 Official population clock 5 Bangladesh 154,514,000 3.61 1.37 2,081,000 51 152,518,015 July 16, 2012 Official estimate 6 Japan 127,350,000 2.97 -0.15 -192,000 - 127,120,000 March 1, 2014 Monthly official estimate 7 Philippines 98,000,005 2.30 1.90 1,825,000 37 99,835,000 July 15, 2014 Official population clock 8 Vietnam 89,702,000 2.09 1.04 922,000 67 88,780,000 2012 Official estimate 9 Iran 77,789,000 1.79 1.29 976,000 54 77,668,000 July 15, 2014 Official population clock 10 Thailand 67,357,000 1.57 0.76 508,000 92 65,926,261 September 1, 2010 2010 census result 11 Turkey 76,668,000 Asia: 67,251,000 - - - - - - [] 12 Burma 62,342,000 1.46 1.90 1,160,000 37 61,566,853 2013 2013 World Gazetteer projection 13 South Korea 50,394,000 1.18 0.78 390,000 89 50,219,669 July 1, 2013 Official estimate 14 Russia 143,455,000 Asia: 38,055,000 19.44 0.15 221,000 450 143,400,000 April 1, 2013 Official estimate 15 Iraq 35,404,000 0.83 3.06 1,051,000 23 33,330,000 2011 Official estimate 16 Malaysia 30,476,000 0.71 2.47 734,000 28 30,276,000 July 15, 2014 Official population clock 17 Uzbekistan 30,214,000 0.71 1.48 442,000 47 30,183,400 July 1, 2013 Official estimate 18 Saudi Arabia 30,193,000 0.70 3.41 997,000 21 29,994,272 July 1, 2013 Official estimate 19 Nepal 27,224,000 0.64 1.35 363,000 52 26,494,504 June 22, 2011 Final 2011 census result 20 Afghanistan 25,758,000 0.60 2.05 517,000 34 25,500,100 January 1, 2013 Official estimate 21 North Korea 25,313,000 0.59 1.08 271,000 64 24,052,231 October 1, 2008 Final 2008 census result 22 Yemen 25,252,000 0.59 2.96 725,000 24 24,527,000 2012 Official estimate 23 Taiwan[5] 23,344,000 0.55 0.36 84,000 192 23,373,517 December 31, 2013 Monthly official estimate 24 Syria 22,169,000 0.52 2.45 531,000 29 21,377,000 December 31, 2011 Official estimate 25 Sri Lanka 20,462,000 0.48 0.71 144,000 98 20,277,597 March 21, 2012 Preliminary 2012 census result 26 Kazakhstan 17,030,000 0.40 1.43 240,000 49 17,165,000 January 1, 2014 Monthly official estimate 27 Cambodia 14,572,000 0.34 1.59 228,000 44 13,395,682 March 3, 2008 Final 2008 census result 28 United Arab Emirates 8,659,000 0.20 1.56 133,000 45 8,264,070 2010 Official estimate 29 Israel 8,047,000 0.19 1.87 150,000 38 8,209,880 July 15, 2014 Monthly official estimate 30 Tajikistan 8,044,000 0.19 2.24 176,000 31 8,104,000 October 1, 2013 Official estimate 31 Hong Kong (China)[6] 7,193,000 0.17 0.53 38,000 131 7,184,000 July 1, 2013 Official estimate 32 Laos 6,581,000 0.15 1.90 123,000 37 6,580,800 2013 Official estimate 33 Jordan 6,517,000 0.15 2.84 180,000 25 6,603,100 July 15, 2014 Official population clock 34 Kyrgyzstan 5,717,000 0.13 1.96 110,000 36 5,551,900 2012 Official estimate 35 Turkmenistan 5,463,000 0.13 1.81 97,000 39 7,864,643 2013 2013 World Gazetteer projection 36 Singapore 5,437,000 0.13 2.35 125,000 30 5,310,000 July 1, 2012 Official estimate 37 Palestine 4,421,000 0.10 2.91 125,000 24 4,420,549 2013 Official estimate 38 Lebanon 4,127,000 0.10 1.58 64,000 44 3,759,100 2007 Official estimate 39 Oman 3,942,000 0.09 8.80 319,000 8 3,831,553 February 28, 2013 Monthly official estimate 40 Kuwait 3,852,000 0.09 2.94 110,000 24 3,065,850 July 1, 2011 Official estimate 41 Mongolia 2,859,000 0.07 1.42 40,000 49 2,754,685 November 11, 2010 2010 census result 42 Qatar 1,917,000 0.04 3.85 71,000 18 1,916,426 June 30, 2013 Monthly official estimate 43 Bahrain 1,546,000 0.04 7.36 106,000 10 1,234,571 April 27, 2010 Final 2010 census result 44 Bhutan 728,000 0.02 0.97 7,000 72 749,520 July 15, 2014 Official population clock 45 Macau (China)[7] 593,000 0.01 3.85 22,000 18 582,000 December 31, 2012 Official estimate 46 Brunei 407,000 0.01 1.75 7,000 40 393,162 June 20, 2011 Preliminary 2011 census result 47 Maldives 331,000 0.01 1.53 5,000 46 317,280 2010 Official estimate Total 4,282,816,000 1010.000 1.21 51,307,000 58
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