Demographics of Asia

Demographics of Asia

The Demographics of Asia refers to the human population of Asia. The continent covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of almost 4 billion - accounting for about 56% of the world population. Together, China's and India's populations are estimated to be around 2.5 billion people.

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Population

Economy

Economically, most of Asia is traditionally considered part of the "Second World", with the significant exception of the industrialized "First World" nations of Japan and South Korea. Asian nations in the G20 major economies are China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Turkey. Of these, Russia and Japan are also in the G8, and additionally China and India in the G8+5.

The Human Development Index is mostly in the "medium" range of 0.5-0.8, with 13 countries in the "high" range:

highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
in 2005 (published in 2007)
2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006)
High
1 steady (0)  Japan increase 0.953
2 steady (0)  Taiwan increase 0.943
3 steady (0)  Israel increase 0.932
4 steady (0)  Singapore increase 0.922
5 steady (0)  South Korea increase 0.921
6 increase (1)  Brunei increase 0.894
7 decrease (1)  Kuwait increase 0.891
8 increase (4)  Qatar increase 0.875
9 increase (10)  United Arab Emirates increase 0.868
10 decrease (2)  Bahrain increase 0.866
11 decrease (2)  Oman increase 0.814
12 increase (15)  Saudi Arabia increase 0.812
13 decrease (2)  Malaysia increase 0.811
14 decrease (2)  Russia increase 0.802

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
in 2005 (published in 2007)
2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006)
Medium
1 steady (0)  Yemen increase 0.508
2 steady (0)  East Timor increase 0.514
3 steady (0)  Papua New Guinea increase 0.530
4 steady (0)  Nepal increase 0.534
5 steady (0)  Bangladesh increase 0.547
6 decrease (1)  Pakistan increase 0.551
7 increase (1)  Bhutan increase 0.579
8 decrease (1)  Myanmar increase 0.583
9 decrease (1)  Cambodia increase 0.598
10 increase (2)  Laos increase 0.601

Ethnicities

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