Asian countries by their population

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Asia is Earth’s largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 km² (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth’s total land area and 8.7% of the Earth’s total surface area. With over 4.5 billion people, it accounts for about 60% of the world’s human population. China is the most populous country in Asia with a population of 1,379,302,784 while Brunei is the least populous with a population of 443,593.

Here is the list of all Asian countries by their population.

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,379,302,784
2	India	1,281,935,872
3	Indonesia	260,580,736
4	Pakistan	204,924,864
5	Bangladesh	157,826,576
6	Russia	142,257,520
7	Japan	126,451,400
8	Philippines	104,256,080
9	Vietnam	96,160,160
10	Iran	82,021,568
11	Turkey	80,845,216
12	Thailand	68,414,136
13	Burma	55,123,816
14	South Korea	51,181,300
15	Iraq	39,192,112
16	Afghanistan	34,124,812
17	Malaysia	31,381,992
18	Uzbekistan	29,748,860
19	Nepal	29,384,296
20	Saudi Arabia	28,571,770
21	Yemen	28,036,828
22	North Korea	25,248,140
23	Taiwan	23,508,428
24	Sri Lanka	22,409,380
25	Kazakhstan	18,556,698
26	Syria	18,028,548
27	Cambodia	16,204,486
28	Jordan	10,248,069
29	Azerbaijan	9,961,396
30	Tajikistan	8,468,555
31	Israel	8,299,706
32	Hong Kong	7,191,503
33	Laos	7,126,706
34	Lebanon	6,229,794
35	United Arab Emirates	6,072,475
36	Singapore	5,888,926
37	Kyrgyzstan	5,789,122
38	Turkmenistan	5,351,277
39	Georgia	4,926,330
40	Oman	3,424,386
41	Mongolia	3,068,243
42	Armenia	3,045,191
43	Kuwait	2,875,422
44	Qatar	2,314,307
45	Bahrain	1,410,942
46	East Timor	1,291,358
47	Bhutan	758,288
48	Macau	601,969
49	Brunei	443,593

	Total	4,540,465,936