Historic, current and future population of Asia

country population mid-year
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 (1)
Afghanistan 8,150,368 9,829,450 12,430,623 15,112,149 14,669,339 23,898,198
34,504,794 44,546,287 56,322,744 69,094,697 81,933,479 10.1 x
Armenia 1,355,269 1,868,852 2,519,745 3,115,289 3,376,783 3,042,556
2,966,802 3,017,370 3,050,556 3,022,733 2,943,441 2.2 x
Azerbaijan 2,885,332 3,881,546 5,168,973 6,168,536 7,200,463 7,809,052
8,303,512 9,057,507 9,566,872 9,847,646 9,955,428 3.5 x
Bahrain 114,840 156,648 219,543 347,568 500,476 634,137
737,021 825,619 900,082 945,105 973,412 8.5 x
Bangladesh 45,645,964 54,621,538 67,402,621 88,076,996 109,896,945 130,406,594
159,765,367 189,861,451 219,635,970 250,603,833 279,955,405 6.1 x
Bhutan 163,786 212,052 309,265 446,035 614,744 605,872
699,847 782,318 854,636 911,950 951,873 5.8 x
Brunei 44,983 83,037 127,554 185,220 252,887 325,297
395,027 464,478 531,457 589,132 638,157 14.2 x
Burma 19,487,657 22,839,044 27,392,973 33,061,428 39,242,996 44,301,206
48,510,799 51,786,636 53,905,142 54,770,437 54,430,334 2.8 x
Cambodia 4,471,170 5,761,223 7,395,691 6,888,021 9,344,566 12,395,580
14,753,320 17,600,800 20,182,594 22,278,723 23,965,562 5.4 x
China 562,579,779 650,660,513 820,403,282 984,736,460 1,148,364,470 1,268,853,362
1,347,563,498 1,430,532,735 1,461,528,089 1,454,619,164 1,424,161,948 2.5 x
China: Hong Kong S.A.R. 2,237,000 3,075,300 3,959,000 5,063,100 5,687,959 6,658,720
7,089,705 7,328,382 7,294,050 6,872,825 6,172,725 2.8 x
China: Macau S.A.R. 205,442 186,053 261,369 255,773 351,756 431,739
567,957 614,458 639,866 641,119 620,184 3.0 x
Cyprus 494,000 573,000 614,600 611,000 681,349 758,363
800,863 839,130 857,407 854,465 841,102 1.7 x
Georgia 3,515,602 4,146,570 4,694,491 5,045,697 5,426,207 4,777,209
4,600,825 4,439,752 4,231,259 4,006,183 3,784,724 1.1 x
India 369,880,000 445,393,249 553,888,763 684,887,703 838,158,831 1,004,124,224
1,184,090,490 1,362,053,154 1,532,646,365 1,684,311,505 1,807,878,574 4.9 x
Indonesia 82,978,392 100,145,649 122,291,795 150,467,240 181,770,189 213,829,469
242,968,342 267,532,450 288,678,451 304,686,168 313,020,847 3.8 x
Iran 16,357,000 21,547,591 28,854,184 39,421,764 56,668,726 63,273,255
67,037,517 74,053,267 78,516,005 80,636,025 81,490,039 5.0 x
Iraq 5,163,443 6,822,030 9,413,671 13,232,839 18,134,702 22,675,617
29,672,191 36,908,394 43,872,627 50,509,029 56,360,779 10.9 x
Israel 1,286,131 2,141,495 2,903,434 3,737,473 4,477,808 6,114,570
7,353,985 8,478,595 9,458,841 10,280,472 10,828,462 8.4 x
Japan 83,805,000 94,091,638 104,344,973 116,807,309 123,537,399 126,729,223
126,804,433 121,633,376 113,519,859 103,861,619 93,673,826 1.1 x
Jordan 561,254 848,515 1,502,959 2,162,807 3,262,054 4,998,564
6,485,763 7,920,192 9,373,129 10,692,028 11,772,789 21.0 x
Kazakhstan 6,693,230 9,982,014 13,106,377 14,966,718 16,398,131 15,032,140
15,460,484 15,977,045 15,979,334 15,672,663 15,099,700 2.3 x
Korea, North 9,471,140 10,391,909 13,911,902 17,113,626 20,018,546 21,647,682
23,801,525 25,210,005 26,214,884 26,633,656 26,363,688 2.8 x
Korea, South 20,845,771 24,784,140 32,241,000 38,124,000 42,869,000 46,838,842
48,636,068 49,361,803 49,002,913 46,911,399 43,368,983 2.1 x
Kuwait 144,774 292,229 747,502 1,369,769 2,142,011 1,973,572
2,787,656 3,740,877 4,603,943 5,487,545 6,374,800 44.0 x
Kyrgyzstan 1,738,961 2,171,285 2,963,792 3,622,728 4,382,486 4,851,054
5,508,626 6,314,062 7,014,291 7,661,594 8,237,623 4.7 x
Laos 1,885,984 2,309,365 2,844,851 3,293,159 4,210,452 5,497,733
6,994,112 8,639,025 10,252,228 11,836,038 13,176,153 7.0 x
Lebanon 1,364,030 1,786,235 2,383,029 3,087,467 3,149,674 3,580,728
4,060,766 4,422,260 4,706,129 4,915,293 4,964,025 3.6 x
Malaysia 6,433,799 8,428,493 10,910,216 13,764,352 17,507,289 21,803,909
26,160,256 30,765,332 35,343,804 39,486,482 43,243,714 6.7 x
Maldives 79,293 92,247 114,572 152,870 216,606 299,981
395,650 391,904 401,339 426,986 444,429 5.6 x
Mongolia 778,555 954,652 1,247,600 1,662,380 2,217,539 2,663,757
3,086,918 3,535,432 3,889,553 4,164,533 4,340,496 5.6 x
Nepal 8,989,915 10,034,723 11,918,678 15,016,477 19,325,207 24,702,119
30,758,068 36,924,895 42,839,465 48,384,438 53,293,874 5.9 x
Palestine, Occ.Terr. 1,016,540 1,113,446 1,032,447 1,359,954 1,898,674 3,110,085
4,119,083 5,179,328 6,152,303 7,033,360 7,769,100 7.6 x
Oman 488,588 599,292 778,536 1,174,857 1,772,974 2,534,434
3,525,875 4,683,733 5,932,280 7,176,505 8,359,218 17.1 x
Pakistan 39,448,232 50,386,898 65,705,964 85,219,117 114,606,690 146,404,914
179,659,223 212,988,986 244,144,347 271,961,364 295,224,598 7.5 x
Philippines 21,131,264 28,528,939 38,603,696 50,940,182 65,087,720 81,222,082
99,900,177 119,328,726 138,332,519 156,188,148 171,964,187 8.1 x
Qatar 25,101 45,588 115,302 236,900 446,131 626,964
840,926 905,392 971,441 1,039,929 1,116,165 44.5 x
Saudi Arabia 3,859,801 4,718,301 6,109,051 9,999,161 16,060,761 23,146,685
29,207,277 33,577,577 38,165,761 43,999,022 49,830,244 12.9 x
Singapore 1,022,100 1,646,400 2,074,507 2,413,900 3,047,100 4,036,753
4,701,069 5,015,473 5,129,684 5,002,692 4,635,110 4.5 x
Sri Lanka 7,533,097 9,913,489 12,618,720 15,055,970 17,365,080 19,435,869
21,513,990 23,112,042 24,191,916 24,833,881 24,920,558 3.3 x
Syria 3,495,000 4,532,557 6,258,053 8,773,582 12,436,046 16,305,659
20,606,142 24,675,932 28,349,416 31,710,220 34,437,235 9.9 x
Taiwan 7,981,454 11,209,160 14,598,316 17,848,320 20,278,248 22,182,864
23,024,956 23,278,106 22,978,475 21,887,444 20,161,286 2.5 x
Tajikistan 1,530,047 2,080,556 2,938,516 3,966,425 5,272,333 6,229,697
7,487,489 8,873,669 10,103,024 11,202,706 12,132,365 7.9 x
Thailand 20,041,628 27,512,750 37,090,871 47,025,764 55,196,722 61,862,928
66,303,290 69,465,871 71,143,362 70,957,520 69,268,817 3.5 x
Timor-Leste 435,529 508,860 597,574 557,162 746,086 847,141
1,154,625 1,388,500 1,600,013 1,786,598 1,954,611 4.5 x
Turkey 21,121,639 28,217,122 35,758,382 45,120,802 56,084,632 65,666,677
73,322,470 79,678,914 84,194,827 86,449,641 86,473,786 4.1 x
Turkmenistan 1,204,075 1,584,820 2,181,272 2,875,133 3,659,090 4,519,796
5,344,842 6,148,010 6,806,163 7,284,201 7,591,841 6.3 x
United Arab Emirates 71,520 103,048 249,369 1,000,285 1,826,250 3,219,297
4,975,593 6,495,479 7,483,671 7,948,183 8,018,904 112.1 x
Uzbekistan 6,292,797 8,531,032 11,940,155 15,993,783 20,530,144 25,041,821
27,865,738 30,565,411 32,854,526 34,278,443 35,116,374 5.6 x
Vietnam 25,348,144 31,656,282 42,576,676 53,715,202 67,282,704 79,060,410
87,814,053 96,340,682 102,801,749 106,362,975 107,772,641 4.3 x
Yemen 4,777,089 5,871,831 7,098,239 9,132,545 12,416,080 17,495,140
24,658,362 34,233,762 45,533,743 58,125,035 71,278,172 14.9 x
Asia 1,436,631,509 1,718,872,656 2,156,814,674 2,644,412,997 3,180,071,055 3,678,483,540
4,149,347,367 4,611,494,584 4,992,683,104 5,290,843,352 5,503,285,787 3.8 x
U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base (2008-06-18). note: 1 - growth from 1950 untill 2050 (i.e. 2050 population divided by 1950 population).