Population of East Asia

Demographics are statistical data relating to the population of an area and groups
within it. Those groups could be cultures, languages, religions, you name it. So in a
nutshell, demographics are numbers about people who live in a place. Numbers can be
a bit dull, but they help you understand a place in ways you can't without them. So
they're super important.
East Asia generally includes China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea. How many
people live in East Asia? 1.5 billion people. And no, that isn't a mistake. That really
is billion, not million. That's 38% of the population of Asia and 22% of the population of
the world. But within this number, the vast majority, 1.37 billion in all, are Chinese.
China is by far the most dominant country in the area. It is dominant in terms of
population, political power, and culture (especially in its historical influence). The
population of Japan is 127 million, the population of South Korea is 51 million, and the
population of North Korea is 26 million.

Countries by Continents
Countries of Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world in both, area and population, constituting
nearly one-third of the landmass, lying entirely north of the equator except for some
Southeast Asian islands. It is connected to Africa by the Isthmus of Suez and borders
Europe (part of the same landmass) along the Ural Mountains and across the Caspian
Sea.
Area: about 49 700,000 km (19,189,277 sq mi) it covers about 30 percent of Earth's
total

land

area.

Population: more than 4 billion human inhabitants (4.3 billion in 2013), about 60
percent of the world's population. 1,33 billion of these people live in China. Seven out of
ten

of

the

most

populated

countries

are

in

Asia

(2010).

Highest Point: Sagarmatha (Chomolungma; known as Mount Everest) 8,848m (29,028

ft)
Largest

Nepal.
Lake:

Caspian

Sea

(salt

lake)

371

000

km (143

250

sq

mi),

Ozero Baykal, Lake Baikal 31 500 km in Siberia is the world's largest freshwater lake
by

volume.

Longest River: Yangtze (Yngz Jiang, or Chang Jiang (simplified Chinese: )

China,

6,380

km

(3,964

mi).

Languages of Asia: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Thai,
Turkic, Vietnamese and other.

Asia Population 2015

Asia is the largest and most populous of earth's continents and its located in both the
northern and eastern hemispheres. Asia comprises a full 30% of the world's land area
with 60% of the world's current population. It also has the highest growth rate today,
and its population almost quadrupled during the 20th century.
Asia comprises the eastern 4/5 of Eurasia, bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east,
the Indian Ocean on the south and the Arctic Ocean on the north. There are a total of
51 countries in Asia. In 2013, the population of Asia is estimated at 4.299
billion. Russia is excluded from Asia's population, although there are about 40
million Russians who live in Asia, or east of the Ural Mountains.

Asia has the two most populous countries in its borders:China and India. China is
currently the most populous country on earth with an estimated population in 2013 of
1,357,379,000. It accounts for 31.69% of Asia's total population. India is not too far
behind with an estimated population of 1,257,476,000, accounting for 29.36% of the
continent's population. It's estimated that India's population will surpass China's by
2028, when each country will have a population of about 1.45 billion people.
The top 10 most populous countries in Asia are:

China, 1.357 billion

India, 1.257 billion

Indonesia, 248.4 million

Pakistan, 183.9 million

Bangladesh, 154.5 million

Japan, 127.3 million

The Philippines, 98 million

Vietnam, 89.7 million

Iran, 76.7 million

Turkey, 76 million

Least Populous Countries

The least populous country in Asia is Maldives, with an estimated population of
331,000. Maldives is also one of the smallest countries on earth with just 298 square
kilometers (115 square miles) of area, 99% of which is water. This tiny country has a
population density of 1,102.5 people per square kilometer (2,855.4/square mile), which
makes it the 11th most densely populated country on earth.
Following behind Maldives is Brunei, the 50th least populous country in Asia with an
estimated 2013 population of 407,000. Located in Southeast Asia, Brunei is completed
surrounded by Sarawak, Malaysiaand it's divided into two parts. It's the only sovereign
state fully on the island of Borneo, and one of the richest countries due to its natural
gas and petroleum fields with a public debt at 0% of the national GDP.
The ten least populous countries in Asia include:

Maldives, 331,000

Brunei, 407,000

Macau, 593,000

Bhutan, 728,000

Cyprus, 888,000

Timor-Leste, 1.45 million

Bahrain, 1.546 million

Qatar, 1.91 million

Mongolia, 2.859 million

Armenia, 3.03 million