Asia Population Ranking (2024)

In 2024, population in Asia was highest in India at 1.45 billion , followed by China at 1.41 billion and Indonesia at 283.49 million . The average population across countries in Asia was 97.61 million , the median was 14.60 million , and Brunei recorded the lowest population at 462,721 , according to the World Bank.

Data is available for the period 1960 to 2024 across 48 countries in Asia.

Frequency : Yearly
Rank Country Current Value Previous Value Year
1 1.45B 1.44B 2024
2 1.41B 1.41B 2024
3 283.49M 281.19M 2024
4 251.27M 247.5M 2024
5 173.56M 171.47M 2024
6 123.98M 124.52M 2024
7 115.84M 114.89M 2024
8 100.99M 100.35M 2024
9 91.57M 90.61M 2024
10 71.67M 71.7M 2024
11 54.5M 54.13M 2024
12 51.75M 51.71M 2024
13 46.04M 45.07M 2024
14 42.65M 41.45M 2024
15 40.58M 39.39M 2024
16 36.36M 35.65M 2024
17 35.56M 35.13M 2024
18 35.3M 33.7M 2024
19 29.65M 29.69M 2024
20 26.5M 26.42M 2024
21 24.67M 23.59M 2024
22 21.92M 22.04M 2024
23 20.59M 20.33M 2024
24 17.64M 17.42M 2024
25 11.55M 11.44M 2024
26 10.88M 10.48M 2024
27 10.59M 10.39M 2024
28 10.2M 10.15M 2024
29 9.97M 9.85M 2024
30 7.77M 7.66M 2024
31 7.52M 7.54M 2024
32 7.49M 7.36M 2024
33 7.22M 7.1M 2024
34 6.04M 5.92M 2024
35 5.81M 5.77M 2024
36 5.29M 5.17M 2024
37 5.28M 5.05M 2024
38 4.97M 4.85M 2024
39 3.67M 3.72M 2024
40 3.52M 3.48M 2024
41 3.03M 2.96M 2024
42 2.86M 2.66M 2024
43 1.59M 1.58M 2024
44 1.4M 1.38M 2024
45 791,524 786,385 2024
46 687,000 678,800 2024
47 527,799 525,994 2024
48 462,721 458,949 2024
Asia Population Ranking (2024) : Definition
Population measures the estimated mid-year resident population for the reporting year.