Demographics of Asia

Map of countries by population density (See List of countries by population density.)

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.

Population

Main article: List of Asian countries by population

Economy

Further information: Economy of Asia

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 (0)  Japan 0.953 2 (0)  Taiwan 0.943 3 (0)  Israel 0.932 4 (0)  Singapore 0.922 5 (0)  South Korea 0.921 6 (1)  Brunei 0.894 7 (1)  Kuwait 0.891 8 (4)  Qatar 0.875 9 (10)  United Arab Emirates 0.868 10 (2)  Bahrain 0.866 11 (2)  Oman 0.814 12 (15)  Saudi Arabia 0.812 13 (2)  Malaysia 0.811 14 (2)  Russia 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 (0)  Yemen 0.508 2 (0)  East Timor 0.514 3 (0)  Papua New Guinea 0.530 4 (0)  Nepal 0.534 5 (0)  Bangladesh 0.547 6 (1)  Pakistan 0.551 7 (1)  Bhutan 0.579 8 (1)  Myanmar 0.583 9 (1)  Cambodia 0.598 10 (2)  Laos 0.601

Ethnicities

Main article: Ethnic groups of Asia

Further information: Asian people

• Central Asian peoples: Turkic peoples, Iranian peoples, Mongols, Russians
• East Asian peoples: List of Chinese ethnic groups (historical), Sino-Tibetan peoples, Japanese people, Koreans
• Northern Asia: List of indigenous peoples of Russia: Indigenous peoples of Siberia; Finno-Ugric peoples; Tungusic peoples
• Ethnic groups of South Asia: Ethnic groups of India, Ethnic groups in Pakistan, Dravidians, Indo-Aryans, Munda people
• Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia: Austronesian peoples, Tai peoples; List of ethnic groups in Cambodia, ethnic groups in Indonesia, List of ethnic groups in Laos, Ethnic groups of the Philippines, List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
• Ethnic groups in West Asia: Arab people, Peoples of the Caucasus (transcontinental), Ethnic minorities in Iran, Ethnic minorities in Iraq; Semites, Iranian peoples, Turkmen, Turks

See also

• Missing women of Asia

External links

• World Population: Major Trends