Total Population (Asia)

Overview

Population size determines the potential manpower pool available for military service and defense industries. While technology has reduced the importance of raw numbers, larger populations still provide strategic depth and greater mobilization capacity during extended conflicts.

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# Country Population
1 🇨🇳 China 1,420,192,199
2 🇮🇳 India 1,407,492,911
3 🇮🇩 Indonesia 279,418,046
4 🇵🇰 Pakistan 229,551,955
5 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 168,017,589
6 🇯🇵 Japan 125,182,872
7 🇵🇭 Philippines 112,516,833
8 🇻🇳 Vietnam 99,152,987
9 🇹🇷 Turkey 86,437,666
10 🇮🇷 Iran 86,199,009
11 🇹🇭 Thailand 70,186,113
12 🇲🇲 Myanmar 55,100,185
13 🇰🇷 South Korea 52,024,636
14 🇮🇶 Iraq 42,005,343
15 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 40,683,694
# Country Population
16 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 35,945,430
17 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 35,476,677
18 🇲🇾 Malaysia 33,205,917
19 🇾🇪 Yemen 31,153,355
20 🇳🇵 Nepal 30,152,340
21 🇰🇵 North Korea 26,010,329
22 🇹🇼 Taiwan 23,570,000
23 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 22,213,111
24 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 19,232,287
25 🇸🇾 Syria 17,865,850
26 🇰🇭 Cambodia 17,190,722
27 🇯🇴 Jordan 10,467,879
28 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 10,250,499
29 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 10,156,075
30 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 9,975,406
# Country Population
31 🇮🇱 Israel 9,552,089
32 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 7,532,111
33 🇱🇦 Laos 7,490,253
34 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 6,856,044
35 🇱🇧 Lebanon 6,816,817
36 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 6,212,846
37 🇸🇬 Singapore 5,734,208
38 🇴🇲 Oman 5,394,869
39 🇵🇸 Palestine 5,036,203
40 🇰🇼 Kuwait 4,410,295
41 🇬🇪 Georgia 3,703,593
42 🇲🇳 Mongolia 3,387,431
43 🇶🇦 Qatar 2,983,667
44 🇦🇲 Armenia 2,975,262
45 🇧🇭 Bahrain 1,837,856
# Country Population
46 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 1,368,679
47 🇧🇹 Bhutan 788,928
48 🇲🇴 Macao 667,140
49 🇲🇻 Maldives 568,441
50 🇧🇳 Brunei 446,103