Demographics of Asia

Graph showing population by continent as a percentage of world population (1750 - 2005)

The continent of Asia covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of over 4 billion, accounting for about 56% of the world population. The combined population of both China and India are estimated to be over 2.6 billion people.

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 countries of Israel, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Asian countries in the G-20 major economies include China, Japan, South Korea, India, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Of these, Japan is also in the G8, and additionally China and India in the G8+5. Russia is also a part of G8 from 1997 until 2014, when the original G7 countries voted to suspend the country due to dispute over Crimea.[1]

The Human Development Index of Asian countries range from Low to Very High category. The table below shows the 10 highest and lowest countries according to their Human Development Index scores based on the 2015 report.[2]

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
in 2014 (published in 2015)
2014 data (published in 2015) Change in rank from previous year
Very High human development
1 Decrease (2)  Singapore 0.912
2 Increase (3)  Hong Kong 0.910
3 Decrease (2)  South Korea 0.898
4 Increase (1)  Israel 0.894
5 Decrease (3)  Japan 0.891
- Steady  Taiwan 0.882[3]
6 Decrease (1)  Brunei 0.856
7 Steady  Cyprus 0.850
7 Decrease (1)  Qatar 0.850
9 Decrease (5)  Saudi Arabia 0.837
10 Decrease (1)  United Arab Emirates 0.835

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
in 2014 (published in 2015)
2014 data (published in 2015) Change in rank from previous year
Low human development
1 Decrease (2)  Afghanistan 0.465
2 Decrease (6)  Yemen 0.498
3 Increase (2)  Burma 0.536
4 Decrease (1)  Pakistan 0.538
5 Steady    Nepal 0.548
Medium human development
8 Decrease (7)  Cambodia 0.555
7 Steady  Bangladesh 0.570
8 Decrease (2)  Laos 0.575
6 Decrease (16)  Syria 0.594
10 Decrease (5)  East Timor 0.595

Ethnicities

Main article: Ethnic groups of Asia
Further information: Asian people

References

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