List of Asian countries by population

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This is a list of Asian countries by population. It is sourced from the global list of countries by population as of December 2007.

There may not be agreement on which countries may be considered Asian — this list does not include some of the countries about which there is commonly debate, such as Russia, Cyprus, Egypt, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Minor parts of Kazakhstan and Turkey which lie within Europe are included here. Cyprus, on the other hand, is normally included in Europe for political and cultural reasons, and is therefore excluded from this list, although it is traditionally considered part of Asia geographically. The three Caucasus states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, although predominantly classified as Asian countries, too, are not included.

Pos	Country	Population
-	Asia	3,776,000,000
1	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	1,322,597,000
2	India	1,131,043,000
3	Indonesia	231,627,000
4	Pakistan	161,998,000
5	Bangladesh	158,665,000
6	Japan	127,718,000
7	Philippines	88,706,300
8	Vietnam	87,375,000
9	Iran	71,208,000
10	Turkey	70,586,256
11	Thailand	62,828,706
12	Myanmar	48,798,000
13	South Korea	48,512,000
14	Iraq	28,993,000
15	Nepal	28,196,000
16	Malaysia	27,544,000
17	Uzbekistan	27,372,000
18	Afghanistan	27,145,000
19	Saudi Arabia	24,735,000
20	North Korea	23,790,000
21	Republic of China (Taiwan)	22,935,000
22	Yemen	20,727,063
23	Syria	19,929,000
24	Sri Lanka	19,299,000
25	Kazakhstan	15,422,000
26	Cambodia	14,444,000
27	Israel	7,208,520
28	Hong Kong (China)	7,206,000
29	Tajikistan	6,736,000
30	Jordan	5,924,000
31	Laos	5,859,000
32	Kyrgyzstan	5,317,000
33	Turkmenistan	4,965,000
34	Singapore	4,436,000
35	United Arab Emirates	4,380,000
36	Lebanon	4,099,000
37	Palestinian Authority	4,017,000
38	Kuwait	2,851,000
39	Mongolia	2,629,000
40	Oman	2,595,000
41	East Timor	1,155,000
42	Qatar	841,000
43	Bahrain	753,000
44	Bhutan	658,000
45	Macau (China)	481,000
46	Brunei	390,000
47	Maldives	306,000