Population in Asia · 2025

What country in Asia has the most people?

India has the most people in Asia, with a population of 1.46 billion.

Ranking by Population
#	Country	Population
1	India	1,463,865,525
2	China	1,406,585,000
3	Indonesia	285,721,236
4	Pakistan	255,219,554
5	Bangladesh	175,686,899
6	Japan	123,366,734
7	Philippines	116,786,962
8	Vietnam	101,598,527
9	Iran	92,417,681
10	Türkiye	85,878,556
11	Thailand	71,619,863
12	Myanmar	54,850,648
13	South Korea	51,684,564
14	Iraq	47,020,774
15	Afghanistan	43,844,111
16	Yemen	41,773,878
17	Uzbekistan	37,053,428
18	Saudi Arabia	36,973,555
19	Malaysia	35,977,838
20	Nepal	29,618,118
21	North Korea	26,571,036
22	Syria	25,620,427
23	Sri Lanka	21,756,000
24	Kazakhstan	20,843,754
25	Cambodia	17,847,982
26	Jordan	11,520,684
27	United Arab Emirates	11,513,149
28	Tajikistan	10,786,734
29	Azerbaijan	10,246,996
30	Israel	10,122,800
31	Laos	7,873,046
32	Turkmenistan	7,618,847
33	Kyrgyzstan	7,343,064
34	Singapore	6,111,175
35	Lebanon	5,849,421
36	Oman	5,494,691
37	Palestine	5,413,596
38	Kuwait	4,865,298
39	Georgia	3,935,766
40	Mongolia	3,568,978
41	Armenia	3,086,700
42	Qatar	2,972,215
43	Bahrain	1,600,366
44	Bhutan	796,682
45	Maldives	529,676
46	Brunei	466,330

Key facts

Runners-up

China is 2nd and Indonesia 3rd in Asia.

Lead

India has 1.0× the figure of China.