On this page you will find a list of each country in Asia, ordered by population. Also included in the table is the capital city of each country.
India is the largest country in Asia, closely followed by China. Brunei is the smallest county in Asia, home to 442,400.
Data is from the United Nations latest population projections.
| Country | Population | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1,428,627,663 | New Delhi |
| China | 1,425,671,352 | Beijing |
| Indonesia | 277,534,123 | Jakarta |
| Pakistan | 240,485,658 | Islamabad |
| Bangladesh | 172,954,319 | Dhaka |
| Japan | 123,294,513 | Tokyo |
| Philippines | 117,337,368 | Manila |
| Vietnam | 98,858,950 | Hanoi |
| Iran | 89,172,767 | Tehran |
| Turkey | 85,816,199 | Ankara |
| Thailand | 71,801,279 | Bangkok |
| Myanmar | 54,577,997 | Naypyidaw |
| South Korea | 51,784,059 | Seoul |
| Iraq | 45,504,560 | Baghdad |
| Afghanistan | 42,239,854 | Kabul |
| Saudi Arabia | 36,947,025 | Riyadh |
| Uzbekistan | 35,163,944 | Tashkent |
| Yemen | 34,449,825 | Sana’a |
| Malaysia | 34,308,525 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Nepal | 30,896,590 | Kathmandu |
| North Korea | 26,160,822 | Pyongyang |
| Taiwan | 23,923,277 | Taipei |
| Syria | 23,227,014 | Damascus |
| Sri Lanka | 21,893,579 | Colombo |
| Kazakhstan | 19,606,634 | Nur-Sultan |
| Cambodia | 16,944,826 | Phnom Penh |
| Jordan | 11,337,053 | Amman |
| Tajikistan | 10,143,543 | Dushanbe |
| Azerbaijan | 10,412,652 | Baku |
| United Arab Emirates | 9,516,871 | Abu Dhabi |
| Israel | 9,174,520 | Jerusalem |
| Laos | 7,633,779 | Vientiane |
| Hong Kong | 7,491,609 | Hong Kong |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6,735,348 | Bishkek |
| Turkmenistan | 6,516,100 | Ashgabat |
| Singapore | 6,014,723 | Singapore |
| Lebanon | 5,353,930 | Beirut |
| Palestine | 5,371,230 | Ramallah |
| Oman | 4,644,384 | Muscat |
| Kuwait | 4,328,550 | Kuwait City |
| Mongolia | 3,362,648 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Armenia | 2,981,650 | Yerevan |
| Qatar | 2,930,528 | Doha |
| Bahrain | 1,776,604 | Manama |
| Timor-Leste | 1,383,442 | Dili |
| Cyprus | 1,215,584 | Nicosia |
| Bhutan | 779,898 | Thimphu |
| Macau | 679,600 | Macau |
| Maldives | 557,426 | Malé |
| Brunei | 442,400 | Bandar Seri Begawan |
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