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Current Most Populous Countries In Asia (UN Estimates)
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These are the 2010 estimated total population figures for all Asian countries & overseas dependencies, which are listed on the United Nations Population Division database. We have also included the overall % of the global population which is residing in each nation, and you can also view this exact dataset for the years 2015, 2020 and 2050. These figures were collated as part of the 2008 United Nations revision of the 'World Population Prospects', which was released in 2009.

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Data released by UNdata (United Nations) - June.18.2009 - Next data release 2011

References

	Country/Territory	United Nations Variant [1]	% World Population	Estimated 2010 Population [2]

1	China	Medium variant	19.601	1,354,146,443
2	India	Medium variant	17.579	1,214,464,312
3	Indonesia	Medium variant	3.366	232,516,771
4	Pakistan	Medium variant	2.674	184,753,300
5	Bangladesh	Medium variant	2.380	164,425,491
6	Russia	Medium variant	2.032	140,366,561
7	Japan	Medium variant	1.838	126,995,411
8	Philippines	Medium variant	1.355	93,616,853
9	Vietnam	Medium variant	1.289	89,028,741
10	Turkey	Medium variant	1.096	75,705,147
11	Iran	Medium variant	1.087	75,077,547
12	Thailand	Medium variant	0.986	68,139,238
13	Burma	Medium variant	0.731	50,495,672
14	South Korea	Medium variant	0.702	48,500,717
15	Iraq	Medium variant	0.455	31,466,698
16	Nepal	Medium variant	0.432	29,852,682
17	Afghanistan	Medium variant	0.421	29,117,489
18	Malaysia	Medium variant	0.404	27,913,990
19	Uzbekistan	Medium variant	0.402	27,794,296
20	Saudi Arabia	Medium variant	0.380	26,245,969
21	Yemen	Medium variant	0.351	24,255,928
22	North Korea	Medium variant	0.347	23,990,703
23	Syria	Medium variant	0.326	22,505,091
24	Sri Lanka	Medium variant	0.295	20,409,946
25	Kazakhstan	Medium variant	0.228	15,753,460
26	Cambodia	Medium variant	0.218	15,053,112
27	Azerbaijan	Medium variant	0.129	8,933,928
28	Israel	Medium variant	0.105	7,285,033
29	Tajikistan	Medium variant	0.102	7,074,845
30	Hong Kong	Medium variant	0.102	7,069,378
31	Jordan	Medium variant	0.094	6,472,392
32	Laos	Medium variant	0.093	6,436,093
33	Kyrgyzstan	Medium variant	0.080	5,550,239
34	Turkmenistan	Medium variant	0.075	5,176,502
35	Singapore	Medium variant	0.070	4,836,691
36	United Arab Emirates	Medium variant	0.068	4,707,307
37	Palestine	Medium variant	0.064	4,409,392
38	Lebanon	Medium variant	0.062	4,254,583
39	Georgia	Medium variant	0.061	4,219,191
40	Armenia	Medium variant	0.045	3,090,379
41	Kuwait	Medium variant	0.044	3,050,744
42	Oman	Medium variant	0.042	2,905,114
43	Mongolia	Medium variant	0.039	2,701,117
44	Qatar	Medium variant	0.022	1,508,322
45	East Timor	Medium variant	0.017	1,171,163
46	Cyprus, Republic of	Medium variant	0.013	879,723
47	Bahrain	Medium variant	0.012	807,131
48	Bhutan	Medium variant	0.010	708,484
49	Macau	Medium variant	0.008	547,591
50	Brunei	Medium variant	0.006	407,045
51	Maldives	Medium variant	0.005	313,920

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References

[1] We have chosen to use the 'Medium Variant' from UNdata.
[2] The statistics quoted above are taken from the UNdata statistics database. UNdata quotes the original sources as being 'United Nations Population Division' (World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision). UNdata is a statistical service provided by the United Nations. All data is available free of charge and may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed, provided that UNdata is cited as the reference. The full UNdata re-publishing policy is here. This complete dataset was last updated by UNdata on June.18.2009 & last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on September.12.2010. UNdata give the next update as April 2011, but these release dates can often be misleading.

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