Asia is Earth’s largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 km2 (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth’s total land area and 8.7% of the Earth’s total surface area.
Here are all Asian countries by their population.
| Rank | Country | Population |
| 1. | China | 1,379,302,784 |
| 2. | India | 1,281,935,872 |
| 3. | Indonesia | 260,580,736 |
| 4. | Pakistan | 204,924,864 |
| 5. | Bangladesh | 157,826,576 |
| 6. | Russia | 142,257,520 |
| 7. | Japan | 126,451,400 |
| 8. | Philippines | 104,256,080 |
| 9. | Vietnam | 96,160,160 |
| 10. | Iran | 82,021,568 |
| 11. | Turkey | 80,845,216 |
| 12. | Thailand | 68,414,136 |
| 13. | Burma | 55,123,816 |
| 14. | South Korea | 51,181,300 |
| 15. | Iraq | 39,192,112 |
| 16. | Afghanistan | 34,124,812 |
| 17. | Malaysia | 31,381,992 |
| 18. | Uzbekistan | 29,748,860 |
| 19. | Nepal | 29,384,296 |
| 20. | Saudi Arabia | 28,571,770 |
| 21. | Yemen | 28,036,828 |
| 22. | North Korea | 25,248,140 |
| 23. | Taiwan | 23,508,428 |
| 24. | Sri Lanka | 22,409,380 |
| 25. | Kazakhstan | 18,556,698 |
| 26. | Syria | 18,028,548 |
| 27. | Cambodia | 16,204,486 |
| 28. | Jordan | 10,248,069 |
| 29. | Azerbaijan | 9,961,396 |
| 30. | Tajikistan | 8,468,555 |
| 31. | Israel | 8,299,706 |
| 32. | Hong Kong | 7,191,503 |
| 33. | Laos | 7,126,706 |
| 34. | Lebanon | 6,229,794 |
| 35. | United Arab Emirates | 6,072,475 |
| 36. | Singapore | 5,888,926 |
| 37. | Kyrgyzstan | 5,789,122 |
| 38. | Turkmenistan | 5,351,277 |
| 39. | Georgia | 4,926,330 |
| 40. | Oman | 3,424,386 |
| 41. | Mongolia | 3,068,243 |
| 42. | Armenia | 3,045,191 |
| 43. | Kuwait | 2,875,422 |
| 44. | Qatar | 2,314,307 |
| 45. | Bahrain | 1,410,942 |
| 46. | East Timor | 1,291,358 |
| 47. | Bhutan | 758,288 |
| 48. | Macau | 601,969 |
| 49. | Brunei | 443,593 |
| Total population | 4,540,465,936 | |
