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Continent Summary: Asia
Population 2000
(NSO-Based Estimate '000)
Population 2000
(UN '000)
Area
(km2)
Avg. Input Resolution (km) Number of Administrative Units Population Per Administrative Unit
( '000)
Number of Urban Extents Number of Settlement Points
3,566,324
3,672,342
30,713,070
18
99,781
36 8,769 12,847
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Country
or Area
ISO3v10 Population 2000
(UN '000)
Area
(km2)
Resolution
(km)
Number of
Administrative Units
Population Per
Administrative Unit
('000)
Number of
Urban Extents
Number of
Settlement Points
   
1. Afghanistan
AFG
21,765 634,908 44 329 65 35 50
2. Armenia
ARM
3,787 28,277 51 11 293 33 42
3. Azerbaijan
AZE
8,041 85,355 34 74 108 27 29
4. Bahrain
BHR
640 623 8 11 0 3 7
5. Bangladesh
BGD
137,439 136,305 17 486 251 130 157
6. Bhutan
BTN
2,085 38,040 45 19 110 5 18
7. Brunei Darussalam
BRN
328 5,901 38 4 81 1 5
8. Cambodia
KHM
13,104 179,492 11 1,604 8 22 27
9. China
CHN
1,275,133 9,198,103 62 2,370 523 3,803 4,707
10. Cyprus
CYP
784 9,273 5 414 2 4 73
11. East Timor
TLS
737 14,923 29 18 46 2 3
12. Georgia
GEO
5,262 69,236 29 80 59 48 61
13. Hong Kong
HKG
6,860 1,054 8 18 367 3 13
14. India
IND
1,008,937 3,209,716 25 5,209 194 2,736 3,570
15. Indonesia
IDN
212,092 1,898,776 5 69,349 3 238 443
16. Iran
IRN
70,330 1,590,351 80 250 260 137 193
17. Iraq
IRQ
22,946 430,575 151 19 1,258 21 24
18. Israel
ISR
6,040 21,878 38 15 411 6 91
19. Japan
JPN
127,096 371,705 10 3,373 38 143 995
20. Jordan
JOR
4,913 88,362 48 39 141 12 26
21. Kazakhstan
KAZ
16,172 2,619,352 101 256 62 31 34
22. Korea
KOR
46,740 98,977 21 227 204 55 129
23. Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of
PRK
22,268 122,440 30 136 169 21 24
24. Kuwait
KWT
1,914 17,259 59 5 445 1 27
25. Kyrgyz Republic
KGZ
4,921 184,763 58 55 89 17 97
26. Lao People's Democratic Republic
LAO
5,279 230,230 42 133 39 17 17
27. Lebanon
LBN
3,496 10,328 20 26 128 11 17
28. Macao
MAC
444 19 3 3 142 1 1
29. Malaysia
MYS
22,218 329,941 19 920 24 69 125
30. Maldives
MDV
291 189 3 21 13 1 58
31. Mongolia
MNG
2,533 1,546,294 265 22 108 23 24
32. Myanmar
MMR
47,749 669,310 49 284 165 58 64
33. Nepal
NPL
23,043 139,087 43 75 302 37 45
34. Occupied Palestinian Territory
PSE
3,191 6,006 19 16 199 30 226
35. Oman
OMN
2,538 304,190 134 60 37 11 25
36. Pakistan
PAK
141,256 785,320 87 104 1,309 174 202
37. Philippines
PHL
75,653 295,408 14 1,541 49 73 132
38. Qatar
QAT
565 10,973 35 9 70 2 10
39. Saudi Arabia
SAU
20,346 1,938,837 386 13 1,604 28 47
40. Singapore
SGP
4,018 597 9 8 488 1 1
41. Sri Lanka
LKA
18,924 65,830 16 242 75 25 55
42. Syrian Arab Republic
SYR
16,189 184,366 119 13 1,241 26 36
43. Taiwan
TWN
-- 36,223 42 21 1,030 8 89
44. Tajikistan
TJK
6,087 130,295 47 60 99 12 26
45. Thailand
THA
62,806 513,618 26 792 77 116 167
46. Turkey
TUR
66,668 768,690 98 80 848 359 441
47. Turkmenistan
TKM
4,737 460,254 98 48 86 12 14
48. United Arab Emirates
ARE
2,606 74,777 97 8 399 4 9
49. Uzbekistan
UZB
24,881 412,914 45 208 118 58 83
50. Viet Nam
VNM
78,137 328,535 6 10,476 7 52 55
51. Yemen
YEM
18,349 415,196 43 227 77 27 33
Country or Area ISO3v10 Population 2000
(UN '000)
Area
(km2)
Resolution
(km)
Number of
Administrative Units
Population Per
Administrative Unit
('000)
Number of
Urban Extents
Number of
Settlement Points

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