Here is the ranking of the countries and territories of Asia, by size of population and in descending order, with the rank indicated. The figures are the most recent that we found on the official statistical sites of the countries.
There are currently 54 countries and territories (including Kurdistan) in Asia, of which 48 are represented at the United Nations.
| Rank | Country | Population | Area | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | Abkhazia | 246,313 inhab. | 8,653 km² | 28.47 inhab./km² |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 34,233,212 inhab. | 652,864 km² | 52.44 inhab./km² |
| 140 | Armenia | 2,959,245 inhab. | 29,743 km² | 99.49 inhab./km² |
| 203 | Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) | 147,906 inhab. | 11,433 km² | 12.94 inhab./km² |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 10,095,894 inhab. | 86,573 km² | 116.62 inhab./km² |
| 159 | Bahrain | 1,592,087 inhab. | 778 km² | 2,046.38 inhab./km² |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 173,548,302 inhab. | 147,570 km² | 1,176.04 inhab./km² |
| 143 | Bhutan | 2,788,599 inhab. | 38,394 km² | 72.63 inhab./km² |
| 181 | Brunei | 425,383 inhab. | 5,765 km² | 73.79 inhab./km² |
| 73 | Cambodia | 15,288,489 inhab. | 181,035 km² | 84.45 inhab./km² |
| 1 | China | 1,411,778,724 inhab. | 9,596,961 km² | 147.11 inhab./km² |
| 163 | East Timor | 1,261,407 inhab. | 14,954 km² | 84.35 inhab./km² |
| 135 | Georgia | 3,716,858 inhab. | 57,178 km² | 65.01 inhab./km² |
| 105 | Hong Kong | 7,448,885 inhab. | 1,110 km² | 6,710.71 inhab./km² |
| 2 | India | 1,372,943,539 inhab. | 3,287,469 km² | 417.63 inhab./km² |
| 4 | Indonesia | 268,674,755 inhab. | 1,913,579 km² | 140.40 inhab./km² |
| 19 | Iran | 81,920,730 inhab. | 1,629,771 km² | 50.27 inhab./km² |
| 39 | Iraq | 38,124,182 inhab. | 435,052 km² | 89.63 inhab./km² |
| 96 | Israel | 9,529,952 inhab. | 20,517 km² | 464.49 inhab./km² |
| 11 | Japan | 126,050,098 inhab. | 377,972 km² | 333.49 inhab./km² |
| 90 | Jordan | 10,305,560 inhab. | 88,794 km² | 116.06 inhab./km² |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 18,897,892 inhab. | 2,724,222 km² | 6.94 inhab./km² |
| 33 | Kurdistan | 44,000,000 inhab. | 503,000 km² | 87.48 inhab./km² |
| 131 | Kuwait | 4,420,110 inhab. | 17,818 km² | 248.07 inhab./km² |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,636,803 inhab. | 199,949 km² | 33.19 inhab./km² |
| 106 | Laos | 7,230,665 inhab. | 236,800 km² | 30.53 inhab./km² |
| 112 | Lebanon | 6,629,166 inhab. | 10,389 km² | 638.09 inhab./km² |
| 172 | Macau | 663,419 inhab. | 31 km² | 21,539.58 inhab./km² |
| 46 | Malaysia | 32,549,402 inhab. | 330,345 km² | 98.53 inhab./km² |
| 177 | Maldives | 557,426 inhab. | 131 km² | 4,255.16 inhab./km² |
| 138 | Mongolia | 3,229,638 inhab. | 1,564,116 km² | 2.06 inhab./km² |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 54,819,389 inhab. | 676,553 km² | 81.03 inhab./km² |
| 50 | Nepal | 29,704,501 inhab. | 147,181 km² | 201.82 inhab./km² |
| 55 | North Korea | 25,617,841 inhab. | 123,138 km² | 208.04 inhab./km² |
| 130 | Oman | 4,669,948 inhab. | 309,550 km² | 15.09 inhab./km² |
| 6 | Pakistan | 212,761,108 inhab. | 796,096 km² | 267.25 inhab./km² |
| 125 | Palestine | 5,091,819 inhab. | 6,020 km² | 845.82 inhab./km² |
| 12 | Philippines | 110,198,654 inhab. | 300,439 km² | 366.79 inhab./km² |
| 144 | Qatar | 2,743,932 inhab. | 11,651 km² | 235.51 inhab./km² |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 33,413,660 inhab. | 2,149,690 km² | 15.54 inhab./km² |
| 117 | Singapore | 5,637,022 inhab. | 719 km² | 7,840.09 inhab./km² |
| 27 | South Korea | 51,628,117 inhab. | 100,356 km² | 515.22 inhab./km² |
| 218 | South Ossetia-Alania | 57,652 inhab. | 3,900 km² | 14.78 inhab./km² |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 21,803,725 inhab. | 65,610 km² | 332.32 inhab./km² |
| 56 | Syria | 25,297,296 inhab. | 185,180 km² | 136.61 inhab./km² |
| 59 | Taiwan | 23,584,865 inhab. | 36,197 km² | 651.57 inhab./km² |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 9,326,275 inhab. | 142,627 km² | 65.39 inhab./km² |
| 20 | Thailand | 68,863,629 inhab. | 513,115 km² | 134.21 inhab./km² |
| 18 | Turkey | 82,003,882 inhab. | 783,562 km² | 104.66 inhab./km² |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 8,481,200 inhab. | 491,210 km² | 17.27 inhab./km² |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 9,555,590 inhab. | 83,600 km² | 114.30 inhab./km² |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 32,653,885 inhab. | 448,970 km² | 72.73 inhab./km² |
| 15 | Vietnam | 97,709,844 inhab. | 331,236 km² | 294.99 inhab./km² |
| 42 | Yemen | 34,232,322 inhab. | 527,968 km² | 64.84 inhab./km² |