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The continent of Asia covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of around 4.75 billion (as of 2022), [1] accounting for about 60% of the world population. The combined population of both China and India is estimated to be over 2.8 billion people as of 2022 [update] .
This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure. Map
This is a list of the largest cities in Asia ranked according to population within their city limits. It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries ( municipalities ) as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas , which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index Rank Nation Human Development Index (HDI) Region World HDI 2022 HDI 2021 Change in HDI Value (2021-2022) Very High Human Development 1 4 Hong Kong, China (SAR) [note 1] 0.956 0.959 0.003 2 9 Singapore: 0.949 0.942 0.007 3 12 Australia: 0.946 0.949 0.003 4 16 New Zealand: 0.939 0.936
East Asia 35,200,000 7,835 4,100 C / B 2 Jakarta [3] Indonesia Southeast Asia 22,000,000 2,720 8,500 F / B 3 Manila [4] Philippines Southeast Asia 20,795,000 1,425 14,600 C / B 4 Seoul–Incheon [5] South Korea East Asia 19,910,000 1,943 10,200 C / B 5 Shanghai: China East Asia 18,400,000 2,396 6,300 C / B 6 Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto [6] Japan East Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population .
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, [note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
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