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Graph showing population by continent as a percentage of world population (1750 - 2005) Map of countries by population density. 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.
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 [ edit ]
South Asia has a total area of 5.2 million sq.km (2 million sq.mi), which is 10% of the Asian continent. [30] The population of South Asia is estimated to be 2.04 billion [8] or about one-fourth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world. [31]
Ranking Name Image Country Population Year (Census or Estimate) 1 Manila Philippines 14,942,000: 2020C 2 Jakarta Indonesia 10,562,088: 2020C 3 Bangkok Thailand 9,034,000: 2021E
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
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Although many consider the atlas to be the ultimate resource for students and scholars alike, the authors stress that "it is intended to supplement existing histories of South Asia...not to be used in place of them." The atlas was first published in 1978 by the University of Chicago Press. About 3,300 total copies were produced and all of them ...
Climate change is also likely to pose a serious threat to the region's fisheries: [142] 3.35 million fishers in the Southeast Asia are reliant on coral reefs, [143]: 1479 and yet those reefs are highly vulnerable to even low-emission climate change and will likely be lost if global warming exceeds 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) [151] [152] By 2050–2070 ...