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Key facts

  • Number of countries: 47
  • Number of regions: 5
  • Land area: 31,069,100 km²
  • Population: 4,677,881,205

Latest news

Japan and China stocks rise, while most Asia-Pacific markets close for holiday

Read: CNBC News

2024-03-29

UAE prince and Hong Kong, Xi's policy shift, Singapore 'Asia's happiest country' again: SCMP's 7 highlights of the week

Read: SCMP

2024-03-29

Forum in Bo'Ao enables expanding partner ties with Asia -- expert

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-03-28

China expresses concern over NATO's expansion to Asia -- top brass

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-03-28

Xi lieutenant calls for Asia to 'jointly' manage security in rebuke of US

Read: Financial Times

2024-03-28

How innovative sustainability commitments are transforming Asia's bioeconomy

Read: SCMP

2024-03-28

A new Japanese restaurant tops 'Asia's 50 Best Restaurants' list

Read: CNBC News

2024-03-28

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 1,765.67 % of GDP
Expense 22.59 % of GDP
GDP 36,854,300,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 642.85 annual %
Self Employed Pct 38.96
Tax Revenue Pct Gdp 11.91
Unemployment Pct 6.25
Vulnerable Employment Pct 35.85


Environment

Agricultural land 16,638,800.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 4.59 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 19,578,000.00 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 19.01 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 43.53 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 20.05 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 1.81 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 12.03 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 1.61 % of total
Net energy imports -50.25 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.30 births per woman
Forest area 6,237,790 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 75.48 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -607,026.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 25.56 years
Methane emissions 3,865,830.00 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 1,316,400.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Population Female 2,297,140,835
Population Male 2,380,740,369
Renewable Energy Consumption Pct 17.42
Rural Land 29,703,400.00
Rural Population 2,250,184,649
Urban Land 1,119,420.00
Urban Population 2,427,696,556
Urban Population Under 5M 4.57


Health

Birth Rate 17.49 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.56 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 736.39 current US$
Health expenditure 5.94 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.08 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital Beds 3.16 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 73 years
Suicide mortality rate 6.95


Other

Access to electricity 96.77 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 21,853,872
Individuals using the Internet 70.14 % of population
Net migration -1,515,971
Press freedom 85.89


Politics

Armed forces personnel 15,644,000
Democracy score 193.68
Military expenditure 2.63 % of GDP
Women Parliament Seats Pct 19.38


Visualizations

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Countries Historical Alternative And Nuclear Energy In Asia

Countries Historical Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) In Asia

Countries Historical Access To Electricity In Asia

Countries Historical Electricity Production From Coal Sources In Asia

Countries Historical Electricity Production From Natural Gas Sources In Asia

Countries Historical Electricity Production From Hydroelectric Sources In Asia

Countries Historical Electricity Production From Nuclear Sources In Asia

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Countries Historical Electricity Production From Renewable Sources, Excluding Hydroelectric In Asia

Countries Historical Net Energy Imports In Asia

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Countries Historical Forest Area In Asia

Countries Historical Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption In Asia

Countries Historical Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions, HFC, PFC And SF6 In Asia

Countries Historical Internally Displaced Persons, By Conflict And Violence In Asia

Countries Historical Individuals Using The Internet In Asia

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Countries Historical Median Age In Asia

Countries Historical Methane Emissions In Asia

Countries Historical Net Migration In Asia

Countries Historical Nitrous Oxide Emissions In Asia

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Countries Historical Renewable Energy Consumption In Asia

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Countries Historical Urban Population Living In Areas Where Elevation Is Below 5 Meters In Asia

Countries Historical Central Government Debt In Asia

Countries Historical Expense In Asia

Countries Historical GDP In Asia

Countries Historical Inflation In Asia

Countries Historical Self-employed In Asia

Countries Historical Tax Revenue In Asia

Countries Historical Unemployment In Asia

Countries Historical Vulnerable Employment In Asia

Countries Historical Birth Rate In Asia

Countries Historical Death Rate In Asia

Countries Historical Health Expenditure Per Capita In Asia

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Countries Historical Incidence Of HIV In Asia

Countries Historical Hospital Beds In Asia

Countries Historical Life Expectancy At Birth In Asia

Countries Historical Suicide Mortality Rate In Asia

Countries Historical Armed Forces Personnel In Asia

Countries Historical Military Expenditure In Asia

Countries Historical Proportion Of Seats Held By Women In National Parliaments In Asia

Datasets

Source

World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

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