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Population and Development Indicators for Asia and the Pacific, 2018

SourcesIndicators 1-7, 9-12, 14, 16-22: ESCAP calculations based on: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision; Joint UNICEF/WHO database 2016 of skilled health personnel, based on population-based national household survey data and routine health systems; Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2015, estimates by World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division; United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2018.

Indicator 8: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

Indicators 13, 15: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Contraceptive Use 2018 (POP/DB/CP/Rev2018).

Indicator 23: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017): International Migrant Stock: The 2017 Revision (United Nations database, POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2017).

Technical notesHealthy Life Expectancy: The average equivalent number of years of full health that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific death rates and ill-health rates.

Maternal Mortality: Maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.

Median Age: Age that divides the population in two parts of equal size, that is, there are as many persons with ages above the median as there are with ages below the median.

International migrants: The midyear estimate of the number of people living in a country or area other than that in which they were born. Where the number of foreign-born was not available, the estimate refers to the number of people living in a country other than that of their citizenship.

Regional and subregional aggregates are ESCAP calculations.

.. Not available.

0 indicates that the magnitude is not zero, but less than half of the unit employed.

General notesSingle year interpolations calculated by ESCAP.

Data for indicators 1-7, 17-21: projections.

Data for indicators 8-12, 22 and 23: estimates.

Data for indicator 16: estimates for 2015; projections for 2050.

Data for indicators 13-15: latest year available.

For indicator 6: see also SDG indicator 3.7.2; for indicator 9: see also SDG indicator: 3.1.1; for indicators 10 and 11: see also SDG indicator 3.2.2; for indicator 12: see also SDG indicator 3.2.1; for indicator 14: see also SDG indicator 3.1.2.

Regional and subregional figures represent population-weighted averages calculated by ESCAP. Missing values are not imputed.

This publication does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Suggested citation: United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2018). ESCAP Population Data Sheet 2018.

For more information, please contact:

Social Development DivisionEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)Email: [email protected]

2018 ESCAP population data sheet

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Region, subregion, country, territory or area Population at mid-year Population growth rate

Crude birth rate

Crude death rate

Total fertility rate

Adolescent fertility rate

Life expectancy at birth

Healthy life expectancy at birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Neonatal mortality rate

Infant mortality rate

Under-five mortality rate

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Skilled birth attendance

Unmet need for family planning

Median age of total population

Child population Youth population Working-age population

Population of older adults

Old-age support ratio

Urban population

International migrants

Thousands Per cent change per annum

Births per 1,000 population

Deaths per 1,000 population

Live births per woman (aged 15–49)

Births per 1,000 adolescent women (aged 15–19)

Male Female Male Female Maternal deaths (per 100,000 live births, women aged 15–49)

Neonatal deaths (during the first 28 days of life) per 1,000 live births

Deaths of infants (under one year of age) per 1,000 live births

Deaths of children and infants under age 5 per 1,000 live births

Percentage of women (or sexual partner) currently using any method of contraception

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

Proportion of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) who have their need for family planning unsatisfied

Years Percentage of population aged 0–14

Percentage of population aged 15–24

Percentage of population aged 15–64

Percentage of population aged 60 or over

Persons 15–64 years old per person aged 65 or older

Percentage of population

In country or area

From country or area

Thousands Thousands

2018 2050 2018 2018 2018 2018 2015–2020 2018 2018 2016 2016 2015 2017 2017 2017 Latest year available Latest year available Latest year available 2015 2050 2018 2050 2018 2050 2018 2050 2018 2050 2018 2050 2018 2017 2017

ESCAP 4 556 729 5 162 968 0.8 16.0 7.4 2.1 115.9 17.1 24.6 29.9 86.6 (2014) 30.8 40.2 23.5 17.7 15.2 12.3 67.7 64.0 13.0 24.8 7.8 3.5 49.8 62 165 101 839

East and North-East Asia 1 653 883 1 586 492 0.3 11.2 7.7 1.6 26.5 4.5 7.7 9.0 99.9 (2015) 17.2 13.9 11.5 9.7 70.3 59.0 18.1 35.6 5.6 2.2 62.6 7 777 14 661

China 1 415 046 1 364 457 0.4 11.5 7.5 1.6 6.4 75.1 78.2 68.0 69.3 27.0 4.7 8.0 9.3 84.6 (2006) 99.9 (2015) 2.3 (2001) 37.0 48.0 17.6 14.0 11.6 9.7 71.2 59.7 16.6 35.1 6.4 2.3 59.2 1 000 9 962

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 25 611 26 809 0.5 13.8 9.1 1.9 0.3 68.5 75.5 62.1 66.9 82.0 10.0 14.4 19.0 78.2 (2014) 100.0 (2009) 7.0 (2014) 34.0 42.1 20.4 16.5 15.2 12.1 70.3 63.7 14.1 26.0 7.6 3.2 61.9 49 111

Hong Kong, China 7 429 8 253 0.8 11.1 6.9 1.3 2.7 81.3 87.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 74.8 (2012) .. .. 43.2 52.4 11.9 12.2 9.6 9.7 71.2 53.9 24.3 40.6 4.2 1.6 100.0 2 883 1 067

Japan 127 185 108 794 -0.2 8.0 10.9 1.5 4.1 80.8 87.2 72.6 76.9 5.0 0.9 1.9 2.6 39.8 (2015) 99.9 (2015) .. 46.3 53.2 12.8 12.6 9.3 8.8 59.7 51.1 33.6 42.4 2.2 1.4 91.6 2 321 832

Macao, China 632 876 1.5 12.2 3.9 1.4 2.5 81.2 87.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37.6 48.6 13.8 13.7 10.4 9.9 75.8 58.2 17.0 36.2 7.2 2.1 100.0 354 144

Mongolia 3 122 4 075 1.5 22.2 6.4 2.7 23.6 65.6 73.9 58.6 65.5 44.0 9.1 14.8 17.2 54.6 (2013) 98.9 (2013) 16.0 (2013) 27.1 34.2 29.9 22.3 14.6 13.7 65.9 65.0 6.8 18.8 15.9 5.1 68.4 18 68

Republic of Korea 51 164 50 457 0.3 8.9 6.1 1.3 1.6 79.5 85.5 70.7 75.1 11.0 1.5 2.8 3.3 79.6 (2015) 100.0 (2015) .. 40.8 53.9 13.4 11.5 12.1 9.2 72.2 53.2 21.1 41.6 5.0 1.5 81.5 1 152 2 478

Other non-specified areas 23 694 22 771 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

South-East Asia 655 637 797 649 1.0 17.8 6.9 2.2 109.6 12.8 21.3 26.1 81.4 (2011) 26.0 19.5 16.8 13.4 67.6 65.0 10.2 21.0 10.5 4.2 48.9 9 874 21 085

Brunei Darussalam 434 537 1.2 15.3 3.7 1.8 10.3 76.0 79.2 67.0 68.8 23.0 4.7 9.0 10.5 .. 100.0 (2016) .. 30.0 43.6 22.6 15.7 16.3 11.2 72.5 62.4 8.5 28.7 14.8 2.9 77.6 109 45

Cambodia 16 246 22 019 1.5 22.4 6.0 2.5 50.2 67.4 71.7 59.4 62.1 161.0 14.9 25.1 29.2 56.3 (2014) 89.0 (2014) 12.5 (2014) 24.0 34.3 31.2 21.8 19.0 14.5 64.2 66.0 7.2 16.9 14.1 5.4 23.4 76 1 065

Indonesia 266 795 321 551 1.0 18.3 7.2 2.3 47.4 67.4 71.7 60.4 63.0 126.0 12.4 21.4 25.4 60.9 (2016) 92.6 (2016) 14.5 (2016) 28.0 36.6 27.0 19.9 16.9 13.7 67.5 66.3 8.9 19.2 12.4 4.8 55.3 346 4 234

Lao People’s Democratic Republic 6 961 9 163 1.5 22.9 6.5 2.6 62.6 65.8 68.9 56.9 58.8 197.0 28.2 48.6 63.4 49.8 (2012) 40.1 (2012) 19.9 (2012) 22.7 35.4 32.5 20.1 20.1 14.5 63.4 69.2 6.4 16.1 15.4 6.5 35.0 45 1 313

Malaysia 32 042 41 729 1.3 16.9 5.1 2.0 13.4 73.5 78.0 65.3 68.1 40.0 4.3 6.7 7.9 52.2 (2014) 99.4 (2015) .. 27.7 40.2 24.0 16.9 18.0 12.6 69.4 66.8 10.0 23.1 10.7 4.1 76.0 2 704 1 856

Myanmar 53 856 62 359 0.9 17.5 8.2 2.2 28.7 64.5 69.2 56.9 59.9 178.0 24.1 38.5 48.6 52.2 (2016) 60.2 (2016) 16.2 (2016) 27.7 37.5 26.3 19.1 18.1 13.8 67.8 67.9 9.7 18.5 11.4 5.2 30.6 75 2 895

Philippines 106 512 151 293 1.5 22.7 6.6 2.9 60.5 66.1 73.0 59.4 64.2 114.0 13.6 22.2 28.1 55.1 (2013) 72.8 (2013) 17.5 (2013) 24.1 31.8 31.5 23.9 19.0 15.8 63.6 66.3 7.8 14.2 12.9 6.8 46.9 219 5 681

Singapore 5 792 6 575 1.4 8.6 5.2 1.3 3.7 81.4 85.3 74.7 77.6 10.0 1.1 2.2 2.8 62.0 (1997) 99.6 (2016) .. 40.0 52.8 14.7 11.0 12.5 8.7 71.7 55.4 20.4 40.1 5.3 1.7 100.0 2 623 327

Thailand 69 183 65 372 0.2 9.9 8.1 1.5 51.9 72.0 79.5 64.0 69.8 20.0 5.3 8.2 9.5 78.4 (2016) 99.1 (2016) 6.2 (2016) 37.8 49.2 17.0 13.0 13.7 9.5 71.2 58.0 17.6 35.1 6.0 2.0 49.9 3 589 903

Timor-Leste 1 324 2 421 2.1 34.3 5.3 5.3 44.0 67.7 71.4 57.7 60.7 215.0 20.7 40.8 47.6 26.1 (2016) 56.7 (2016) 25.3 (2016) 17.4 23.4 43.5 33.2 21.8 19.9 52.9 62.1 5.5 6.7 14.7 13.2 30.6 12 39

Viet Nam 96 491 114 630 1.0 16.2 5.9 1.9 27.3 72.0 81.2 64.2 70.7 54.0 10.6 16.7 20.9 75.7 (2015) 93.8 (2014) 6.1 (2014) 30.4 42.0 23.0 16.9 14.7 11.4 69.5 61.6 11.6 28.3 9.4 2.9 35.9 76 2 727

South and South-West Asia 1 973 371 2 477 423 1.2 19.4 6.9 2.4 170.8 25.6 34.7 42.6 81.3 (2016) 28.2 19.4 18.1 13.7 65.9 67.1 9.2 19.2 11.0 5.0 37.4 18 464 42 994

Afghanistan 36 373 61 928 2.3 31.8 6.4 4.3 64.5 63.1 65.8 52.1 54.1 396.0 39.2 51.5 67.9 22.5 (2016) 50.5 (2015) 24.5 (2016) 17.3 28.9 42.6 26.0 21.6 17.5 54.7 68.3 4.2 8.8 20.9 12.1 25.5 134 4 826

Bangladesh 166 368 201 927 1.0 18.3 5.3 2.1 83.5 71.5 74.9 62.6 64.1 176.0 18.4 26.9 32.4 62.3 (2014) 49.8 (2016) 12.0 (2014) 25.6 40.0 27.8 17.0 19.1 12.6 67.0 66.9 7.5 22.0 13.1 4.2 36.6 1 501 7 500

Bhutan 817 994 1.1 17.6 6.0 2.0 20.3 70.6 71.3 60.8 60.5 148.0 16.9 25.6 30.8 65.6 (2010) 89.0 (2016) 11.7 (2010) 26.3 40.9 26.2 16.4 18.5 12.1 68.8 66.9 7.5 23.7 13.8 4.0 40.9 52 44

India 1 354 052 1 658 978 1.1 18.6 7.4 2.3 23.1 67.5 70.7 58.7 59.9 174.0 24.0 32.0 39.4 53.5 (2016) 85.7 (2016) 12.9 (2016) 26.7 37.5 27.4 18.9 18.2 13.7 66.4 67.7 9.6 19.1 10.8 5.0 34.0 5 189 16 588

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82 012 93 553 1.0 15.3 4.5 1.6 25.0 75.2 77.6 64.9 65.9 25.0 9.1 12.8 14.9 77.4 (2011) 99.0 (2014) 5.7 (2011) 29.5 45.2 23.7 14.8 13.6 9.3 70.6 62.2 9.1 32.1 12.4 2.7 74.9 2 699 1 170

Maldives 444 576 1.7 17.0 3.3 2.0 5.8 77.0 79.1 69.7 69.7 68.0 4.5 6.8 7.9 34.7 (2009) 95.6 (2014) 28.6 (2009) 27.9 44.4 23.4 14.6 15.4 9.6 72.5 66.7 6.6 28.4 17.4 3.6 39.8 67 3

Nepal 29 624 36 107 1.1 19.3 6.2 2.1 60.5 69.3 72.6 60.5 62.1 258.0 20.7 27.8 33.7 52.6 (2017) 58.0 (2016) 23.7 (2017) 23.2 39.0 30.2 17.4 21.3 13.2 63.9 70.0 8.8 18.0 10.7 5.6 19.7 503 1 738

Pakistan 200 814 306 940 1.9 27.1 7.2 3.3 36.9 65.8 67.9 57.6 57.9 178.0 44.2 61.2 74.9 35.4 (2013) 52.1 (2013) 20.1 (2013) 22.5 30.9 34.7 24.9 19.0 15.8 60.8 66.7 6.8 12.9 13.5 7.9 36.7 3 398 5 979

Sri Lanka 20 950 20 792 0.3 14.7 7.1 2.0 14.1 72.3 79.0 64.4 69.3 30.0 5.8 7.5 8.8 61.7 (2016) 98.6 (2007) 7.5 (2016) 32.3 42.6 23.7 17.2 14.9 11.9 65.8 59.7 15.4 28.8 6.3 2.6 18.5 40 1 727

Turkey 81 917 95 627 1.4 15.7 5.8 2.0 25.8 73.0 79.5 64.4 67.6 16.0 5.9 10.0 11.6 73.5 (2013) 97.4 (2014) 5.9 (2013) 29.9 41.8 24.6 16.8 16.4 11.8 67.1 62.6 12.3 26.6 8.0 3.0 75.1 4 882 3 419

North and Central Asia 232 590 244 295 0.5 15.4 11.1 2.0 29.0 7.3 13.3 15.2 99.1 (2014) 21.7 19.1 11.8 12.0 67.0 62.8 17.0 25.1 5.9 3.5 65.1 17 643 21 229

Armenia 2 934 2 700 0.1 12.7 9.7 1.6 23.2 71.6 78.0 63.6 68.7 25.0 6.7 11.3 12.6 57.1 (2016) 99.8 (2016) 12.5 (2016) 33.9 45.5 20.1 14.8 12.5 9.8 68.5 62.2 17.5 31.6 6.0 2.7 63.1 191 951

Azerbaijan 9 924 11 039 0.9 16.5 7.0 2.0 53.5 69.2 75.3 62.8 66.9 25.0 11.8 20.5 23.0 51.1 (2006) 99.8 (2016) 15.4 (2006) 30.3 40.0 23.3 17.3 14.5 11.6 70.5 65.4 10.6 24.7 11.3 3.8 55.7 259 1 155

Georgia 3 907 3 394 -0.1 12.9 13.1 2.0 45.9 69.4 77.8 61.5 68.4 36.0 6.7 9.7 10.8 53.4 (2010) 99.9 (2015) 12.3 (2010) 38.0 42.0 19.4 17.3 11.8 11.3 65.6 60.0 21.1 29.4 4.4 2.7 58.6 78 838

Kazakhstan 18 404 22 959 1.1 19.9 8.8 2.6 27.5 65.4 75.0 59.9 66.7 12.0 5.3 8.9 10.0 55.7 (2015) 99.4 (2015) 11.6 (2011) 29.3 34.6 28.3 22.3 12.7 13.5 64.5 64.5 11.3 19.2 9.0 4.9 57.4 3 635 4 074

Kyrgyzstan 6 133 8 113 1.4 23.8 6.2 2.9 38.1 67.2 75.3 60.7 66.4 76.0 10.7 17.9 20.0 42.0 (2014) 98.4 (2014) 18.0 (2012) 25.3 32.5 32.1 24.1 16.1 14.7 63.2 64.9 7.8 16.7 13.6 5.9 36.4 200 760

Russian Federation 143 965 132 731 -0.0 12.4 13.6 1.8 21.6 65.8 76.9 59.1 67.5 25.0 3.3 6.5 7.6 68.0 (2011) 99.7 (2014) 8.0 (2011) 38.7 41.4 17.8 17.4 9.5 10.8 67.6 60.5 21.5 29.9 4.6 2.7 74.4 11 652 10 636

Tajikistan 9 107 14 521 2.0 27.7 5.1 3.3 36.4 68.6 74.5 61.7 65.3 32.0 14.5 29.4 33.6 27.9 (2012) 90.3 (2014) 22.9 (2012) 22.4 29.9 35.3 26.6 18.5 15.8 61.1 64.4 6.0 13.6 17.1 7.2 27.1 273 579

Turkmenistan 5 851 7 888 1.6 23.8 7.0 2.8 24.4 64.6 71.6 58.7 64.1 42.0 21.3 40.6 47.3 50.2 (2016) 100.0 (2016) 12.1 (2016) 25.6 33.1 30.8 23.1 16.5 14.3 64.7 66.3 7.6 15.9 14.6 6.3 51.6 195 243

Uzbekistan 32 365 40 950 1.4 20.0 5.9 2.2 16.5 68.7 74.4 62.9 66.2 36.0 12.1 20.0 22.5 64.9 (2006) 100.0 (2015) 13.7 (1996) 26.3 37.2 28.0 19.2 17.2 13.0 67.3 67.5 7.9 19.6 14.5 5.1 50.5 1 159 1 992

Pacific 41 248 57 109 1.4 16.3 6.8 2.3 83.7 10.3 18.0 22.6 76.9 (2015) 23.5 20.0 14.5 13.3 64.1 62.0 17.3 23.3 5.1 3.4 68.2 8 408 1 870

American Samoa 56 57 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 87.2 24 2

Australia 24 772 33 187 1.3 12.7 6.7 1.8 12.9 81.4 85.1 71.8 74.1 6.0 2.1 3.0 3.5 66.9 (2016) 99.7 (2015) .. 37.4 41.5 19.1 17.1 12.5 11.8 65.1 60.4 21.2 28.3 4.1 2.7 86.0 7 036 542

Cook Islands 17 18 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.9 6.5 7.6 43.2 (1999) 100.0 (2009) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75.1 4 22

Fiji 912 998 0.7 18.7 7.3 2.5 43.9 67.7 73.8 59.6 63.3 30.0 10.6 21.4 25.3 40.9 (1974) 99.9 (2015) .. 27.6 35.2 28.3 21.1 16.6 14.6 65.2 65.1 10.3 18.9 10.2 4.7 56.2 14 215

French Polynesia 286 326 1.0 15.0 5.6 2.0 35.0 75.0 79.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.9 42.2 22.9 16.5 16.3 11.8 69.0 62.6 12.4 27.0 8.5 3.0 61.8 31 1

Guam 166 193 0.9 16.6 5.2 2.3 31.7 77.6 82.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. 66.6 (2002) .. .. 30.1 40.1 24.4 18.1 16.8 12.8 65.7 62.5 14.4 24.8 6.7 3.2 94.8 78 2

Kiribati 118 178 1.7 27.5 6.9 3.6 16.2 63.4 70.0 56.0 59.4 90.0 23.0 42.7 54.6 22.3 (2009) 98.3 (2010) 28.0 (2009) 22.4 28.3 35.3 28.3 18.6 16.5 60.7 63.9 6.5 11.9 15.2 8.2 54.1 3 5

Marshall Islands 53 66 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.7 28.0 34.0 44.6 (2007) 90.1 (2011) 8.1 (2007) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 77.0 3 8

Micronesia (Federated States of) 106 128 0.7 23.8 6.2 3.1 13.9 68.2 70.7 60.4 61.7 100.0 16.5 26.7 32.2 .. 100.0 (2009) .. 21.5 30.8 32.7 23.4 23.0 17.3 62.2 69.3 8.2 12.1 12.3 9.5 22.7 3 21

Nauru 11 11 -0.4 .. ... .. .. ... ... .. .. .. 20.5 27.3 33.0 35.6 (2007) 97.4 (2007) 23.5 (2007) .. .. .. 100.0 4 2

New Caledonia 280 378 1.3 15.4 6.8 2.1 19.7 74.8 80.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32.8 40.0 22.3 17.7 15.5 12.4 67.6 63.8 14.5 24.0 6.7 3.5 70.7 66 6

New Zealand 4 750 5 711 0.9 13.1 7.0 2.0 20.0 80.6 83.8 71.8 73.9 11.0 3.0 4.4 5.3 75.0 (1995) 96.3 (2015) .. 37.3 43.1 19.8 16.5 13.5 11.5 64.6 59.9 21.3 29.4 4.1 2.5 86.5 1 067 834

Niue 2 2 0.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.1 18.4 21.5 .. 100.0 (2011) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44.8 1 6

Northern Mariana Islands 55 52 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.5 (1970) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 91.6 22 3

Palau 22 28 1.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.9 13.2 15.3 32.8 (2003) 100.0 (2016) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 79.9 5 3

Papua New Guinea 8 418 13 871 2.0 27.0 7.1 3.6 52.7 63.4 68.4 56.7 59.5 215.0 23.7 41.8 53.4 32.4 (2007) 40.0 (2016) 27.4 (2007) 21.7 28.5 35.6 27.5 19.6 17.0 60.5 65.3 6.2 10.8 15.5 9.0 13.2 32 4

Samoa 198 243 0.6 24.0 5.0 3.9 23.9 72.5 78.7 64.1 68.0 51.0 8.6 14.2 16.5 26.9 (2014) 82.5 (2014) 34.8 (2014) 21.2 28.6 36.4 28.1 19.5 17.0 57.9 60.5 8.7 14.4 10.1 5.3 18.2 5 118

Solomon Islands 623 1 033 1.9 27.7 4.6 3.7 46.4 69.8 72.9 61.4 62.5 114.0 8.5 17.6 20.6 29.3 (2015) 86.2 (2015) 34.7 (2015) 19.9 28.1 38.5 28.1 20.0 17.2 58.0 63.6 5.5 11.5 16.4 7.7 23.7 3 4

Tonga 109 140 0.9 23.3 5.9 3.6 14.7 70.3 76.4 62.6 66.0 124.0 6.7 13.7 16.0 34.1 (2012) 95.5 (2012) 25.2 (2012) 21.3 28.3 35.4 27.6 20.5 17.6 58.8 62.5 8.7 12.7 10.1 6.3 23.1 5 60

Tuvalu 11 15 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.0 21.0 24.9 30.5 (2007) 93.1 (2007) 24.2 (2007) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62.4 0 4

Vanuatu 282 475 2.1 25.2 4.8 3.2 41.9 70.4 74.9 61.9 63.7 78.0 11.6 22.6 26.9 49.0 (2013) 89.4 (2013) 24.2 (2013) 22.2 30.0 35.8 26.6 18.2 15.9 59.7 63.8 6.8 13.9 13.2 6.6 25.3 3 9

Population growth has decreased and is currently below 2 per cent per annum in nearly all countries Population growth (percentage) in 1994 and 2018

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Solomon IslandsSamoa

Papua New GuineaPalau

Northern Mariana IslandsNiue

New ZealandNew Caledonia

NauruMicronesia (Federated States of)

Marshall IslandsKiribati

GuamFrench Polynesia

FijiCook Islands

AustraliaAmerican Samoa

UzbekistanTurkmenistan

TajikistanRussian Federation

KyrgyzstanKazakhstan

GeorgiaAzerbaijan

ArmeniaTurkey

Sri LankaPakistan

NepalMaldives

Iran (Islamic Republic of)India

BhutanBangladeshAfghanistan

Viet NamTimor-Leste

ThailandSingapore

PhilippinesMyanmarMalaysiaLao PDR

IndonesiaCambodia

Brunei DarussalamRepublic of Korea

MongoliaMacao, China

JapanHong Kong, China

Democratic People's Republic of KoreaChina

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Cambodia

Georgia

AzerbaijanThailand

Samoa

PakistanTajikistan

KiribatiTonga

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Democratic People's Republic of KoreaMacau, China

JapanMaldives

SingaporeRepublic of Korea

China

Brunei DarussalamAustralia

Sri Lanka

Iran (Islamic Republic of)Viet Nam

French Polynesia

Kyrgyzstan

ArmeniaRussian Federation

New ZealandUzbekistan

New Caledonia

Turkmenistan

Kazakhstan

Guam

India

Malaysia

Timor-Leste

0 1 2 3 4 5 60

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

East and North-East Asia South-East Asia South and South-West AsiaNorth and Central Asia Paci�c

Source: ESCAP Online Statistical Database, 2018. Available at: http://data.unescap.org/escap_stat/ (accessed 5 November 2018); United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision. Available at https://population.un.org/wpp/ (accessed 10 September 2018).


Maternal mortality has fallen fast, but remains high in some countriesMaternal mortality ratio, 1994 and 2015

0 300 600 900 1 200 1 500

VanuatuTonga


Papua New GuineaNew Zealand

Micronesia (Federated States of)Kiribati

AustraliaUzbekistan

TurkmenistanTajikistan

Russian FederationKyrgyzstanKazakhstan

GeorgiaAzerbaijan

ArmeniaTurkey

Sri LankaPakistan

NepalMaldives



Viet NamTimor-Leste

ThailandSingapore

PhilippinesMyanmarMalaysia

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIndonesiaCambodia


MongoliaJapan

Dem. People's Republic of KoreaChina

MATERNAL DEATHS (PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS, WOMEN AGED 15–49)

1994

East and North-East Asia South-East Asia South and South-West AsiaNorth and Central Asia Paci�c 1994 2015



Populations are ageing rapidlyDistribution of the population by age and sex, 2015 and 2050

PERCENTAGE

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–84

85–89

90–94

95–99

100+

Male, 2015 Male, 2050 Female, 2015 Female, 2050

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision. Available at https://population.un.org/wpp/ (accessed 10 September 2018).


The region is hosting more than 62 million migrants, trends are rising Number of people living in a country or area other than that in which they were born, top 20 countries with highest numbers of foreign-born population, 1995 and 2017

0 2 million 4 million 6 million 8 million 10 million 12 million

NUMBER OF MIGRANTS

Russian Federation 19952017

Australia 19952017

India 19952017

Turkey 19952017

Kazakhstan 19952017

Thailand 19952017

Pakistan 19952017

Hong Kong, China 19952017

Malaysia 19952017

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19952017

Singapore 19952017

Japan 19952017

Bangladesh 19952017

Uzbekistan 19952017

Republic of Korea 19952017

New Zealand 19952017

China 19952017

Nepal 19952017

Macao, China 19952017

Indonesia 19952017

East and North-East Asia South-East Asia South and South-West AsiaNorth and Central Asia Paci�c 100,000 migrants

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2017 Revision (POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2017).


The region is experiencing rapid urbanization…Percentage of the total population living in urban areas, 1994 and 2018

PERCENTAGE

0 20 40 60 80 100

VanuatuTuvaluTonga


Papua New GuineaPalau

Northern Mariana IslandsNiue


NauruMicronesia (Fed. States of)

Marshall IslandsKiribati


FijiCook Islands

AustraliaAmerican Samoa




GeorgiaAzerbaijan

ArmeniaTurkey

Sri LankaPakistan

NepalMaldives



Viet NamTimor-Leste

ThailandSingapore






Dem. People's Republic of KoreaChina


Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. Available from https://population.un.org/wup/Download/(accessed 5 October 2018).


…and hosts seven out of the world’s ten largest citiesWorld's largest cities, 1995 and 2018

1995

33

.59

mill

ion

2018

37

.47

mill

ion

INCR

EASE

↑

11.6

%

1995

28

.51 m

illio

n20

18

12.14

mill

ion

INCR

EASE

↑

134.

9%

1995

11

.07

mill

ion

2018

25

.58

mill

ion

INCR

EASE

↑

131.1

%

Toky

o, J

apan

Deh

li, In

dia

Shan

ghai

, Chi

na

Sao

Paul

o, B

razi

l

Mex

ico

City

, Mex

ico

Cair

o, E

gypt

Mum

bai,

Indi

a

Beiji

ng, C

hina

Dha

ka, B

angl

ades

h

Osa

ka, J

apan

1995

15

.91 m

illio

n20

18

21.6

5 m

illio

nIN

CREA

SE ↑

36.1%

1995

17

.02

mill

ion

2018

21

.58

mill

ion

INCR

EASE

↑

26.8

%

1995

11

.96

mill

ion

2018

20

.08

mill

ion

INCR

EASE

↑

67.8

%

1995

14

.14 m

illio

n20

18

19.9

8 m

illio

nIN

CREA

SE ↑

41.4

%

1995

8.

36 m

illio

n20

18

19.6

2 m

illio

nIN

CREA

SE ↑

134.

8%

1995

8.

33 m

illio

n20

18

19.5

8 m

illio

nIN

CREA

SE ↑

135.

0%

1995

18

.94

mill

ion

2018

19

.28

mill

ion

INCR

EASE

↑

1.8%

East and North-East Asia Outside ESCAP region South and South-West Asia

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. Available from https://population.un.org/wup/Download/(accessed 5 October 2018).


Poverty has been significantly reduced in many countriesPercentage of the population living on less than $1.90 and $3.20 per person a day at 2011 international prices, 1990 and latest year available (between 2010 and 2016)

Latest (2010+)

$3.20$1.90

1990

Latest (2010+)

1990

100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100

Republic of Korea

Australia

Russian Federation

Malaysia

Turkey

Kazakhstan

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Kyrgyzstan

Mongolia

Tuvalu

Fiji

Armenia

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Philippines

Solomon Islands

Lao People's Democratic Republic

ESCAP average

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Indonesia

Viet Nam

Bhutan

China

Nepal

Myanmar

HEADCOUNT RATIO (PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION)

Timor-Leste

Source: World Bank PovcalNet: an online analysis tool for poverty measurement. Available at: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povOnDemand.aspx (accessed on 5 November 2018).

Note: Latest years are as follows for the respective countries: Armenia - 2016; Australia - 2010; Bangladesh - 2016; Bhutan - 2017; China - 2015; Fiji - 2013; India - 2012; Indonesia - 2017; Islamic Republic of Iran - 2014; Kazakhstan - 2015; Kyrgyzstan - 2016; Lao People’s Democratic Republic - 2012; Malaysia - 2015; Mongolia - 2016; Myanmar - 2015; Nepal - 2010; Pakistan - 2016; Papua New Guinea - 2010; Philippines - 2015; Republic of Korea - 2012; Russian Federation - 2015; Solomon Islands - 2013; Sri Lanka - 2016; Thailand - 2015; Timor-Leste - 2014; Turkey - 2016; Tuvalu - 2010; Viet Nam – 2010.


People live significantly longer throughout the regionLife expectancy at birth, both sexes combined, 1994 and 2018

0 20 40 60 80 100

WorldVanuatu

TongaSolomon Islands

SamoaPapua New Guinea


Micronesia (Federated States of)Kiribati


FijiAustralia




GeorgiaAzerbaijan

ArmeniaTurkey

Sri LankaPakistan

NepalMaldives



Viet NamTimor-Leste

ThailandSingapore






Democratic People's Republic of KoreaChina

YEARS



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