Table A1.

1: Total Population (mid-year)a

(million)

Regional Member 1966 1976 1986 1996 2006 2015

Developing Member
Economies
Central and West Asiab 102.9 132.4 167.8 212.3 256.1 305.3

Afghanistan 10.1 12.8 11.4 17.5 25.2 28.6

Armenia 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.0
Azerbaijan 4.7 5.8 6.8 7.8 8.5 9.7
Georgiac 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7
Kazakhstan 11.9 13.9 15.6 15.6 15.3 17.5
Kyrgyz Republic 2.7 3.4 4.1 4.6 5.2 5.9
Pakistan 52.2 68.8 95.2 125.7 156.5 191.7
Tajikistan 2.6 3.5 4.7 5.9 6.9 8.6
Turkmenistan 1.9 2.6 3.3 4.3 4.8 5.4
Uzbekistan 10.6 14.4 18.6 23.2 26.5 31.3

East Asiab 784.2 988.9 1,134.9 1,293.3 1,391.6 1,459.0

China, People’s 735.4 930.7 1066.8 1217.6 1311.0 1374.6
Rep. of
Hong Kong, 3.6 4.5 5.5 6.4 6.9 7.3
China
Korea, Rep. of 29.4 35.8 41.2 45.5 48.4 50.6
Mongolia 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.0
Taipei,China 14.6 (1970) 16.3 19.3 21.4 22.8 23.5

South Asiab 589.0 736.9 929.0 1,141.2 1,353.2 1,491.0

Bangladesh 57.7 72.9 95.6 121.0 144.8 157.9
Bhutan 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8
India 508.4 636.2 799.6 979.3 1162.1 1283.0
Maldives 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5
Nepal 11.1 13.6 17.1 21.9 25.8 28.0
Sri Lanka 11.4 13.7 16.1 18.2 19.5 21.0

Southeast Asiab 252.4 326.0 407.7 490.9 567.1 626.1

Brunei 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4
Darussalam
Cambodia 6.6 7.4 8.0 11.0 13.5 15.1
Indonesia 103.1 134.0 168.4 199.9 229.3 255.2
Lao PDR 2.4 3.1 3.8 5.0 5.8 6.5
Malaysia 9.8 12.6 16.2 21.3 26.3 31.0
Myanmar 24.6 31.4 39.3 45.3 50.4 52.5
Philippines 31.9 42.5 55.8 71.4 87.6 101.0
 Singapore 1.9 2.3 2.7 3.7 4.4 5.5
Thailand 32.8 43.4 53.0 59.9 66.2 67.2
Viet Nam 39.1 49.2 60.2 73.2 83.3 91.7

The Pacificb 3.81 4.86 6.07 7.59 9.35 11.83

Cook Islands ... 0.02 (1975) 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Fiji 0.48 0.59 0.72 0.78 0.83 0.87
Kiribati 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.11
Marshall Islands 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05
Micronesia, Fed. 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.11 0.10
States of
Nauru 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Palau 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
Papua New 2.21 2.89 3.77 4.84 6.24 8.23
Guinea
Samoa 0.13 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19
Solomon Islands 0.14 0.20 0.28 0.37 0.48 0.59
Timor-Leste 0.56 0.65 0.67 0.86 1.00 1.25
Tonga 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10
Tuvalu 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Vanuatu 0.08 0.10 0.13 0.17 0.21 0.28

Developing Member 1,732.2 2,189.1 2,645.5 3,145.2 3,577.4 3,893.3

Economiesb,d
Share of World (%) 51.0 52.9 53.7 54.3 54.2 53.0
Developed Member 114.1 129.9 140.8 147.8 152.7 155.3
Economiesb
Australia 11.7 14.0 16.0 18.3 20.7 23.8
Japan 99.8 112.8 121.5 125.8 127.9 127.0
New Zealand 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.6
Share of World (%) 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.1

Regional Membersb,e 1,846.4 2,319.0 2,786.2 3,293.0 3,730.2 4,048.6

Share of World (%) 54.4 56.0 56.5 56.9 56.6 55.1
World Population 3.4 4.1 4.9 5.8 6.6 7.3
(billion)
… = data not available, Lao PDR = Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
a
 For 2015, population figures refer to estimates as of 1 January for Georgia and the Kyrgyz Republic, 1 May for Afghanistan, 30 September for the
Federated States of Micronesia, 1 October for India and Myanmar, 7 November for Kiribati, and 31 December for the People’s Republic of China.
Where no data are available for the specific year headings, available data for the earliest and/or nearest years are reflected.

 Regional and subregional aggregates are calculated using data available for the respective year headings or nearest years given in the table.
b

Moreover, aggregates are provided for subregions/region where at least two-thirds of the countries and 80% of the total population are represented.

c
 Population estimates for 2015 are based on the 2014 census. Revised estimates for years prior to 2014 are not yet available.
d
 Values are sum of the total population of ADB’s developing member economies.
e
 Values are sum of the total population of ADB’s developing and developed member economies.

Sources: Asian Development Bank. Statistical Database System. http://sdbs.adb.org (accessed 20 January 2017); World Bank. World Development
Indicators Database. http://data.worldbank.org (accessed 20 January 2017); ADB estimates.