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Asia in the new millennium



Ranked by 		1998 mid-year	2025 mid-year Average annual 
population		population	population 	growth rate (%)
1. China		1,242.5	1,561.4	0.85
2. India		970.5		1,441.2	1.47
3. Indonesia		204.4		275.2		1.11
4. Pakistan		130.8		258.1		2.55
5. Bangladesh		125.8		165.6		1.03
6. Japan		126.4		120.9		-0.16
7. Philippines	73.2		116.8		1.75
8. Vietnam		78.5		109.5		1.24
9. Thailand		61.1		71.6		0.6
10. Myanmar		47.1		67.8		1.35
11. South Korea	46.1		52.5		0.5
12. Nepal		21.8		38.2		2.1
13. Malaysia		22.2		37.0		1.9
14. Taiwan		21.9		28.6		1.0
15. North Korea	22.2		26.1		0.6
16. Australia		18.7		23.5		0.85
17. Sri Lanka		18.9		22.5		0.65
18. Cambodia		10.8		17.0		1.7
19. Laos		5.1		10.2		2.6
20. Hong Kong		6.7		7.8		0.6
21. New Zealand	3.8		4.3		0.5
22. Singapore		3.9		4.2		0.3
23. Mongolia		2.4		3.3		1.2
24. Bhutan		0.7		1.4		2.3
25. Brunei		0.3		0.5		2.2

Ranked by		1998 			2010			1999-2010
per capita GDP	per capita GDP 	per capita GDP	annual GDP growth
1. Singapore		28,565			58,035			5.4%
2. USA			31,470			51,875			2.6%
3. Taiwan		17,495			39,980			5.5%
4. Australia		21,970			38,320			3.3%
5. Hong Kong		23,105			37,095			3.3%
6. Japan		22,720			33,895			1.0%
7. New Zealand	17,855			28,435			2.5%
8. South Korea	12,995			28,090			5.0%
9. Brunei		19,985			24,035			2.1%
10. Malaysia		10,680			21,640			5.8%
11. Thailand		6,285			12,405			4.4%
12. China		3,860			9,740			6.5%
13. Indonesia		3,275			6,370			4.8%
14. Philippines	3,475			6,030			4.4%
15. Sri Lanka		2,625			5,730			5.3%
16. Vietnam		1,755			4,340			7.4%
17. India		1,760			3,655			5.5%
18. Mongolia		2,315			3,315			2.5%
19. Laos		1,325			2,775			6.4%
20. Pakistan		1,660			2,625			4.2%
21. Cambodia		1,350			2,360			4.9%
22. Bangladesh	1,040			2,030			4.7%
23. Nepal		1,100			1,880			4.7%
24. Myanmar		825			1,765			6.1%
	
Source: Asiaweek, August 20-27, 1999