Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2020

Annex B. Additional information on demographic and economic context

Table A B.1. Total mid-year population, thousands, 1970 to 2020

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
Australia	12 843	14 649	17 041	19 066	22 120	25 500
Bangladesh	65 048	81 471	106 189	131 581	152 149	164 689
Brunei Darussalam	130	194	259	333	389	437
Cambodia	6 995	6 692	8 973	12 152	14 309	16 719
China	824 788	993 877	1 172 445	1 283 199	1 359 755	1 439 324
Fiji	521	635	729	811	860	896
Hong Kong, China	3 873	4 915	5 781	6 664	7 025	7 497
India	553 579	696 784	870 133	1 053 051	1 230 981	1 380 004
Indonesia	114 835	147 490	181 437	211 540	242 524	273 524
Japan	104 926	117 827	124 516	127 534	128 552	126 476
Korea, DPR	14 410	17 472	20 293	22 929	24 592	25 779
Korea, Republic	32 209	38 050	42 923	47 386	49 553	51 269
Lao PDR	2 688	3 258	4 258	5 329	6 246	7 276
Macau, China	246	238	344	428	537	649
Malaysia	10 804	13 798	18 038	23 186	28 112	32 366
Mongolia	1 279	1 690	2 184	2 397	2 713	3 278
Myanmar	26 381	33 370	40 626	46 095	50 156	54 410
Nepal	11 998	14 902	18 749	23 741	27 023	29 137
New Zealand	2 818	3 147	3 398	3 859	4 370	4 822
Pakistan	58 091	78 068	107 679	138 523	170 560	220 892
Papua New Guinea	2 528	3 304	4 313	5 572	7 108	8 947
Philippines	35 805	47 397	61 947	77 992	93 727	109 581
Singapore	2 072	2 412	3 013	3 914	5 074	5 850
Solomon Islands	160	231	312	413	528	687
Sri Lanka	12 486	15 036	17 330	18 782	20 198	21 413
Thailand	36 885	47 385	56 583	62 958	67 209	69 800
Viet Nam	43 407	54 373	68 210	80 286	88 473	97 339

Source: UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision.

Table A B.2. Share of the population aged 65 years and over, 1970 to 2020

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
Australia	8.2	9.6	11.1	12.3	13.4	16.2
Bangladesh	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.8	4.7	5.2
Brunei Darussalam	3.6	2.9	2.6	2.4	3.4	5.6
Cambodia	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.7	4.9
China	3.8	4.7	5.7	6.9	8.4	12.0
Fiji	2.2	2.6	2.9	3.4	4.8	5.8
Hong Kong, China	4.1	6.4	8.8	11.0	13.0	18.2
India	3.3	3.6	3.8	4.4	5.1	6.6
Indonesia	3.3	3.6	3.8	4.7	4.9	6.3
Japan	6.9	8.9	11.9	17.0	22.5	28.4
Korea, DPR	3.2	3.6	4.3	5.9	8.7	9.3
Korea, Rep.	3.5	4.1	5.2	7.2	10.7	15.8
Lao PDR	3.1	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	4.3
Macau, China	4.7	7.6	6.5	7.4	6.8	12.0
Malaysia	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.8	4.9	7.2
Mongolia	4.8	4.5	4.1	3.7	3.8	4.3
Myanmar	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.8	4.9	6.2
Nepal	2.9	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.9	5.8
New Zealand	8.5	9.8	11.1	11.8	13.1	16.4
Pakistan	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.3
Papua New Guinea	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.2	3.4	3.6
Philippines	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.3	4.1	5.5
Singapore	3.3	4.7	5.6	7.3	9.0	13.4
Solomon Islands	3.5	3.1	2.8	2.8	3.3	3.7
Sri Lanka	3.7	4.4	5.5	6.2	7.3	11.2
Thailand	3.5	3.7	4.5	6.5	8.9	13.0
Viet Nam	5.4	5.3	5.7	6.4	6.6	7.9

Source: UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision.

Table A B.3. Crude birth rate, per 1 000 population, 1980‑85 to 2015‑20

	1980‑85	1990‑95	2000‑05	2010‑15	2015‑20
Australia	15.6	14.7	12.8	13.3	12.9
Bangladesh	42.2	33.0	26.0	20.2	18.4
Brunei Darussalam	30.7	28.3	19.2	16.7	15.0
Cambodia	50.6	38.0	26.5	24.5	22.7
China	21.6	17.9	12.5	12.6	11.9
Fiji	33.1	28.1	24.0	20.7	21.5
Hong Kong, China	15.3	12.4	8.4	10.5	11.1
India	35.5	30.0	25.3	20.0	18.0
Indonesia	31.7	24.4	22.0	20.2	18.2
Japan	12.8	9.8	8.9	8.4	7.5
Korea, DPR	21.7	20.7	16.8	14.0	13.9
Korea, Republic	20.1	16.0	10.5	8.9	7.4
Lao PDR	42.9	41.5	29.7	25.5	23.8
Macau, China	21.2	15.1	7.5	11.3	11.0
Malaysia	31.1	27.2	19.4	17.2	16.8
Mongolia	38.2	27.5	18.9	26.0	24.4
Myanmar	34.4	25.7	24.3	18.7	17.7
Nepal	41.2	37.2	29.7	20.9	20.0
New Zealand	15.8	16.6	14.2	13.7	12.6
Pakistan	42.1	38.2	30.3	29.7	28.5
Papua New Guinea	38.3	34.5	33	28.8	27.2
Philippines	35.7	31.9	28.8	24.1	20.6
Singapore	17.0	17.6	11.3	9.3	8.8
Solomon Islands	42.4	38.8	35.1	30.8	32.7
Sri Lanka	25.8	19.8	18.6	16.4	16.0
Thailand	24.2	18.2	13.6	11.3	10.5
Viet Nam	31.4	26.7	16.9	17.4	16.9

Source: UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision.

Table A B.4. Fertility rate, live births per woman aged 15‑49, 1980‑85 to 2015‑20

	1980‑85	1990‑95	2000‑05	2010‑15	2015‑20
Australia	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.8
Bangladesh	6.0	4.1	2.9	2.2	2.1
Brunei Darussalam	3.8	3.1	2.0	1.9	1.8
Cambodia	6.4	5.1	3.4	2.7	2.5
China	2.6	2.0	1.6	1.6	1.7
Fiji	3.8	3.4	3.0	2.6	2.8
Hong Kong, China	1.7	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.3
India	4.7	3.8	3.1	2.4	2.2
Indonesia	4.1	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.3
Japan	1.8	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.4
Korea, DPR	2.8	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.9
Korea, Republic	2.2	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.1
Lao PDR	6.4	5.9	3.9	2.9	2.7
Macau, China	2.1	1.4	0.8	1.2	1.2
Malaysia	4.0	3.4	2.5	2.1	2.0
Mongolia	5.8	3.3	2.1	2.8	2.9
Myanmar	4.7	3.2	2.9	2.3	2.2
Nepal	5.6	5.0	3.6	2.3	1.9
New Zealand	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.9
Pakistan	6.4	5.7	4.2	3.7	3.6
Papua New Guinea	5.5	4.7	4.4	3.8	3.6
Philippines	4.9	4.1	3.7	3.1	2.6
Singapore	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.2
Solomon Islands	6.4	5.5	4.6	4.1	4.4
Sri Lanka	3.2	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.2
Thailand	2.9	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.5
Viet Nam	4.6	3.2	1.9	2.0	2.1

Source: UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision.