Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2022

Annex B. Additional information on demographic and economic context

Table A B.1. Total mid-year population, thousands, 1980 to 2025

	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2025
Australia	14 706	17 048	19 018	22 019	25 670	26 958
Bangladesh	83 930	107 148	129 193	148 391	167 421	176 422
Brunei Darussalam	188	262	334	396	442	459
Cambodia	6 199	8 911	12 119	14 364	16 397	17 294
China	982 372	1 153 704	1 264 099	1 348 191	1 424 930	1 424 382
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	17 974	20 800	23 367	24 686	25 867	26 320
Fiji	645	780	833	905	920	950
Hong Kong (China)	4 979	5 839	6 731	7 132	7 501	7 500
India	696 828	870 452	1 059 634	1 240 614	1 396 387	1 454 607
Indonesia	148 177	182 160	214 072	244 016	271 858	282 004
Japan	117 624	123 686	126 804	128 105	125 245	121 960
Korea	38 171	44 120	46 789	48 813	51 845	51 690
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	3 298	4 314	5 431	6 323	7 319	7 838
Macau (China)	245	350	432	557	676	722
Malaysia	13 216	17 517	22 945	28 718	33 200	35 028
Mongolia	1 698	2 161	2 451	2 703	3 294	3 538
Myanmar	33 466	40 100	45 538	49 391	53 423	55 337
Nepal	15 600	19 617	24 560	27 162	29 349	31 577
New Zealand	3 147	3 397	3 855	4 346	5 061	5 311
Pakistan	80 624	115 414	154 370	194 454	227 197	249 949
Papua New Guinea	3 105	3 865	5 508	7 583	9 750	10 701
Philippines	48 420	61 559	77 958	94 637	112 191	120 864
Singapore	2 401	3 022	4 054	5 164	5 910	6 090
Solomon Islands	234	324	430	540	691	773
Sri Lanka	14 944	17 204	18 776	20 669	21 715	22 000
Thailand	45 738	55 228	63 067	68 270	71 476	71 953
Viet Nam	52 968	66 913	79 001	87 411	96 649	100 104

Note: 2025 figures are based on medium variant estimates.

Source: UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision.

Table A B.2. Share of the population aged 65 and over, 1980 to 2025

	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2025
Australia	9.6	11.1	12.4	13.6	16.2	17.9
Bangladesh	3.4	3.5	3.8	4.4	5.6	6.7
Brunei Darussalam	2.8	2.6	2.9	3.4	5.5	7.4
Cambodia	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.6	5.3	6.8
China	4.4	5.3	6.9	8.6	12.6	14.9
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	3.4	4.4	6.4	9.5	11.1	13.0
Fiji	2.6	2.8	3.2	4.2	5.5	6.5
Hong Kong (China)	6.4	8.6	11.2	13.3	18.8	23.3
India	4.0	4.1	4.5	5.1	6.7	7.6
Indonesia	3.7	4.0	5.0	5.9	6.7	7.5
Japan	9.3	12.4	17.8	23.6	29.6	30.4
Korea	3.8	4.9	7.1	11.0	15.8	20.3
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.9	4.3	4.9
Macau (China)	7.5	6.6	7.3	7.1	11.7	15.1
Malaysia	3.3	3.7	4.1	5.1	7.0	8.4
Mongolia	4.8	3.8	3.4	3.8	4.3	5.4
Myanmar	4.1	4.4	4.9	5.2	6.5	7.5
Nepal	3.4	3.6	3.8	4.7	6.0	6.3
New Zealand	9.8	11.1	11.7	13.0	15.6	17.6
Pakistan	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.7	4.2	4.5
Papua New Guinea	1.1	1.8	2.3	2.6	3.0	3.5
Philippines	3.3	3.3	3.8	4.3	5.2	6.0
Singapore	4.9	5.6	6.3	7.2	13.2	18.1
Solomon Islands	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.6
Sri Lanka	4.9	6.1	7.1	7.6	10.8	12.7
Thailand	3.4	4.3	6.1	8.8	13.9	17.5
Viet Nam	5.5	5.6	6.2	6.5	8.4	10.4

Note: 2025 figures are based on medium variant estimates.

Source: UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2022 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
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	21.7	20.7	16.8	14.0	13.9
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	20.1	16.0	10.5	8.9	7.4
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	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 2022 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
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	2.8	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.9
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	2.2	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	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 2022 Revision.