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Least Populous Countries in Asia

The least populous countries in Asia, ranked by population.

Brunei currently leads this Asia ranking across 50 reported places.

50 places with reported valuesLatest available by country

Answer at a glance

Brunei ranks as the least populous country in Asia, at 462,721, using the latest available World Bank value.

The gap to Maldives is 65,078 using the displayed latest-available values.

Methodology: countries are ordered by total population. Reporting years can vary by country, so this is a latest-available comparison rather than a single-year estimate. View World Bank population data.

Coverage: 50 countries and territories with a reported value are included; records without this metric are omitted.

50 of 50

1Brunei462,721
Bandar Seri Begawan
2Maldives527,799
Male
3Macau S.A.R.687,000
Macao
4Bhutan791,524
Thimphu
5Timor-Leste1,400,638
Dili
6Bahrain1,588,670
Manama
7Qatar2,857,822
Doha
8Armenia3,033,500
Yerevan
9Mongolia3,524,788
Ulan Bator
10Georgia3,699,557
Tbilisi
11Kuwait4,897,263
Kuwait City
12Oman5,281,538
Muscat
13Palestinian Territory Occupied5,289,152
East Jerusalem
14Lebanon5,805,962
Beirut
15Singapore6,036,860
Singapur
16Kyrgyzstan7,221,868
Bishkek
17Turkmenistan7,494,498
Ashgabat
18Hong Kong S.A.R.7,524,100
Hong Kong
19Laos7,769,819
Vientiane
20Israel9,974,400
Jerusalem
21Azerbaijan10,202,830
Baku
22Tajikistan10,590,927
Dushanbe
23United Arab Emirates10,986,400
Abu Dhabi
24Jordan11,552,876
Amman
25Cambodia17,638,801
Phnom Penh
26Kazakhstan20,592,571
Astana
27Sri Lanka21,916,000
Colombo
28Taiwan23,400,000
Taipei
29Syria24,672,760
Damascus
30North Korea26,498,823
Pyongyang
31Nepal29,651,054
Kathmandu
32Saudi Arabia35,300,280
Riyadh
33Malaysia35,557,673
Kuala Lumpur
34Uzbekistan36,361,859
Tashkent
35Yemen40,583,164
Sanaa
36Afghanistan42,647,492
Kabul
37Iraq46,042,015
Baghdad
38South Korea51,751,065
Seoul
39Myanmar54,500,091
Nay Pyi Taw
40Thailand71,668,011
Bangkok
41Turkey85,518,661
Ankara
42Iran91,567,738
Tehran
43Vietnam100,987,686
Hanoi
44Philippines115,843,670
Manila
45Japan123,975,371
Tokyo
46Bangladesh173,562,364
Dhaka
47Pakistan251,269,164
Islamabad
48Indonesia283,487,931
Jakarta
49China1,408,975,000
Beijing
50India1,450,935,791
New Delhi

Least Populous Countries in the World, ranked by Population
#	Country	Population	Capital
1	Brunei	462,721	Bandar Seri Begawan
2	Maldives	527,799	Male
3	Macau S.A.R.	687,000	Macao
4	Bhutan	791,524	Thimphu
5	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	Dili
6	Bahrain	1,588,670	Manama
7	Qatar	2,857,822	Doha
8	Armenia	3,033,500	Yerevan
9	Mongolia	3,524,788	Ulan Bator
10	Georgia	3,699,557	Tbilisi
11	Kuwait	4,897,263	Kuwait City
12	Oman	5,281,538	Muscat
13	Palestinian Territory Occupied	5,289,152	East Jerusalem
14	Lebanon	5,805,962	Beirut
15	Singapore	6,036,860	Singapur
16	Kyrgyzstan	7,221,868	Bishkek
17	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	Ashgabat
18	Hong Kong S.A.R.	7,524,100	Hong Kong
19	Laos	7,769,819	Vientiane
20	Israel	9,974,400	Jerusalem
21	Azerbaijan	10,202,830	Baku
22	Tajikistan	10,590,927	Dushanbe
23	United Arab Emirates	10,986,400	Abu Dhabi
24	Jordan	11,552,876	Amman
25	Cambodia	17,638,801	Phnom Penh
26	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	Astana
27	Sri Lanka	21,916,000	Colombo
28	Taiwan	23,400,000	Taipei
29	Syria	24,672,760	Damascus
30	North Korea	26,498,823	Pyongyang
31	Nepal	29,651,054	Kathmandu
32	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	Riyadh
33	Malaysia	35,557,673	Kuala Lumpur
34	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	Tashkent
35	Yemen	40,583,164	Sanaa
36	Afghanistan	42,647,492	Kabul
37	Iraq	46,042,015	Baghdad
38	South Korea	51,751,065	Seoul
39	Myanmar	54,500,091	Nay Pyi Taw
40	Thailand	71,668,011	Bangkok
41	Turkey	85,518,661	Ankara
42	Iran	91,567,738	Tehran
43	Vietnam	100,987,686	Hanoi
44	Philippines	115,843,670	Manila
45	Japan	123,975,371	Tokyo
46	Bangladesh	173,562,364	Dhaka
47	Pakistan	251,269,164	Islamabad
48	Indonesia	283,487,931	Jakarta
49	China	1,408,975,000	Beijing
50	India	1,450,935,791	New Delhi

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