Demographics of Asia

On the other hand, East Asian nations are in the middle of a demographic stagnation, with China experiencing a small decrease of –0.06%, after years of rapidly slowing growth.

Source: Maddison et al.[2] Source: Maddison et al.[2] Economically, most of Asia is traditionally considered part of the Second World, with the significant exception of the industrialized First World countries of Israel, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

Asian countries in the G-20 major economies include China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The Human Development Index of Asian countries range from Low to Very High category.

The table below shows the 10 highest and lowest countries according to their Human Development Index scores based on the 2021 report.