Table I.
Asian country profiles∗
| Country | Population | Per capita GDP | Fertility rate | Educational attainment (Years) | Female life expectancy (Years) | Male life expectancy (Years) | Mortality under 5 | Mortality under 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 32.9M | $1337 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 63.2 | 63.6 | 54.1 | 44.1 |
| Armenia | 3.0M | $8505 | 1.6 | 12.1 | 78.7 | 72.4 | 9.6 | 8.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 10.2M | $16349 | 2.0 | 11.3 | 74.7 | 67.2 | 35.2 | 30.9 |
| Bahrain | 1.5M | $44399 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 80.4 | 78.8 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
| Bangladesh | 157M | $3522 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 74.6 | 71.8 | 33.1 | 27.7 |
| Bhutan | 957.4K | $7938 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 76.1 | 72.4 | 29.3 | 25.0 |
| Brunei | 432.5K | $66,999 | 1.9 | 11.6 | 77.5 | 73.4 | 9.0 | 7.7 |
| Cambodia | 16.1M | $3535 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 72.7 | 66.8 | 31.5 | 26.5 |
| China | 1.4B | $15085 | 1.5 | 10.3 | 79.9 | 74.5 | 12.0 | 9.7 |
| Cyprus | 1.3M | $31531 | 1.0 | 13.2 | 85.2 | 78.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Georgia | 3.7M | $9486 | 2.0 | 12.8 | 77.3 | 68.4 | 11.1 | 9.5 |
| India | 1.4B | $6265 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 70.2 | 67.8 | 42.4 | 36.0 |
| Indonesia | 258.1M | $10907 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 73.9 | 69.2 | 26.0 | 21.7 |
| Iran | 82.2M | $17519 | 1.7 | 8.8 | 79.4 | 75.5 | 14.4 | 12.3 |
| Iraq | 43.3M | $14427 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 78.8 | 74.8 | 25.1 | 19.3 |
| Israel | 8.9M | $33068 | 2.9 | 12.9 | 84.6 | 81.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Japan | 128.4M | $37654 | 1.3 | 13.3 | 87.2 | 81.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Jordan | 10.6M | $9916 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 81.1 | 77.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 |
| Kazakhstan | 17.9M | $23781 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 76.4 | 67.5 | 14.1 | 11.3 |
| Kuwait | 4.3M | $62589 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 87.2 | 80.7 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6.4M | $3283 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 76.3 | 69.1 | 20.1 | 17.1 |
| Laos | 7.0M | $6306 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 70.4 | 65.1 | 57.5 | 49.1 |
| Lebanon | 8.5M | $14678 | 2.4 | 11.8 | 80.0 | 75.8 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| Malaysia | 30.6M | $25747 | 2.0 | 9.6 | 77.3 | 72.4 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| Maldives | 458.6K | $14887 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 83.4 | 79.9 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
| Mongolia | 3.3M | $11329 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 73.7 | 64.5 | 25.7 | 21.7 |
| Myanmar | 52.8M | $5816 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 72.2 | 64.9 | 44.3 | 37.0 |
| Nepal | 29.9M | $2363 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 73.3 | 68.7 | 31.4 | 27.2 |
| North Korea | 25.7M | $1660 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 75.1 | 68.7 | 22.7 | 18.4 |
| Oman | 4.5M | $38321 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 79.5 | 75.5 | 10.6 | 8.5 |
| Pakistan | 214.3M | $4913 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 67.5 | 66.4 | 58.2 | 49.0 |
| Palestine | 4.9M | $3688 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 78.0 | 75.6 | 13.6 | 11.3 |
| Philippines | 103.5M | $7426 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 73.1 | 66.6 | 26.6 | 19.9 |
| Qatar | 2.7M | $104196 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 81.7 | 79.6 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| Russia | 146.2M | $24427 | 1.6 | 12.5 | 77.2 | 66.8 | 7.4 | 6.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34.4M | $48709 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 79.4 | 75.3 | 7.9 | 6.5 |
| Singapore | 5.6M | $78723 | 1.3 | 11.6 | 87.6 | 81.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| South Korea | 52.7M | $35945 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 85.5 | 79.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 21.6M | $11567 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 81.1 | 73.9 | 8.5 | 7.2 |
| Syria | 18.1M | $4708 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 75.0 | 65.5 | 19.7 | 8.8 |
| Taiwan | 23.6M | $42189 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 83.3 | 76.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Tajikistan | 9.2M | $2759 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 73.3 | 67.7 | 46.9 | 38.1 |
| Thailand | 70.6M | $15647 | 1.2 | 9.1 | 82.0 | 74.3 | 8.7 | 6.5 |
| Timor-Leste | 1.3M | $2715 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 73.0 | 68.9 | 35.7 | 28.3 |
| Turkey | 80.5M | $22903 | 1.8 | 10.1 | 83.1 | 75.2 | 14.2 | 11.5 |
| Turkmenistan | 5.0M | $18154 | 2.8 | 10.7 | 73.9 | 66.5 | 29.1 | 24.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9.7M | $63839 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 77.0 | 71.7 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 32.2M | $6908 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 73.8 | 67.1 | 23.8 | 19.7 |
| Vietnam | 96.1M | $6143 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 79.2 | 70.0 | 13.1 | 10.4 |
| Yemen | 30.4M | $2093 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 70.3 | 66.0 | 45.9 | 37.1 |
GDP, Gross domestic product.
∗
All the data are from 2017. Total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman is expected to deliver over her lifetime. Mortality rates under ages 1 and 5 years are measured as the number of deaths per 1000 live births.