United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Population (thousands) ------------------------------------- Urban Rural ----------------- ----------------- Country or area 1996 2030 1996 2030 --------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Asia 1229320 2735967 2258707 2220797 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern Asia 539527 1012067 894833 701708 ------------------------------------------------------------------- China 382447 828037 849637 671745 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dem. People's Rep. of Korea 13818 23240 8647 7858 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong, China 5891 6223 300 179 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan 98030 101160 27321 17480 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Macau 435 558 5 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mongolia 1543 3255 972 1029 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Korea 37363 49595 7951 3413 ------------------------------------------------------------------- South-central Asia 404858 1066710 987409 1134824 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Afghanistan 4232 19723 16651 29691 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangladesh 22640 76824 97433 112233 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhutan 113 717 1699 3286 ------------------------------------------------------------------- India 255832 634054 688748 750135 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41642 102293 28333 34796 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakstan 10092 15296 6728 5300 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyrgyzstan 1743 3563 2726 2692 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Maldives 71 292 192 340 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nepal 2335 11368 19686 31753 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan 48742 160193 91231 126542 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sri Lanka 4038 10360 14062 14343 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tajikistan 1915 5152 4019 5183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkmenistan 1868 4158 2287 2667 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Uzbekistan 9594 22716 13614 15864 ------------------------------------------------------------------- South-eastern Asia 167657 397516 322287 325291 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Brunei Darussalam 210 386 90 81 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambodia 2158 7655 8115 10215 ------------------------------------------------------------------- East Timor 62 187 767 1058 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia 72952 174608 127501 111833 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lao People's Dem. Rep. 1069 4634 3966 6241 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Malaysia 11187 24100 9394 9131 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar 12016 33055 33906 37888 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Philippines 38115 82082 31167 29184 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Singapore 3384 4276 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand 11884 27665 46819 43069 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Viet Nam 14619 38867 60562 76592 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Asia 117279 259674 54177 58974 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Armenia 2505 3384 1133 867 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Azerbaijan 4249 7096 3346 2938 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahrain 517 853 52 37 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyprus 413 690 343 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gaza Strip 780 2783 47 109 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia 3200 4304 2242 1533 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq 15459 38106 5148 6741 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Israel 5142 7766 521 511 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan 4016 10833 1566 2143 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuwait 1639 2985 48 47 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lebanon 2714 4351 370 284 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oman 1788 7051 514 451 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Qatar 512 757 47 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Saudi Arabia 15725 42500 3112 3955 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Syrian Arab Republic 7674 19416 6900 8672 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey 43649 77752 18148 11334 ------------------------------------------------------------------- United Arab Emirates 1906 3076 355 312 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Yemen 5393 25969 10286 18721 ------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997