May 5, 2023 View all files README Population figures for countries, regions (e.g. Asia) and the world. Data comes originally from World Bank and has been converted into standard CSV. Data The data is sourced from thisWorld Bank datasetwhich in turn lists as sources:(1) United Nations Po...
mainly the deserts and steppes in the southwest and in Central Asia, the tundra in the north as well as the rock masses and high plateaus in the interior of Asia. A large part of the population lives along coasts and in fertile
In 2023, the median age of the population in Japan was 49.1 years, the highest throughout East Asia.
Development Relevance:Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use an...
In 2023, India overtook China as the world's most populous country. While most regions of the world now have low population growth, populations in Africa are still growing rapidly, fuelled by a young population structure. This provides the region with a potential 'demographic dividend' which ...
September 20, 2023 Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2022. Image Courtesy of Armin Linke Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, stands as one of the most populous cities in Central Asia. Situated in the northeastern part of the country, near the border with Ka...
Subnational tabular data on population age and sex structures were gathered on a country by country basis. The table format and structure varied significantly from one country to the next, reflecting the wide range of data sources utilised in this project. For example, some countries presented abso...
Russia had the largest child population among Eastern European and Central Asian countries, at nearly 30.2 million in 2021.
The 2023 Asian Economic Integration Report released by the Asian Development Bank showed that China is expected to contribute 64.2 percent to the Asia-Pacific region's economic growth this year. The Asia-Pacific region, with its population accounting for one-third of the world's total population,...
The IMF said that China needs to undertake long-term structural economic reforms in order to maintain long-term economic competitiveness. It also mentioned that the country has to tackle the issue of weakened productivity growth and an aging population. ...