:Demographics of Asia

{{See also|List of Asian countries by population|List of Asian countries by life expectancy}}

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Source: Maddison et al.{{cite web|url=http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/other_books/appendix_B.pdf|title=Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820|author=Maddison|date=27 July 2016 }}

Source: Maddison et al.{{cite web|url=http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/other_books/appendix_B.pdf|title=Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820|author=Maddison|date=27 July 2016 }}

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{{further|Economy of Asia}}

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. Of these, Japan is also in the G8, and additionally China and India in the G8+5.

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.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Human Development Report 2020|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf#page=357|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 December 2020|website=|publisher=Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme}}

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10 highest HDIs

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10 lowest HDIs

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• Central Asian peoples: Turkic peoples, Iranian peoples
• East Asian peoples: List of Chinese ethnic groups (historical), Japanese people, Koreans, Mongols
• South Asian peoples: Ethnic groups of India, Ethnic groups in Pakistan, Dravidians, Indo-Aryans, Munda people
• Southeast Asian peoples: Austronesian peoples, Tai peoples; List of ethnic groups in Cambodia, ethnic groups in Indonesia, List of ethnic groups in Laos, Ethnic groups of the Philippines, List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
• West Asian peoples: Arab people, Jews, Samaritans, Druze, Peoples of the Caucasus (transcontinental), Ethnic minorities in Iran, Ethnic minorities in Iraq; Iranian peoples, Turkmen, Turks

• Asian diaspora

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