2018 ESCAP population data sheet

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1 2018 ESCAP data sheet Population and Development Indicators for Asia and the, 2018 Region, subregion, country, territory or area Population at mid-year Population growth Thousands Per cent change per annum Crude birth Births per 1,000 Crude death Deaths per 1,000 Total fertility Live births per woman (aged 15 49) Adolescent fertility Births per 1,000 adolescent women (aged 15 19) Life expectancy at birth Healthy life expectancy at birth Maternal mortality ratio Male Female Male Female Maternal deaths (per 100,000 live births, women aged 15 49) Neonatal mortality Neonatal deaths (during the first 28 days of life) per 1,000 live births Infant mortality Deaths of infants (under one year of age) per 1,000 live births Under-five mortality Deaths of children and infants under age 5 per 1,000 live births Contraceptive prevalence Percentage of women (or sexual partner) currently using at least one method of contraception Skilled birth attendance Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel Unmet need for family planning Proportion of women of reproductive age (15 49 years) who have their need for family planning unsatisfied with modern methods Median age of total Years Child Youth Working-age Percentage of aged 0 14 Percentage of aged Percentage of aged Population of older adults Percentage of aged 60 or over Old-age support ratio Persons years old per person aged 65 or older Urban Percentage of International migrants Latest year available Latest year available Latest year available ESCAP (2014) In country or area Thousands From country or area Thousands (2015) (2006) 99.9 (2015) 2.3 (2001) Democratic People s (2014) (2009) 7.0 (2014) Hong Kong, (2012) Japan (2015) 99.9 (2015) Macao, Mongolia (2013) 98.9 (2013) 16.0 (2013) (2015) (2015) Other non-specified areas (2011) Brunei Darussalam (2016) Cambodia (2014) 89.0 (2014) 12.5 (2014) (2016) 92.6 (2016) 14.5 (2016) Lao People s Democratic Republic (2012) 40.1 (2012) 19.9 (2012) (2014) 99.4 (2015) Myanmar (2016) 60.2 (2016) 16.2 (2016) (2013) 72.8 (2013) 17.5 (2013) Singapore (1997) 99.6 (2016) (2016) 99.1 (2016) 6.2 (2016) (2016) 56.7 (2016) 25.3 (2016) (2015) 93.8 (2014) 6.1 (2014) Sources Indicators 1-7, 9-12, 14, 16-22: ESCAP calculations based on: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (). World Population Prospects: The Revision; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision; Joint UNICEF/ WHO database 2016 of skilled health personnel, based on -based national household survey data and routine health systems; Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2015, estimates by World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division; United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Indicator 8: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Indicators 13, 15: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Contraceptive Use 2018 (POP/DB/CP/Rev2018). Indicator 23: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (): International Migrant Stock: The Revision (United Nations database, POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.). Technical notes Healthy Life Expectancy: The average equivalent number of years of full health that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific death s and ill-health s. Maternal Mortality: Maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes. Median Age: Age that divides the in two parts of equal size, that is, there are as many persons with ages above the median as there are with ages below the median. International migrants: The midyear estimate of the number of people living in a country or area other than that in which they were born. Where the number of foreign-born was not available, the estimate refers to the number of people living in a country other than that of their citizenship. Regional and subregional aggregates are ESCAP calculations... Not available. 0 indicates that the magnitude is not zero, but less than half of the unit employed. General notes Single year interpolations calculated by ESCAP. Data for indicators 1-7, 17-21: projections. Data for indicators 8-12, 22 and 23: estimates. Data for indicator 16: estimates for 2015; projections for Data for indicators 13-15: latest year available. For indicator 6: see also SDG indicator 3.7.2; for indicator 9: see also SDG indicator: 3.1.1; for indicators 10 and 11: see also SDG indicator 3.2.2; for indicator 12: see also SDG indicator 3.2.1; for indicator 14: see also SDG indicator Regional and subregional figures represent -weighted averages calculated by ESCAP. Missing values are not imputed. This publication does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Suggested citation: United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the (2018). ESCAP Population Data Sheet For more information, please contact: Social Development Division Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the (ESCAP) escap-sdd@un.org (2016) Afghanistan (2016) 50.5 (2015) 24.5 (2016) (2014) 49.8 (2016) 12.0 (2014) Bhutan (2010) 89.0 (2016) 11.7 (2010) (2016) 85.7 (2016) 12.9 (2016) (2011) 99.0 (2014) 5.7 (2011) Maldives (2009) 95.6 (2014) 28.6 (2009) () 58.0 (2016) 23.7 () (2013) 52.1 (2013) 20.1 (2013) (2016) 98.6 (2007) 7.5 (2016) (2013) 97.4 (2014) 5.9 (2013) (2014) (2016) 99.8 (2016) 12.5 (2016) Azerbaijan (2006) 99.8 (2016) 15.4 (2006) Georgia (2010) 99.9 (2015) 12.3 (2010) (2015) 99.4 (2015) 11.6 (2011) (2014) 98.4 (2014) 18.0 (2012) (2011) 99.7 (2014) 8.0 (2011) Tajikistan (2012) 90.3 (2014) 22.9 (2012) Turkmenistan (2016) (2016) 12.1 (2016) (2006) (2015) 13.7 (1996) (2015) American Samoa (2016) 99.7 (2015) Cook Islands (1999) (2009) Fiji (1974) 99.9 (2015) French Polynesia Guam (2002) Kiribati (2009) 98.3 (2010) 28.0 (2009) Marshall Islands (2007) 90.1 (2011) 8.1 (2007) Micronesia (Feded States of) (2009) Nauru (2007) 97.4 (2007) 23.5 (2007) New Caledonia () 96.3 (2015) Niue (2011) Northern Mariana Islands (1970) Palau (2003) (2016) (2007) 40.0 (2016) 27.4 (2007) Samoa (2014) 82.5 (2014) 34.8 (2014) (2015) 86.2 (2015) 34.7 (2015) Tonga (2012) 95.5 (2012) 25.2 (2012) Tuvalu (2007) 93.1 (2007) 24.2 (2007) Vanuatu (2013) 89.4 (2013) 24.2 (2013)

2 Population growth has decreased and is currently below 2 per cent per annum in nearly all countries Population growth (percentage) in 1994 and 2018 Democratic People's Hong Kong, Japan Macao, Mongolia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Lao PDR Myanmar Singapore Afghanistan Bhutan Maldives Azerbaijan Georgia Tajikistan Turkmenistan American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia (Feded States of) Nauru New Caledonia Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Samoa Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu PER CENT CHANGE PER ANNUM TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (LIVE BIRTHS PER WOMAN AGED 15 49, 2018) Source: ESCAP Online Statistical Database, Available at: (accessed 5 November 2018).

3 Even with low levels of total fertility, adolescent levels may be high Total fertility, 2018 and adolescent fertility, ADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE (PER 1,000 ADOLESCENT WOMEN, 15 19), Georgia French Polynesia Brunei Darussalam Azerbaijan Fiji Afghanistan Lao People s Democratic Republic Cambodia Guam New Caledonia Vanuatu Turkmenistan Tajikistan Maldives Singapore Japan Macau, Democratic People's Samoa Kiribati Tonga Micronesia (Feded States of) TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (LIVE BIRTHS PER WOMAN AGED 15 49, 2018) Source: ESCAP Online Statistical Database, Available at: (accessed 5 November 2018); United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (). World Population Prospects: The Revision. Available at (accessed 10 September 2018).

4 Maternal mortality has fallen fast, but remains high in some countries Maternal mortality ratio, 1994 and 2015 Dem. People's Japan Mongolia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar Singapore Afghanistan Bhutan Maldives Azerbaijan Georgia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Kiribati Micronesia (Feded States of) Samoa Tonga Vanuatu MATERNAL DEATHS (PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS, WOMEN AGED 15 49) Source: ESCAP Online Statistical Database, Available at: (accessed 5 November 2018).

5 Populations are ageing rapidly Distribution of the by age and sex, 2015 and PERCENTAGE Male, 2015 Male, 2050 Female, 2015 Female, 2050 Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (). World Population Prospects: The Revision. Available at (accessed 10 September 2018).

6 The region is hosting more than 62 million migrants, trends are rising Number of people living in a country or area other than that in which they were born, top 20 countries with highest numbers of foreign born, and Macao, Japan Singapore Hong Kong, 0 2 million 4 million 6 million 8 million 10 million 12 million NUMBER OF MIGRANTS 100,000 migrants Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Trends in International Migrant Stock: The Revision (POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.).

7 The region is experiencing rapid urbanization Percentage of the total living in urban areas, 1994 and 2018 Dem. People's Hong Kong, Japan Macao, Mongolia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar Singapore Afghanistan Bhutan Maldives Azerbaijan Georgia Tajikistan Turkmenistan American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia (Fed. States of) Nauru New Caledonia Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Samoa Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu PERCENTAGE Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. Available from 5 October 2018).

8 and hosts seven out of the world s ten largest cities World's largest cities, and 2018 Tokyo, Japan Dehli, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Brazil Mexico City, Mexico Cairo, Egypt Mumbai, Beijing, Dhaka, Osaka, Japan million million INCREASE 134.9% million million INCREASE 131.1% million million INCREASE 36.1% million million INCREASE 26.8% million million INCREASE 67.8% million million INCREASE 41.4% 8.36 million million INCREASE 134.8% 8.33 million million INCREASE 135.0% million million INCREASE 1.8% million million INCREASE 11.6% Outside ESCAP region Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018): World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. Available from 5 October 2018).

9 Poverty has been significantly reduced in many countries Percentage of the living on less than $1.90 and $3.20 per person a day at 2011 international prices, 1990 and latest year available (between 2010 and 2016) Myanmar Bhutan ESCAP average Lao People's Democratic Republic Fiji Tuvalu Mongolia $1.90 Latest (2010+) 1990 $3.20 Latest (2010+) HEADCOUNT RATIO (PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION) Source: World Bank PovcalNet: an online analysis tool for poverty measurement. Available at: (accessed on 5 November 2018). Note: Latest years are as follows for the respective countries: ; ; ; Bhutan - ; ; Fiji ; ; - ; Islamic Republic of Iran ; ; ; Lao People s Democratic Republic ; ; Mongolia ; Myanmar ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Tuvalu ; 2010.

10 People live significantly longer throughout the region Life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined, 1994 and 2018 Democratic People's Hong Kong, Japan Macao, Mongolia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar Singapore Afghanistan Bhutan Maldives Azerbaijan Georgia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Micronesia (Feded States of) New Caledonia Samoa Tonga Vanuatu World YEARS Source: ESCAP Online Statistical Database, Available at: (accessed 5 November 2018).