Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2018

Annex B. Additional information on demographic and economic context

Table B.1. Total mid-year population, thousands, 1970 to 2020

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
Australia	12 843	14 649	17 041	19 066	22 120	25 398
Bangladesh	65 048	81 471	106 189	131 581	152 149	169 775
Brunei Darussalam	130	194	259	333	389	445
Cambodia	6 995	6 692	8 973	12 152	14 309	16 716
China	824 788	993 877	1 172 445	1 283 199	1 359 755	1 424 548
Fiji	521	635	729	811	860	925
Hong Kong, China	3 873	4 915	5 781	6 664	7 025	7 548
India	553 579	696 784	870 133	1 053 051	1 230 981	1 383 198
Indonesia	114 835	147 490	181 437	211 540	242 524	272 223
Japan	104 926	117 827	124 516	127 534	128 552	126 496
Korea, DPR	14 410	17 472	20 293	22 929	24 592	25 841
Korea, Republic	32 209	38 050	42 923	47 386	49 553	51 507
Lao PDR	2 688	3 258	4 258	5 329	6 246	7 165
Macau, China	246	238	344	428	537	652
Malaysia	10 804	13 798	18 038	23 186	28 112	32 869
Mongolia	1 279	1 690	2 184	2 397	2 713	3 209
Myanmar	26 381	33 370	40 626	46 095	50 156	54 808
Nepal	11 998	14 902	18 749	23 741	27 023	30 260
New Zealand	2 818	3 147	3 398	3 859	4 370	4 834
Pakistan	58 091	78 068	107 679	138 523	170 560	208 362
Papua New Guinea	2 528	3 304	4 313	5 572	7 108	8 756
Philippines	35 805	47 397	61 947	77 992	93 727	109 703
Singapore	2 072	2 412	3 013	3 914	5 074	5 935
Solomon Islands	160	231	312	413	528	647
Sri Lanka	12 486	15 036	17 330	18 782	20 198	21 084
Thailand	36 885	47 385	56 583	62 958	67 209	69 411
Viet Nam	43 407	54 373	68 210	80 286	88 473	98 360

Source: UNDESA, 2018, World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.

Table B.2. Share of the population aged 65 and over, 1970 to 2020

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
Australia	8.2	9.6	11.1	12.3	13.4	16.3
Bangladesh	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.8	4.7	5.2
Brunei Darussalam	3.6	2.9	2.6	2.4	3.4	5.6
Cambodia	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.7	4.9
China	3.8	4.7	5.7	6.9	8.4	12.2
Fiji	2.2	2.6	2.9	3.4	4.8	6.9
Hong Kong, China	4.1	6.4	8.8	11.0	13.0	18.1
India	3.3	3.6	3.8	4.4	5.1	6.6
Indonesia	3.3	3.6	3.8	4.7	4.9	5.8
Japan	6.9	8.9	11.9	17.0	22.5	28.2
Korea, DPR	3.2	3.6	4.3	5.9	8.7	9.3
Korea, Rep.	3.5	4.1	5.2	7.2	10.7	15.7
Lao PDR	3.1	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	4.3
Macau, China	4.7	7.6	6.5	7.4	6.8	11.9
Malaysia	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.8	4.9	7.0
Mongolia	4.8	4.5	4.1	3.7	3.8	4.4
Myanmar	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.8	4.9	6.4
Nepal	2.9	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.9	6.2
New Zealand	8.5	9.8	11.1	11.8	13.1	16.3
Pakistan	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.5
Papua New Guinea	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.2	3.4	4.1
Philippines	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.3	4.1	5.2
Singapore	3.3	4.7	5.6	7.3	9.0	15.0
Solomon Islands	3.5	3.1	2.8	2.8	3.3	3.6
Sri Lanka	3.7	4.4	5.5	6.2	7.3	11.2
Thailand	3.5	3.7	4.5	6.5	8.9	12.9
Viet Nam	5.4	5.3	5.7	6.4	6.6	8.1

Source: UNDESA, 2018, World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.

Table B.3. Crude birth rate, per 1 000 population, 1980-85 to 2015-20

	1980-85	1990-95	2000-05	2010-15	2015-20
Australia	15.6	14.7	12.8	13.3	12.8
Bangladesh	42.2	33.0	26.0	20.2	18.5
Brunei Darussalam	30.7	28.3	19.2	16.7	15.4
Cambodia	50.6	38.0	26.5	24.5	22.7
China	21.6	17.9	12.5	12.6	11.6
Fiji	33.1	28.1	24.0	20.7	18.9
Hong Kong, China	15.3	12.4	8.4	10.5	11.1
India	35.5	30.0	25.3	20.0	18.7
Indonesia	31.7	24.4	22.0	20.2	18.4
Japan	12.8	9.8	8.9	8.4	8.1
Korea, DPR	21.7	20.7	16.8	14.0	13.8
Korea, Republic	20.1	16.0	10.5	8.9	8.9
Lao PDR	42.9	41.5	29.7	25.5	23.2
Macau, China	21.2	15.1	7.5	11.3	12.2
Malaysia	31.1	27.2	19.4	17.2	17.0
Mongolia	38.2	27.5	18.9	26.0	22.4
Myanmar	34.4	25.7	24.3	18.7	17.6
Nepal	41.2	37.2	29.7	20.9	19.5
New Zealand	15.8	16.6	14.2	13.7	13.1
Pakistan	42.1	38.2	30.3	29.7	27.4
Papua New Guinea	38.3	34.5	33.0	28.8	27.2
Philippines	35.7	31.9	28.8	24.1	22.9
Singapore	17.0	17.6	11.3	9.3	8.7
Solomon Islands	42.4	38.8	35.1	30.8	27.9
Sri Lanka	25.8	19.8	18.6	16.4	14.9
Thailand	24.2	18.2	13.6	11.3	10.0
Viet Nam	31.4	26.7	16.9	17.4	16.2

Source: UNDESA, 2018, World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.

Table B.4. Fertility rate, number of children per women aged 15-49, 1980-85 to 2015-20

	1980-85	1990-95	2000-05	2010-15	2015-20
Australia	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.8
Bangladesh	6.0	4.1	2.9	2.2	2.1
Brunei Darussalam	3.8	3.1	2.0	1.9	1.8
Cambodia	6.4	5.1	3.4	2.7	2.5
China	2.6	2.0	1.6	1.6	1.6
Fiji	3.8	3.4	3.0	2.6	2.5
Hong Kong, China	1.7	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.3
India	4.7	3.8	3.1	2.4	2.3
Indonesia	4.1	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.3
Japan	1.8	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.5
Korea, DPR	2.8	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.9
Korea, Republic	2.2	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.3
Lao PDR	6.4	5.9	3.9	2.9	2.8
Macau, China	2.1	1.4	0.8	1.2	1.3
Malaysia	4.0	3.4	2.5	2.1	2.0
Mongolia	5.8	3.3	2.1	2.8	2.7
Myanmar	4.7	3.2	2.9	2.3	2.2
Nepal	5.6	5.0	3.6	2.3	2.1
New Zealand	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0
Pakistan	6.4	5.7	4.2	3.7	3.4
Papua New Guinea	5.5	4.7	4.4	3.8	3.6
Philippines	4.9	4.1	3.7	3.1	2.9
Singapore	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.3
Solomon Islands	6.4	5.5	4.6	4.1	3.8
Sri Lanka	3.2	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.0
Thailand	2.9	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.5
Viet Nam	4.6	3.2	1.9	2.0	1.9

Source: UNDESA, 2018, World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.