Demographics of Asia
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The Demographics of Asia refers to the changing number and composition of the population of Asia. The continent covers 29.4% of the Earth's land area and has a population of almost 4 billion - accounting for more than 60% of the world population. The People's Republic of China and the Republic of India between themselves alone account for close to 2.5 billion people.
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[edit] Economy
Economically, most of Asia is traditionally considered part of the "Second World", with the significant exception of the industrialized "First World" nations of Japan, South Korea and Turkey. Asian nations in the G20 major economies are People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Turkey. Of these, Russia and Japan are also in the G8, and additionally China and India in the G8+5.
Six Asian countries / regions are on the IMF advanced economy list: 
South Korea 
Hong Kong 
Israel 
Taiwan 
Japan 
Singapore.
The Human Development Index is mostly in the "medium" range of 0.5-0.8, with 13 countries in the "high" range:
[edit] highest HDIs
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[edit] 10 lowest HDIs
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[edit] Ethnicities
Central Asian peoples: Turkic peoples
East Asian peoples: List of Chinese ethnic groups (historical), Sino-Tibetan peoples, Japanese people, Koreans
Northern Asia: List of indigenous peoples of Russia: Indigenous peoples of Siberia; Finno-Ugric peoples
Ethnic groups of South Asia: Ethnic groups of India, Ethnic groups in Pakistan, Dravidians, Indo-Aryans, Munda people
Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia: 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; Austronesian peoples, Tai peoples
Ethnic groups of the Middle East: Peoples of the Caucasus (transcontinental), Ethnic minorities in Iran, Ethnic minorities in Iraq; Semites, Iranian peoples, Turkmen, Turks
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