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Population relative to neighbours

Population as a share of neighbouring country populations: weighted at 100% for neighbouring countries with land borders; 75% for neighbouring countries divided by a strait; 25% for neighbouring countries with touching or overlapping claimed EEZ boundaries (2018)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for population relative to neighbours. Embed

Population relative to neighbours

Population as a share of neighbouring country populations: weighted at 100% for neighbouring countries with land borders; 75% for neighbouring countries divided by a strait; 25% for neighbouring countries with touching or overlapping claimed EEZ boundaries (2018)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    116.7% 2018
  • 2 66.5 New Zealand
    77.7% 2018
  • 3 61.8 India
    72.2% 2018
  • 4 55.6 China
    64.9% 2018
  • 5 28.4 — Australia
    33.3% 2018
  • 6 27.2 — Indonesia
    31.8% 2018
  • 7 20.2 — Japan
    23.6% 2018
  • 8 18.7 — Philippines
    21.9% 2018
  • 9 9.8 — Bangladesh
    11.5% 2018
  • 10 9.3 — South Korea
    11.0% 2018
  • 11 8.8 — Thailand
    10.3% 2018
  • 12 8.0 — Cambodia
    9.4% 2018
  • 13 6.3 — Russia
    7.5% 2018
  • 14 6.2 — Pakistan
    7.4% 2018
  • 15 5.2 — Vietnam
    6.2% 2018
  • 16 3.5 — Malaysia
    4.2% 2018
  • 17 2.5 — Papua New Guinea
    3.0% 2018
  • 18 −1 2.1 — Singapore
    2.5% 2018
  • 19 −1 1.7 — Sri Lanka
    2.1% 2018
  • 20 −1 1.7 — Taiwan
    2.1% 2018
  • 21 −1 1.5 — Myanmar
    1.8% 2018
  • 22 −1 1.3 — North Korea
    1.6% 2018
  • 23 −1 0.8 — Nepal
    1.0% 2018
  • 24 −1 0.3 — Laos
    0.4% 2018
  • 25 −1 0.1 — Mongolia
    0.2% 2018
  • 26 0.0 — Brunei
    0.1% 2018
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