Eastern Asia Population Pyramid 2021
Eastern Asia in 2021
The population of Eastern Asia in 2021 was 1,665,274,546. A decade earlier, in 2011, the population was 1,596,309,473; it has grown by 4.3% since.
The median age was 40.0 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 24.7 children under 15 and 21.2 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
11,200,990 immigrants live in Eastern Asia.
| China | 4,666,475 |
| Viet Nam | 1,214,703 |
| Philippines | 677,355 |
| Indonesia | 628,419 |
| Myanmar | 485,005 |
17,176,811 people born in Eastern Asia live in other countries.
| United States of America | 4,792,564 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,587,882 |
| Japan | 1,323,751 |
| Canada | 1,231,317 |
| Australia | 1,015,329 |





