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Asia

48 countries read on one grammar, with the couplings that cross their borders.

Page GRX-REG-ASIEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Region Asia (UN M49)Values not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Asia: 48 profiles in 5 sub-regions
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AndorraAntigua and BarbudaBahrainBarbadosComorosCabo VerdeDominicaMicronesia (Federated States of)GrenadaKiribatiSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaLiechtensteinMonacoMaldivesMarshall IslandsMaltaMauritiusNauruPalauSingaporeSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSeychellesTongaTuvaluHoly SeeSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoa
Equal Earth · Natural Earth 1:110m · UN M49Values when released
Colour shows UN M49 sub-regions, not risk. Select a country to open its profile. Source: UN M49 regions (UN Statistics Division).
48
country profiles
5
sub-regions
20
domain indices each
54
series read here
01Exposure

Asia: exposure and coverage

People and coastal exposure are source observations from open grids, not index values; each figure names its source.

People by sub-region
  1. Central Asia80.6 m1.7%
  2. Eastern Asia1.63 bn34.4%
  3. South-eastern Asia666.4 m14.1%
  4. Southern Asia2.06 bn43.5%
  5. Western Asia298.3 m6.3%

GHSL 2025, European Commission JRC (CC BY 4.0), summed over first-level units.

People on land at or below 10 m, by sub-region
  1. Central Asia218,4900.3%
  2. Eastern Asia239.0 m14.7%
  3. South-eastern Asia166.7 m25.0%
  4. Southern Asia169.9 m8.2%
  5. Western Asia19.4 m6.5%

GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain) and GHSL 2025 (CC BY 4.0); people on land at or below 10 m.

Administrative units mapped, by level
  1. ADM187948 of 48 countries
  2. ADM213,23146 of 48 countries
  3. ADM322,19713 of 48 countries
  4. ADM429,1194 of 48 countries
  5. ADM5649,7711 of 48 countries

geoBoundaries, each country and level on its own licence; share-alike layers kept separate.

02Humanitarian data

Asia: humanitarian figures by country

Latest figure of each theme from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, with its year; 48 countries with data, synced 2026-10-23. The provider and licence of every dataset are on each country’s data page. Source observations, not index values; a dash means HDX holds no admitted figure.

Countryজনসংখ্যাDisplaced peopleRefugees hostedRefugees abroadFunding received (US$)
Afghanistan––1,053,470 20255,581,494 20251,027,646,560 2025
Armenia2,963,251 2021–124,080 202529,819 2025–
Azerbaijan9,898,100 2018–6,607 2025137,332 2025–
Bahrain––362 2025397 2025–
Bangladesh165,650,475 2022–1,798,698 2025749,698 2025496,851,785 2025
Bhutan777,224 2024––7,334 2025–
Brunei Darussalam–––175 2025–
Cambodia17,336,307 2024–28 202512,978 2025–
China––712 2025255,018 2025–
Cyprus––71,206 202525 2025–
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea23,275,627 2008––308 202535,091,299 2020
Georgia––26,758 202520,307 202572,987,948 2009
India––253,718 2025224,957 2025–
Indonesia––12,332 202518,557 202530,691,990 2018
Iran (Islamic Republic of)79,926,270 2016–1,650,014 2025208,178 202542,208,595 2026
Iraq41,190,658 2021–348,580 2025373,386 2025132,990,778 2024
Israel––54,208 20252,167 2025–
Japan––42,111 2025147 2025–
Jordan–––17,314 2025169,042,225 2025
Kazakhstan––4,540 202510,765 2025–
Kuwait––997 20255,714 2025–
Kyrgyzstan––3,131 202511,409 202568,617,608 2011
Lao People’s Democratic Republic7,631,798 2024––6,955 20259,563,418 2010
Lebanon––569,543 202540,685 2025332,291,712 2026
Malaysia16,805,800 2020–269,056 20257,988 2025–
Maldives515,124 2022––81 2025–
Mongolia3,279,403 2021–31 20256,197 20258,487,790 2024
Myanmar–––1,592,698 2025396,141,659 2025
Nepal30,899,443 2023–7,928 202524,312 202527,173,764 2024
Oman–––176 2025–
Pakistan––3,499,915 2025–27,230,737 2026
Philippines115,377,992 2025–110,560 2025170,602 202524,542,184 2025
Qatar2,846,118 2020–348 2025101 2025–
Republic of Korea––42,952 2025––
Saudi Arabia32,175,224 2022–4,355 20252,769 2025–
Singapore––5 2014255 2025–
Sri Lanka––484 2025182,326 202532,933,463 2026
State of Palestine5,483,450 2023––69,026 20252,739,537,575 2025
Syrian Arab Republic––16,521,312 202521,531,017 20251,372,134,643 2025
Tajikistan9,126,600 2019–11,858 202510,588 20251,656,895 2023
Thailand69,394,762 2023–87,361 20252,983 2025–
Timor-Leste1,336,215 2022–5 20151,535 2025–
Türkiye––2,488,290 2025271,843 202546,706,080 2025
Turkmenistan––3,209 20253,527 20250 2023
United Arab Emirates––7,734 2025297 2025–
Uzbekistan––7,705 202522,578 2025221,740 2023
Viet Nam100,768,914 2024–13 202539,917 20255,351,609 2026
Yemen––63,808 202583,362 2025705,514,921 2025
03সূচক

Regional pillars, composite and couplings

Regional values aggregate country values with the declared population or exposure weights, plus cross-border couplings: shared basins, trade corridors, energy interconnections, displacement routes and conflict spillover.

Asia composite
Not yet published
Asia coupled composite
Not yet published
04Sub-region

Central Asia

09Cite

Cite and reuse

GCRI Canada (2026). The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk)): Asia regional series (GRX-REG-ASI), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/countries/asia/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-M142-000001.
Observation key
grix:REG.ASIA:{YEAR}:A

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