Population: 1.44 billion
Capital: Beijing
Area: 9.597 million km²
Economy: Second-largest in the world (nominal GDP), largest in the world (PPP)
2. India
Population: 1.39 billion
Capital: New Delhi
Area: 3.287 million km²
Economy: Fifth-largest in the world (nominal GDP), third-largest in the world (PPP)
3. Indonesia
Population: 277.5 million
Capital: Jakarta
Area: 1.904 million km²
Economy: Sixteenth-largest in the world (nominal GDP), seventh-largest in the world (PPP)
4. Pakistan
Population: 220.9 million
Capital: Islamabad
Area: 796,095 km²
Economy: Twenty-ninth-largest in the world (nominal GDP), twenty-fifth-largest in the world (PPP)
5. Bangladesh
Population: 164.6 million
Capital: Dhaka
Area: 148,461 km²
Economy: Forty-first-largest in the world (nominal GDP), thirty-fourth-largest in the world (PPP)