Table 1. Growth and Income in Asia
| Period | Japan | Korea | Indonesia | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Annual GDP Percent Growth (2005 U.S. dollars) | |||||
| 1960s | 10.4 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 1970s | 4.1 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 2.9 |
| 1980s | 4.4 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 5.7 |
| 1990s | 1.5 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 10.0 | 5.8 |
| 2000s | .6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 6.9 |
| 2010-14 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 7.3 |
| Per Capita GDP (2005 U.S. dollars) | |||||
| 1960s | 10,576 | 1,335 | 290 | 108 | 245 |
| 1970s | 17,782 | 2,895 | 416 | 169 | 278 |
| 1980s | 24,620 | 5,749 | 644 | 328 | 334 |
| 1990s | 32,779 | 11,618 | 1,026 | 746 | 463 |
| 2000s | 35,250 | 18,350 | 1,258 | 1,761 | 724 |
| 2010-14 | 36,916 | 23,373 | 1,712 | 3,381 | 1,115 |
Note: GDP is gross domestic product.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Table 2. Asia: Real GDP
| Actual Data and Latest Projections | Difference from April 2015 WEO | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015[projection] | 2016[projection] | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Asia | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| Emerging Asia1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Australia | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.3 |
| Japan | 17 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| New Zealand | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -0.3 |
| East Asia | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| China | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Hong Kong SAR | 17 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.4 |
| Korea | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -0.3 |
| Taiwan Province of China | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.1 | -1.6 | -15 |
| South Asia | 5.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
| Bangladesh | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| India | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
| Sri Lanka | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nepal | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 | -0.1 | -1.6 | -0.6 |
| ASEAN | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.9 | -2.1 | -2.3 | -1.2 | 3.2 | -1.6 | -0.7 | 0.4 |
| Cambodia | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
| Indonesia | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -0.4 |
| Lao P.D.R. | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Malaysia | 5.5 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 |
| Myanmar | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Philippines | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 |
| Singapore | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | -0.8 | -0.1 |
| Thailand | 7.3 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.2 | -1.2 | -0.8 |
| Vietnam | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Pacific island countries and other small states2 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.0 |
| Memorandum items: | ||||||||
| World | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| Advanced economies | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| United States | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| Euro area | -0.7 | -0.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Emerging and developing economies | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
Sources: IMF, World Economic Outlook database; and IMF staff projections.
1. Emerging Asia includes China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. India’s data are reported on a fiscal year basis.
2. Simple average of Pacific island countries and other small states which include Bhutan, Fiji, Kiribati, Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
Note: This table originally appeared as table 1 in International Monetary Fund (2015), Regional Economic Outlook Update: Asia and Pacific Department (Washington: IMF, October), p.12,
Table 3. Emerging Asia Demographics
| Country or Territory | UN Estimates for 2015 | |
|---|---|---|
| Median Population Age (2015) | Percent of Population Age 65 or over (2030) | |
| Bangladesh | 26 | 7 |
| Bhutan | 27 | 8 |
| Cambodia | 24 | 7 |
| China | 37 | 17 |
| Hong Kong | 43 | 26 |
| India | 27 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 8 |
| Korea | 41 | 24 |
| Lao P.D.R. | 22 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 10 |
| Myanmar | 29 | 9 |
| Nepal | 23 | 7 |
| Philippines | 24 | 7 |
| Singapore | 40 | 23 |
| Sri Lanka | 32 | 15 |
| Thailand | 38 | 19 |
| Vietnam | 30 | 12 |
| Memo: | ||
| Germany | 46 | 28 |
| Japan | 47 | 30 |
| United States | 38 | 21 |
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015), World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, Key Findings and Advance Tables, Working Paper ESA/P/WP.241 (New York: UN),
Table 4. Population and GDP for Emerging Asia, 2014
| Country or Territory | Population (millions) | GDP (billions of current U.S. dollars) |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 158.22 | 183.82 |
| Bhutan | .77 | 1.98 |
| Brunei Darussalam | .41 | 17.10 |
| Cambodia | 15.31 | 16.55 |
| China | 1,367.82 | 10,356.51 |
| Fiji | .89 | 4.29 |
| Hong Kong | 7.27 | 290.90 |
| India | 1,275.92 | 2,051.23 |
| Indonesia | 252.17 | 888.65 |
| Kiribati | .11 | .18 |
| Korea | 50.42 | 1,410.38 |
| Lao P.D.R. | 6.90 | 11.68 |
| Malaysia | 30.60 | 338.11 |
| Maldives | .34 | 2.89 |
| Marshall Islands | .05 | .19 |
| Micronesia | .10 | .31 |
| Mongolia | 2.93 | 12.04 |
| Myanmar | 51.42 | 63.14 |
| Nepal | 28.11 | 19.76 |
| Palau | .02 | .25 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7.53 | 16.81 |
| Philippines | 99.43 | 284.62 |
| Samoa | .19 | .83 |
| Singapore | 5.47 | 307.87 |
| Solomon Islands | .58 | 1.16 |
| Sri Lanka | 20.96 | 74.92 |
| Taiwan | 23.43 | 529.60 |
| Thailand | 68.66 | 404.82 |
| Timor-Leste | 1.23 | 4.97 |
| Tonga | .10 | .44 |
| Tuvalu | .01 | .04 |
| Vanuatu | .26 | .82 |
| Vietnam | 90.63 | 185.90 |
Note: GDP is gross domestic product.
Source: International Monetary Fund (2015), World Economic Outlook: Adjusting to Lower Commodity Prices (Washington: IMF, October),
