Asia — The Future Center of the World Economy

Ernst G. Frankel

Chapter 3 in Managing Development, 2005, pp 100-133 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Asia is by far the most populous continent. It accounts for 56% of the world’s population or 3.31 billion people. By the year 2025 its population is expected to increase by 60% to 5.26 billion or just a little less than today’s world population. Of this population, 42% or about 2.2 billion will inhabit South Asia, 38% East Asia, 5% Central Asia, and 15% Southeast Asia. In other words, the population of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh will exceed that of China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. By the year 2010, around 35% of Asia’s people will reside in urban areas and the number of Asian cities with one million or greater population will be 101, including 38 in China and 24 in India.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; World Economy; Foreign Trade; Economic Freedom; Purchasing Power Parity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230006294_4

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