1. East Asia Regional Statistics Source: CIA

3. Area of Region Total (sq mi) 4,552,799 Land 4,445,576 Water 107,223 Arable Land 437,988 Permanent Crops 3,288 Permanent Pastures 2,086,208 Forests & Woodlands 745,931 Other 1,279,413 Irrigated 222,539

5. Population for Region Total 1,495,234,743 0-14 years (%) 23.38 15-64 years (%)68.24 65 years and over (%) 8.38 Population growth rate (%) 1.03

8. Births & Deaths for Region Birth rate/100015.49 Death rate/1000 6.39 Net migration rate/1000 1.22 Infant mortality rate/1000 18.30 Life expectancy at birth-total population (years)74.37 Total fertility rate (children born/woman) TFR 1.81

10. Ethnicity of Region China Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1% Macau Chinese 95%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, other Japan Japanese 99.4%, Korean 0.6%

11. Ethnicity of Region North Korea racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese South Korea homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

12. Ethnicity of Region Mongolia Mongol (predominantly Khalkha) 85%, Turkic (of which Kazakh is the largest group) 7%, Tungusic 4.6%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 3.4% Taiwan Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine 2%

13. Religions of Region China Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.) Japan observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Macau Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35%

14. Religions of Region North Korea traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom South Korea Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%

15. Religions of Region Mongolia Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998) Taiwan mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

16. Languages of Region China Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages Literacy Rate (%)99.5 Japan Japanese Literacy Rate (%) 99.0

17. Languages of Region North Korea Korean Literacy Rate (%)98.0 South Korea Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school Literacy Rate (%) 99.0 Macau Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese) Literacy Rate (%) 90.0

18. Languages of Region Mongolia Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian Literacy Rate (%)97.0 Taiwan Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects Literacy Rate (%) 94.0

19. Economy of Region GDP ($) $8,835,000,000 GDP - real growth rate (%) 3 GDP - per capita ($) $11,754.00 GDP-agriculture (%) 13.0 GDP-industry (%) 35.0 GDP-services (%) 51.0 Labor force 116,000,000 Unemployment rate (%) 4.0

20. Miscellaneous Telephones - main lines in use (M) 235.25 Telephones - mobile/cellular (M) 242.11 Radios (M) 594.68 Televisions (M) 512.62 ISPs 102 Airports 925