16.03 Basic Economic Indicators in Selected Countries (Year 1998)
| Name of the country | Population (Million) | Land Area (Thousand of square kilometer) | Population (Per Sq. Km.) | GNP (Billion Dollar) | GNP (Per capita Dollar) | Export (Billion Dollar) (1997) | Import (Billion Dollar) (1997) | Per capita Energy consumption (kilograms of oil equivalent) (1997) |
| Afganistan | 25.0 | 652 | 38 | na | na | na | na | 90 |
| Bangladesh | 126.0 | 148 | 851 | 44 | 350 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 197 |
| Bhutan | 0.7 | 47 | 15 | 0.3 | 390 | na | na | 15 |
| China | 1239.0 | 9326 | 133 | 924 | 750 | 207.2 | 166.8 | 907 |
| Egypt | 61.0 | 995 | 62 | 79 | 1290 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 656 |
| India | 980.0 | 2973 | 330 | 427 | 440 | 44.1 | 59.2 | 479 |
| Indonesia | 204.0 | 1812 | 112 | 131 | 640 | 63.2 | 62.8 | 693 |
| Iran | 62.0 | 1622 | 38 | na | na | 23.2 | 18.0 | 1777 |
| Iraq | 22.0 | 437 | 51 | na | na | na | na | 1240 |
| Japan | 126.0 | 377 | 336 | 4089 | 32350 | 478.5 | 431.1 | 4048 |
| Korea, Republic of | 46.0 | 99 | 470 | 399 | 8600 | 164.9 | 171.3 | 3834 |
| Kuwait | 2.0 | 18 | 105 | na | na | 16.0 | 12.8 | 8936 |
| Myanmar | 44.0 | 677 | 68 | na | na | 1.4 | 2.4 | 296 |
| Malaysia | 22.0 | 330 | 68 | 81 | 3670 | 92.9 | 91.5 | 2237 |
| Mexico | 96.0 | 1909 | 50 | 368 | 3840 | 121.8 | 122.4 | 1501 |
| Nepal | 23.0 | 143 | 160 | 5 | 210 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 321 |
| Pakistan | 132.0 | 771 | 171 | 62 | 470 | 9.9 | 14.7 | 442 |
| Philippines | 75.0 | 298 | 252 | 79 | 1050 | 40.4 | 50.4 | 520 |
| Saudi rabia | 21.0 | 2150 | 10 | 143 | 6910 | 64.9 | 53.4 | 4906 |
| Srilanka | 19.0 | 65 | 291 | 15 | 810 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 386 |
| Thailand | 61.0 | 511 | 120 | 132 | 2160 | 72.4 | 72.4 | 1319 |
| Turkey | 63.0 | 770 | 82 | 201 | 3160 | 52.0 | 56.5 | 1140 |
| United Kingdom | 59.0 | 242 | 244 | 1264 | 21410 | 375.0 | 375.1 | 3863 |
| U.S.A. | 270.0 | 9159 | 30 | 7903 | 29240 | 937.4 | 1043.4 | 8073 |
| Venezuela | 23.0 | 882 | 26 | 82 | 3520 | 25.1 | 18.3 | 2526 |