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Statistics

Subregion/Country	Rural Population		Served Rural Population				Projections for 2015			Target 10 Achievement Prospects
	1990	2002	1990 Served Pop.	1990 Coverage (%)	2002 Served Pop.	2002 Coverage (%)	Rural Pop.	Served Rural Pop.	Coverage (%)
East and Northeast Asia
China, People's Republic of	843,373	802,818	497,590	59	545,916	68	708,162	601,937	85
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. of	8,382	8,791	8,382	100	8,791	100	8,129	8,129	100
Korea, Republic ofa	11,146	9,486	-	-	6,735	71	8,449	-	-
Mongolia	953	1,100	286	30	330	30	1,256	389	31
Japana	45,621	27,145	45,621	100	27,145	100	41,086	41,086	100
North and Central Asia
Azerbaijan	3,308	4,149	1,621	49	2,448	59	4,627	3,239	70
Kazakhstan	7,228	6,806	5,204	72	4,901	72	6,395	4,591	72
Russian Federation	40,039	38,902	34,433	86	34,234	88	34,284	30,855	90
Uzbekistan	12,309	16,194	10,340	84	13,603	84	19,341	16,246	84
Pacific
Australiaa	2,516	1,730	2,516	100	1,730	100	1,107	1,107	100
Cook Islands	8	6	7	87	5	88	3	2.7	89
French Polynesia	86	116	86	100	116	100	136	136	100
Guam	22	16	22	100	16	100	9	9	100
Kiribati	47	47	15	33	25	53	38	38	100
Marshall Islands	15	18	15	97	17	95	31	19	62
Micronesia, Fed. States of	71	77	60	85	72	94	65	65	100
New Zealanda	520	563	520	100	563	100	546	546	100
Niue	1	1	1	100	1	100	1	1	100
Northern Mariana Is.	5	5	5	100	4	97	4	3.8	94
Palau	5	6	4	99	6	94	7	6	89
Papua New Guinea	3,579	4,860	1,145	32	1,555	32	6,156	2,166	35
Samoa	126	137	112	89	121	88	151	130	86
Tonga	68	69	68	100	69	100	62	62	100
Tuvalu	5	5	5	89	4	92	4	4	100
Vanuatu	121	161	64	53	84	52	214	113	53
South and Southwest Asia
Bangladesh	87,522	109,295	59,515	68	78,692	72	127,706	97,056	76
India	626,349	755,675	382,073	61	619,654	82	845,059	845,059	100
Iran, Islamic Republic of	24,949	23,144	20,708	83	19,209	83	21,245	17,708	83
Maldives	160	222	158	99	174	78	259	192	74
Nepal	16,949	20,918	11,356	67	17,152	82	25,440	21,624	85
Pakistan	76,522	98,941	59,687	78	86,079	87	123,723	111,350	90
Sri Lanka	13,296	14,939	8,243	62	10,756	72	15,965	14,349	90
Turkey	23,613	23,908	15,349	65	20,800	87	23,070	19,609	85
Southeast Asia
Indonesia	125,661	121,593	77,910	62	83,899	69	105,669	80,308	76
Myanmar	30,380	34,685	12,152	40	25,667	74	34,819	24,373	70
Philippines	31,163	31,432	25,554	82	24,203	77	29,660	22,819	77
Thailand	38,616	42,291	30,121	78	33,833	80	44,057	36,127	82
Viet Nam	52,859	60,209	35,416	67	40,340	67	64,017	46,450	73

Legend: = on track = off track

Source:
Asia Water Watch 2015 - Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals?, 2006. (ADB / UNDP / UNESCAP / WHO)