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Statistics

Subregion/Country	Urban Population		Served Urban Population				Projections for 2015			Target 10 Achievement Prospects
	1990	2002	1990 Served Pop.	1990 Coverage (%)	2002 Served Pop.	2002 Coverage (%)	Total Urban Pop.	Served Urban Pop.	Coverage (%)
East and Northeast Asia
China, People's Republic of	311,932	492,049	199,637	64	339,514	69	694,139	513,662	74
Japana	77,916	100,295	77,916	100	100,295	100	86,114	86,114	100
North and Central Asia
Armeniaa	2,375	1,997	2,280	96	1,917	96	1,926	1,588	82
Georgia	3,003	2,692	2,883	96	2,584	96	2,425	2,296	95
Kazakhstan	9,581	8,663	8,336	87	7,536	87	8,905	6,757	76
Russian Federation	108,253	105,180	100,675	93	97,817	93	99,116	92,178	93
Uzbekistan	8,206	9,511	5,990	73	6,943	73	11,359	8,146	72
Pacific
Australiaa	14,357	17,929	14,357	100	17,929	100	20,593	20,593	100
Cook Islands	10	12	10	100	12	100	14	14	100
Fiji	304	424	301	99	420	99	541	541	100
French Polynesia	109	125	108	99	124	99	155	144	93
Guam	122	158	121	99	156	99	185	185	100
Kiribati	25	40	8	33	24	59	62	58	94
Marshall Islands	29	34	25	88	32	93	70	41	59
Micronesia, Fed. States of	25	31	13	53	19	61	35	25	70
New Zealanda	2,890	3,376	2,890	100	3,376	100	3,654	3,654	100
Niue	0.6	0.7	0.6	100	0.7	100	1	0.8	80
Northern Mariana Is.	39	71	33	85	67	94	94	94	100
Palau	11	14	8	72	13	96	14	14	100
Papua New Guinea	535	726	358	67	487	67	1,044	678	65
Samoa	34	39	34	100	39	100	49	45	91
Solomon Islands	45	74	44	98	73	98	125	125	100
Tonga	31	34	30	98	33	98	38	37	97
Tuvalu	4	5	3	83	5	92	7	7	100
South and Southwest Asia
Bangladesh	21,880	34,514	15,535	71	25,886	75	53,694	45,007	84
India	220,069	293,874	94,630	43	170,447	58	401,341	322,439	80
Iran, Islamic Republic of	31,754	44,926	27,308	86	38,637	86	60,155	51,733	86
Maldives	56	87	56	100	87	100	141	138	98
Nepal	1,676	3,691	1,039	62	2,510	68	6,560	4,920	75
Pakistan	34,379	50,970	27,847	81	46,892	92	80,778	80,778	100
Sri Lanka	3,534	3,971	3,146	89	3,892	98	4,635	4,635	100
Turkey	33,980	46,410	32,621	96	43,625	94	59,030	54,308	92
Southeast Asia
Indonesia	56,456	95,538	37,261	66	67,832	71	144,731	109,996	76
Malaysiab	8,923	15,098	8,387	94	14,796	98	21,016	21,016	100
Myanmar	10,127	14,167	3,949	39	13,600	96	20,981	20,981	100
Philippines	29,941	47,148	18,863	63	38,190	81	66,640	66,640	100
Thailand	15,773	19,902	14,984	95	19,305	97	25,543	25,402	99
Viet Nam	13,215	20,070	6,079	46	16,858	84	30,683	30,683	100

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)