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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 (%)	Total Rural Pop.	Served Rural Pop.	Coverage (%)
East and Northeast Asia
China, People's Republic of	843,373	802,818	59,036	7	232,817	29	708,162	361,162	51
Japana	45,621	27,145	45,621	100	27,145	100	41,086	41,086	100
North and Central Asia
Kazakhstan	7,228	6,806	3,758	52	3,539	52	6,395	3,316	52
Russian Federation	40,039	38,902	28,027	70	27,231	70	34,284	26,395	77
Uzbekistan	12,309	16,194	5,908	48	7,773	48	19,341	10,463	54
Pacific
Cook Islands	8	6	7	88	6	100	3	3	100
Fiji	420	407	412	98	399	98	359	359	100
French Polynesia	86	116	83	97	112	97	136	136	100
Guam	12	11	12	98	11	98	9	9	100
Kiribati	47	47	10	21	10	22	38	11	29
Marshall Islands	15	18	8	51	10	59	31	14	46
Micronesia, Fed. States of	71	77	15	21	11	14	65	8	12
Niue	1	1	1	100	1	100	1	1	100
Northern Mariana Is.	5	5	4	78	4	96	4	4	100
Palau	5	6	2	54	3	52	7	4	57
Papua New Guinea	3,579	4,860	1,467	41	1,993	41	6,156	2,775	45
Samoa	126	137	124	98	137	100	151	151	100
Tonga	68	69	66	96	66	96	62	62	100
Tuvalu	5	5	4	74	4	83	4	4	100
South and Southwest Asia
Afghanistan	11,315	17,656	566	5	883	5	24,673	1,430	6
Bangladesh	87,522	109,295	9,627	11	42,625	39	127,706	67,684	53
Indiab	626,349	755,675	6,263	1	136,022	18	845,059	405,628	48
Iran, Islamic Republic of	24,949	23,144	19,460	78	18,052	78	21,245	16,641	78
Nepal	16,949	20,918	1,186	7	4,184	20	25,440	10,685	42
Pakistan	76,522	98,941	14,539	19	34,629	35	123,723	88,667	72
Sri Lanka	13,296	14,939	8,509	64	13,296	89	15,965	15,965	100
Turkey	23,613	23,908	15,821	67	14,823	62	23,070	13,813	60
Southeast Asia
Indonesia	125,661	121,593	47,751	38	46,205	38	105,669	44,587	42
Malaysia	8,923	8,867	8,744	98	8,690	98	8,584	8,584	100
Myanmar	30,380	34,685	4,557	15	21,851	63	34,819	34,819	100
Philippines	31,163	31,432	14,335	46	19,174	61	29,660	23,432	79
Thailand	38,616	42,291	28,576	74	42,291	100	44,057	44,057	100
Viet Nam	52,859	60,209	8,457	16	15,654	26	64,017	30,500	48

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)