↑ A state is a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a certain geographical territory. The population on the Taiwan island and the Penghu islands is governed by an effective government to the exclusion of others, but the political status is dispute.
↑ The population figure is the combined populations of Greater China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan as listed at การคาดการณ์ประชากรโลก พ.ศ. 2560.
