Curated regional market set

East Asia
market data

Three major production, technology and consumer markets with sharply different populations and income levels.

3 included markets

Latest country observations

This curated table is not an official regional aggregate. Every value retains its reported year.

CountryGDPGDP per capitaGDP growthPopulationInternet use
China $19.50T2025$13,86220254.96%20251,406,585,000202591.60%2025
Japan $4.44T2025$35,95120251.19%2025123,366,734202585.54%2024
South Korea $1.87T2025$36,22720251.01%202551,684,564202597.90%2024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-08-26.

Set-level reading

Scale and range

Calculated only from the countries included above.

Combined scale

$25.81T reported GDP

Adding the latest current-dollar observations gives $25.81T of GDP across the curated set and 1.58B residents. Source years can differ slightly, so this is context rather than a formal regional aggregate.

Largest economy

China

China has the largest latest current-dollar GDP in this set at $19.50T. Exchange-rate changes can alter this ordering without an equivalent change in real output.

Income range

South Korea to China

Latest GDP per capita ranges from $36,227 in South Korea to $13,862 in China. These are averages, not household incomes.

Current spread

China has the highest latest growth

Latest reported real GDP growth ranges from 1.01% in South Korea to 4.96% in China. Internet use ranges from 85.54% to 97.90%.

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