Question

Which is the most populated country in Asia?
a. India
b. China
c. Indonesia
d. Pakistan

Answer 1

Hint:
In East Asia, China is a region. It covers about 9.6 million square kilometres and is the third or fourth largest country in the world by area.

Complete solution:
China is the most populated country in Asia. It is also the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.4 billion in 2019.

The 2010 national census reported a population of approximately 1,370,536,875 in the People's Republic of China. About 16.60 percent of the population were aged 14 years or younger, 70.14 percent were aged 15 to 59 years, and 13.26 percent were aged over 60 years. It is estimated that the population growth rate for 2013 is 0.46 percent . China used to make up much of the poor of the world; now it makes up much of the middle class of the world. China's own poverty standards are higher, and the country is still on the way to fully eradicating national poverty by 2019.

China instituted a two-child limit during the 1970s, given concerns about population growth, and in 1979, began to support an even tighter limit of one child per family. However, given the unpopularity of the strict limits, China began to allow some significant exemptions, particularly in rural areas, beginning in the mid 1980s, resulting in what was essentially a' 1.5'-child policy from the mid-1980s to 2015.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
 In December 2013, the next big loosening of the policy was introduced, enabling families to have two children if one parent is a single child. The one-child policy was scrapped in place of a two-child policy in 2016.