Table 1 Crude estimates for population using self-supply as a main drinking water source in 2018 (based on most recent data).

From: Self-supplied drinking water in low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific

 

Proportion of population with self-supply as main drinking water source

Total population in 2018

Crude estimate of population with self-supply as main drinking water source in 2018

Pacific

 Fiji

4%

883,483

37,556

 Kiribati

41%

115,847

47,660

 Marshall Isl.a

79%

58,413

46,205

 Micronesia

43%

112,640

48,660

 PNG

14%

8,606,316

1,217,275

 Samoa

5%

196,130

10,262

 Solomon Isl.

14%

652,858

90,633

 Tongaa

60%

103,197

62,417

 Tuvalu

99%

11,508

11,377

 Vanuatu

20%

292,680

59,373

 Sub-total

15%

11,033,072

1,631,418

Southeast Asia

 Cambodia

37%

16,249,798

5,974,521

 Indonesia

33%

267,663,435

87,578,639

 Lao PDR

16%

7,061,507

1,112,191

 Myanmar

28%

53,708,395

14,787,616

 Philippines

8%

106,651,922

9,029,040

 Thailand

18%

69,428,524

12,806,874

 Timor-Leste

9%

1,267,972

117,964

 Vietnam

49%

95,540,395

47,104,794

 Sub-total

29%

617,571,948

178,511,639

South Asia

 Afghanistan

30%

37,172,386

11,142,335

 Bangladesh

71%

161,356,039

113,957,274

 Bhutan

<1%

754,394

2,056

 India

27%

1,352,617,328

368,952,399

 Maldives

46%

515,696

239,025

 Nepal

30%

28,087,871

8,500,120

 Pakistan

42%

212,215,030

89,246,056

 Sri Lankab

31%

21,670,000

6,804,328

 Sub-total

33%

1,814,388,744

598,843,593

Grand total

32%

2,442,993,764

778,986,650

  1. aData constraints prevented inclusion of groundwater-based self-supply for Tonga and Marshall Islands.
  2. bData constraints prevented inclusion of rainwater-based self-supply for Sri Lanka.