eli5: Why do Asian countries have such high populations?

Question

What the title says. India and china alone have almost 3 billion. Asia has over half the worlds population. Why has this historically been the case even though many Asian countries developed far slower than European countries.

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Answer 1

Fertile land, good climate. That’s it. There is no other secret to it. You throw away any seeds anywhere in South/Southeast Asia it will grow into a plant.