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Currency
Exchange rate
per US$
Population
GDP, 1999
Unit
Abbreviation
1999
2000
thousands
Per
capita
(US$)
At current
prices
(mio US$)
               
Australia Australian dollar
$A
1.55
1.73
18 967
21 319
403 633
 
Azerbaijan Azeri manat
M
4 120.17
4 474.15
7 983
513
4 098
   
         
Bhutan ngultrum
Nu
43.06
44.94
2 064
214
435
   
         
Hong Kong, China Hong Kong dollar
HK$
7.76
7.79
6 843
23 579
158 990
   
         
India Indian rupee
Rs
43.06
44.94
986 611
453
449 955
   
         
Indonesia Indonesian rupiah
Rp
7 855.15
8 421.77
207 437
674
140 964
   
         
Japan Yen
 
113.91
107.77
126 505
34 276
4 346 919
   
         
Kyrgyzstan som
som
39.01
47.70
4 865
1 048
5 079
   
         
Macao, China pataca
p
434
   
         
Malaysia ringgit
M$
3.80
3.80
22 712
3 613
78 735
   
         
Mongolia tugrik
Tug
1 021.87
1 076.67
2 621
348
872
   
         
Nepal Nepalese rupee
NRs
68.24
71.09
22 367
218
4 903
   
         
Pakistan Pakistan rupee
PRs
49.12
53.65
134 510
487
67 024
   
         
Papua New Guinea kina
K
2.57
2.78
4 702
759
3 568
   
         
Philippines Philippine peso
P
39.09
44.19
74 746
1 032
76 559
   
         
Republic of Korea Won
W
1 188.82
1 130.96
46 858
8 871
411 648
   
         
Singapore Singapore dollar
S$
1.70
1.72
3 894
22 072
86 488
   
         
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka rupee
SL Rs
70.64
77.01
19 043
836
15 673
   
         
Thailand baht
B
37.81
40.11
61 806
2 000
123 986
   
         
Turkey Turkish lira
LT
418 783.00
625 218.00
64 385
2 813
184 761
   
         
Viet Nam dong
D
13 943.20
14 167.70
78 705
373
28 800
   
         
Source: United Nations Statistical Yearbook, 2002
 
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