Asia Map

Asia is Earth's most populous and largest continent, located basically in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. Asia shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the Europe continent and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Europe. It covers an area of 17,212,000 sq mi (44,579,000 square kilometres), about 30% of this planet's total land area and 8.7% of the Globe's total surface area. The Asia continent, which has long been a place to live for the majority of the human population, was the home to many of the first civilizations. Asia continent is recognized for not only its overall large area and population, but also large and dense settlements, along with vast barely populated regions. Asia’s 4.5 billion people (as per June 2019 est.) make up roughly 60% of the population of the world.

In universal terms, Asia continent is bordered on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by the Arctic Ocean, and on the south by the Indian Ocean. The border of Asia continent with Europe continent is a cultural and historical construct, as there is no fair geographical and physical separation between them. It is kind of inconsistent and has moved since its first interpretation in classical antiquity. Eurasia's division into 2 continents follows East-West linguistic, cultural, and ethnic differences, few of which alter on a spectrum rather than with a fine dividing line. The most oftenly accepted borders place Asia continent to the east of the Suez Canal dividing it from Africa continent; and to the east of the Turkish Straits, Ural River and the Ural Mountains, and to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and Black Seas and the Caspian, dividing it from Europe.

Sovereign States in Asia

List of Asian Countries which are UN Members

There are 48 Asian countries in this list. These are members of the UN except Palestine, which is an observer country and has never ruled the majority of its claimed regions.

S.N.	Asian Countries	Capital	Location	GDP PPP in Millions	GDP nominal in Millions	GDP PPP per capita	Population Official Count	Dialing Code	Currency	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)
1	Afghanistan	Kabul	South Asia	$62,790	$20,840	$2,000	271,01,365	+93	Afghani	6,52,864	2,51,827
2	Armenia	Yerevan	West Asia	$25,220	$10,610	$8,400	30,05,500	+374	Dram	29,743	11,484
3	Azerbaijan	Baku	West Asia	$1,74,300	$63,980	$18,700	95,93,000	+994	Manat	86,600	33,436
4	Bahrain	Manama	West Asia	$64,900	$30,910	$51,200	12,34,571	+973	Bahraini dinar	765	295.37
5	Bangladesh	Dhaka	South Asia	$5,77,000	$2,02,300	$3,600	1592,41,000	+880	Taka	1,47,570	56,977
6	Bhutan	Thimphu	South Asia	$6,383	$2,209	$8,200	7,65,680	+975	Bhutanese ngultrum	38,394	14,824
7	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Southeast Asia	$32,900	$11,640	$79,700	3,93,162	+673	Brunei dollar	5,765	2,226
8	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Southeast Asia	$54,035	$17,814	$3,476.512	133,95,682	+855	Riel	1,81,035	69,898
9	China (PRC)	Beijing	East Asia	$195,10,000	$113,80,000	$14,300	1,372,100,000	+86	Renminbi (yuan)	95,96,961	37,05,407
10	Cyprus	Nicosia	West Asia	$27,910	$19,380	$31,000	8,58,000	+357	Euro	9,251	3,572
11	Georgia	Tbilisi	West Asia	$35,370	$13,750	$9,500	37,29,500	+995	Lari	69,420	26,911
12	India	New Delhi	South Asia	$80,27,000	$21,83,000	$6,300	1,210,854,977	+91	Indian rupee	32,87,590	12,69,346
13	Indonesia	Jakarta	Southeast Asia	$28,39,000	$8,72,600	$11,300	2554,61,700	+62	Rupiah	19,04,569	7,35,358
14	Iran	Tehran	West Asia	$13,82,000	$3,96,900	$17,800	786,55,000	+98	Rial	16,48,195	6,36,372
15	Iraq	Baghdad	West Asia	$5,31,400	$1,65,100	$15,500	365,75,000	+964	Iraqi dinar	4,37,072	1,69,234
16	Israel	Jerusalem (proclaimed)	West Asia	$2,81,800	$2,98,900	$34,300	83,88,500	+972	New Shekel	20,770	8,019 / 8,522
17	Japan	Tokyo	East Asia	$46,58,000	$41,27,000	$38,200	1268,90,000	+81	Yen	3,77,944	1,45,925
18	Jordan	Amman	West Asia	$82,990	$38,210	$12,400	63,88,000	+962	Jordanian dinar	89,342	35,637
19	Kazakhstan	Astana	Central Asia	$4,30,500	$1,95,000	$24,700	175,63,300	+7-6xx, +7-7xx	Tenge	27,24,900	10,52,085
20	Kuwait	Kuwait City	West Asia	$2,88,800	$1,23,200	$72,200	40,39,445	+965	Kuwaiti dinar	17,820	6,880
21	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Central Asia	$19,810	$7,158	$3,400	58,95,100	+996	Som	1,99,951	77,181
22	Laos	Vientiane	Southeast Asia	$37,500	$12,550	$5,400	68,02,000	+856	Kip	2,36,800	91,428.99
23	Lebanon	Beirut	West Asia	$83,860	$54,400	$18,600	37,59,100	+961	Lebanese pound	10,452	4,036
24	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Southeast Asia	$8,13,500	$3,13,500	$26,600	310,86,000	+60	Ringgit	3,29,847	1,27,355
25	Maldives	Malé	South Asia	$4,732	$3,031	$13,600	3,41,256	+960	Maldivian rufiyaa	298	115
26	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	East Asia	$36,430	$12,410	$12,500	30,40,900	+976	Tögrög	15,66,000	6,03,909
27	Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Southeast Asia	$2,67,700	$65,780	$5,200	514,86,253	+95	Kyat	6,76,578	2,61,227
28	Nepal	Kathmandu	South Asia	$70,080	$21,360	$2,500	280,37,904	+977	Nepalese rupee	1,47,181	56,827
29	North Korea	P'yŏngyang	East Asia	$40,000	$28,000	$1,800	240,52,231	+850	North Korean won	1,20,540	46,528
30	Oman	Muscat	West Asia	$1,71,700	$60,180	$46,200	42,26,061	+968	Rial	3,09,501	1,19,498
31	Pakistan	Islamabad	South Asia	$9,30,800	$2,47,800	$4,900	1913,55,000	+92	Pakistani Rupee	8,03,940	3,10,403
32	Philippines	Manila	Southeast Asia	$7,42,200	$2,99,300	$7,500	1029,65,300	+63	Philippine Peso	3,00,000	1,15,831
33	Qatar	Doha	West Asia	$3,24,200	$1,92,100	$1,45,000	21,20,129	+974	Riyal	11,586	4,467.60
34	Russia	Moscow	North Asia	$34,71,000	$12,36,000	$23,700	1438,19,569	+7	Russian ruble	170,98,242	65,92,800
35	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	West Asia	$16,81,000	$6,65,500	$54,600	315,21,418	+966	Saudi riyal	21,49,690	8,30,000
36	Singapore	Singapore City	Southeast Asia	$4,68,900	$2,94,000	$85,700	54,69,700	+65	Singapore dollar	719.1	278
37	South Korea	Seoul	East Asia	$18,49,000	$13,93,000	$36,700	506,17,045	+82	South Korean won	1,00,210	38,691
38	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	South Asia	$2,32,500	$79,520	$11,200	206,75,000	+94	Sri Lankan rupee	65,610	25,332
39	Syria	Damascus	West Asia	$55,800	$24,600	$5,100	213,77,000	+963	Syrian pound	1,85,180	71,479
40	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Central Asia	$23,300	$8,045	$2,800	83,54,000	+992	Somoni	1,43,100	55,251
41	Thailand	Bangkok	Southeast Asia	$11,07,000	$3,73,500	$16,100	659,26,261	+66	Baht	5,13,120	1,98,115
42	Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Dili	Southeast Asia	$7,101	$4,231	$5,800	12,12,107	+670	US Dollar	15,410	5,743
43	Turkey	Ankara	West Asia	$15,76,000	$7,22,200	$20,500	776,95,904	+90	Turkish lira	7,83,562	3,02,535
44	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Central Asia	$90,290	$44,360	$15,600	47,51,120	+993	Turkmen new manat	4,91,210	1,88,456
45	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	West Asia	$6,41,900	$3,39,100	$67,000	82,64,070	+971	UAE dirham	83,600	32,278
46	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Central Asia	$1,85,800	$65,950	$6,100	310,22,500	+998	Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi)	4,48,978	1,72,742
47	Vietnam	Hanoi	Southeast Asia	$5,51,300	$1,98,800	$6,100	904,93,352	+84	đồng	3,32,698	1,28,565
48	Yemen	Sana'a	West Asia	$75,520	$34,930	$2,800	245,27,000	+967	Yemeni rial	5,28,076	2,03,796

Other States

The 6 countries in this list have different levels of recognition, but are not members of the UN. All are recognized as states by the declarative theory of statehood.

S.N.	Name	Status	Capital	Dialing Code	Population	Currency	GDP PPP in Millions	GDP nominal in Millions	GDP PPP per capita	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)
1	Abkhazia	Claimed as an autonomous republic of Georgia. Recognised by four UN states.	Sukhumi / Sukhum	+7 840 / 940, +995 44	2,50,000	Abkhazian apsar, Russian ruble		$500		8,660	3,344
2	Nagorno-Karabakh	Claimed as part of Azerbaijan. Recognised only by 3 non-UN states.	Stepanakert	+374 47 / 97	1,41,400	Armenian dram, Nagorno-Karabakh dram	$411.7		$2,780	7,000	2,703
3	Northern Cyprus	Claimed as part of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey.	Nicosia	+90 392	2,85,356	Turkish lira		$4,273	$15,302	3,355	1,295
4	Palestine	Palestine which is an observer state	Jerusalem (proclaimed), Ramallah	+970	42,25,710	Israeli Shekel	$12,700	$12,700	$1924 (West Bank), $876 (Gaza)	6,220	2,402
5	South Ossetia	Claimed as part of Georgia. Recognised by four UN states.	Tskhinvali	+995 34	70,000	Russian ruble	$15		$250	3,900	1,506
6	Taiwan	Claimed as a province of China	Taipei	+886	230,71,779	New Taiwan dollar	$11,14,000	$5,18,800	$47,500	35,980	13,892

Dependent Territories and other Territories

S.N.	Territory Name	Status	Capital	Dialing Code	Currency	GDP PPP in Millions	GDP Nominal in Millions	GDP PPP Per Capita	Population	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)
1	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	British overseas territory	Episkopi Cantonment	+357	Euro				7,700 Cypriots, 8,000 British military personnel and their families	254	98
2	British Indian Ocean Territory	British overseas territory		+246	United States Dollar, Pound sterling				3,000	54,400	21,004
3	Christmas Island	Territory of Australia	Flying Fish Cove	+61 8 9164	Australian dollar				2,072	135	52
4	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Territory of Australia	West Island / Bantam	+61	Australian dollar				596	14	5
5	Hong Kong	Special Administrative Region of China	Hong Kong	+852	Hong Kong dollar	$4,14,500	$3,07,800	$57,000	72,98,600	1,104	426
6	Macau / Macao	Special Administrative Region of China	Macau / Macao	+853	Macanese pataca	$51,680	$51,680	$88,700	6,42,900	28.2	10.9