Asia is a continent in the northern half of the eastern hemisphere. The largest country is Russia .
Countries of Asia
| name of region andterritory, with flag | Area
(km²) |
Population July 2008 est.) | Population density
(per km²) |
Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia: | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,927 | 15,666,533 | 5.7 | Astana |
| Kyrgyzstan | 198,500 | 5,356,869 | 24.3 | Bishkek |
| Tajikistan | 143,100 | 7,211,884 | 47.0 | Dushanbe |
| Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 5,179,573 | 9.6 | Ashgabat |
| Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 28,268,441 | 57.1 | Tashkent |
| Eastern Asia: | ||||
| Hong Kong | 1,092 | 7,008,300[19] | 6,417.9 | _ |
| Japan | 377,835 | 127,288,628 | 336.1 | Tokyo |
| Macau | 25 | 460,823 | 18,473.3 | — |
| Mongolia | 1,565,000 | 2,996,082 | 1.7 | Ulan Bator |
| North Korea | 120,540 | 23,479,095 | 184.4 | Pyongyang |
| People's Republic of China | 9,640,821 | 1,322,044,605 | 134.0 | Beijing |
| Republic of China | 35,980 | 22,920,946 | 626.7 | Taipei |
| South Korea | 98,480 | 49,232,844 | 490.7 | Seoul |
| Northern Asia: | ||||
| Russia | 17,075,400 | 142,200,000 | 26.8 | Moscow |
| Southeastern Asia: | ||||
| Brunei | 5,770 | 381,371 | 66.1 | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 676,578 | 47,758,224 | 70.3 | Naypyidaw[25] |
| Cambodia | 181,035 | 13,388,910 | 74 | Phnom Penh |
| East Timor (Timor-Leste) | 15,007 | 1,108,777 | 73.8 | Dili |
| Indonesia | 1,919,440 | 230,512,000 | 120.1 | Jakarta |
| Laos | 236,800 | 6,677,534 | 28.2 | Vientiane |
| Malaysia | 329,847 | 27,780,000 | 84.2 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Philippines | 300,000 | 92,681,453 | 308.9 | Manila |
| Singapore | 704 | 4,608,167 | 6,545.7 | Singapore |
| Thailand | 514,000 | 65,493,298 | 127.4 | Bangkok |
| Vietnam | 331,690 | 86,116,559 | 259.6 | Hanoi |
| Southern Asia: | ||||
| Afghanistan | 647,500 | 32,738,775 | 42.9 | Kabul |
| Bangladesh | 147,570 | 153,546,901 | 1040.5 | Dhaka |
| Bhutan | 38,394 | 682,321 | 17.8 | Thimphu |
| India | 3,287,263 | 1,147,995,226 | 349.2 | New Delhi |
| Maldives | 300 | 379,174 | 1,263.3 | Malé |
| Nepal | 147,181 | 29,519,114 | 200.5 | Kathmandu |
| Pakistan | 803,940 | 167,762,049 | 208.7 | Islamabad |
| Sri Lanka | 65,610 | 21,128,773 | 322.0 | Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte |
| Western Asia: | ||||
| Armenia | 29,800 | 3,299,000 | 280.7 | Yerevan |
| Azerbaijan | 86,660 | 8,845,127 | 102.736 | Baku |
| Bahrain | 665 | 718,306 | 987.1 | Manama |
| Cyprus | 9,250 | 792,604 | 83.9 | Nicosia |
| Georgia | 69,700 | 4,636,400 | 65.1 | Tbilisi |
| Iraq | 437,072 | 28,221,181 | 54.9 | Baghdad |
| Iran | 1,648,195 | 70,472,846 | 42.8 | Tehran |
| Israel | 20,770 | 7,112,359 | 290.3 | Jerusalem[34] |
| Jordan | 92,300 | 6,198,677 | 57.5 | Amman |
| Kuwait | 17,820 | 2,596,561 | 118.5 | Kuwait City |
| Lebanon | 10,452 | 3,971,941 | 353.6 | Beirut |
| Oman | 212,460 | 3,311,640 | 12.8 | Muscat |
| Palestinian territories | 6,257 | 4,277,000 | 683.5 | Ramallah |
| Qatar | 11,437 | 928,635 | 69.4 | Doha |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,960,582 | 23,513,330 | 12.0 | Riyadh |
| Syria | 185,180 | 19,747,586 | 92.6 | Damascus |
| Turkey | 783,562 | 72,561,312 | 92.604 | Ankara |
| United Arab Emirates | 82,880 | 4,621,399 | 29.5 | Abu Dhabi |
| Yemen | 527,970 | 23,013,376 | 35.4 | Sanaá |
| Total | 43,810,582 | 4,162,966,086 | 89.07 | |