52 countries

Continent

Asia

Countries: 52 countries
Area of its countries: ≈ 31,141,000 km²
Population of its countries: 4.57B
Largest country: China; computed
Most populous country: China; Natural Earth

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Countries 52

Area computed from boundaries · population: Natural Earth estimates

52 countries

Countries
				Capital
Afghanistan	Southern Asia	641,833	38,041,754	Kabul
Armenia	Western Asia	29,591	2,957,731	Yerevan
Azerbaijan	Western Asia	86,501	10,023,318	Baku
Bahrain	Western Asia	540	1,641,172	Manama
Bangladesh	Southern Asia	135,341	163,046,161	Dhaka
Bhutan	Southern Asia	39,811	763,092	Thimphu
Brunei	South-Eastern Asia	5,647	433,285	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	South-Eastern Asia	180,670	16,486,542	Phnom Penh
China	Eastern Asia	9,373,043	1,397,715,000	Beijing
Cyprus	Western Asia	5,707	1,198,575	Nicosia
Georgia	Western Asia	69,413	3,720,382	Tbilisi
Hong Kong	Eastern Asia	1,026	7,507,400	—
India	Southern Asia	3,148,250	1,366,417,754	New Delhi
Indonesia	South-Eastern Asia	1,863,915	270,625,568	Jakarta
Iran	Southern Asia	1,621,856	82,913,906	Tehran
Iraq	Western Asia	437,233	39,309,783	Baghdad
Israel	Western Asia	22,033	9,053,300	Jerusalem
Japan	Eastern Asia	370,275	126,264,931	Tokyo
Jordan	Western Asia	88,782	10,101,694	Amman
Kazakhstan	Central Asia	2,720,709	18,513,930	Nur-Sultan
Kuwait	Western Asia	17,308	4,207,083	Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	198,928	6,456,900	Bishkek
Laos	South-Eastern Asia	228,233	7,169,455	Vientiane
Lebanon	Western Asia	10,009	6,855,713	Beirut
Macao	Eastern Asia	23	640,445	—
Malaysia	South-Eastern Asia	326,202	31,949,777	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Southern Asia	66	530,953	Malé
Mongolia	Eastern Asia	1,564,511	3,225,167	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	South-Eastern Asia	660,975	54,045,420	Yangon
Nepal	Southern Asia	146,977	28,608,710	Kathmandu
North Korea	Eastern Asia	122,628	25,666,161	Pyongyang
Northern Cyprus	—	3,470	326,000	—
Oman	Western Asia	311,195	4,974,986	Muscat
Pakistan	Southern Asia	872,783	216,565,318	Islamabad
Palestine	Western Asia	6,329	4,685,306	—
Philippines	South-Eastern Asia	289,182	108,116,615	Manila
Qatar	Western Asia	11,052	2,832,067	Doha
Saudi Arabia	Western Asia	1,921,564	34,268,528	Riyadh
Singapore	South-Eastern Asia	483	5,703,569	Singapore
South Korea	Eastern Asia	97,177	51,709,098	Seoul
Sri Lanka	Southern Asia	65,764	21,803,000	Colombo
Syria	Western Asia	185,959	17,070,135	Damascus
Taiwan	Eastern Asia	35,916	23,568,378	Taipei
Tajikistan	Central Asia	142,395	9,321,018	Dushanbe
Thailand	South-Eastern Asia	513,910	69,625,582	Bangkok
Timor-Leste	South-Eastern Asia	14,958	1,293,119	Dili
Türkiye	Western Asia	780,476	83,429,615	Ankara
Turkmenistan	Central Asia	471,029	5,942,089	Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates	Western Asia	71,117	9,770,529	Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan	Central Asia	448,019	33,580,650	Tashkent
Vietnam	South-Eastern Asia	327,848	96,462,106	Hanoi
Yemen	Western Asia	452,564	29,161,922	Sanaa

Natural geography 61

Features spanning several countries of this continent

Seas 9

Straits 5

Gulfs 5

Bays 1

Bay of Bengal

Lakes 4

Islands 3

Mountain ranges 16

4 more

Plateaus 3

Deserts 7

Peninsulas 6

Geographic regions 2

Notes & sources

Area of its countries: Sum of the geodesic areas of the countries Terratlasia files under this continent (Natural Earth boundaries). Every country is filed under one continent, so this is not the physical area of the continent: Russia counts entirely toward Europe, Türkiye toward Asia.
Population of its countries: Sum of Natural Earth population estimates for the countries filed under this continent (2017–2020).
Countries: Every entry filed under this continent is counted, dependent territories included (Greenland, Puerto Rico, Bermuda…). Terratlasia has no sovereignty field yet, so sovereign states and dependencies are not separated here.
Spans another continent: Terratlasia files each country under a single continent (Natural Earth). These countries also lie partly in another continent. Armenia · Azerbaijan · Cyprus · Georgia · Kazakhstan · Türkiye