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Different conceptions of Asia
Considered
Part
of Asia |
Name of region[1] and
territory, with flag |
Area
(km²) |
Population
(1 July 2002 est.) |
Population density
(per km²) |
Capital |
|
Always
|
Eastern Asia: |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias China|25px|Template:Country alias China]] People's Republic of China[2] |
9,584,492 |
1,384,303,705 |
134.0 |
Beijing |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Hong Kong|25px|Template:Country alias Hong Kong]] Hong Kong (PRC)[3] |
1,092 |
7,303,334 |
6,688.0 |
Hong Kong |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Japan|25px|Template:Country alias Japan]] Japan |
377,835 |
126,974,628 |
336.1 |
Tokyo |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Macau|25px|Template:Country alias Macau]] Macau (PRC)[4] |
25 |
461,833 |
18,473.3 |
— |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Mongolia|25px|Template:Country alias Mongolia]] Mongolia |
1,565,000 |
2,694,432 |
1.7 |
Ulaanbaatar |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias North Korea|25px|Template:Country alias North Korea]] North Korea |
120,540 |
22,224,195 |
184.4 |
Pyongyang |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias South Korea|25px|Template:Country alias South Korea]] South Korea |
98,480 |
48,324,000 |
490.7 |
Seoul |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Taiwan|25px|Template:Country alias Taiwan]] Republic of China (Taiwan) [5] |
35,980 |
22,548,009 |
626.7 |
Taipei |
|
Always
|
Southeastern Asia: |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Brunei|25px|Template:Country alias Brunei]] Brunei |
5,770 |
350,898 |
60.8 |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Cambodia|25px|Template:Country alias Cambodia]] Cambodia |
181,040 |
12,775,324 |
70.6 |
Phnom Penh |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Indonesia|25px|Template:Country alias Indonesia]] Indonesia[6] |
1,419,588 |
227,026,560 |
159.9 |
Jakarta |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Laos|25px|Template:Country alias Laos]] Laos |
236,800 |
5,777,180 |
24.4 |
Vientiane |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Malaysia|25px|Template:Country alias Malaysia]] Malaysia |
329,750 |
22,662,365 |
68.7 |
Kuala Lumpur |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Myanmar|25px|Template:Country alias Myanmar]] Myanmar (Burma) |
678,500 |
42,238,224 |
62.3 |
Naypyidaw[7] |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Philippines|25px|Template:Country alias Philippines]] Philippines |
300,000 |
84,525,639 |
281.8 |
Manila |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Singapore|25px|Template:Country alias Singapore]] Singapore |
693 |
4,452,732 |
6,425.3 |
Singapore |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Thailand|25px|Template:Country alias Thailand]] Thailand |
514,000 |
62,354,402 |
121.3 |
Bangkok |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Timor-Leste|25px|Template:Country alias Timor-Leste]] Timor-Leste (East Timor)[8] |
15,007 |
952,618 |
63.5 |
Dili |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Vietnam|25px|Template:Country alias Vietnam]] Vietnam |
329,560 |
81,098,416 |
246.1 |
Hanoi |
|
Always
|
Southern Asia: |
| Image:Afghanistan Afghanistan |
647,500 |
27,755,775 |
42.9 |
Kabul |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Bangladesh|25px|Template:Country alias Bangladesh]] Bangladesh |
144,000 |
133,376,684 |
926.2 |
Dhaka |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Bhutan|25px|Template:Country alias Bhutan]] Bhutan |
47,000 |
672,425 |
14.3 |
Thimphu |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias India|25px|Template:Country alias India]] India[9] |
3,287,590 |
1,045,845,226 |
318.2 |
New Delhi |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Maldives|25px|Template:Country alias Maldives]] Maldives |
300 |
320,165 |
1,067.2 |
Malé |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Nepal|25px|Template:Country alias Nepal]] Nepal |
140,800 |
25,873,917 |
183.8 |
Kathmandu |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Pakistan|25px|Template:Country alias Pakistan]] Pakistan |
803,940 |
147,663,429 |
183.7 |
Islamabad |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Sri Lanka|25px|Template:Country alias Sri Lanka]] Sri Lanka |
65,610 |
19,576,783 |
298.4 |
Colombo |
|
not always
|
Central Asia: |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Kazakhstan|25px|Template:Country alias Kazakhstan]] Kazakhstan[10] |
2,346,927 |
13,472,593 |
5.7 |
Astana |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Kyrgyzstan|25px|Template:Country alias Kyrgyzstan]] Kyrgyzstan |
198,500 |
4,822,166 |
24.3 |
Bishkek |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Tajikistan|25px|Template:Country alias Tajikistan]] Tajikistan |
143,100 |
6,719,567 |
47.0 |
Dushanbe |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Turkmenistan|25px|Template:Country alias Turkmenistan]] Turkmenistan |
488,100 |
4,688,963 |
9.6 |
Ashgabat |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Uzbekistan|25px|Template:Country alias Uzbekistan]] Uzbekistan |
447,400 |
25,563,441 |
57.1 |
Tashkent |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Iran|25px|Template:Country alias Iran]] Iran |
1,648,000 |
68,467,413 |
41.5 |
Tehran |
|
not always
|
Northern Asia: |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Russia|25px|Template:Country alias Russia]] Russia[11] |
13,115,200 |
39,129,729 |
3.0 |
Moscow |
|
rarely
|
Western Asia: |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Armenia|25px|Template:Country alias Armenia]] Armenia[12] |
29,800 |
3,330,099 |
111.7 |
Yerevan |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Azerbaijan|25px|Template:Country alias Azerbaijan]] Azerbaijan[13] |
41,370 |
3,479,127 |
84.1 |
Baku |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Bahrain|25px|Template:Country alias Bahrain]] Bahrain |
665 |
656,397 |
987.1 |
Manama |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Cyprus|25px|Template:Country alias Cyprus]] Cyprus[14] |
9,250 |
775,927 |
83.9 |
Nicosia |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Palestine|25px|Template:Country alias Palestine]] Gaza[15] |
363 |
1,203,591 |
3,315.7 |
Gaza |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Georgia|25px|Template:Country alias Georgia]] Georgia[16] |
20,460 |
2,032,004 |
99.3 |
Tbilisi |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Iraq|25px|Template:Country alias Iraq]] Iraq |
437,072 |
24,001,816 |
54.9 |
Baghdad |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Israel|25px|Template:Country alias Israel]] Israel |
20,770 |
6,029,529 |
290.3 |
Jerusalem |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Jordan|25px|Template:Country alias Jordan]] Jordan |
92,300 |
5,307,470 |
57.5 |
Amman |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Kuwait|25px|Template:Country alias Kuwait]] Kuwait |
17,820 |
2,111,561 |
118.5 |
Kuwait City |
Lebanon |
10,400 |
3,677,780 |
353.6 |
Beirut |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Azerbaijan|25px|Template:Country alias Azerbaijan]] Naxçivan (Azerbaijan)[17] |
5,500 |
365,000 |
66.4 |
Naxçivan |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Oman|25px|Template:Country alias Oman]] Oman |
212,460 |
2,713,462 |
12.8 |
Muscat |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Qatar|25px|Template:Country alias Qatar]] Qatar |
11,437 |
793,341 |
69.4 |
Doha |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Saudi Arabia|25px|Template:Country alias Saudi Arabia]] Saudi Arabia |
1,960,582 |
23,513,330 |
12.0 |
Riyadh |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Syria|25px|Template:Country alias Syria]] Syria |
185,180 |
17,155,814 |
92.6 |
Damascus |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Turkey|25px|Template:Country alias Turkey]] Turkey[18] |
756,768 |
57,855,068 |
76.5 |
Ankara |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias United Arab Emirates|25px|Template:Country alias United Arab Emirates]] United Arab Emirates |
82,880 |
2,445,989 |
29.5 |
Abu Dhabi |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Palestine|25px|Template:Country alias Palestine]] West Bank[19] |
5,860 |
2,303,660 |
393.1 |
— |
| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Yemen|25px|Template:Country alias Yemen]] Yemen |
527,970 |
18,701,257 |
35.4 |
Sanaá |
| Total |
43,810,582 |
3,902,404,193 |
89.07 |