๐Ÿฏ Countries in Asia

Asia is the largest and most populous continent on Earth, covering everything from the Pacific island nations of the east to the Mediterranean shores of Turkey in the west. It contains four of the world's ten biggest economies, the eight tallest mountain peaks, and over 4.7 billion people, roughly 60% of humanity.

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How many countries are in Asia?

There are 49 sovereign countries in Asia, home to about 4.70B people across 32.0M kmยฒ.

They are spread across 7 sub-regions: Central Asia (5), East Asia (6), Middle East (14), Middle East / Southeast Europe (1), South Asia (8), Southeast Asia (11), Western Asia (4).

Countries49
Total population4.70B
Land area32.0M kmยฒ
Sub-regions7

All 49 countries in Asia

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Central Asia ยท 5 countries

KazakhstanKazakhstan
๐Ÿ› Astana
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 19.2M
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan
๐Ÿ› Bishkek
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 6.9M
TajikistanTajikistan
๐Ÿ› Dushanbe
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 9.9M
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan
๐Ÿ› Ashgabat
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 6.1M
UzbekistanUzbekistan
๐Ÿ› Tashkent
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 35.6M

East Asia ยท 6 countries

ChinaChina
๐Ÿ› Beijing
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1.41B
JapanJapan
๐Ÿ› Tokyo
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 125.7M
MongoliaMongolia
๐Ÿ› Ulaanbaatar
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 3.4M
North KoreaNorth Korea
๐Ÿ› Pyongyang
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 25.9M
South KoreaSouth Korea
๐Ÿ› Seoul
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 51.7M
TaiwanTaiwan
๐Ÿ› Taipei
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 23.6M

Middle East ยท 14 countries

BahrainBahrain
๐Ÿ› Manama
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1.5M
CyprusCyprus
๐Ÿ› Nicosia
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1.2M
IranIran
๐Ÿ› Tehran
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 87.9M
IraqIraq
๐Ÿ› Baghdad
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 41.2M
IsraelIsrael
๐Ÿ› Jerusalem
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 9.6M
JordanJordan
๐Ÿ› Amman
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 10.2M
KuwaitKuwait
๐Ÿ› Kuwait City
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 4.3M
LebanonLebanon
๐Ÿ› Beirut
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 5.4M
OmanOman
๐Ÿ› Muscat
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 4.5M
QatarQatar
๐Ÿ› Doha
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 2.7M
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
๐Ÿ› Riyadh
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 35.9M
SyriaSyria
๐Ÿ› Damascus
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 21.3M
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
๐Ÿ› Abu Dhabi
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 9.8M
YemenYemen
๐Ÿ› Sanaa
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 33.7M

Middle East / Southeast Europe ยท 1 country

TurkeyTurkey
๐Ÿ› Ankara
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 85.3M

South Asia ยท 8 countries

AfghanistanAfghanistan
๐Ÿ› Kabul
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 40.1M
BangladeshBangladesh
๐Ÿ› Dhaka
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 170M
BhutanBhutan
๐Ÿ› Thimphu
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 787K
IndiaIndia
๐Ÿ› New Delhi
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1.43B
MaldivesMaldives
๐Ÿ› Malรฉ
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 521K
NepalNepal
๐Ÿ› Kathmandu
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 30.0M
PakistanPakistan
๐Ÿ› Islamabad
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 231M
Sri LankaSri Lanka
๐Ÿ› Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 22.2M

Southeast Asia ยท 11 countries

BruneiBrunei
๐Ÿ› Bandar Seri Begawan
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 445K
CambodiaCambodia
๐Ÿ› Phnom Penh
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 17.2M
IndonesiaIndonesia
๐Ÿ› Jakarta
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 277M
LaosLaos
๐Ÿ› Vientiane
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 7.4M
MalaysiaMalaysia
๐Ÿ› Kuala Lumpur
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 33.6M
MyanmarMyanmar
๐Ÿ› Naypyidaw
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 54.4M
PhilippinesPhilippines
๐Ÿ› Manila
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 115M
SingaporeSingapore
๐Ÿ› Singapore
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 5.9M
ThailandThailand
๐Ÿ› Bangkok
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 71.8M
Timor-LesteTimor-Leste
๐Ÿ› Dili
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 1.3M
VietnamVietnam
๐Ÿ› Hanoi
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 98M

Western Asia ยท 4 countries

ArmeniaArmenia
๐Ÿ› Yerevan
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 2.97M
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan
๐Ÿ› Baku
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 10.1M
GeorgiaGeorgia
๐Ÿ› Tbilisi
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 3.7M
PalestinePalestine
๐Ÿ› Ramallah
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 5.4M

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