🌏 Asia
Asia is the largest continent by both area and population. It contains the world's highest mountain, its most populous countries, and some of the oldest continuously inhabited cities.
- Countries
- 48
- Area
- 44,579,000 km²
- Population
- 4.8 billion
- Highest point
- Mount Everest (8,849 m)
- Largest country
- Russia (partly in Europe)
- Smallest country
- Maldives
Asia facts
- Around 60% of all people on Earth live in Asia.
- China and India each have more than 1.4 billion residents.
- The Dead Sea shore is the lowest land point on the planet.
- Asia contains both the highest and lowest natural elevations on land.
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Countries in Asia
All 48 sovereign countries, alphabetically.
| Flag | Country | Capital | Population | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 42,200,000 | 652,230 | |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 2,800,000 | 29,743 | |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 10,400,000 | 86,600 | |
| Bahrain | Manama | 1,500,000 | 765 | |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 173,000,000 | 147,570 | |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 790,000 | 38,394 | |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 450,000 | 5,765 | |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 16,900,000 | 181,035 | |
| China | Beijing | 1,425,700,000 | 9,596,961 | |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 1,300,000 | 9,251 | |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 3,700,000 | 69,700 | |
| India | New Delhi | 1,428,600,000 | 3,287,263 | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 277,500,000 | 1,904,569 | |
| Iran | Tehran | 89,200,000 | 1,648,195 | |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 45,500,000 | 438,317 | |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 9,800,000 | 22,072 | |
| Japan | Tokyo | 123,300,000 | 377,975 | |
| Jordan | Amman | 11,300,000 | 89,342 | |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 19,600,000 | 2,724,900 | |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4,300,000 | 17,818 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 6,700,000 | 199,951 | |
| Laos | Vientiane | 7,600,000 | 236,800 | |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 5,400,000 | 10,452 | |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 34,300,000 | 330,803 | |
| Maldives | Malé | 520,000 | 300 | |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 3,400,000 | 1,564,110 | |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 54,600,000 | 676,578 | |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 30,900,000 | 147,181 | |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 26,200,000 | 120,540 | |
| Oman | Muscat | 4,600,000 | 309,500 | |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 240,500,000 | 881,913 | |
| Palestine | Ramallah | 5,400,000 | 6,020 | |
| Philippines | Manila | 117,300,000 | 300,000 | |
| Qatar | Doha | 2,700,000 | 11,586 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 36,900,000 | 2,149,690 | |
| Singapore | Singapore | 6,000,000 | 728 | |
| South Korea | Seoul | 51,700,000 | 100,210 | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 21,900,000 | 65,610 | |
| Syria | Damascus | 23,200,000 | 185,180 | |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 10,100,000 | 143,100 | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 71,800,000 | 513,120 | |
| Timor-Leste | Dili | 1,400,000 | 14,874 | |
| Turkey | Ankara | 85,800,000 | 783,562 | |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 6,500,000 | 488,100 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 9,500,000 | 83,600 | |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 35,600,000 | 447,400 | |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 98,900,000 | 331,212 | |
| Yemen | Sanaa | 34,400,000 | 527,968 |