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