Countries of Asia: List, Capitals and Facts

The region in numbers

This region has 50 entries on this site, of which 46 are member states of the United Nations. Together they hold about 4.82 billion people, roughly 59 percent of the world total, on about 31.7 million square kilometres of land. India has the most people (about 1.46 billion). China is the largest by area (9,596,960 km²), and Maldives is the smallest member state (300 km²). 12 of its member states are landlocked: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Central Asia

Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia

Southern Asia

Western Asia

The sub-regions compared

Sub-region	Entries	People	Share of the region	Most people
Southern Asia	9	2.08 billion	43%	India
Eastern Asia	8	1.64 billion	34%	China
South-Eastern Asia	11	7 million	15%	Indonesia
Western Asia	17	314 million	7%	Türkiye
Central Asia	5	83.6 million	2%	Uzbekistan

Rich and poor, crowded and empty

By GDP per person among member states, the highest figures in the data are Singapore ($98,800), Qatar ($72,500), Israel ($60,300), and the lowest are Afghanistan ($420), Yemen ($630), Syria ($1,100). A baby can expect the longest life in Kuwait (84.6 years) and the shortest in Afghanistan (66.3 years), a gap of 18 years inside one region. The most crowded member state is Singapore, with about 8,303 people to each square kilometre, and the emptiest is Mongolia, with about 2.3. Figures are World Bank values for the year shown on each country page.

Borders, languages, money and time

China has the most land neighbours in the region, 16 of them. 5 member states have no land border in the data, being islands or groups of islands: Bahrain, Japan, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore. The languages listed for the most places here are English (26), Arabic (13), Russian (8), Chinese (7). Clocks in the region run from UTC+2:00 to UTC+9:00, a spread of 7 hours.

Compare the countries of Asia

Country	Capital	Region	Population	Area km²	People per km²	GDP per person US$
Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia	43,844,111	647,500	68	417
Armenia	Yerevan	Asia	3,086,700	29,800	104	9,474
Azerbaijan	Baku	Asia	10,246,996	86,600	118	7,411
Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1,600,366	800	2,000	30,597
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	175,686,899	144,000	1,220	2,597
Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia	796,682	38,390	21	4,493
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia	466,330	5,770	81	32,235
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia	17,847,982	181,040	99	2,872
China	Beijing	Asia	1,406,585,000	9,596,960	147	13,862
Georgia	Tbilisi	Asia	3,935,766	69,700	56	9,692
Hong Kong	City of Victoria	Asia	7,498,900	1,092	6,867	56,983
India	New Delhi	Asia	1,463,865,525	3,287,590	445	2,702
Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	285,721,236	1,919,440	149	5,060
Iran	Tehran	Asia	92,417,681	1,648,000	56	3,924
Iraq	Baghdad	Asia	47,020,774	437,072	108	5,410
Israel	Jerusalem	Asia	10,122,800	20,770	487	60,337
Japan	Tokyo	Asia	123,366,734	377,835	327	35,951
Jordan	Amman	Asia	11,520,684	92,300	125	5,348
Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia	20,843,754	2,717,300	7.7	14,692
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia	4,865,298	17,820	273	32,312
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia	7,343,064	198,500	37	3,081
Laos	Vientiane	Asia	7,873,046	236,800	33	2,325
Lebanon	Beirut	Asia	5,849,421	10,400	562	4,473
Macau	none	Asia	685,900	33	20,785	75,902
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	35,977,838	329,750	109	13,125
Maldives	Malé	Asia	529,676	300	1,766	14,615
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Asia	3,568,978	1,565,000	2.3	7,108
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia	54,850,648	678,500	81	1,489
Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia	29,618,118	140,800	210	1,536
North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia	26,571,036	120,540	220	no value
Oman	Muscat	Asia	5,494,691	309,500	18	19,947
Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia	255,219,554	803,940	317	1,596
Palestine	Ramallah	Asia	5,413,596	5,970	907	3,171
Philippines	Manila	Asia	116,786,962	300,000	389	4,171
Qatar	Doha	Asia	2,972,215	11,437	260	72,525
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia	36,973,555	1,960,582	19	34,537
Singapore	Singapore	Asia	6,111,175	736	8,303	98,814
South Korea	Seoul	Asia	51,684,564	98,480	525	36,227
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Asia	21,756,000	65,610	332	5,002
Syria	Damascus	Asia	25,620,427	185,180	138	1,057
Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23,451,837	35,980	652	no value
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia	10,786,734	143,100	75	1,637
Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	71,619,863	514,000	139	8,057
Timor-Leste	Dili	Asia	1,418,517	15,007	95	1,341
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia	7,618,847	488,100	16	6,540
Türkiye	Ankara	Asia	85,878,556	780,580	110	18,599
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia	11,513,149	82,880	139	50,274
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia	37,053,428	447,400	83	3,968
Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia	101,598,527	329,560	308	5,066
Yemen	Sana'a	Asia	41,773,878	527,970	79	634