List of Countries in Asia

Asia is the biggest and the most populous continent of the world with an area of 44.5 million kilometre square and over 4.5 billion people. With this huge population, Asia is responsible for nearly 60% of the world population. The largest country in this continent is Russia and the smallest one being the Maldives.

From the north, Asia is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Indian Ocean supports it from the south, and from the east by the Pacific Ocean. Asia is the continent which holds both the highest and the lowest parts of the earth. Mount Everest and Mariana Trench is the highest and lowest part respectively.

The diversity of Asia is what makes this continent extremely well populated. With countries like China, India, and Japan, Asia is extremely rich in its culture. There are over 2000 spoken languages in Asia and several religions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. Sikhism and Jainism are mainly practiced in India only whereas Buddhism in the religion which is practiced by the majority of the Asian population.

Moving on Asian climate, then it has great diversity in climate as well. The southern countries in Asia witness hot, cold, and rainy weathers. On the other hand, western parts of Asia can see high temperatures. Siberia is one of the coldest places in Asia. There are tropical regions in Asia including the Arabian Desert.

Being the largest continent, Asia is the largest economy by continent. Not only that, but the economic growth of this continent is by far the fastest among any other region. Countries like China, India, Japan, Turkey, and Russia play a significant role in increasing the continent’s economy.

Asia has been the homeland to some great personalities including Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Yasunari Kawabata, Mother Teresa, Malala Yousafzai, and Aung San Suu Kyi. They all were born in different parts of Asia and become great personalities who contributed to making the world a better place to live.

There are 48 countries in Asia today, according to the United Nations. The complete list Asian countries and territories, can be found in the table below.

Asia covers a total area of 44,526,316 km2. In terms of land and population, Asia is the largest of the five continents on the world.

Asian Countries by Area

Sno	Country of Asia	Subregion
1	Afghanistan	Southern Asia
2	Armenia	Western Asia
3	Azerbaijan	Western Asia
4	Bahrain	Western Asia
5	Bangladesh	Southern Asia
6	Bhutan	Southern Asia
7	Brunei	South-Eastern Asia
8	Cambodia	South-Eastern Asia
9	China	Eastern Asia
10	Cyprus	Western Asia
11	Georgia	Western Asia
12	India	Southern Asia
13	Indonesia	South-Eastern Asia
14	Iran	Southern Asia
15	Iraq	Western Asia
16	Israel	Western Asia
17	Japan	Eastern Asia
18	Jordan	Western Asia
19	Kazakhstan	Central Asia
20	Kuwait	Western Asia
21	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia
22	Laos	South-Eastern Asia
23	Lebanon	Western Asia
24	Malaysia	South-Eastern Asia
25	Maldives	Southern Asia
26	Mongolia	Eastern Asia
27	Myanmar	South-Eastern Asia
28	Nepal	Southern Asia
29	North Korea	Eastern Asia
30	Oman	Western Asia
31	Pakistan	Southern Asia
32	Philippines	South-Eastern Asia
33	Qatar	Western Asia
34	Saudi Arabia	Western Asia
35	Singapore	South-Eastern Asia
36	South Korea	Eastern Asia
37	Sri Lanka	Southern Asia
38	State of Palestine	Western Asia
39	Syria	Western Asia
40	Tajikistan	Central Asia
41	Thailand	South-Eastern Asia
42	Timor-Leste	South-Eastern Asia
43	Turkey	Western Asia
44	Turkmenistan	Central Asia
45	United Arab Emirates	Western Asia
46	Uzbekistan	Central Asia
47	Vietnam	South-Eastern Asia
48	Yemen	Western Asia

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