Historical and human circumstances have marked the true division between West Asia from India to the west and East Asia known as the Far East, from India to the east. Geographically, a large part of Russia belongs to North Asia (the rest is in Europe), most of Turkey is in Asia (the rest in Europe). A small part of Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, belongs to Western Asia (most of it is in Africa).
Asia is divided politically into 48 independent countries, 5 dependencies, 6 states with limited recognition and 2 administrative regions.
List of countries in Asia with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.
| Country | Capital | Area | Population | Density |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | 652,230 km² | 31,575,018 pop. (est. 2018) | 46/km² |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 29,743 km² | 2,924,816 pop. (est. 2016) | 101.5/km² |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 86 600 km² | 9 981 457 pop. (est. 2018) | 115/km² |
| Bahrain | Manama | 778.3 km² | 1,425,171 pop. (est 2016) | 1,831.1/km² |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 147,570 km² | 162,951,560 pop. (est. 2016) | 1,106/km² |
| Bhutan | Timbu | 40 994 km² | 790 215 pop. (est. 2018) | 19.28/km² |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 5,765 km² | 417,200 pop. (est 2015) | 72.11/km² |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 181,035 km² | 16,245,729 pop. (est. 2018) | 81.8/km² |
| China | Beijing | 9,596,961 km² | 1,403,500.365 pop. (est. 2016) | 145/km² |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 9 251 km² | 1 201 356 pop. (census 2018) | 120.70/km² |
| East Timor | Dili | 15,410 km² | 1,167,242 pop. (census 2015) | 78/km² |
| Egypt | Cairo | 1,010,408 km² | 94,798,827 pop. (census 2017) | 96/km² |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 69,700 km² | 3,729,600 pop. (est. 2018) | 53.5/km² |
| India | New Delhi | 3,287,263 km² | 1,324,171,354 pop. (est 2016) | 400.5/km² |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 1,904,569 km² | 261,115,456 pop. (est. 2016) | 138/km² |
| Iran | Tehran | 1,648.195 km² | 81,672,300 pop. (est. 2018) | 48/km² |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 437,072 km² | 37,202,572 pop. (est. 2016) | 82.7/km² |
| Israel | Jerusalem/Tel Aviv | 20,770-22,072 km² | 8,998,370 pop. (est. 2019) | 408/km² |
| Japan | Tokyo | 377,973 km² | 126,440,000 pop. (census 2018) | 334/km² |
| Jordan | Amman | 89,342 km² | 10,171,480 pop. (est. 2018) | 114/km² |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 2,724,900 km² | 18,311,700 pop. (est. 2018) | 7/km² |
| Korea, North | Pyongyang | 120,540 km² | 25,368,620 pop. (est 2016) | 549.1/km² |
| Korea, South | Seoul | 100,363 km² | 51,446,201 pop. (est. 2017) | 507/km² |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 17,818 km² | 4,621,638 pop. (est. 2018) | 200.2/km² |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 199,951 km² | 6,019,480 pop. (est 2016) | 27.4/km² |
| Laos | Vientiane | 237,955 km² | 6,758,353 pop. (est. 2016) | 26.7/km² |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 10,452 km² | 6,006,668 pop. (est. 2016) | 560/km² |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 330,803 km² | 32,049,700 pop. (est. 2017) | 92/km² |
| Maldives | Malé | 298 km² | 427,756 pop. (est. 2016) | 1,102.5/km² |
| Mongolia | Ulan Bator | 1,566,000 km² | 3,081,677 pop. (est 2016) | 1.97/km² |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 676 578 km² | 51 486 253 pop. (est 2016) | 76.12/km² |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 147,181 km² | 28,982,771 pop. (est. 2016) | 180/km² |
| Oman | Muscat | 309,500 km² | 4,424,762 pop. (est. 2016) | 15/km² |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | 881,913 km² | 212,742,631 pop. (census 2017) | 244.4/km² |
| Palestine | East Jerusalem/Ramallah | 6,020 km² | 4,816,503 pop. (est. 2016) | 731/km² |
| Philippines | Manila | 300,000 km² | 100,981,437 pop. (census 2015) | 336/km² |
| Qatar | Doha | 11,586 km² | 2 641 669 pop. (est. 2017) | 176/km² |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 2 149 690 km² | 32 275 687 pop. (census 2016) | 15.01/km² |
| Singapore | Singapore | 722.5 km² | 5,638,700 pop. (est. 2018) | 7,804/km² |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 65,610 km² | 21,670,000 pop. (est. 2018) | 327/km² |
| Syria | Damascus | 185,180 km² | 18,284,407 pop. (est. 2018) | 118.3/km² |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 143,100 km² | 8,734,951 pop. (est. 2016) | 48.6/km² |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 513,120 km² | 68,863,514 pop. (est 2016) | 132.1/km² |
| Turkey | Ankara | 783,356 km² | 82,003,882 pop. (est. 2018) | 105/km² |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 491,210 km² | 5,662,544 pop. (est. 2016) | 10.5/km² |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 83 600 km² | 9 575 729 pop. (census 2018) | 114.54/km² |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 448,978 km² | 33,254,100 pop. (est. 2019) | 74.1/km² |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 331,212 km² | 94,569,072 pop. (est. 2016) | 276.03/km² |
| Yemen | Sana'a | 527,968 km² | 27,584,213 pop. (est. 2016) | 44.7/km² |
Gallery of Asia - Countries
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