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Asia
Geography
Topographic map of Asia
Land cover map of Asia
Borders
Asia is bordered on east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the North by the Arctic Ocean. The border between Europe and Asia is commonly considered to be the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Turkish Straits. Finally, the Suez Canal makes the boundary between Africa and Asia.
Area
44,579,000 km2 (17,212,000 sq mi)
Major rivers in Asia
List of the major rivers of Asia with their length:
Yangtze (6,300 km / 3,915 mi)
Yellow River (5,464 km / 3,395 mi)
Mekong (4,350 km / 2,700 mi)Lena River (4,294 km / 2,668 mi)Irtysh River (4,248 km / 2,640 mi)
Brahmaputra River (3,848 km / 2,391 mi)
Ob (3,650 km / 2,268 mi)
Indus River (3,610 km / 2,243 mi)
Yenisey (3,487 km / 2,167 mi)
Nizhnyaya Tunguska (2,989 km / 1,857 mi)
Regions
Population and settlement
Population from 1950 to 2020
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Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019, Online Edition. Rev. 1.
Economy
GDP (PPP) (estimate 2019)
Total: $65.44 trillion
Total: $31.58 trillion
Per capita: $7 350
4 641 054 786 (2020)
100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Asian countries and capitals
Political map of Asia
List of countries
Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul
Population: 38 928 346 (2020)
Area: 652 230 km2
Armenia
Capital: Yerevan
Population: 2 956 900 (2020)
Area: 19 743 km2
Azerbaijan
Capital: Baku
Population: 10 027 874 (2020)
Area: 86 600 km2
Bahrain
Capital: Manama
Population: 1 543 300 (2019)
Area : 760 km2
Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
Population: 161 376 708 (2018)
Area: 148 460 km2
Bhutan
Capital: Thimphu
Population: 754 388 (2018)
Area: 38 394 km2
Brunei
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
Population: 459 500 (2019)
Area: 5 765 km2
Cambodia
Capital: Phnom Penh
Population: 15 288 489 (2019)
Area : 181 035 km2
China
Capital: Beijing
Population: 1 400 050 000 (2019)
Area: 9 596 960 km2
Cyprus
Capital: Nicosia
Population: 1 189 265 (2018)
Area: 9 251 km2
Egypt
Capital: Cairo
Population: 100 075 480 (2020)
Area: 1 001 450 km2
Georgia
Capital: Tbilisi
Population: 3 716 858 (2020)
Area : 69 700 km2
India
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1 352 642 280 (2018)
Area: 3 287 263 km2
Indonesia
Capital: Jakarta
Population: 267 670 543 (2018)
Area: 1 904 569 km2
Iran
Capital: Tehran
Population: 83 183 741 (2019)
Area: 1 648 195 km2
Iraq
Capital: Baghdad
Population: 38 433 600 (2018)
Area : 438 317 km2
Israel
Capital: Jerusalem
Population: 9 209 020 (2020)
Area: 21 937 km2
Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Population: 126 150 000 (2019)
Area: 377 915 km2
Jordan
Capital: Amman
Population: 10 658 123 (2020)
Area: 89 342 km2
Kazakhstan
Capital: Nur-Sultan
Population: 18 708 352 (2020)
Area : 2 724 900 km2
Kuwait
Capital: Kuwait City
Population: 4 420 110 (2019)
Area: 17 818 km2
Kyrgyzstan
Capital: Bishkek
Population: 6 533 500 (2020)
Area: 199 951 km2
Laos
Capital: Vientiane
Population: 7 123 205 (2019)
Area: 236 800 km2
Lebanon
Capital: Beirut
Population: 6 859 408 (2018)
Area : 10 400 km2
Malaysia
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Population: 32 730 000 (2020)
Area: 329 847 km2
Maldives
Capital: Malé
Population: 379 270 (2020)
Area: 298 km2
Mongolia
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Population: 3 353 470 (2020)
Area: 1 564 116 km2
Myanmar
Capital: Naypyidaw
Population: 53 582 855 (2017)
Area : 676 578 km2
Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu
Population: 28 095 714 (2018)
Area: 147 181 km2
North Korea
Capital: Pyongyang
Population: 25 549 604 (2018)
Area: 120,538 km2
Oman
Capital: Muscat
Population: 4 829 473 (2018)
Area: 309 500 km2
Pakistan
Capital: Islamabad
Population: 212 228 286 (2018)
Area : 796 095 km2
Philippines
Capital: Manila
Population: 100 981 437 (2015)
Area: 300 000 km2
Qatar
Capital: Doha
Population: 2 795 484 (2020)
Area: 11 586 km2
Russia
Capital: Moscow
Population: 146 748 590 (2020)
Area: 17 098 242 km2
Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh
Population: 34 218 169 (2019)
Area : 2 149 690 km2
Singapore
Capital: Singapore
Population: 5 703 600 (2019)
Area: 719.2 km2
South Korea
Capital: Seoul
Population: 51 709 098 (2019)
Area: 99 720 km2
Sri Lanka
Capital: Colombo
Population: 21 803 000 (2019)
Area: 65 610 km2
Syria
Capital: Damascus
Population: 17 500 657 (2020)
Area : 187 437 km2
Tajikistan
Capital: Dushanbe
Population:9 537 645 (2020)
Area: 144 100 km2
Thailand
Capital: Bangkok
Population: 66 558 935 (2019)
Area: 513 120 km2
Timor-Leste
Capital: Dili
Population: 1 183 643 (2015)
Area: 14 874 km2
Turkey
Capital: Ankara
Population: 83 154 997 (2019)
Area : 783 562 km2
Turkmenistan
Capital: Ashgabat
Population:6 031 187 (2020)
Area: 488 100 km2
Uzbekistan
Capital: Tashkent
Population: 34 036 800 (2020)
Area: 447 400 km2
Vietnam
Capital: Hanoi
Population: 96 208 984 (2019)
Area : 331 210 km2
Yemen
Capital: Sanaa
Population:28 498 683 (2018)
Area: 527 968 km2
