List of states in Asia

Area of ​​asia

The list of states in Asia includes all states that are located in Asia , part of the Eurasian continent .

Three of these states, namely Russia , Kazakhstan and Turkey , have part of their territory in Europe . Depending on the drawing of the inner Eurasian border , parts of Georgia , Azerbaijan and, in the case of the southernmost border, even Armenia are in Europe. Of Egypt , only the Sinai Peninsula is in Asia, the main part of the national territory is in Africa . With Western New Guinea, Indonesia has a part of the country on the continent of Australia .

Country	Long form of the state name	Capital	Population (2017)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²	flag	ISO-3 abbreviation	ISO-2 abbreviation	TLD	English name	Local name
Mongolia	Mongolian state	Ulaanbaatar	3,075,647	1,564,116	2.0		MNG	MN	.mn	Mongolia	Mongol Uls
Russia without Crimea	Russian Federation	Moscow	143,989,754	17,098,242	8.0		RUS	RU	.ru	Russia or Russian Federation	Rossija or Rossijskaja Federacija
People's Republic of China with Macau (MO) and Hong Kong (HK)	People's Republic of China	Beijing	1,381,517,397  (total) 622,567 (MO) 7,100,000 (HK)	9,596,961  (total) 28.2 (MO) 1,104 (HK)	148.3  (total) 20,821.6 (MO) 6,422.1 (HK)		CHN	CN	.cn	China	中华人民共和国Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Republic of China	Taipei	23,626,456	35,980	667.2		TWN	TW	.tw	Taiwan or Republic of China	中華民國Zhonghua Minguo
Japan	Japan	Tokyo	127.484.450	377.915	349.7		JPN	JP	.jp	Japan	Nihon or Nippon
Korea, north	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Pyongyang	25,490,965	120,538	211.7		PRK	KP	.kp	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)	Choson
Korea, south	Republic of Korea	Seoul	50.982.212	99,720	524.3		COR	KR	.kr	Korea, Republic of (South Korea)	Han-guk
Bangladesh	People's Republic of Bangladesh	Dhaka	164,669,751	143.998	1,265.0		BGD	BD	.bd	Bangladesh	Bāṃlādeś
Bhutan	Kingdom of Bhutan	Thimphu	807.610	38,394	22.5		BTN	BT	.bt	Bhutan	Bhutan
India with Kashmir	Republic of India	New Delhi	1.339.180.127	3,287,263	450.4		IND	IN	.in	India	India ( English ), Bharat ( Hindi )
Maldives	Republic of Maldives	Times	436.330	298	1,454.4		MDV	MV	.mv	Maldives	Dhivehi Raajje
Nepal	Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	Kathmandu	29,304,998	147.181	204.4		NPL	NP	.np	Nepal	Nepal
Pakistan without Kashmir	Islamic Republic of Pakistan	Islamabad	197.015.955	796.095	255.6		PAH	PK	.pk	Pakistan	Pakistan
Sri Lanka	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	Colombo	20.876.917	65,610	322.9		LKA	LK	.lk	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Brunei	Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan	428.697	5,765	81.3		BRN	BN	.bn	Brunei Darussalam	Negara Brunei Darussalam
Indonesia	Republic of Indonesia	Jakarta	263.991.379	1,904,569	145.7		IDN	ID	.id	Indonesia	Indonesia
Cambodia	Kingdom of Cambodia	Phnom Penh	16.005.373	181.035	90.7		KHM	KH	.kh	Cambodia	Kampuchea
Laos	Laos People's Democratic Republic	Vientiane	6,858,160	236,800	29.7		LAO	LA	.la	Lao, People's Democratic Republic of	Lao
Malaysia	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	31,624,264	329,847	96.3		MYS	MY	.my	Malaysia	Malaysia
Myanmar	Republic of the Union of Myanmar	Naypyidaw	53.370.609	676.578	81.7		MMR	MM	.mm	Myanmar or Burma	Myanma Naingngandaw
Philippines	Republic of the Philippines	Manila	104,918,090	299,000	351.9		PHL	PH	.ph	Philippines	Pilipinas
Singapore	Republic of Singapore	City-state	5,708,844	697	8,155.5		SGP	SG	.sg	Singapore	Singapore
Thailand	Kingdom of Thailand	Bangkok	69,037,513	513.120	135.1		THA	TH	.th	Thailand	Prathet Thai
East Timor / Timor-Leste	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	Dili	1,296,311	14,874	87.2		TLS	TL (TP)	.tl ( .tp )	East Timor or Timor-Leste	Timor Leste
Vietnam	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	Hanoi	95,540,800	331.210	308.1		VNM	VN	.vn	Vietnam	Việt Nam
Egypt	Arab Republic of Egypt	Cairo	97.553.151	1,001,450	98.0		EGY	EG	.eg	Egypt	Misr
Armenia	Republic of Armenia	Yerevan	2,930,450	29,743	102.9		POOR	AT THE	.at the	Armenia	Hajastan
Azerbaijan	Republic of Azerbaijan	Baku	9,827,589	86,600	118.9		AZE	AZ	.az	Azerbaijan	Azǝrbaycan
Bahrain	Kingdom of Bahrain	Manama	1,492,584	760	1,963.9		BHR	bra	.bra	Bahrain	al-Bahrayn
Georgia with Abkhazia and South Ossetia	Georgia	Tbilisi	3,912,061	69,700	56.3		GEO	GE	.ge	Georgia	Sak'art'velo
Iraq	Republic of Iraq	Baghdad	38.274.618	438.317	88.1		IRQ	IQ	.iq	Iraq	al-ʿIrāq
Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran	Tehran	81.162.788	1,648,195	49.8		IRN	IR	.ir	Iran	Iran
Israel with the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem , without the Gaza Strip and the West Bank	State of Israel	Jerusalem	8,321,570	22,380	384.5		ISR	IL	.il	Israel	Yisra'el
Yemen	Republic of Yemen	Sanaa	28.250.420	527.968	53.5		YEM	YE	.ye	Yemen	al-Yaman
Jordan	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Amman	9,702,353	89,342	109.3		JOR	JO	.jo	Jordan	al-Urdunn
Qatar	State of Qatar	Doha	2,639,211	11,586	227.3		QAT	QA	.qa	Qatar	Dawlat Qatar
Kuwait	State of Kuwait	Kuwait City	4,136,528	17,818	232.1		KWT	KW	.kw	Kuwait	al-Kuwayt
Lebanon	Lebanese Republic	Beirut	6,082,357	10,400	594.6		LBN	LB	.lb	Lebanon	Lubnān
Oman	Sultanate of Oman	Muscat	4,636,262	309,500	15.0		OMN	OM	.om	Oman	ʿUmān
Saudi Arabia	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Riad	32,938,213	2,149,690	15.3		SOW	SA	.sa	Saudi Arabia	al-ʿArabīya as-Saʿudīya
Syria with Golan Heights	Syrian Arab Republic	Damascus	18,269,868	185.180	99.5		SYR	SY	.sy	Syria	Sūriyā
Turkey	Republic of Turkey	Ankara	80.745.020	783,562	104.9		DOOR	TR	.tr	Turkey	Türkiye
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Republic of Northern Cyprus	North Nicosia	294,406	3,355	79		CTR	-	.nc.tr	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	9,400,145	83,600	112.4		ARE	AE	.ae	United Arab Emirates	al-Imārāt al-ʿArabīya al-Muttahida
Cyprus with Northern Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus	Nicosia	1,179,551	9,251	127.7		CYP	CY	.cy	Cyprus	Kýpros ( Greek ), Kıbrıs ( Turkish )
Afghanistan	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Kabul	35,530,081	652.230	54.4		AFG	AF	.af	Afghanistan	Afghānestān
Kazakhstan	Republic of Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	18.204.499	2,724,900	6.7		KAZ	concentration camp	.concentration camp	Kazakhstan	Qazaqstan ( Kazakh ), Kazakhstan ( Russian )
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz Republic	Bishkek	6,045,117	199,951	31.5		KGZ	KG	.kg	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan ( Kyrgyz ), Kyrgyzstan ( Russian )
Tajikistan	Republic of Tajikistan	Dushanbe	8,921,343	143,100	63.7		TJK	TJ	.tj	Tajikistan	Todschikiston
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	Ashgabad	5,758,075	488.100	12.7		TKM	TM	.tm	Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan	Republic of Uzbekistan	Tashkent	31,910,641	447,400	75.0		UZB	UZ	.uz	Uzbekistan	Ozbekiston
Country	Long form of the state name	Capital	Population (2017)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²	flag	ISO-3 abbreviation	ISO-2 abbreviation	TLD	English name	Local name

See also

• List of historical states in Asia
• List of countries in Africa
• List of States of America
• List of countries in Europe

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved December 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ includes Taiwan , Penghu , Lan Yu , Lü Dao , Kinmen , Matsu , Taiping Dao, and Dongsha
3. ↑ Partly recognized, not a member of the United Nations (see notes )
4. ↑ Usual long form of the name, since the state is controversial, there is no official long form
5. ↑ No (official) capital, see the preliminary remarks on the capital.
6. ↑ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not a recognized state or comparable territory under international law; Except for Turkey, it is still not recognized by any member state of the United Nations. As a result, no coding was assigned. Passports issued by Northern Cyprus contain the self-chosen code CTR based on the ALPHA-3 codes ( source: Cyprus Times ). However, this coding is not reserved and can be assigned differently in ISO 3166 at any time.