A Comprehensive List and Overview of country list of Asia

  

There are 48 countries in Asia today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics). 

1	India	1,463,865,525	Southern Asia
2	China	1,416,096,094	Eastern Asia
3	Indonesia	285,721,236	South-Eastern Asia
4	Pakistan	255,219,554	Southern Asia
5	Bangladesh	175,686,899	Southern Asia
6	Japan	123,103,479	Eastern Asia
7	Philippines	116,786,962	South-Eastern Asia
8	Vietnam	101,598,527	South-Eastern Asia
9	Iran	92,417,681	Southern Asia
10	Turkey	87,685,426	Western Asia
11	Thailand	71,619,863	South-Eastern Asia
12	Myanmar	54,850,648	South-Eastern Asia
13	South Korea	51,667,029	Eastern Asia
14	Iraq	47,020,774	Western Asia
15	Afghanistan	43,844,111	Southern Asia
16	Yemen	41,773,878	Western Asia
17	Uzbekistan	37,053,428	Central Asia
18	Malaysia	35,977,838	South-Eastern Asia
19	Saudi Arabia	34,566,328	Western Asia
20	Nepal	29,618,118	Southern Asia
21	North Korea	26,571,036	Eastern Asia
22	Syria	25,620,427	Western Asia
23	Sri Lanka	23,229,470	Southern Asia
24	Kazakhstan	20,843,754	Central Asia
25	Cambodia	17,847,982	South-Eastern Asia
26	Jordan	11,520,684	Western Asia
27	United Arab Emirates	11,346,000	Western Asia
28	Tajikistan	10,786,734	Central Asia
29	Azerbaijan	10,397,713	Western Asia
30	Israel	9,517,181	Western Asia
31	Laos	7,873,046	South-Eastern Asia
32	Turkmenistan	7,618,847	Central Asia
33	Kyrgyzstan	7,295,034	Central Asia
34	Singapore	5,870,750	South-Eastern Asia
35	Lebanon	5,849,421	Western Asia
36	State of Palestine	5,589,623	Western Asia
37	Oman	5,494,691	Western Asia
38	Kuwait	5,026,078	Western Asia
39	Georgia	3,806,671	Western Asia
40	Mongolia	3,517,100	Eastern Asia
41	Qatar	3,115,889	Western Asia
42	Armenia	2,952,365	Western Asia
43	Bahrain	1,643,332	Western Asia
44	Timor-Leste	1,418,517	South-Eastern Asia
45	Cyprus	1,370,754	Western Asia
46	Bhutan	796,682	Southern Asia
47	Maldives	529,676	Southern Asia
48	Brunei	466,330	South-Eastern Asia

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