Countries in Asia: 48
There is presently a total of 48 countries located in the continent of Asia, as per the official records of the United Nations. The table presented below provides a comprehensive list of these countries, along with their respective population and subregion as designated by the United Nations.
In addition to the countries aforementioned, it is important to note that the list does not include any Dependencies, which refer to territories that are considered to be dependent on another governing country or state, Areas of Special Sovereignty, or Autonomous Territories.
Please note that the aforementioned designations are distinct from the countries listed in the table and are listed separately for clarity.
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# |
Country |
Population |
Subregion |
1 |
1,439,323,776 |
Eastern Asia |
|
2 |
1,380,004,385 |
Southern Asia |
|
3 |
273,523,615 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
4 |
220,892,340 |
Southern Asia |
|
5 |
164,689,383 |
Southern Asia |
|
6 |
126,476,461 |
Eastern Asia |
|
7 |
109,581,078 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
8 |
97,338,579 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
9 |
84,339,067 |
Western Asia |
|
10 |
83,992,949 |
Southern Asia |
|
11 |
69,799,978 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
12 |
54,409,800 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
13 |
51,269,185 |
Eastern Asia |
|
14 |
40,222,493 |
Western Asia |
|
15 |
38,928,346 |
Southern Asia |
|
16 |
34,813,871 |
Western Asia |
|
17 |
33,469,203 |
Central Asia |
|
18 |
32,365,999 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
19 |
29,825,964 |
Western Asia |
|
20 |
29,136,808 |
Southern Asia |
|
21 |
25,778,816 |
Eastern Asia |
|
22 |
21,413,249 |
Southern Asia |
|
23 |
Kazakhstan |
18,776,707 |
Central Asia |
24 |
17,500,658 |
Western Asia |
|
25 |
16,718,965 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
26 |
10,203,134 |
Western Asia |
|
27 |
10,139,177 |
Western Asia |
|
28 |
9,890,402 |
Western Asia |
|
29 |
9,537,645 |
Central Asia |
|
30 |
8,655,535 |
Western Asia |
|
31 |
7,275,560 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
32 |
6,825,445 |
Western Asia |
|
33 |
6,524,195 |
Central Asia |
|
34 |
6,031,200 |
Central Asia |
|
35 |
5,850,342 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
36 |
5,106,626 |
Western Asia |
|
37 |
5,101,414 |
Western Asia |
|
38 |
4,270,571 |
Western Asia |
|
39 |
3,989,167 |
Western Asia |
|
40 |
3,278,290 |
Eastern Asia |
|
41 |
2,963,243 |
Western Asia |
|
42 |
2,881,053 |
Western Asia |
|
43 |
1,701,575 |
Western Asia |
|
44 |
1,318,445 |
South-Eastern Asia |
|
45 |
1,207,359 |
Western Asia |
|
46 |
771,608 |
Southern Asia |
|
47 |
540,544 |
Southern Asia |
|
48 |
437,479 |
South-Eastern Asia |
Overseas Territories or Dependencies
# |
Territory |
Population |
Dependency of |
1 |
23,816,775 |
(China) |
|
2 |
7,496,981 |
China |
|
3 |
649,335 |
China |