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region[1] | Country | Area (km²) |
Population (1 July 2002 est.) |
Population density (per km²) |
Capital |
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C | ![]() |
2,346,927 | 13,472,593 | 5.7 | Astana |
C | ![]() |
198,500 | 4,822,166 | 24.3 | Bishkek |
C | ![]() |
143,100 | 6,719,567 | 47.0 | Dushanbe |
C | ![]() |
488,100 | 4,688,963 | 9.6 | Ashgabat |
C | ![]() |
447,400 | 25,563,441 | 57.1 | Tashkent |
E | ![]() |
9,584,492 | 1,384,303,705 | 134.0 | Beijing |
E | ![]() |
1,092 | 7,303,334 | 6,688.0 | Hong Kong |
E | ![]() |
377,835 | 126,974,628 | 336.1 | Tokyo |
E | ![]() |
25 | 461,833 | 18,473.3 | — |
E | ![]() |
1,565,000 | 2,694,432 | 1.7 | Ulaanbaatar |
E | ![]() |
120,540 | 22,224,195 | 184.4 | Pyongyang |
E | ![]() |
98,480 | 48,324,000 | 490.7 | Seoul |
E | ![]() |
35,980 | 22,548,009 | 626.7 | Taipei |
AF | ![]() |
63,556 | 1,378,159 | 21.7 | Cairo |
N | ![]() |
13,115,200 | 39,129,729 | 3.0 | Moscow |
SE | ![]() |
5,770 | 350,898 | 60.8 | Bandar Seri Begawan |
SE | ![]() |
181,040 | 12,775,324 | 70.6 | Phnom Penh |
SE | ![]() |
1,419,588 | 227,026,560 | 159.9 | Jakarta |
SE | ![]() |
236,800 | 5,777,180 | 24.4 | Vientiane |
SE | ![]() |
329,750 | 22,662,365 | 68.7 | Kuala Lumpur |
SE | ![]() |
678,500 | 42,238,224 | 62.3 | Naypyidaw[10] |
SE | ![]() |
300,000 | 84,525,639 | 281.8 | Manila |
SE | ![]() |
693 | 4,452,732 | 6,425.3 | Singapore |
SE | ![]() |
514,000 | 62,354,402 | 121.3 | Bangkok |
SE | ![]() |
15,007 | 952,618 | 63.5 | Dili |
SE | ![]() |
329,560 | 81,098,416 | 246.1 | Hanoi |
S | ![]() |
647,500 | 27,755,775 | 42.9 | Kabul |
S | ![]() |
144,000 | 133,376,684 | 926.2 | Dhaka |
S | ![]() |
47,000 | 672,425 | 14.3 | Thimphu |
S | ![]() |
3,287,590 | 1,045,845,226 | 318.2 | New Delhi |
S | ![]() |
1,648,000 | 68,467,413 | 41.5 | Tehran |
S | ![]() |
300 | 320,165 | 1,067.2 | Malé |
S | ![]() |
140,800 | 25,873,917 | 183.8 | Kathmandu |
S | ![]() |
803,940 | 147,663,429 | 183.7 | Islamabad |
S | ![]() |
65,610 | 19,576,783 | 298.4 | Colombo |
W | ![]() |
29,800 | 3,330,099 | 111.7 | Yerevan |
W | ![]() |
46,870 | 3,845,127 | 82.0 | Baku |
W | ![]() |
665 | 656,397 | 987.1 | Manama |
W | ![]() |
9,250 | 775,927 | 83.9 | Nicosia |
W | ![]() |
363 | 1,203,591 | 3,315.7 | Gaza |
W | ![]() |
20,460 | 2,032,004 | 99.3 | Tbilisi |
W | ![]() |
437,072 | 24,001,816 | 54.9 | Baghdad |
W | ![]() |
20,770 | 6,029,529 | 290.3 | Jerusalem |
W | ![]() |
92,300 | 5,307,470 | 57.5 | Amman |
W | ![]() |
17,820 | 2,111,561 | 118.5 | Kuwait City |
W | ![]() |
10,400 | 3,677,780 | 353.6 | Beirut |
W | ![]() |
212,460 | 2,713,462 | 12.8 | Muscat |
W | ![]() |
11,437 | 793,341 | 69.4 | Doha |
W | ![]() |
1,960,582 | 23,513,330 | 12.0 | Riyadh |
W | ![]() |
185,180 | 17,155,814 | 92.6 | Damascus |
W | ![]() |
756,768 | 57,855,068 | 76.5 | Ankara |
W | ![]() |
82,880 | 2,445,989 | 29.5 | Abu Dhabi |
W | ![]() |
5,860 | 2,303,660 | 393.1 | — |
W | ![]() |
527,970 | 18,701,257 | 35.4 | Sanaá |
Total | 43,810,582 | 3,902,404,193 | 89.07 |
- ^ Continental regions as per UN categorisations (map), except 12. Depending on definitions, various territories cited below (notes 6, 11-13, 15, 17-19, 21-23) may be in one or both of Asia and Europe, Africa, or Oceania.
- ^ Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ The current state is formally known as the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilisation. Figures given are for mainland China only, and do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
- ^ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
- ^ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
- ^ Figures are for the area under the de facto control of the ROC government. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
- ^ Egypt is generally considered a transcontinental country in Northern Africa and Western Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, east of the Suez Canal (Sinai Peninsula).
- ^ Russia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe (UN region) and Northern Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania; figures do not include Irian Jaya and Maluku Islands, frequently reckoned in Oceania (Melanesia/Australasia).
- ^ The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved from Yangon (Rangoon) to a militarised greenfield just west of Pyinmana on 6 November 2005.
- ^ Timor-Leste is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
- ^ Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.
- ^ Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- ^ Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Naxçivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
- ^ The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), distinct from the de jure Republic of Cyprus in the south (with a predominantly Greek population), is recognised only by Turkey.
- ^ Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
- ^ Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
- ^ West Bank and Gaza, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.