Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world.

Culturally diverse and historically rich, Asian countries has been home to number of world leaders. There are 44 countries, which make up the continent of Asia. China, India, Japan and Sri Lanka are the leading nations of this continent. All the countries of Asia Continent are culturally rich and diverse in nature. China is the largest country in terms of area. It is also the most populous country not only in Asia but also in the world.

Asia Continent - Salient Features

Asia continent is bound by the Pacific Ocean in the east, Europe in the west, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea in the southeast. The Arctic Ocean borders Asia in the north while the Bering Strait separates the continent from North America in the north east. The Indian Ocean to the south of the continent separates it from Australia. Some of the salient features of Asia are:

The total area is about 44,614,000 square km. It has the longest coastline in the world Mount Everest is the highest peak, rising to a height of 8848 meters. Dead Sea is the lowest point located 400 meters below sea level. Experiences the extremes of climate

Asia Facts
It covers 8.6% of the total surface area on Earth, which accounts for around 30% of the total land area. Asia, with more than 60% of the world population, is the most populous continent in the world. Asia is the most diverse continent and is divided into 6 sub-regions, namely

Northern Asia Central Asia Western Asia Southern Asia Eastern Asia Southeastern Asia

Asian countries within the six sub regions:

Country Area (sq km) Population (1st July 2008 Est) Population Density(per sq km) Capital

Central Asia:
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan 2,724,927 198,500 143,100 488,100 447,400 15,666,533 5,356,869 7,211,884 5,179,573 28,268,441 5.7 24.3 47.0 9.6 57.1 Astana Bishkek Dushanbe Ashgabat Tashkent

Eastern Asia:
China Hong Kong Macau Japan Taiwan North Korea South Korea Mongolia 9,584,492 1,092 25 377,835 35,980 120,540 98,480 1,565,000 1,322,044,605 7,008,300 460,823 127,288,628 22,920,946 23,479,095 49,232,844 2,996,082 134.0 6,417.9 18,473.3 336.1 626.7 184.4 490.7 1.7 Beijing Tokyo Taipei Pyongyang Seoul Ulaan Baatar

Northern Asia:
Russia 17,075,400 142,200,000 26.8 Moscow

Southeastern Asia:
Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia East Timor (TimorLeste) Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam 5,770 676,578 181,035 15,007 1,919,440 236,800 329,847 300,000 704 514,000 331,690 381,371 47,758,224 13,388,910 1,108,777 230,512,000 6,677,534 27,780,000 92,681,453 4,608,167 65,493,298 86,116,559 66.1 70.3 74 73.8 120.1 28.2 84.2 308.9 6,545.7 127.4 259.6 Bandar Seri Begawan Naypyidaw Phnom Penh Dili Jakarta Vientiane Kuala Lumpur Manila Singapore Bangkok(Krung Thep Mahanakhon) Hanoi

Southern Asia:
Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka 647,500 147,570 38,394 3,287,263 300 147,181 803,940 65,610 32,738,775 153,546,901 682,321 1,147,995,226 379,174 29,519,114 167,762,049 21,128,773 42.9 1040.5 17.8 349.2 1,263.3 200.5 208.7 322.0 Kabul Dhaka Thimphu New Delhi Mal Kathmandu Islamabad Sri JayawardenapuraKotte

Western Asia:
Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Georgia Iraq Iran Israel Jordan Kuwait 437,072 1,648,195 20,770 92,300 17,820 28,221,181 70,472,846 7,112,359 6,198,677 2,596,561 54.9 42.8 290.3 57.5 118.5 46,870 665 9,250 3,845,127 718,306 792,604 82.0 987.1 83.9 Yerevan Baku Manama Nicosia Tbilisi Baghdad Tehran Jerusalem Amman Kuwait City

Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen Total Area

10,452 212,460 6,257 11,437 1,960,582 185,180

3,971,941 3,311,640 4,277,000 928,635 23,513,330 19,747,586

353.6 12.8 683.5 69.4 12.0 92.6

Beirut Muscat Ramallah Doha Riyadh Damascus Ankara

82,880 527,970 43,810,582

4,621,399 23,013,376 4,162,966,086

29.5 35.4 89.07

Abu Dhabi Sana