Asian Countries

Asia is the largest and most populous continent, home to well over half of humanity. It stretches from Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula in the west to Japan in the east, and from Russia's Arctic coast to the equatorial islands of Indonesia. The two most populous countries on Earth, India and China, both sit in Asia. Counts of Asian countries vary slightly depending on how the transcontinental states are treated.

46 countries Sovereign states in Asia. Transcontinental countries such as Russia and Turkey appear here because part of their territory lies in Asia.

Country	Capital	Currency	Population
Afghanistan	Kabul	AFN ؋	43,844,111
Armenia	Yerevan	AMD ֏	3,086,700
Azerbaijan	Baku	AZN ₼	10,246,996
Bahrain	Manama	BHD .د.ب	1,600,366
Bangladesh	Dhaka	BDT ৳	175,686,899
Bhutan	Thimphu	BTN Nu.	796,682
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	BND $	466,330
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	KHR ៛	17,847,982
China	Beijing	CNY ¥	1,406,585,000
Georgia	Tbilisi	GEL ₾	3,935,766
India	New Delhi	INR ₹	1,463,865,525
Indonesia	Jakarta	IDR Rp	285,721,236
Iran	Tehran	IRR ﷼	92,417,681
Iraq	Baghdad	IQD ع.د	47,020,774
Israel	Jerusalem	ILS ₪	10,122,800
Japan	Tokyo	JPY ¥	123,366,734
Jordan	Amman	JOD د.ا	11,520,684
Kazakhstan	Astana	KZT ₸	20,843,754
Kuwait	Kuwait City	KWD د.ك	4,865,298
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	KGS с	7,343,064
Laos	Vientiane	LAK ₭	7,873,046
Lebanon	Beirut	LBP ل.ل	5,849,421
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	MYR RM	35,977,838
Maldives	Malé	MVR .ރ	529,676
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	MNT ₮	3,568,978
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	MMK Ks	54,850,648
Nepal	Kathmandu	NPR ₨	29,618,118
North Korea	Pyongyang	KPW ₩	26,571,036
Oman	Muscat	OMR ر.ع.	5,494,691
Pakistan	Islamabad	PKR ₨	255,219,554
Philippines	Manila	PHP ₱	116,786,962
Qatar	Doha	QAR ر.ق	2,972,215
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	SAR ر.س	36,973,555
Singapore	Singapore	SGD $	6,111,175
South Korea	Seoul	KRW ₩	51,684,564
Sri Lanka	Colombo	LKR Rs රු	21,756,000
Syria	Damascus	SYP £	25,620,427
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	TJS ЅМ	10,786,734
Thailand	Bangkok	THB ฿	71,619,863
Timor-Leste	Dili	USD $	1,418,517
Türkiye	Ankara	TRY ₺	85,878,556
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	TMT m	7,618,847
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	AED د.إ	11,513,149
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	UZS so'm	37,053,428
Vietnam	Hanoi	VND ₫	101,598,527
Yemen	Sana'a	YER ﷼	41,773,878

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.