General information

Area 44.579.000 km2

Population 3.879.000.000
Density 89 inhab/ km2
Countries 48
Most populated cities Tokio
Sel
Bombay
New Delhi
Shanghai
Manila
Osaka
 Economy
The economy of Asia comprises more than 4 billion people (60% of the world
population) living in 46 different states. Six further states lie partly in Asia, but are
considered to belong to another region economically and politically.

Wealth (if measured by GDP per capita) is mostly concentrated in east

Asian territories such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, as
well in oil rich Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United
Arab Emirates. Asia, with the exception of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and
Singapore, is currently undergoing rapid growth and industrialization spearheaded by
China and India - the two fastest growing major economies in the world. While east
Asian and southeast Asian countries generally rely on manufacturing and trade for
growth, countries in the Middle East depend more on the production of commodities,
principally oil, for economic growth. Over the years, with rapid economic growth and
large trade surplus with the rest of the world, Asia has accumulated over US$4 trillion
of foreign exchange reserves - more than half of the world's total.
 CHINA
Population 1.300.000.000
Density 138 inhab/km2
Capital Pekin (Beijing)
Languages spoken Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu,
Hakka,Fuzhou, Hokien, Tibetan,Mongolian
GDP $7,5
Ethnics groups Han Chinese 91,6%
Zuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao & others 8,4%
Religions Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
Politics Single Party Socialist Republic
 Asia Spain
-Majority people ride bike. -Majority people move by
car and public transport.

-Only want boys. - Adopt girls.

-Boys are very sexists.

 JAPAN

Population 127,360,000
Density 336 inhab/km2
Capital Tokio
Languages spoken Japanese & Japanese dialects
GDP $33,828
Ethnics groups 98.5% Japanese 0.5%
Korean
0.4% Chinese
0.6% other
Religions Shinto, Buddhism
Politics Parliamentary representative
democratic monarchy
 INDIA
Population 1,192,277,000
Density 355 inhab/km
Capital New Delhi
Lenguages spoken Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali,
Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam,
Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Nepali,
Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil,Telugu.
GDP $3,176
Ethnics groups Indo-Aryan 72%
Dravidian 25%
Mongoloid & others 3%
Religions Hinduism, Islam, Shikism, Christianism,
Buddhism
Politics Federal republic with parliamentary
democracy.
 NORTH KOREA
Population 24,051,218
Density 187,6 inhab/km2
Capital Pyongyang
Languages spoken Korean
GDP $1.118
Ethnics groups Korean
Chinese
Religions Confucianism, Buddhism, Shamanism,
Cheondoism
Politics Socialist republic (Civilian Dictatorship)
Leader: Kim Jong Il
 SOUTH KOREA
Population 48,875,000
Density 480,0 inhab/km2
Capital Seoul
Languages spoken Korean
GDP $17,074
Ethnics groups Korean
Chinese
Religions Confucianism, Buddhism, Shamanism,
Cheondoism, atheism
Politics fully functioning modern democracy
Leader: Lee Myung-bak
 Democracy Juche
High Tech IIWW Tech
High Studies Secondary Studies
Richness Famine
Freedom n' Human Rights Censorship
Classic President Badass Leader

'Cause having the coolest leader in the world is

priceless, for all the rest South Korea
Middle East
 ARABIA SAUDITA
Population 25,731,776
Density 12 inhab/km2
Capital Riyadh
Languages spoken Arabic
GDP $23,701
Ethnics groups Arabs 90%
Black Africans, Javanese, Indians
Pakistanis and Egyptians 10%
Religions Islam (85% Sunni Muslims, 14% Shiite
Muslims)
Christians less than 1%
Politics Absolute Monarchy
 IRAQ
Population 31,234,000
Density 71.5 inhab/km2
Capital Baghdad
Languages spoken Arabic, English, Kurdish, Turkish & Assyrian
GDP $3,570
Ethnics groups Arabs 77%
Kurds 19%
Turks, Persians, Lurs, Assyrians,
Armenians, Yazidis, Shabaks,
Mandaeans & Sarliyahs 5%
Religions Islam (Shiite Muslims 52%, Sunni
Muslims, which dominate the
government and the bureaucracy 42%)
Christian and Jewish minorities.
Politics Unitary Single-Party Republic
 ISRAEL
Population 7,653,600
Density 365.3 inhab/km2
Capital Jerusalem
Languages spoken Hebrew and Arabic
GDP $29,000
Ethnics groups 75.5% Jewish
20.3% Arab
4.2% others
Religions Judaism, Islam, Christianism, Druze
Politics Parliamentary democracy
 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Population 4,975,593
Density 97 inhab/km2
Capital Abu Dhabi
Languages spoken Arabic, English
GDP $40,175
Ethnics groups Arabs 87%
Indians and Pakistanis 9%
Palestinians, Egyptians, Iraqis,
Lebanese & others 4%
Religions Islam (80% Sunni Muslims),
Christianism
Politics Federal presidential system and
constitutional monarchy
 ACTUAL SITUATION
Right now, in middle east and the north of Africa there are
revolts of the citizens in the most Islamic countries.
The population is fed up with totalitarian regimes, economic
inequalities and the restriction of freedom.
They want democracy.
Young people have been the precursors of these revolts with
the influence of the social networks.
 EGYPT

IRAN

YEMEN

BAHRAIN

(TUNISIA)

(LIBYA)

(ALGERIA)

(MOROCCO)