Asia-Pacific

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Map showing Asia-Pacific in the world. Dark green indicates core Asia-Pacific countries; light green indicates regions that may be included.

Asia Pacific, sometimes Indo-Pacific, is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific

Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East
Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
The term may also include parts of Russia (on the North Pacific) and countries in
the Americas which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru and the United States.
Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia and Australasia as well as Pacific island
nations (Indo Pacific and Australian continent)—for example, when dividing the world into large
regions for commercial purposes (e.g., into the Americas, the EMEA and Asia-Pacific).  Western [1]

Asia is almost never included. [2][3]

On the whole, there is no clear-cut definition of "Asia-Pacific", and the regions included change
depending on the context. The term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce,
finance and politics. Despite the heterogeneity of the regions' economies, most individual nations
within the zone are emerging markets experiencing rapid growth and burgeoning economic
prosperity. (Compare the concept/acronym APEJ or APeJ—Asia-Pacific excluding Japan.) [4]

Contents

 1Component areas
o 1.1Asia
o 1.2Oceania
 1.2.1Australasia
 1.2.2Melanesia
 1.2.3Micronesia
 1.2.4Polynesia
 2List of countries and territories
 3References

Component areas[edit]
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region  generally includes:
[5]

Asia[edit]
East Asia

  China
o  Hong Kong
o  Macau
  Japan
  Mongolia
  North Korea
  South Korea
  Taiwan
North Asia

  Russian Far East (Russia)

South Asia

  Afghanistan
  Bangladesh
  Bhutan
  India
  Maldives
    Nepal
  Pakistan
  Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia

  Brunei
  Cambodia
  Indonesia
  Laos
  Malaysia
  Myanmar
  Philippines
  Singapore
  Thailand
  Timor-Leste
  Vietnam
Oceania[edit]
Australasia[edit]

  Australia
o  Ashmore and Cartier Islands
o  Australian Indian Ocean Territories
  Christmas Island
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
o  Coral Sea Islands
o  Heard Island and McDonald Islands
o  Norfolk Island
  New Zealand (also a part of Polynesia)