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How many Countries in Asia?

Countries in Asia:

48
There are 48 countries in Asia today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with
current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous
territories)

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Population
#  Country  (2020)  Subregion 

1 China (/world-population/china-population/) 1,439,323,776 Eastern Asia

2 India (/world-population/india-population/) 1,380,004,385 Southern Asia

3 Indonesia (/world-population/indonesia- 273,523,615 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

4 Pakistan (/world-population/pakistan- 220,892,340 Southern Asia

population/)

5 Bangladesh (/world-population/bangladesh- 164,689,383 Southern Asia

population/)

6 Japan (/world-population/japan-population/) 126,476,461 Eastern Asia

7 Philippines (/world-population/philippines- 109,581,078 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

8 Vietnam (/world-population/vietnam- 97,338,579 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

9 Turkey (/world-population/turkey-population/) 84,339,067 Western Asia

10 Iran (/world-population/iran-population/) 83,992,949 Southern Asia

 Population
#  Country  (2020)  Subregion 

11 Thailand (/world-population/thailand- 69,799,978 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

12 Myanmar (/world-population/myanmar- 54,409,800 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

13 South Korea (/world-population/south-korea- 51,269,185 Eastern Asia

population/)

14 Iraq (/world-population/iraq-population/) 40,222,493 Western Asia

15 Afghanistan (/world-population/afghanistan- 38,928,346 Southern Asia

population/)

16 Saudi Arabia (/world-population/saudi-arabia- 34,813,871 Western Asia

population/)

17 Uzbekistan (/world-population/uzbekistan- 33,469,203 Central Asia

population/)

18 Malaysia (/world-population/malaysia- 32,365,999 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

19 Yemen (/world-population/yemen-population/) 29,825,964 Western Asia

20 Nepal (/world-population/nepal-population/) 29,136,808 Southern Asia

21 North Korea (/world-population/north-korea- 25,778,816 Eastern Asia

population/)

22 Sri Lanka (/world-population/sri-lanka- 21,413,249 Southern Asia

population/)

23 Kazakhstan (/world-population/kazakhstan- 18,776,707 Central Asia

population/)

24 Syria (/world-population/syria-population/) 17,500,658 Western Asia

25 Cambodia (/world-population/cambodia- 16,718,965 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

26 Jordan (/world-population/jordan-population/) 10,203,134 Western Asia

27 Azerbaijan (/world-population/azerbaijan- 10,139,177 Western Asia

population/)
 Population
#  Country  (2020)  Subregion 

28 United Arab Emirates (/world- 9,890,402 Western Asia

population/united-arab-emirates-population/)

29 Tajikistan (/world-population/tajikistan- 9,537,645 Central Asia

population/)

30 Israel (/world-population/israel-population/) 8,655,535 Western Asia

31 Laos (/world-population/laos-population/) 7,275,560 South-Eastern Asia

32 Lebanon (/world-population/lebanon- 6,825,445 Western Asia

population/)

33 Kyrgyzstan (/world-population/kyrgyzstan- 6,524,195 Central Asia

population/)

34 Turkmenistan (/world- 6,031,200 Central Asia

population/turkmenistan-population/)

35 Singapore (/world-population/singapore- 5,850,342 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

36 Oman (/world-population/oman-population/) 5,106,626 Western Asia

37 State of Palestine (/world-population/state-of- 5,101,414 Western Asia

palestine-population/)

38 Kuwait (/world-population/kuwait-population/) 4,270,571 Western Asia

39 Georgia (/world-population/georgia- 3,989,167 Western Asia

population/)

40 Mongolia (/world-population/mongolia- 3,278,290 Eastern Asia

population/)

41 Armenia (/world-population/armenia- 2,963,243 Western Asia

population/)

42 Qatar (/world-population/qatar-population/) 2,881,053 Western Asia

43 Bahrain (/world-population/bahrain- 1,701,575 Western Asia

population/)

44 Timor-Leste (/world-population/timor-leste- 1,318,445 South-Eastern Asia

population/)
 Population
#  Country  (2020)  Subregion 

45 Cyprus (/world-population/cyprus- 1,207,359 Western Asia

population/)

46 Bhutan (/world-population/bhutan- 771,608 Southern Asia

population/)

47 Maldives (/world-population/maldives- 540,544 Southern Asia

population/)

48 Brunei (/world-population/brunei-darussalam- 437,479 South-Eastern Asia

population/)

Dependencies or other territories

Population
#  Territory  (2020)  Dependency of 

1 Taiwan (/world-population/taiwan- 23,816,775 (China)

population/)

2 Hong Kong (/world-population/china-hong- 7,496,981 China

kong-sar-population/)

3 Macao (/world-population/china-macao-sar- 649,335 China

population/)

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