Google+ Globe Traveller: Asian Countries

Asian Countries

Asia
Globe centered on Asia, with Asia highlighted. The continent is shaped like a right-angle triangle, with Europe to the west, oceans to the south and east, and Oceaniato the south-east.
Area44,579,000 km2(17,212,000 sq mi)[1]
Population4,164,252,000
Pop. density87/km2 (225/sq mi)
DemonymAsian
Countries49 (and 5 disputed)
LanguagesList of languages
Time zonesUTC+2 to UTC+12
Internet TLD.asia
Largest cities
Asia is the Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and comprises 30% of its land area. With approximately 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. Like most of the world, Asia has a high growth rate in the modern era. For instance, during the 20th century, Asia's population nearly quadrupled, as did the world population.
The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear geographical separation between it and Europe, which together form one continuous landmass called Eurasia. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma–Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.



List of Asian Countries:


Afghanistan             Jordan                          Singapore
Armenia                   Kazakhstan                  Sri Lanka
Bahrain                    Kuwait                          South Korea
Bangladesh              Kyrgyzstan                   Syria
Bhutan                     Laos                             Taiwan
Brunei                      Lebanon                       Tajikistan
Myanmar                 Malaysia                       Thailand
Cambodia                Maldives                       Turkey
China                       Mongolia                       Turkmenistan
Cyprus                     Nepal                            United Arab Emirates
East Timor               North Korea                  Uzbekistan
Georgia                    Oman                            Vietnam
India                         Pakistan                        Yemen
Indonesia                 Palestine                          
Iran                           Philippines                             
Iraq                           Qatar                           
Israel                         Russia                      
Japan                        Saudi Arabia