Outline of Asia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia.

Asia is the world'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 (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.

Geography of Asia

Regions of Asia

Countries of Asia

 Abkhazia[1][2]
 Afghanistan
United Kingdom Akrotiri and Dhekelia [2][3]
 Armenia[2]
 Azerbaijan[2]
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Bhutan
 British Indian Ocean Territory [3]
 Brunei
 Cambodia
 China
 Georgia[2]
 Hong Kong [4]
 India
 Indonesia[5]
 Iran

 Iraq
 Israel
 Japan
 Jordan
 Kazakhstan
 North Korea[6]
 South Korea[7]
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan
 Laos
 Lebanon
 Macau [4]
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Mongolia
 Myanmar[8]
 Nagorno-Karabakh[1][2]
   Nepal
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Palestinian territories [9]

 Philippines
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka
 South Ossetia[1][2]
 Syria
 Taiwan[10]
 Tajikistan
 Thailand
 Timor-Leste[5][11]
 Turkey[2]
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[1][2]
 Turkmenistan
 United Arab Emirates
 Uzbekistan
 Vietnam
 Yemen

Geographic features of Asia

Demography of Asia

Main article: Demographics of Asia

History of Asia

History by field

History by region

Culture of Asia

Main article: Culture of Asia

The Arts in Asia

Sports in Asia

Environment of Asia

Economy and infrastructure of Asia

Main article: Economy of Asia

Communications in Asia

Education in Asia

Governments of Asia

Politics of Asia

Main article: Politics of Asia

See also

Indexes of articles on the countries of Asia

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Unrecognized independent country.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Some territory could be argued to be a part of Europe or Asia
  3. 1 2 British overseas territory.
  4. 1 2 Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
  5. 1 2 Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Oceania
  6. ↑ Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
  7. ↑ Republic of Korea.
  8. ↑ Previously known as Burma.
  9. ↑ Consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip territories.
  10. ↑ Republic of China.
  11. ↑ Also known as East Timor.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Asia

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