Countries of Asia Summary

Asian Geography

Countries of Asia Summary

The following list summarizes the 51 major Asian countries. I have included population, area, population density, the Asian countries capitals, major language, and major religion(s).

Asian country tourist info by geographic area -
Eastern Asia Travel Information - 6
Northern Asia Travel Information - 8
Southern Asia Travel Information - 19
Western Asia Travel Information - 18
ASIA TOTAL SUMMARY

Countries of Asia Summary Chart (51)
	Population (1,000s)	Area (sq. mi.)	Density P/SM	Capitol City	Language	Religion (most - least)
Southern Asia (19)
Afghanistan	23,738	251,825	90	Kabul	Pashtu, Dari	Muslim
Bangladesh	125,340	56,977	2,200	Dacca	Bangla	Muslim
Bhutan	1,865	18,150	103	Thimphu	Dzongkha	Buddhist
Brumei	308	2,216	138	Bandar Seri B.	Malay	Muslim
Cambodia	11,164	70,238	159	Phnom Penh	Khmer	Buddhist
India	967,613	1,222,243	792	New Delhi	Hindi	Hindu
Indonesia	209,774	741,052	283	Jakarta	Bahasa	Muslim
Laos	5,117	91,429	55	Vientiane	Lao	Buddhist
Malaysia	20,376	127,584	159	Kuala Lumpur	Malay	Mus.- Hindu
Maldives	280	115	2,438	Male	Divehi	Muslim
Myanmar (Burma)	46,822	261,228	179	Rangoon	Burmese	Buddhist
Nepal	22,641	56,827	398	Kathmandu	Nepali	Hindu
Pakistan	132,185	307,374	430	Islamabad	Urdu	Muslim
Papua New Guinea	4,496	178,704	25	Port Moresby	English	Protest.- Cat.
Phillipines	76,104	115,860	656	Manila	Tagalog	Catholic
Singapore	3,462	250	13,847	Singapore	Chinese	Buddhist
Sri Lanka	18,762	25,332	740	Colombo	Sinhala, Tamil	Buddhist
Thailand	59,451	198,115	300	Bangkok	Thai	Buddhist
Vietnam	75,124	127,816	587	Hanoi	Vietnamese	Bud.-Taoism
	1,796,356	3,672,165	489
Eastern Asia (6)	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
China (& Tibet)	1,221,592	3,696,100	327	Beijing	Mandarin	Athi.-Buddist
Japan	125,717	145,850	861	Tokyo	Japanese	Shinto - Bud.
Korea, North	24,317	47,399	513	Pyongyang	Korean	Buddist
Korea, South	45,949	38,375	1,197	Seoul	Korean	Chr.- Buddist
Mongolia	2,538	604,800	4	Ulaan Baator	Mongolian	Buddist
Taiwan	21,656	13,969	1,550	Taipei	Mandarin	Bud.-Tao.-C
	1,441,769	4,546,493	317
Northern Asia (8) (Ex-USSR)	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
Belaris	10,440	80,153	130	Minsk	Belarussian	Orth.- C- M
Kazakhstan	16,899	1,052,100	16	Almaty	Kazakh	Mus.- Orth.
Krygyzstan	4,450	76,600	59	Bishkek	Kyrgyz	Muslim
Russia	147,987	6,592,800	22	Moscow	Russian	Orthodox
Tajikistan	6,014	55,300	108	Dushanbe	Tajik	Muslim
Turkmenistan	4,225	188,500	22	Ashgabat	Turkmen	Muslim
Ukraine	50,685	233,100	217	Kiev	Ukrainian	Orthodox
Uzbekistan	23,860	172,700	138	Tashkent	Uzbek	Muslim
	260,110	8,374,653	31
Western Asia (18) (Middle East)	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
Armenia	3,466	11,506	301	Yerevan	Armenian	A. Ortho.
Azerbaijan	7,736	33,400	232	Baku	Azeri	Muslim
Bahrain	603	268	2,251	Manama	Arabic	Muslim
Cyprus	753	3,572	211	Nicosia	Greek, Turkish	Orth.- Mus.
Georgia	5,175	26,831	193	Tbilisi	Georgian	G. Ortho.
Iran	67,540	632,457	107	Tehran	Farsi	Muslim
Iraq	22,219	167,975	132	Baghdad	Arabic	Muslim
Israel	5,535	7,876	702	Tel Aviv	Hebrew	Jewdaism
Jordan	4,325	34,342	125	Amman	Arabic	Muslim
Kuwait	2,077	6,880	301	Kuwait City	Arabic	Muslim
Lebanon	3,859	3,950	976	Beirut	Arabic, French	Muslim- Ch.
Oman	2,265	118,150	19	Muscat	Arabic	Muslim
Qatar	665	4,416	150	Doha	Arabic	Muslim
Saudi Arabia	20,088	864,000	23	Riyadh	Arabic	Muslim
Syria	16,138	71,498	225	Damascus	Arabic	Muslim
Turkey	63,528	300,948	211	Ankara	Turkish	Muslim
U.A.E.	2,262	32,280	70	Abu Dhabi	Arabic	Muslim
Yemen	13,972	207,286	67	Sana	Arabic	Muslim
	225,829	2,455,898	92
ASIA TOTAL =
	3,724,064	19,049,209	195
	people (,000s)	sq. mi.

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Disclaimer: I hope there aren't many errors.

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers Countries of Asia summary web page was updated on 2007-11-28.