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usemap="#countries" hidefocus=true style="max-width:580px;aspect-ratio:580/410;"><br><h1 style="position:absolute;top:9%;left:9%;">Asia</h1><map name="countries"><area title=Russia alt=Russia shape=poly coords="134,160,138,149,170,142,184,151,194,146,232,174,256,167,272,168,276,158,318,172,332,168,346,170,360,150,374,154,383,170,394,180,406,176,401,191,395,192,395,206,404,202,441,187,443,152,414,142,440,126,476,127,479,174,511,144,521,125,571,112,576,74,459,28,409,29,408,56,332,39,272,0,238,0,268,26,171,48,156,70,154,86,137,96" href="/europe/russia/index.php"><area title=Japan alt=Japan shape=poly coords="384,243,400,232,419,221,428,195,440,188,473,180,436,213,430,239,388,256" href="/asia/japan/index.php"><area title="South Korea" alt="South Korea" shape=poly coords="374,226,387,221,389,235,374,241" href="/asia/south-korea/index.php"><area title="North Korea" alt="North Korea" shape=poly coords="393,204,364,218,371,226,386,219,382,215" href="/asia/north-korea/index.php"><area title=China alt=China shape=poly coords="231,175,246,183,245,192,260,197,266,205,296,209,319,203,352,184,347,179,336,181,341,171,346,172,360,152,373,156,381,171,394,182,403,179,400,189,393,191,393,202,362,218,360,288,351,290,348,278,325,289,319,302,310,302,309,290,303,282,296,283,284,288,272,278,276,267,263,256,250,265,241,262,234,264,200,249,204,236,188,227,189,221,185,216,192,213,207,206,210,194" href="/asia/china/index.php"><area title=Vietnam alt=Vietnam shape=poly coords="308,290,302,283,289,288,296,294,295,298,308,311,308,324,295,333,298,340,317,325,312,309,301,297" href="/asia/vietnam/index.php"><area title=Myanmar alt=Myanmar shape=poly coords="269,264,274,267,270,278,282,289,270,298,274,307,273,314,275,340,270,341,267,315,251,292" href="/asia/burma/index.php"><area title=India alt=India shape=poly coords="201,236,199,250,207,254,205,263,235,272,238,292,209,314,206,330,195,341,162,281,175,278,169,267,191,248,184,237" href="/asia/india/index.php"><area title=India alt=India shape=poly coords="262,258,267,262,256,282,251,270,252,265" href="/asia/india/index.php"><area title=Yemen alt=Yemen shape=poly coords="68,306,78,303,84,310,103,297,109,311,72,326" href="/asia/yemen/index.php"><area title=Oman alt=Oman shape=poly coords="123,278,135,286,123,304,110,310,104,296,116,294" href="/asia/oman/index.php"><area title=Iran alt=Iran shape=poly coords="75,218,93,221,97,226,110,227,120,222,138,229,134,244,145,268,139,276,119,268,111,270,90,254" href="/asia/iran/index.php"><area title=Philippines alt=Philippines shape=poly coords="353,299,364,299,380,344,371,351,340,339" href="/asia/philippines/index.php"><area title=Cambodia alt=Cambodia shape=poly coords="288,323,292,317,306,316,306,323,294,332" href="/asia/cambodia/index.php"><area title=Thailand alt=Thailand shape=poly coords="271,298,280,292,283,304,293,302,300,314,290,315,286,324,288,346,283,347,276,339,276,306,276,306" href="/asia/thailand/index.php"><area title=Malaysia alt=Malaysia shape=poly coords="279,348,291,347,299,362,296,368,282,358" href="/asia/malaysia/index.php"><area title=Malaysia alt=Malaysia shape=poly coords="310,362,320,366,334,363,350,350,342,341" href="/asia/malaysia/index.php"><area title="United Arab Emirates" alt="United Arab Emirates" shape=poly coords="103,278,122,270,122,276,117,287,104,285" href="/asia/arab-emirates/index.php"><area title=Iraq alt=Iraq shape=poly coords="69,226,76,226,90,256,82,261,54,244,54,244,66,237" href="/asia/iraq/index.php"><area title=Turkmenistan alt=Turkmenistan shape=poly coords="106,208,113,205,118,210,130,203,158,224,143,235,138,235,139,227,120,220,110,225" href="/asia/turkmenistan/index.php"><area title="Saudi Arabia" alt="Saudi Arabia" shape=poly coords="40,260,51,257,57,248,83,262,91,257,102,276,103,286,115,288,115,291,103,295,84,308,78,300,64,307" href="/asia/saudi-arabia/index.php"><area title=Nepal alt=Nepal shape=poly coords="208,254,236,266,236,270,207,262" href="/asia/nepal/index.php"><area title=Bhutan alt=Bhutan shape=poly coords="250,266,250,271,238,270,237,265,241,263" href="/asia/bhutan/index.php"><area title="Sri Lanka" alt="Sri Lanka" shape=poly coords="207,332,218,346,203,350,203,350" href="/asia/sri-lanka/index.php"><area title=Jordan alt=Jordan shape=poly coords="38,250,45,245,54,245,56,246,50,255,40,258" href="/asia/jordan/index.php"><area title=Turkey alt=Turkey shape=poly coords="2,239,29,230,46,231,68,225,76,225,72,210,65,206,34,204,7,213" href="/asia/turkey/index.php"><area title=Kyrgyzstan alt=Kyrgyzstan shape=poly coords="172,205,180,211,167,215,182,218,184,214,206,204,181,200" href="/asia/kyrgyzstan/index.php"><area title=Syria alt=Syria shape=poly coords="44,233,68,226,65,236,52,243,41,245" href="/asia/syria/index.php"><area title=Georgia alt=Georgia shape=poly coords="59,201,74,210,86,207,78,199" href="/asia/georgia/index.php"><area title=Azerbaijan alt=Azerbaijan shape=poly coords="94,219,99,211,88,204,87,208,79,211,82,216" href="/asia/azerbaijan/index.php"><area title=Pakistan alt=Pakistan shape=poly coords="140,276,160,281,172,277,167,266,188,248,182,235,198,235,185,227,175,230,164,251,154,258,143,258,147,268" href="/asia/pakistan/index.php"><area title=Uzbekistan alt=Uzbekistan shape=poly coords="118,206,118,192,137,190,140,199,152,199,164,210,172,207,175,210,165,214,163,225,130,200,130,200" href="/asia/uzbekistan/index.php"><area title=Kazakhstan alt=Kazakhstan shape=poly coords="134,162,140,152,170,145,184,154,194,148,228,173,208,194,206,202,179,198,164,208,153,196,141,197,137,188,116,191,117,206,113,202,105,207,81,173,102,160" href="/asia/kazakhstan/index.php"><area title=Tajikistan alt=Tajikistan shape=poly coords="166,216,186,220,186,224,176,228,164,226,164,226,164,226" href="/asia/tajikistan/index.php"><area title=Afghanistan alt=Afghanistan shape=poly coords="138,236,144,237,160,226,174,229,164,248,154,256,142,257,136,244,136,244" href="/asia/afghanistan/index.php"><area title=Bangladesh alt=Bangladesh shape=poly coords="236,271,251,272,254,283,249,292,240,292" href="/asia/bangladesh/index.php"><area title=Indonesia alt=Indonesia shape=poly coords="262,345,296,369,312,363,320,367,335,365,351,352,388,359,429,377,428,403,378,398,364,401,352,407,294,397,254,348" href="/asia/indonesia/index.php"><area title="East Timor" alt="East Timor" shape=poly coords="369,402,377,399,384,402,372,407" href="/asia/east-timor/index.php"><area title=Mongolia alt=Mongolia shape=poly coords="234,175,256,168,274,170,277,160,317,174,331,170,338,170,334,182,346,181,349,184,318,201,297,207,267,203,262,195,247,191,247,182" href="/asia/mongolia/index.php"></map></div></div><div class=boxwhite><div class="adtg cad-right" id="adtg-1" data-gptfrmt="cad" data-asfrmt="rectangle" style="min-height:250px;width:336px;"><ins id=ags1 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="3247214056" data-ad-format="rectangle" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class=floater><img id=vgwort src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-vgw="9586bf927345403a8c33bb3bd2348ba5" width=7 height=7 alt=vgw loading=eager class=right>Asia consists of 48 sovereign states and 3 other territories covering a land mass of 45 million km² (17 million square miles). This corresponds to around 30 percent of the earth's total habitable surface. The coastlines in and around Asia have a total length of 224,089 km (139,272 miles). These 51 Asian countries are home to 4.78 billion people (= 59.2% of the world's population). Their share of global economic output is around 37% .<p>77% of <a href="/europe/russia/index.php">Russia's</a> surface area also belongs to Asia. However, as most of its inhabitants (85%) live in the European part of the country and the capital is also located there, Russia is classified by the United Nations as <a href="/europe/index.php">belonging to Europe.</a> The border between Europe and Asia runs roughly along the Urals and south of it along the Ural River to the Caspian and Black Seas.<p><a href="/asia/turkey/index.php">Turkey</a>, on the other hand, belongs to the Middle East, as 88% of the population, 97% of the country's area and the capital Ankara are located here. Like Europe, Asia lies on the Eurasian continental plate.</div><div class=clear></div><br><div class=countrylist><div><h2>Western Asia</h2><a class="fl_as fl_ARM" href="/asia/armenia/index.php">Armenia</a><a class="fl_as fl_AZE" href="/asia/azerbaijan/index.php">Azerbaijan</a><a class="fl_as fl_BHR" href="/asia/bahrain/index.php">Bahrain</a><a class="fl_as fl_CYP" href="/asia/cyprus/index.php">Cyprus</a><a class="fl_as fl_GEO" href="/asia/georgia/index.php">Georgia</a><a class="fl_as fl_IRQ" href="/asia/iraq/index.php">Iraq</a><a class="fl_as fl_ISR" href="/asia/israel/index.php">Israel</a><a class="fl_as fl_JOR" href="/asia/jordan/index.php">Jordan</a><a class="fl_as fl_KWT" href="/asia/kuwait/index.php">Kuwait</a><a class="fl_as fl_LBN" href="/asia/lebanon/index.php">Lebanon</a><a class="fl_as fl_OMN" href="/asia/oman/index.php">Oman</a><a class="fl_as fl_PSE" href="/asia/palestine/index.php">Palestine</a><a class="fl_as fl_QAT" href="/asia/qatar/index.php">Qatar</a><a class="fl_as fl_SAU" href="/asia/saudi-arabia/index.php">Saudi Arabia</a><a class="fl_as fl_SYR" href="/asia/syria/index.php">Syria</a><a class="fl_as fl_TUR" href="/asia/turkey/index.php">Turkey</a><a class="fl_as fl_ARE" href="/asia/arab-emirates/index.php">United Arab Emirates</a><a class="fl_as fl_YEM" href="/asia/yemen/index.php">Yemen</a></div><div><h2>Central Asia</h2><a class="fl_as fl_KAZ" href="/asia/kazakhstan/index.php">Kazakhstan</a><a class="fl_as fl_KGZ" href="/asia/kyrgyzstan/index.php">Kyrgyzstan</a><a class="fl_as fl_TJK" href="/asia/tajikistan/index.php">Tajikistan</a><a class="fl_as fl_TKM" href="/asia/turkmenistan/index.php">Turkmenistan</a><a class="fl_as fl_UZB" href="/asia/uzbekistan/index.php">Uzbekistan</a><br><h2>South Asia</h2><a class="fl_as fl_AFG" href="/asia/afghanistan/index.php">Afghanistan</a><a class="fl_as fl_BGD" href="/asia/bangladesh/index.php">Bangladesh</a><a class="fl_as fl_BTN" href="/asia/bhutan/index.php">Bhutan</a><a class="fl_as fl_IND" href="/asia/india/index.php">India</a><a class="fl_as fl_IRN" href="/asia/iran/index.php">Iran</a><a class="fl_as fl_MDV" href="/asia/maldives/index.php">Maldives</a><a class="fl_as fl_NPL" href="/asia/nepal/index.php">Nepal</a><a class="fl_as fl_PAK" href="/asia/pakistan/index.php">Pakistan</a><a class="fl_as fl_LKA" href="/asia/sri-lanka/index.php">Sri Lanka</a></div><div><h2>Southeast Asia</h2><a class="fl_as fl_BRN" href="/asia/brunei/index.php">Brunei</a><a class="fl_as fl_KHM" href="/asia/cambodia/index.php">Cambodia</a><a class="fl_as fl_TLS" href="/asia/east-timor/index.php">East Timor</a><a class="fl_as fl_IDN" href="/asia/indonesia/index.php">Indonesia</a><a class="fl_as fl_LAO" href="/asia/laos/index.php">Laos</a><a class="fl_as fl_MYS" href="/asia/malaysia/index.php">Malaysia</a><a class="fl_as fl_MMR" href="/asia/burma/index.php">Myanmar</a><a class="fl_as fl_PHL" href="/asia/philippines/index.php">Philippines</a><a class="fl_as fl_SGP" href="/asia/singapore/index.php">Singapore</a><a class="fl_as fl_THA" href="/asia/thailand/index.php">Thailand</a><a class="fl_as fl_VNM" href="/asia/vietnam/index.php">Vietnam</a></div><div><h2>East Asia</h2><a class="fl_as fl_CHN" href="/asia/china/index.php">China</a><a class="fl_as fl_HKG" href="/asia/hong-kong/index.php">Hong Kong ¹</a><a class="fl_as fl_JPN" href="/asia/japan/index.php">Japan</a><a class="fl_as fl_MAC" href="/asia/macao/index.php">Macao ¹</a><a class="fl_as fl_MNG" href="/asia/mongolia/index.php">Mongolia</a><a class="fl_as fl_PRK" href="/asia/north-korea/index.php">North Korea</a><a class="fl_as fl_KOR" href="/asia/south-korea/index.php">South Korea</a><a class="fl_as fl_TWN" href="/asia/taiwan/index.php">Taiwan ¹</a></div></div><div class=clear></div>¹ The marked countries are not sovereign states but dependent territories. (Cf.: <a href="/definition-country.php">What is a country?</a>)</div><div class="adtg bbd" id="adtg-2" data-gptfrmt="bbd" ><ins id=ags2 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="2913722277" data-ad-format="horizontal" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="boxwhite greybg"><h2>Asian alliances and trade agreements</h2><ul class=list><li><a href="/trade-agreements/asean.php">ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a></li><li><a href="/alliances/gcc-gulf-cooperation-council.php">GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council</a></li><li><a href="/alliances/turkicstates.php">OTS - Organization of Turkic States</a></li><li><a href="/trade-agreements/rcep.php">RCEP - Regional, comprehensive economic partnership</a></li><li><a href="/trade-agreements/saarc.php">SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a></li></ul></div><div class=boxwhite>Asia is the largest of all continents, stretching over a length of 11,000 km (6800 miles) and a width of over 8500 km (5300 miles) from the Arctic Sea to Australia, meaning there are many different climate zones. Asia holds a number of other superlatives; here, you will find, by far, the <a href="/the-largest-countries.php">largest countries in the world</a>. In terms of population, these are India and China. Even Asian parts of Russia are still much larger than any other country in the world. Bangladesh and South Korea, two Asian territorial states, lead the <a href="/population-density.php">ranking in population density</a>. Standing at 8,848 meters (29029 ft), Mount Everest in the Himalayas is the highest mountain. To the west is the Caspian Sea, the world's largest freshwater lake. At 357,000 km² (137,838 square qmiles), it is half the size of Texas.<br><br>In the southeast of Asia, there is the Malay Archipelago, a widely ramified island world that consists of many countries and reaches as far as Australia. Located here are most of the Earth’s volcanoes. From Japan over the Philippines to Indonesia, thousands of islands have a volcanic origin, referred to as the Pacific Firing, where numerous volcanoes are still active. Due to tectonic shifts of various Pacific plates, strong earthquakes repeatedly occur in these regions, triggering <a href="/volcanoes.php">volcanoes</a> and <a href="/tsunamis.php">tsunamis</a>.<br><br><div class="adtg cad" id="adtg-3" data-gptfrmt="cad"><ins id=ags3 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="3247214056" data-ad-format="rectangle" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><h2>Most widely spoken native languages in Asia</h2><div class=tablescroller><table class="std100 hover sticky"><tr><th>Language</th><th>Percentage</th><th>Population</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/chinese.php">Chinese</a></td><td>28.3 %</td><td>1,349.3 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/hindi.php">Hindi</a></td><td>12.1 %</td><td>575.6 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/bengali.php">Bengali</a></td><td>5.9 %</td><td>284.0 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/english.php">English</a></td><td>3.5 %</td><td>168.7 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/arabic.php">Arabic</a></td><td>3.4 %</td><td>162.6 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/punjabi.php">Punjabi</a></td><td>3.3 %</td><td>159.8 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/japanese.php">Japanese</a></td><td>2.6 %</td><td>123.4 M</td></tr><tr><td>Javanese</td><td>2.3 %</td><td>110.8 M</td></tr><tr><td>Telugu</td><td>2.2 %</td><td>103.5 M</td></tr><tr><td>Marathi</td><td>2.0 %</td><td>96.4 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/urdu.php">Urdu</a></td><td>1.9 %</td><td>93.1 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/tamil.php">Tamil</a></td><td>1.9 %</td><td>90.1 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/vietnamese.php">Vietnamese</a></td><td>1.8 %</td><td>88.1 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/korean.php">Korean</a></td><td>1.7 %</td><td>80.1 M</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/languages/turkish.php">Turkish</a></td><td>1.6 %</td><td>78.5 M</td></tr></table></div><div class=clear></div></div></main><footer id=footer><div id=socials><a 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