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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)
#CountryPopulation
(2024)		Subregion
1 India 1,450,935,791 Southern Asia
2 China 1,419,321,278 Eastern Asia
3 Indonesia 283,487,931 South-Eastern Asia
4 Pakistan 251,269,164 Southern Asia
5 Bangladesh 173,562,364 Southern Asia
6 Japan 123,753,041 Eastern Asia
7 Philippines 115,843,670 South-Eastern Asia
8 Vietnam 100,987,686 South-Eastern Asia
9 Iran 91,567,738 Southern Asia
10 Turkey 87,473,805 Western Asia
11 Thailand 71,668,011 South-Eastern Asia
12 Myanmar 54,500,091 South-Eastern Asia
13 South Korea 51,717,590 Eastern Asia
14 Iraq 46,042,015 Western Asia
15 Afghanistan 42,647,492 Southern Asia
16 Yemen 40,583,164 Western Asia
17 Uzbekistan 36,361,859 Central Asia
18 Malaysia 35,557,673 South-Eastern Asia
19 Saudi Arabia 33,962,757 Western Asia
20 Nepal 29,651,054 Southern Asia
21 North Korea 26,498,823 Eastern Asia
22 Syria 24,672,760 Western Asia
23 Sri Lanka 23,103,565 Southern Asia
24 Kazakhstan 20,592,571 Central Asia
25 Cambodia 17,638,801 South-Eastern Asia
26 Jordan 11,552,876 Western Asia
27 United Arab Emirates 11,027,129 Western Asia
28 Tajikistan 10,590,927 Central Asia
29 Azerbaijan 10,336,577 Western Asia
30 Israel 9,387,021 Western Asia
31 Laos 7,769,819 South-Eastern Asia
32 Turkmenistan 7,494,498 Central Asia
33 Kyrgyzstan 7,186,009 Central Asia
34 Singapore 5,832,387 South-Eastern Asia
35 Lebanon 5,805,962 Western Asia
36 State of Palestine 5,495,443 Western Asia
37 Oman 5,281,538 Western Asia
38 Kuwait 4,934,507 Western Asia
39 Georgia 3,807,670 Western Asia
40 Mongolia 3,475,540 Eastern Asia
41 Qatar 3,048,423 Western Asia
42 Armenia 2,973,840 Western Asia
43 Bahrain 1,607,049 Western Asia
44 Timor-Leste 1,400,638 South-Eastern Asia
45 Cyprus 1,358,282 Western Asia
46 Bhutan 791,524 Southern Asia
47 Maldives 527,799 Southern Asia
48 Brunei 462,721 South-Eastern Asia

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2024)		Dependency of
1 Taiwan 23,213,962 (China)
2 Hong Kong 7,414,909 China
3 Macao 720,262 China