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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, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
# Country Population 2026 Subregion
1 India 1,476,625,576 Southern Asia
2 China 1,412,914,089 Eastern Asia
3 Indonesia 287,886,782 South-Eastern Asia
4 Pakistan 259,299,791 Southern Asia
5 Bangladesh 177,818,044 Southern Asia
6 Japan 122,427,731 Eastern Asia
7 Philippines 117,724,471 South-Eastern Asia
8 Vietnam 102,177,431 South-Eastern Asia
9 Iran 93,168,497 Southern Asia
10 Turkey 87,926,082 Western Asia
11 Thailand 71,559,614 South-Eastern Asia
12 Myanmar 55,184,819 South-Eastern Asia
13 South Korea 51,600,388 Eastern Asia
14 Iraq 48,007,437 Western Asia
15 Afghanistan 45,047,069 Southern Asia
16 Yemen 42,961,653 Western Asia
17 Uzbekistan 37,724,223 Central Asia
18 Malaysia 36,385,115 South-Eastern Asia
19 Saudi Arabia 35,165,787 Western Asia
20 Nepal 29,629,410 Southern Asia
21 North Korea 26,633,691 Eastern Asia
22 Syria 26,472,497 Western Asia
23 Sri Lanka 23,348,315 Southern Asia
24 Kazakhstan 21,083,626 Central Asia
25 Cambodia 18,051,219 South-Eastern Asia
26 Jordan 11,589,532 Western Asia
27 United Arab Emirates 11,574,682 Western Asia
28 Tajikistan 10,978,599 Central Asia
29 Azerbaijan 10,454,855 Western Asia
30 Israel 9,647,689 Western Asia
31 Laos 7,974,017 South-Eastern Asia
32 Turkmenistan 7,736,632 Central Asia
33 Kyrgyzstan 7,400,465 Central Asia
34 Singapore 5,905,748 South-Eastern Asia
35 Lebanon 5,897,467 Western Asia
36 State of Palestine 5,692,790 Western Asia
37 Oman 5,671,458 Western Asia
38 Kuwait 5,102,773 Western Asia
39 Georgia 3,804,642 Western Asia
40 Mongolia 3,556,798 Eastern Asia
41 Qatar 3,173,559 Western Asia
42 Armenia 2,930,915 Western Asia
43 Bahrain 1,675,572 Western Asia
44 Timor-Leste 1,436,923 South-Eastern Asia
45 Cyprus 1,382,334 Western Asia
46 Bhutan 802,214 Southern Asia
47 Maldives 531,517 Southern Asia
48 Brunei 469,775 South-Eastern Asia

Dependencies or other territories

# Country Population 2026 Dependency of
1 Taiwan 23,011,292 China
2 Hong Kong 7,378,602 China
3 Macao 723,188 China