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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
(2023)		Subregion
1 India 1,428,627,663 Southern Asia
2 China 1,425,671,352 Eastern Asia
3 Indonesia 277,534,122 South-Eastern Asia
4 Pakistan 240,485,658 Southern Asia
5 Bangladesh 172,954,319 Southern Asia
6 Japan 123,294,513 Eastern Asia
7 Philippines 117,337,368 South-Eastern Asia
8 Vietnam 98,858,950 South-Eastern Asia
9 Iran 89,172,767 Southern Asia
10 Turkey 85,816,199 Western Asia
11 Thailand 71,801,279 South-Eastern Asia
12 Myanmar 54,577,997 South-Eastern Asia
13 South Korea 51,784,059 Eastern Asia
14 Iraq 45,504,560 Western Asia
15 Afghanistan 42,239,854 Southern Asia
16 Saudi Arabia 36,947,025 Western Asia
17 Uzbekistan 35,163,944 Central Asia
18 Yemen 34,449,825 Western Asia
19 Malaysia 34,308,525 South-Eastern Asia
20 Nepal 30,896,590 Southern Asia
21 North Korea 26,160,821 Eastern Asia
22 Syria 23,227,014 Western Asia
23 Sri Lanka 21,893,579 Southern Asia
24 Kazakhstan 19,606,633 Central Asia
25 Cambodia 16,944,826 South-Eastern Asia
26 Jordan 11,337,052 Western Asia
27 Azerbaijan 10,412,651 Western Asia
28 Tajikistan 10,143,543 Central Asia
29 United Arab Emirates 9,516,871 Western Asia
30 Israel 9,174,520 Western Asia
31 Laos 7,633,779 South-Eastern Asia
32 Kyrgyzstan 6,735,347 Central Asia
33 Turkmenistan 6,516,100 Central Asia
34 Singapore 6,014,723 South-Eastern Asia
35 State of Palestine 5,371,230 Western Asia
36 Lebanon 5,353,930 Western Asia
37 Oman 4,644,384 Western Asia
38 Kuwait 4,310,108 Western Asia
39 Georgia 3,728,282 Western Asia
40 Mongolia 3,447,157 Eastern Asia
41 Armenia 2,777,970 Western Asia
42 Qatar 2,716,391 Western Asia
43 Bahrain 1,485,509 Western Asia
44 Timor-Leste 1,360,596 South-Eastern Asia
45 Cyprus 1,260,138 Western Asia
46 Bhutan 787,424 Southern Asia
47 Maldives 521,021 Southern Asia
48 Brunei 452,524 South-Eastern Asia

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2023)		Dependency of
1 Taiwan 23,923,276 (China)
2 Hong Kong 7,491,609 China
3 Macao 704,149 China