Asia (original) (raw)
This article is about the continent and region; for the sea-nymph named Asia in Greek mythology, see Asia (mythology).
About 60% of the people in the world live in Asia.
in inhabitants/km�.
Unlike the figures in the country articles, the figures in this table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) and may therefore be lower here.
The whole of Russia and Turkey are referred to in the table, although they are only partly in Asia. Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been included, although they can also be considered part of Europe.
West Bank and Gaza Strip are not listed separately, but combined as Palestinian territories.
| country | pop. dens. | area | population |
|---|---|---|---|
| (km-2) | (km2) | (2002-07-01 est.) | |
| Macau (PRC) | 18,000 | 25 | 461,833 |
| Hong Kong (PRC) | 6,688 | 1,092 | 7,303,334 |
| Singapore | 6,430 | 693 | 4,452,732 |
| Maldives | 1,070 | 300 | 320,165 |
| Bahrain | 987 | 665 | 656,397 |
| Bangladesh | 926 | 144,000 | 133,376,684 |
| Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu) | 627 | 35,980 | 22,548,009 |
| Palestinian territories (Isr.) | 545 | 6,220 | 3,389,578 |
| South Korea | 491 | 98,480 | 48,324,000 |
| Lebanon | 354 | 10,400 | 3,677,780 |
| Japan | 336 | 377,835 | 126,974,628 |
| India | 318 | 3,287,590 | 1,045,845,226 |
| Sri Lanka | 298 | 65,610 | 19,576,783 |
| Israel | 290 | 20,770 | 6,029,529 |
| Philippines | 282 | 300,000 | 84,525,639 |
| Vietnam | 246 | 329,560 | 81,098,416 |
| North Korea | 184 | 120,540 | 22,224,195 |
| Nepal | 184 | 140,800 | 25,873,917 |
| Pakistan | 184 | 803,940 | 147,663,429 |
| People's Republic of China (Mainland) | 134 | 9,596,960 | 1,284,303,705 |
| Thailand | 121 | 514,000 | 62,354,402 |
| Indonesia | 121 | 1,919,440 | 231,328,092 |
| Kuwait | 118 | 17,820 | 2,111,561 |
| Armenia | 112 | 29,800 | 3,330,099 |
| Syria | 93 | 185,180 | 17,155,814 |
| Azerbaijan | 90 | 86,600 | 7,798,497 |
| Turkey | 86 | 780,580 | 67,308,928 |
| Georgia | 71 | 69,700 | 4,960,951 |
| Cambodia | 71 | 181,040 | 12,775,324 |
| Qatar | 69 | 11,437 | 793,341 |
| Malaysia | 69 | 329,750 | 22,662,365 |
| East Timor | 63 | 15,007 | 952,618 |
| Myanmar | 62 | 678,500 | 42,238,224 |
| Brunei | 61 | 5,770 | 350,898 |
| Jordan | 58 | 92,300 | 5,307,470 |
| Uzbekistan | 57 | 447,400 | 25,563,441 |
| Iraq | 55 | 437,072 | 24,001,816 |
| Tajikistan | 47 | 143,100 | 6,719,567 |
| Bhutan | 45 | 47,000 | 2,094,176 |
| Afghanistan | 43 | 647,500 | 27,755,775 |
| Iran | 40 | 1,648,000 | 66,622,704 |
| Yemen | 35 | 527,970 | 18,701,257 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 82,,880 | 2,445,989 |
| Laos | 24 | 236,800 | 5,777,180 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 24 | 198,500 | 4,822,166 |
| Oman | 13 | 212,460 | 2,713,462 |
| Saudi Arabia | 12 | 1,960,582 | 23,513,330 |
| Turkmenistan | 9.6 | 488,100 | 4,688,963 |
| Russia | 8.5 | 17,075,200 | 144,978,573 |
| Kazakhstan | 6.2 | 2,717,300 | 16,741,519 |
| Mongolia | 1.7 | 1,565,000 | 2,694,432 |