Countries in Asia:

48

How many Countries are in Asia?

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)

Country = Region

1. India = Southern Asia
2. China = Eastern Asia
3. Indonesia = South-Eastern Asia
4. Pakistan = Southern Asia
5. Bangladesh = Southern Asia
6. Japan = Eastern Asia
7. Philippines = South-Eastern Asia
8. Vietnam = South-Eastern Asia
9. Iran = Southern Asia
10. Turkey = Western Asia
11. Thailand = South-Eastern Asia
12. Myanmar = South-Eastern Asia
13. South Korea = Eastern Asia
14. Iraq = Western Asia
15. Afghanistan = Southern Asia
16. Saudi Arabia = Western Asia
17. Uzbekistan = Central Asia
18. Yemen = Western Asia
19. Malaysia = South-Eastern Asia
20. Nepal = Southern Asia
21. North Korea = Eastern Asia
22. Syria = Western Asia
23. Sri Lanka = Southern Asia
24. Kazakhstan = Central Asia
25. Cambodia = South-Eastern Asia
26. Jordan = Western Asia
27. Azerbaijan = Western Asia
28. Tajikistan = Central Asia
29. United Arab Emirates = Western Asia
30. Israel = Western Asia
31. Laos = South-Eastern Asia
32. Kyrgyzstan = Central Asia
33. Turkmenistan = Central Asia
34. Singapore = South-Eastern Asia
35. State of Palestine = Western Asia
36. Lebanon = Western Asia
37. Oman = Western Asia
38. Kuwait = Western Asia
39. Georgia = Western Asia
40. Mongolia = Eastern Asia
41. Armenia = Western Asia
42. Qatar = Western Asia
43. Bahrain = Western Asia
44. Timor-Leste = South-Eastern Asia
45. Cyprus = Western Asia
46. Bhutan = Southern Asia
47. Maldives = Southern Asia
48. Brunei = South-Eastern Asia

Dependencies or other territories:

1. Taiwan (China)
2. Hong Kong (China)
3. Macao (China)