Asia (place)

Asia is the largest continent, it is 17,085,000 square miles (44,283,362 square kilometres). This means it comprises of 29.9% of the land on Earth. Asia is home to approximately 3 billion people throughout approximately 50 countries.

The countries of Asia (alphabetical order)

• Afghanistan
• Armenia (also defined as being in Europe)
• Azerbaijan (also defined as being in Europe)
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Georgia (also defined as being in Europe)
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea (also part of the continent of Australia)
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia (also defined as being in Europe)
• Saudi Arabia
• Sinai Peninsula
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan (debated)
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Tibet (debated)
• Turkey (also defined as being in Europe)
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Sources:
www.geography.com
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
Gritchka

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/msg me with corrections/additions. I can't be sure I got all the countries.