Pray for Asia

English short and formal names ^[4]^[5]^[6]	Domestic short and formal names^[4]^[5]	Capital ^[7]^[8]^[6]	Population^[a]^[b] ^[9]	Area^[a]^[b] ^[10]
Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Dari: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان — افغانستان(Afghānestān — Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afghānestān) Pashto:د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت — افغانستانت(Afghān̄istān — Afghānistān Islāmī Jumhūrīyat)	Kabul Dari: کابل(Kābul) Pashto:کابل(Kābul)	29,835,392	652,230 km²(251,827 sq mi)
Armenia Republic of Armenia	Armenian:Հայաստան — Հայաստանի Հանրապետությու(Hayastan — Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun)	Yerevan Armenian:Երևան(Yerevan)	2,967,975	29,743 km²(11,484 sq mi)
Azerbaijan^[a]^[b] Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani:Azǝrbaycan — Azǝrbaycan Respublikası	Baku Azerbaijani:Bakı	8,372,373	86,600 km²(33,436 sq mi)
Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain	Arabic:مملكة البحرين — البحرين‎(Al Baḩrayn — Mamlakat al Baḩrayn)	Manama Arabic:المنامة‎(Al Manāmah)	1,214,705	760 km²(293 sq mi)
Bangladesh People’s Republic of Bangladesh	Bengali:বাংলােদ — গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ(Bāṁlādesh — Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṁlādesh)	Dhaka Bengali:ঢাকা(Ḍhākā)	158,570,535	143,998 km²(55,598 sq mi)
Bhutan Kingdom of Bhutan	Dzongkha:འྲག་ཡ ఉ ལ — འྲག་གྷལ་ཁ(Druk Yul — Druk Gyalkhapb)	Thimphu Dzongkha:ཐིམ་ཕུ(Thimphu)	708,427	38,394 km²(14,824 sq mi)
Brunei Brunei Darussalam	English:Brunei Darussalam Malay:Brunei — Negara Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan English:Bandar Seri Begawan Malay:Bandar Seri Begawan	401,890	5,765 km²(2,226 sq mi)
Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia	Khmer:កមុពា — រពះាាាចរក កមុពា(Kâmpŭchéa — Preăhréachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa)	Phnom Penh Khmer:ភ្នំពេញ(Phnum Pénh)	14,701,717	181,035 km²(69,898 sq mi)
China^[b] People’s Republic of China	Chinese:中国 — 中华人民共和国(Zhongguo — Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo)	Beijing Chinese:北京(Beijing)	1,336,718,015	9,596,961 km²(3,705,407 sq mi)
Cyprus^[b] Republic of Cyprus	Greek:Κύπρος — Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία(Kýpros — Kypriakí Dimokratí) Turkish:Kıbrıs — Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti	Nicosia Greek:Λευκωσία(Lefkosia) Turkish:Lefkoşa	1,120,489	9,251 km²(3,572 sq mi)
Georgia^[a]^[b]	Georgian:საქართველო(Sak’art’velo)	Tbilisi/ T’bilisi Georgian:თბილისი(T’bilisi)	4,585,874	69,700 km²(26,911 sq mi)
India Republic of India	English:India — Republic of India Hindi:भार — भारत गणरा᭔य(Bhārat — Bhāratīya Gaṇarājya)	New Delhi English:New Delhi Hindi:नई दिल्ली(Naī Dillī)	1,189,172,906	3,287,263 km²(1,269,219 sq mi)
Indonesia^[a] Republic of Indonesia	Indonesian:Indonesia — Republik Indonesia	Jakarta Indonesian:Jakarta	245,613,043	1,904,569 km²(735,358 sq mi)
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran	جمهوری اسلامی ایران(Īrān — Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān)	Tehran Persian:تهران(Tehrān)	77,891,220	1,648,195 km²(636,372 sq mi)
Iraq Republic of Iraq	Arabic:العراق — جمهورية العراق‎(Al ‘Irāq — Jumhūrīyat al ‘Irāq)	Baghdad Arabic:بغداد‎(Baghdād)	30,399,572	438,317 km²(169,235 sq mi)
Israel State of Israel	Arabic:إسرائيل — دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل‎(Isrā’īl — Dawlat Isrā’īl) Hebrew:יִשְרָאֵל — מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎(Yisra’el — Medinat Yisra’el)	Jerusalem(Claimed)^[c] Hebrew:ירושלים‎(Yerushalayim)	7,473,052	20,770 km²(8,019 sq mi)
Japan	Japanese:日本 — 日本国(Nihon / Nippon — Nihon-koku / Nippon-koku)	Tokyo Japanese:東京都(Tokyo)	126,475,664	377,915 km²(145,914 sq mi)
Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Arabic:اﻷرُد — المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه‎(Al Urdun — Al Mamlakah al Urdunīyah al Hāshimīyah)	Amman Arabic:عمان‎(Ammān)	6,508,271	89,342 km²(34,495 sq mi)
Kazakhstan^[a] Republic of Kazakhstan	Kazakh:Қазақстан — Қазақстан Республикасы(Qazaqstan — Qazaqstan Respūblīkasy) Russian:Казахстан — Республика Казахстан(Kazahstan — Respublika Kazahstan)	Astana Kazakh:Астана Russian:Астана(Astana)	15,522,373	2,724,900 km²(1,052,090 sq mi)
Korea, North Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Korean:조선 — 조선 민주주의 인민 공화국(Chosŏn — Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmin-konghwaguk)	Pyongyang Korean:평양(Phyŏngyang)	24,457,492	120,538 km²(46,540 sq mi)
Korea, South Republic of Korea	Korean:한국 — 대한 민국(Han’guk — Taehan Min’guk)	Seoul Korean:서울(Seoul)	48,754,657	99,720 km²(38,502 sq mi)
Kuwait State of Kuwait	Arabic:دولة الكويت — اﻟﻜﻮﻳ‎(Al Kuwayt — Dawlat al Kuwayt)	Kuwait City Arabic:الكويت‎(Al Kuwayt)	2,595,628	17,818 km²(6,880 sq mi)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic	Kyrgyz:Кыргызстан — Кыргыз Республикасы(Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz Respublikasy) Russian:Кыргызстан — Кыргызская Республика(Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzskaja Respublika)	Bishkek Kyrgyz:Бишкек(Bishkek) Russian:Бишкек(Biškek)	5,587,443	199,951 km²(77,202 sq mi)
Laos Lao People’s Democratic Republic	Lao:ສາທາລະນະລດປະຊາທ ັ ປະໄຕປະຊາຊ ິ ນລາວ(Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao)	Vientiane Lao:ວຽງຈັນ(Viangchan)	6,477,211	236,800 km²(91,429 sq mi)
Lebanon Lebanese Republic	Arabic:لبنان — الجمهورية اللبنانية‎(Lubnān — Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah)	Beirut Arabic:بيروت‎(Bayrūt)	4,143,101	10,400 km²(4,015 sq mi)
Malaysia	Malay:Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur^[d] Malay:Kuala Lumpur	28,728,607	329,847 km²(127,355 sq mi)
Maldives Republic of Maldives	Maldivian:ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ — ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ(Dhivehi Raajje — Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa) For an up-to-date travel article on the Maldives see https://www.jenreviews.com/best-things-to-do-in-the-maldives/	Malé/ Male’ Maldivian:މާލެ(Maale)	394,999	298 km²(115 sq mi)
Mongolia	Mongolian:Монго — Монгол улс(Mongol — Mongol uls)	Ulaanbaatar Mongolian:Улаанбаатар(Ulaanbaatar)	3,133,318	1,564,116 km²(603,909 sq mi)
Myanmar/ Burma Republic of The Union of Myanmar	Burmese:မြန်မာပြည် — ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်‌(Myanma — Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw)	Nya Pyi Taw Burmese:နေပြည်တော်(Nay Pyi Taw)	53,999,804	676,578 km²(261,228 sq mi)
Nepal Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	Nepali:नपाल — सघीय लोकताि᭠ᮢक गणत᭠ᮢ न ं पाल(Nepāl — Saṁghīya Loktāntrik Ganạ tantra Nepāl)	Kathmandu Nepali:काठमाडौं(Kāṭhmāḍauṁ)	29,391,883	147,181 km²(56,827 sq mi)
Oman Sultanate of Oman	Arabic:عُمان — سلطنة عُمان‎(‘Umān — Salţanat ‘Umān)	Muscat Arabic:مسقط‎(Masqaţ)	3,027,959	309,500 km²(119,499 sq mi)
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan	English:Pakistan — Islamic Republic of Pakistan Urdu:پَاکِسْتَان — اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان(Pākistān — Jamhūryat Islāmī Pākistān)	Islamabad English:Islamabad Urdu:اسلام آباد(Islāmābād)	187,342,721	796,095 km²(307,374 sq mi)
Philippines Republic of the Philippines	English:Philippines — Republic of the Philippines Tagalog:Pilipinas — Republika ng Pilipinas	Manila English:Manila Tagalog:Maynila	101,833,938	300,000 km²(115,831 sq mi)
Qatar State of Qatar	Arabic:قطر — دولة قطر‎(Qaţar — Dawlat Qaţar)	Doha Arabic:الدوحة‎(Ad Dawḩah)	848,016	11,586 km²(4,473 sq mi)
Russia^[a] Russian Federation	Russian:Росси́я — Российская Федерация(Rossija — Rossijskaja Federacija)	Moscow Russian:Москва(Moskva)	138,739,892	17,098,242 km²(6,601,668 sq mi)
Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Arabic:السعودية — المملكة العربية السعودية‎(As Su‘ūdīya — Al Mamlakah al ‘Arabīyah as Su‘ūdīyah)	Riyadh Arabic:الرياض‎(Ar Riyāḑ)	26,131,703	2,149,690 km²(830,000 sq mi)
Singapore Republic of Singapore	Chinese:新加坡 — 新加坡共和国Xinjiapo — Xinjiapo Gongheguo English:Singapore — Republic of Singapore Malay:Singapura — Republik Singapura Tamil:சிங்கப்பூர் — சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு(Chiṅkappūr — Chiṅkappūr Kuṭiyarachu)	Singapore Chinese:新加坡Xinjiapo English:Singapore Malay:Singapura Tamil:சிங்கப்பூர்(Chiṅkappūr)	4,740,737	697 km²(269 sq mi)
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	Sinhala:ශ්රී ලංකා — ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය(Shrī Laṁkā — Shrī Laṁkā Prajātāntrika Samājavādī Janarajaya) Tamil:இலᾱைக — இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு(Ilaṅkai — Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Choṣhalichak Kuṭiyarachu)	Colombo Sinhala:කොළඹ(Kŏḷamba) Tamil:கொழும்ப(Kŏl̮umpu)	21,283,913	65,610 km²(25,332 sq mi)
Syria Syrian Arab Republic	Arabic:ﺔُﺳ ِﻮرَا / ﺳ ِﻮر — جمهورية سوريا العربية‎(Sūrīyah / Sūriyā — Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah as Sūrīyah)	Damascus Arabic:دمشق‎(Dimashq)	22,517,750	185,180 km²(71,498 sq mi)
Tajikistan Republic of Tajikistan	Tajik: Тоҷикистон — Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон(Tojikiston — Jumhurii Tojikiston)	Dushanbe Tajik: Душанбе(Dushanbe)	7,627,200	143,100 km²(55,251 sq mi)
Thailand Kingdom of Thailand	Thai:ประเทศไทย — ราชอาณาจักรไทย(Prathet Thai — Ratcha Anachak Thai)	Bangkok Thai:กรุงเทพฯ(Krung Thep)	66,720,153	513,120 km²(198,117 sq mi)
Timor-Leste^[a] Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste East Timor Democratic Republic of East Timor	Portuguese:Timor-Leste — República Democrática de Timor-Leste Tetum:Timor Lorosa’e — Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa’e	Dili Portuguese:Dili Tetum:Dili	1,177,834	14,874 km²(5,743 sq mi)
Turkey^[a] Republic of Turkey	Turkish:Türkiye — Türkiye Cumhuriyeti	Ankara Turkish:Ankara	78,785,548	783,562 km²(302,535 sq mi)
Turkmenistan	Turkmen:Türkmenistan	Ashgabat Turkmen:Aşgabat	4,997,503	488,100 km²(188,456 sq mi)
United Arab Emirates	Arabic:اﻹﻣﺎرا — دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎(Al Imārāt — Al Imārāt al ‘Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah)	Abu Dhabi Arabic:أبوظبي‎(Abu Dhabi)	5,148,664	83,600 km²(32,278 sq mi)
Uzbekistan Republic of Uzbekistan	Uzbek:O‘zbekiston — O‘zbekiston Respublikasi	Tashkent Uzbek:Toshkent	28,128,600	447,400 km²(172,742 sq mi)
Vietnam/ Viet Nam Socialist Republic of Vietnam	Vietnamese:Việt Nam — Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam	Hanoi Vietnamese:Hà Nội	90,549,390	331,210 km²(127,881 sq mi)
Yemen Republic of Yemen	Arabic:اليمن — الجمهورية اليمنية‎(Al Yaman — Al Jumhūrīyah al Yamanīyah)	Sana’a Arabic:صنعاء‎(Şan‘ā’)	24,133,492	527,968 km²(203,850 sq mi)

[edit]Partially recognized and unrecognized states

Further information:List of states with limited recognition

The 6 states in this list have varying levels of recognition, but are not members of the United Nations. All are defined as states by thedeclarative theory of statehood.

English short and formal names	Status	Domestic short and formal names	Capital	Population	Area
Abkhazia Republic of Abkhazia^[11]	Claimed as anautonomous republicofGeorgia.^[12]Recognised byfive UN states.^[13]	Abkhaz: Аҧсуа(Apswa)^[11]	Sukhumi/ Sukhum^[11] Abkhaz: Аҟəа(Akwa)^{[citation needed]}	250,000^[14]	8,660 km²(3,344 sq mi)^[12]
Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic^[15]	Claimed aspartofAzerbaijan.^[16]Recognised only by3 non-UN states.^{[citation needed]}	Armenian:Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ — Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ Հանրապետություն^{[citation needed]}(Lernayin Gharabaghi — Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun)^[15]	Stepanakert^[15] Armenian:Ստեփանակերտ(Khankendi)^{[citation needed]}	141,400^[17]	7,000 km²(2,703 sq mi)^[18]
Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus^[19]	Claimed aspartof theRepublic of Cyprus.Recognisedonly by Turkey.^[19]	Turkish:Kuzey Kıbrıs — Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti^{[citation needed]}	Nicosia Turkish:Lefkoşa^[20]	285,356^[21]	3,355 km²(1,295 sq mi)^[10]
Palestine State of Palestine	The unilaterally-declared State of Palestine has received diplomatic recognition from124 states.^[22]	Arabic:فلسطين — دولة فلسـطين‎(Filastīn — As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastīniyya)	Jerusalem(claimed)^[23] Ramallah/Gaza(de facto)^{[citation needed]}	4,225,710^[9]	6,220^[10]
South Ossetia Republic of South Ossetia	Claimed aspartofGeorgia.^[24]Recognised byfour UN states.	Ossetic:Хуссар Ирыстон — Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон(Khussar Iryston — Respublikæ Khussar Iryston) Russian:Южная Осетия — Республика Южная Осетия(Yuzhnaya Osetiya — Respublika Yuzhnaya Osetiya)	Tskhinvali^[24] Ossetic:Цхинвал or Чъреба(Chreba)^{[citation needed]}	70,000^[24]	3,900 km²(1,506 sq mi)^[25]
Taiwan Republic of China^[26]^[6]	Claimed as aprovince of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of China has not renounced claims over the mainland and is recognised as the government of China by23 statesincluding theHoly See.	Traditional Chinese: 臺灣/台灣 — 中華民國(Táiwān — Zhōnghuá Mínguó)^{[citation needed]}	Taipei^[7]^[6]	23,071,779^[9]	35,980 km²(13,892 sq mi)^[10]

[edit]Dependent territories and other territories

Further information:Dependent territory

The six entities in this list are either subject to a state they are not part of, or have a special political arrangement that was decided through an international agreement.

English short and formal names	Status^[27]	Domestic short and formal names	Capital	Population	Area^[10]
Akrotiri and Dhekelia The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	British overseas territory	English: Akrotiri and Dhekelia — Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi Cantonment English: Episkopi Cantonment^[7]	15,700^[9]^[e]	254 km²(98 sq mi)
British Indian Ocean Territory^[4]^[6]	British overseas territory	English: British Indian Ocean Territory	—	4,000^[28]^[f]	54,400 km²(21,004 sq mi)
Christmas Island Territory of Christmas Island^[4]	Territory of Australia	English: Christmas Island — Territory of Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove^[6] / The Settlement^[7]	1,402^[9]	135 km²(52 sq mi)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands^[4]	Territory of Australia	English: Cocos (Keeling) Islands — Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island^[7] / Bantam^[6]	596^[9]	14 km²(5 sq mi)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China^[6]	Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China	Chinese: 香港 — 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 English: Hong Kong — Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China	Hong Kong^[6]	7,122,508^[9]	1,104 km²(426 sq mi)
Macau / Macao Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China/Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China^[6]	Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China	Chinese: 澳門 — 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 Portuguese: Macau — Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China	Macau / Macao^[6]	573,003^[9]	28.2 km²(10.9 sq mi)