The countries of Asia and their capitals, known all over the world

The whole globe consists of oceans and several continents, which, in turn, are divided into regions, countries and cities. The largest continent is Eurasia, here are the countries of Asia (and their capitals), Europe, which borders on Africa. There is also the North and South America, isolated Australia and Antarctica.

Countries in Asia: List

Asia is a part of the world where almost half of the world's population lives, where there are countries with a high level of development, for example Japan (the capital - Tokyo), and those where most people live below the poverty line.

It is difficult to calculate how many today there are countries in this part of the world, since not all of them are officially recognized, for example Taiwan, separated from China. However, Asia occupies an important place in the world economy, while industry and finance in China and Japan are among the largest.

Interesting facts about Asia

The whole of Asia is divided into 6 parts depending on the location: eastern, western, northern and southern, as well as central and south-eastern.

Totally, there are 48 countries, three of them are unrecognized (Waziristan, located in Pakistan, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Azerbaijan, the state of Shan in Myanmar). There are also Asian countries (and their capitals, respectively) that are recognized in part, and there are 6 such states:

• Abkhazia (Sukhumi) in Georgia.
• Azad Kashmir (Muzaffarabad) in India.
• Taiwan (Taipei) in the People's Republic of China.
• The State of Palestine (Ramallah) in Israel.
• Northern Cyprus (Lefkosa) in Cyprus.
• South Ossetia (Tskhinvali) in Georgia.

Separately, it should be noted that there are countries that are located immediately in two parts of the world: they include Russia, as well as Kazakhstan and Turkey, which are located also in Europe, Indonesia, a large area of which belongs to Oceania, and the countries of Yemen and Egypt Part of the territory belongs to Africa).

The largest countries in Asia

The countries of Asia and their capitals are located mainly in the eastern hemisphere and are washed by three oceans: the Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic. Countries occupy almost 30% of the entire territory of the world, there live almost 4 billion people.

The largest country is China (the main city is Beijing), which occupies about ten million square kilometers. In second place - India (Delhi), the area of which - more than 3 million square meters. Kilometers, and on the third - Kazakhstan (Astana) (about 3 million square kilometers).

The countries of Asia and their capitals are the largest in terms of population. China and India are in the lead. Thus, China has almost 1.5 billion, and in India it is 1.2 billion. On the third place is Indonesia, but the number of inhabitants here is only 255 million people.