Map of Asia and List of Asian Countries
Where on Earth is Asia?
Asia is in the central and eastern part of Eurasia, west of Europe, NorthWest of the continent of Africa or Northeast of Australia.
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. Some of the more popular Asian destinations and those typically associated with being “Asian” are in the Eastern, Southern and Southeastern regions of Asia. Southwestern Asia includes countries that are considered the Middle East nations, while Central Asia is made of 5 former Soviet republics Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Map of Asian Countries
Map not to scale. Not shown on this map is Egypt (mostly African, Sinai Peninsula shares border with Israel).
Countries of Asia – List of Sovereign States and Capital Cities
List of sovereign states using official short name in English, followed by ISO 2-letter and capital cities in Asia.
A | B | C | E | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Y | bottom
A
Afghanistan AF- Kabul
Armenia AM – Yerevan
Azerbaijan AZ – Baku
B
Bahrain BH - Manama
Bangladesh BD – Dhaka
Bhutan BH- Thimphu
Brunei BN – Bandar Seri Begawan
C
Cambodia KH – Phnom Penh
China (People’s Republic of China) CN- Beijing
Cyprus CY – Nicosia
I
India IN – New Delhi
Indonesia ID – Jakarta
Iran IR – Tehran
Iraq IQ – Baghdad
Israel IL – Jerusalem
J
Japan JP – Tokyo
Jordan JO – Amman
K
Kazakhstan* KZ – Astana
Korea, South (Republic of Korea) KR – Seoul
Korea, North (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) KP – Pyongyang
Kuwait KW – Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan KG – Bishkek
L
Laos LA – Vientiane
Lebanon LB – Beirut
M
Macau^ MO
Malaysia MY- Kuala Lumpur
Maldives MV – Malé
Mongolia MN – Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar MM – Naypyidaw
P
Pakistan PK – Islamabad
Philippines PH – Manila
S
Saudi Arabia SA – Riyadh
Singapore SG
Sri Lanka LK – Colombo
Syria SY – Damascus
T
Taiwan (Republic of China) TW – Taipei
Tajikistan TJ – Dushanbe
Turkey* TR – Ankara
Thailand TH – Bangkok
Turkmenistan TM – Ashgabat
Timor Leste (East Timor) TL – Dili
U
United Arab Emirates AE – Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan UZ- Tashkent
V
Vietnam VN – Hanoi
Y
Yemen YE – Sana’a
A | B | C | E | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Y | top
*These are transcontinental (spanning more than one continent) countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey (Europe-Asia) and Egypt (Africa-Asia). Cyprus is physically in Asia but culturally considered part of Europe.
^Special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.
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