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47 of 195 country profilesGeographic index · 2026 edition
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Southern AsiaAfghanistan
Kabul
Official nameIslamic Republic of AfghanistanArea652,230 km²
CurrencyAfghan afghani (؋)
Open country record →002AM
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Western AsiaArmenia
Yerevan
Official nameRepublic of ArmeniaArea29,743 km²
CurrencyArmenian dram (֏)
Open country record →003AZ
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Western AsiaAzerbaijan
Baku
Official nameRepublic of AzerbaijanArea86,600 km²
CurrencyAzerbaijani manat (₼)
Open country record →004BH
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Western AsiaBahrain
Manama
Official nameKingdom of BahrainArea765 km²
CurrencyBahraini dinar (.د.ب)
Open country record →005BD
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Southern AsiaBangladesh
Dhaka
Official namePeople's Republic of BangladeshArea147,570 km²
CurrencyBangladeshi taka (৳)
Open country record →006BT
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Southern AsiaBhutan
Thimphu
Official nameKingdom of BhutanArea38,394 km²
CurrencyBhutanese ngultrum (Nu.) · Indian rupee (₹)
Open country record →007BN
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South-Eastern AsiaBrunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Official nameNation of Brunei, Abode of PeaceArea5,765 km²
CurrencyBrunei dollar ($) · Singapore dollar ($)
Open country record →008KH
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South-Eastern AsiaCambodia
Phnom Penh
Official nameKingdom of CambodiaArea181,035 km²
CurrencyCambodian riel (៛) · United States dollar ($)
Open country record →009CN
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Eastern AsiaChina
Beijing
Official namePeople's Republic of ChinaArea9.71M km²
CurrencyChinese yuan (¥)
Open country record →010GE
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Western AsiaGeorgia
Tbilisi
Official nameGeorgiaArea69,700 km²
Currencylari (₾)
Open country record →011IN
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Southern AsiaIndia
New Delhi
Population1.46 billion · 2025Area3.29M km²
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Open extended profile →012ID
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South-Eastern AsiaIndonesia
Jakarta
Official nameRepublic of IndonesiaArea1.90M km²
CurrencyIndonesian rupiah (Rp)
Open country record →013IR
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Southern AsiaIran
Tehran
Official nameIslamic Republic of IranArea1.65M km²
CurrencyIranian rial (﷼)
Open country record →014IQ
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Western AsiaIraq
Baghdad
Official nameRepublic of IraqArea438,317 km²
CurrencyIraqi dinar (ع.د)
Open country record →015IL
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Western AsiaIsrael
Jerusalem
Official nameState of IsraelArea20,770 km²
CurrencyIsraeli new shekel (₪)
Open country record →016JP
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Eastern AsiaJapan
Tokyo
Population123.4 million · 2025Area377,930 km²
Head of stateEmperor Naruhito
Open extended profile →017JO
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Western AsiaJordan
Amman
Official nameHashemite Kingdom of JordanArea89,342 km²
CurrencyJordanian dinar (د.ا)
Open country record →018KZ
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Central AsiaKazakhstan
Astana
Official nameRepublic of KazakhstanArea2.72M km²
CurrencyKazakhstani tenge (₸)
Open country record →019KW
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Western AsiaKuwait
Kuwait City
Official nameState of KuwaitArea17,818 km²
CurrencyKuwaiti dinar (د.ك)
Open country record →020KG
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Central AsiaKyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Official nameKyrgyz RepublicArea199,951 km²
CurrencyKyrgyzstani som (с)
Open country record →021LA
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South-Eastern AsiaLaos
Vientiane
Official nameLao People's Democratic RepublicArea236,800 km²
CurrencyLao kip (₭)
Open country record →022LB
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Western AsiaLebanon
Beirut
Official nameLebanese RepublicArea10,452 km²
CurrencyLebanese pound (ل.ل)
Open country record →023MY
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South-Eastern AsiaMalaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Official nameMalaysiaArea330,803 km²
CurrencyMalaysian ringgit (RM)
Open country record →024MV
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Southern AsiaMaldives
Malé
Official nameRepublic of the MaldivesArea300 km²
CurrencyMaldivian rufiyaa (.ރ)
Open country record →025MN
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Eastern AsiaMongolia
Ulan Bator
Official nameMongoliaArea1.56M km²
CurrencyMongolian tögrög (₮)
Open country record →026MM
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South-Eastern AsiaMyanmar
Naypyidaw
Official nameRepublic of the Union of MyanmarArea676,578 km²
CurrencyBurmese kyat (Ks)
Open country record →027NP
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Southern AsiaNepal
Kathmandu
Official nameFederal Democratic Republic of NepalArea147,181 km²
CurrencyNepalese rupee (₨)
Open country record →028KP
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Eastern AsiaNorth Korea
Pyongyang
Official nameDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaArea120,538 km²
CurrencyNorth Korean won (₩)
Open country record →029OM
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Western AsiaOman
Muscat
Official nameSultanate of OmanArea309,500 km²
CurrencyOmani rial (ر.ع.)
Open country record →030PK
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Southern AsiaPakistan
Islamabad
Official nameIslamic Republic of PakistanArea881,912 km²
CurrencyPakistani rupee (₨)
Open country record →031PS
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Western AsiaPalestine
Ramallah
Official nameState of PalestineArea6,220 km²
CurrencyEgyptian pound (E£) · Israeli new shekel (₪) · Jordanian dinar (JD)
Open country record →032PH
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South-Eastern AsiaPhilippines
Manila
Official nameRepublic of the PhilippinesArea342,353 km²
CurrencyPhilippine peso (₱)
Open country record →033QA
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Western AsiaQatar
Doha
Official nameState of QatarArea11,586 km²
CurrencyQatari riyal (ر.ق)
Open country record →034SA
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Western AsiaSaudi Arabia
Riyadh
Official nameKingdom of Saudi ArabiaArea2.15M km²
CurrencySaudi riyal (ر.س)
Open country record →035SG
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South-Eastern AsiaSingapore
Singapore
Official nameRepublic of SingaporeArea710 km²
CurrencySingapore dollar ($)
Open country record →036KR
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Eastern AsiaSouth Korea
Seoul
Official nameRepublic of KoreaArea100,210 km²
CurrencySouth Korean won (₩)
Open country record →037LK
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Southern AsiaSri Lanka
Colombo
Official nameDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaArea65,610 km²
CurrencySri Lankan rupee (Rs රු)
Open country record →038SY
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Western AsiaSyria
Damascus
Official nameSyrian Arab RepublicArea185,180 km²
CurrencySyrian pound (£)
Open country record →039TJ
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Central AsiaTajikistan
Dushanbe
Official nameRepublic of TajikistanArea143,100 km²
CurrencyTajikistani somoni (ЅМ)
Open country record →040TH
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South-Eastern AsiaThailand
Bangkok
Official nameKingdom of ThailandArea513,120 km²
CurrencyThai baht (฿)
Open country record →041TL
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South-Eastern AsiaTimor-Leste
Dili
Official nameDemocratic Republic of Timor-LesteArea14,874 km²
CurrencyUnited States dollar ($)
Open country record →042TR
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Western AsiaTürkiye
Ankara
Official nameRepublic of TürkiyeArea783,562 km²
CurrencyTurkish lira (₺)
Open country record →043TM
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Central AsiaTurkmenistan
Ashgabat
Official nameTurkmenistanArea488,100 km²
CurrencyTurkmenistan manat (m)
Open country record →044AE
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Western AsiaUnited Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Official nameUnited Arab EmiratesArea83,600 km²
CurrencyUnited Arab Emirates dirham (د.إ)
Open country record →045UZ
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Central AsiaUzbekistan
Tashkent
Official nameRepublic of UzbekistanArea447,400 km²
CurrencyUzbekistani soʻm (so'm)
Open country record →046VN
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South-Eastern AsiaVietnam
Hanoi
Official nameSocialist Republic of VietnamArea331,212 km²
CurrencyVietnamese đồng (₫)
Open country record →047YE
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Western AsiaYemen
Sana'a
Official nameRepublic of YemenArea527,968 km²
CurrencyYemeni rial (﷼)
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