This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited, but substantial, international recognition, de facto' states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists 49 generally recognized sovereign states (all of which are members of the United Nations), two states with substantial, but not general, international recognition (of which one is a UN observer state), four largely unrecognized de facto' states, and six dependent territories and other territories.
The 49 generally recognized sovereign states listed here include two countries that generally are classified as European or African nations but with portions of their territory being in Asia, while the two states with substantial, but not general, recognition are both fully encompassed in Asia. While most of Russia's area is in Asia, it generally is classified as a European country because its capital (Moscow) and most of its population is in Europe. In addition, while Egypt extends into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, it generally is considered an African country because most of its population and geographic area is in Africa.
Geographical boundaries of Asia
The divisions between Asia and Europe occur at the Ural Mountains, Ural River, and Caspian Sea in the east, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, Bosporus Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea in the south. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey all have territory in both Asia and Europe. Armenia and Cyprus are entirely in Western Asia but are socio-politically European countries and members of the Council of Europe, with Cyprus also being a member of the European Union.[citation needed]
The division between Asia and Africa is usually considered to be the Suez Canal, placing the Sinai peninsula (which is part of Egypt) in Asia, and therefore Egypt, an African country, also may be included as a country in Asia.
The division between Asia and Australasia (Oceania) is disputed, and placed somewhere between Java and New Guinea. Indonesia spans both areas, but is considered to be Asian. East Timor is sometimes considered to be part of Australasia, but due to it being surrounded by Indonesia and its once being part of Indonesia, it is considered Asian. Papua New Guinea is occasionally considered Asian by virtue of neighboring Indonesia, but this is rare, and it is generally accepted to be part of Australasia. The division between Asia and North America is considered to be the Bering Strait. Some of the Aleutian Islands may be considered as Asian. [citation needed]
Sovereign states
A sovereign state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a population for whom it makes decisions in the national interest.[1] According to the Montevideo convention, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. It is also important to note that these states were categorized accordingly independent of our endorsement or opposition to their statehood and is based solely on their de facto and de jure statuses[2]
United Nations member states
There are 49 Asian states or states with substantial territory in Asia in this list. All are members of the United Nations.[3]
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| Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
| Dari: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان — افغانستان (Afghānestān — Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afghānestān)
Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت — افغانستان (Afghān̄istān — Afghānistān Islāmī Jumhūrīyat)
|Kabul
Dari: کابل (Kābul)
Pashto: کابل (Kābul)
| 26,556,800
| 652,230 km2 (251,827 sq mi)
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| Armenia
Republic of Armenia
| Armenian: Հայաստան — Հայաստանի Հանրապետությու (Hayastan — Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun)
| Yerevan
Armenian: Երևան (Yerevan)
| 2,970,495
| 29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi)
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| Azerbaijan[a][b]
Republic of Azerbaijan
| Azerbaijani: Azǝrbaycan — Azǝrbaycan Respublikası
| Baku
Azerbaijani: Bakı
| 9,593,000
| 86,600 km2 (33,436 sq mi)
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| Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain
| Arabic: مملكة البحرين — البحرين (Al Baḩrayn — Mamlakat al Baḩrayn)
| Manama
Arabic: المنامة (Al Manāmah)
| 1,316,500
| 760 km2 (293 sq mi)
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| Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh
| Bengali: বাংলাদেশ — গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ (Bānglādesh — Gaṇaprajātantrī Bānglādesh)
| Dhaka
Bengali: ঢাকা (Ḍhākā)
| 161,083,804
| 147,570 km2 (56,977 sq mi)
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| Bhutan
Kingdom of Bhutan
| Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ — འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ (Druk Yul — Druk Gyalkhapb)
| Thimphu
Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ (Thimphu)
| 716,896
| 38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi)
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| Brunei
Brunei Darussalam
Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
| English: Brunei Darussalam
Malay: Brunei — Negara Brunei Darussalam
| Bandar Seri Begawan
English: Bandar Seri Begawan
Malay: Bandar Seri Begawan
| 408,786
| 5,765 km2 (2,226 sq mi)
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| Cambodia
Kingdom of Cambodia
| Khmer: កម្ពុជា — ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (Kâmpŭchéa — Preăhréachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa)
| Phnom Penh
Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ (Phnum Pénh)
| 14,952,665
| 181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi)
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| China[b]
People's Republic of China
| Chinese: 中国 — 中华人民共和国 (Zhōngguó — Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)
| Beijing
Chinese: 北京 (Běijīng)
| 1,343,239,923
| 9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)
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| Cyprus[b]
Republic of Cyprus
| Greek: Κύπρος — Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (Kýpros — Kypriakí Dimokratía)
Turkish: Kıbrıs — Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
| Nicosia
Greek: Λευκωσία (Lefkosia)
Turkish: Lefkoşa
| 1,138,071
| 9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)
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| Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt[n 1]
| Arabic: مصر — جمهورية مصر العربية (Miṣr—Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyya)
| Cairo
Arabic: القاهرة (al-Qāhirah)
| 90,850,000
| 1,001,449 km2 (386,662 sq mi)
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| Georgia[a][b]
| Georgian: საქართველო (Sak'art'velo)
| Tbilisi / T'bilisi
Georgian: თბილისი (T'bilisi)
| 4,570,934
| 69,700 km2 (26,911 sq mi)
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| India
Republic of India
| Hindi: भारत - भारत गणराज्य (Bhārat — Bhārat Gaṇarajya)
|New Delhi
Hindi: नई दिल्ली (Naī Dillī)
| 1,205,073,612
| 3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)
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| Indonesia[a]
Republic of Indonesia
| Indonesian: Indonesia — Republik Indonesia
| Jakarta
Indonesian: Jakarta
| 248,645,008
| 1,904,569 km2 (735,358 sq mi)
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| Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
| Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران — ایران (Īrān — Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān)
| Tehran
Persian: تهران (Tehrān)
| 78,868,711
| 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi)
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| Iraq
Republic of Iraq
| Arabic: العراق — جمهورية العراق (Al ‘Irāq — Jumhūrīyat al ‘Irāq)
| Baghdad
Arabic: بغداد (Baghdād)
| 36,004,552
| 438,317 km2 (169,235 sq mi)
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| Israel
State of Israel
| Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל — מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el — Medinat Yisra'el)
Arabic: إسرائيل — دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Isrā'īl — Dawlat Isrā'īl)
| Jerusalem (Claimed and de facto)[c]
Hebrew: ירושלים (Yerushalayim)
| 7,590,758
| 20,770 km2 (8,019 sq mi)
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| Japan
| Japanese: 日本 — 日本国 (Nihon / Nippon — Nihon-koku / Nippon-koku)
| Tokyo
Japanese: 東京 (Tōkyō)
| 127,368,088
| 377,915 km2 (145,914 sq mi)
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| Jordan
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
| Arabic: اﻷرُدن — المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه (Al Urdun — Al Mamlakah al Urdunīyah al Hāshimīyah)
| Amman
Arabic: عمان (Ammān)
| 6,508,887
| 89,342 km2 (34,495 sq mi)
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| Kazakhstan[a]
Republic of Kazakhstan
| Kazakh: Қазақстан — Қазақстан Республикасы (Qazaqstan — Qazaqstan Respýblıkasy)
Russian: Казахстан — Республика Казахстан (Kazahstan — Respublika Kazahstan)
| Nur-Sultan
Kazakh: Нұр-Сұлтан
Russian: Нур-Султан (Nur-Sultan)
| 17,522,010
| 2,724,900 km2 (1,052,090 sq mi)
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| Korea, North
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
| Korean: 조선 — 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Chosŏn — Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmin-konghwaguk)
| Pyongyang
Korean: 평양 (Phyŏngyang)
| 24,589,122
| 120,538 km2 (46,540 sq mi)
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| Korea, South
Republic of Korea
| Korean: 한국 — 대한민국 (Hanguk — Daehan Minguk)
| Seoul
Korean: 서울 (Seoul)
| 51,446,201
| 99,720 km2 (38,502 sq mi)
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| Kuwait
State of Kuwait
| Arabic: دولة الكويت — اﻟﻜﻮﻳت (Al Kuwayt — Dawlat al Kuwayt)
| Kuwait City
Arabic: الكويت (Al Kuwayt)
| 3,268,431
| 17,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi)
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| Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Republic
| Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан — Кыргыз Республикасы (Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz Respublikasy)
Russian: Кыргызстан — Кыргызская Республика (Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzskaja Respublika)
| Bishkek
Kyrgyz: Бишкек (Bishkek)
Russian: Бишкек (Biškek)
| 5,496,737
| 199,951 km2 (77,202 sq mi)
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| Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
| Lao: ປະເທດລາວ — ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (PathetLao — Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao)
| Vientiane
Lao: ວຽງຈັນ (Viangchan)
| 6,586,266
| 236,800 km2 (91,429 sq mi)
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| Lebanon
Lebanese Republic
| Arabic: لبنان — الجمهورية اللبنانية (Lubnān — Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah)
| Beirut
Arabic: بيروت (Bayrūt)
| 6,006,668
| 10,452 km2 (4,036 sq mi)
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| Malaysia
| Malaysian: Persekutuan Malaysia
| Kuala Lumpur[d]
Malay: Kuala Lumpur
| 30,527,000
| 329,847 km2 (127,355 sq mi)
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| Maldives
Republic of Maldives
| Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ — ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (Dhivehi Raajje — Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa)
| Malé / Male'
Dhivehi: މާލެ (Maale)
| 394,451
| 298 km2 (115 sq mi)
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| Mongolia
| Mongolian: Монгол — Монгол улс (Mongol — Mongol uls)
| Ulaanbaatar
Mongolian: Улаанбаатар (Ulaanbaatar)
| 3,179,997
| 1,564,116 km2 (603,909 sq mi)
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| Myanmar
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
| Burmese: မြန်မာ — ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် (Myanma — Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw)
| Nay Pyi Taw
Burmese: နေပြည်တော် (Nay Pyi Taw)
| 54,584,650
| 676,578 km2 (261,228 sq mi)
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| Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
| Nepali: सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल (Nepāl — Saṁghīya Loktāntrik Ganạ tantra Nepāl)
| Kathmandu
Nepali: काठमाडौं (Kāṭhmāḍauṁ)
| 29,890,686
| 147,181 km2 (56,827 sq mi)
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| Oman
Sultanate of Oman
| Arabic: عُمان — سلطنة عُمان (‘Umān — Salţanat ‘Umān)
| Muscat
Arabic: مسقط (Masqaţ)
| 3,090,150
| 309,500 km2 (119,499 sq mi)
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| Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
| English: Pakistan — Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Urdu: پَاکِسْتَان — اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان (Pākistān —Islāmī Jamhuriyah-e-Pākistān)
| Islamabad
English: Islamabad
Urdu: اسلام آباد (Islāmābād)
| 210,443,000
| 796,095 km2 (307,374 sq mi)
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| Philippines
Republic of the Philippines
| English: Philippines — Republic of the Philippines
Filipino: Pilipinas — Republika ng Pilipinas
| Manila
English: Manila
Filipino: Maynila
| 100,981,437[11]
| 343,448 km2 (132,606 sq mi)
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| Qatar
State of Qatar
| Arabic: قطر — دولة قطر (Qatar — Dawlat Qatar)
| Doha
Arabic: الدوحة (Ad Dawḩah)
| 2,334,029
| 11,586 km2 (4,473 sq mi)
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| Russia[a]
Russian Federation
| Russian: Росси́я — Российская Федерация (Rossija — Rossijskaja Federacija)
| Moscow
Russian: Москва (Moskva)
| 142,517,670
| 17,098,242 km2 (6,601,668 sq mi)
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| 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)
| 31,521,418
| 2,149,690 km2 (830,000 sq mi)
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| Singapore
Republic of Singapore
| Chinese: 新加坡 — 新加坡共和国 (Xīnjiāpō — Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó)
English: Singapore — Republic of Singapore
Malay: Singapura — Republik Singapura
Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் — சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (Chiṅkappūr — Chiṅkappūr Kuṭiyarachu)
| Singapore
Chinese: 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)
English: Singapore
Malay: Singapura
Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் (Chiṅkappūr)
| 5,353,494
| 697 km2 (269 sq mi)
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| Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
| Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව — ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (Shrī Laṁkā — Shrī Laṁkā Prajātāntrika Samājavādī Janarajaya)
Tamil: இலங்கை — இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு (Ilaṅkai — Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Choṣhalichak Kuṭiyarachu)
| Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Sinhala: ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ (Shrī Jayavardhanapura Koṭṭe)
Tamil: ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுர கோட்டை (Shrī Jĕyavarttaṉapura Koṭṭai)
| 21,481,334
| 65,610 km2 (25,332 sq mi)
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| Syria
Syrian Arab Republic
| Arabic: سورية / سوريا — الجمهورية العربية السورية (Sūrīyah / Sūriyā — Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah as Sūrīyah)
| Damascus
Arabic: دمشق (Dimashq)
| 22,530,746
| 185,180 km2 (71,498 sq mi)
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| Tajikistan
Republic of Tajikistan
| Tajik: Тоҷикистон — Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston — Jumhurii Tojikiston)
| Dushanbe
Tajik: Душанбе (Dushanbe)
| 7,768,385
| 143,100 km2 (55,251 sq mi)
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| Thailand
Kingdom of Thailand
| Thai: ไทย — ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thai — Ratcha Anachak Thai)
| Bangkok
Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon)
| 67,091,089
| 513,120 km2 (198,117 sq mi)
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| Timor-Leste/East Timor[a]
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
| Portuguese: Timor-Leste — República Democrática de Timor-Leste
Tetum: Timor Lorosa'e — Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e
| Dili
Portuguese: Dili
Tetum: Dili
| 1,143,667
| 14,874 km2 (5,743 sq mi)
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| Turkey[a]
Republic of Turkey
| Turkish: Türkiye — Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
| Ankara
Turkish: Ankara
| 79,749,461
| 783,562 km2 (302,535 sq mi)
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| Turkmenistan
| Turkmen: Türkmenistan
| Ashgabat
Turkmen: Aşgabat
| 5,054,828
| 488,100 km2 (188,456 sq mi)
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| United Arab Emirates
| Arabic: اﻹﻣﺎرات — دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة (Al Imārāt — Al Imārāt al ‘Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah)
| Abu Dhabi
Arabic: أبوظبي (Abu Dhabi)
| 9,577,000
| 83,600 km2 (32,278 sq mi)
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| Uzbekistan
Republic of Uzbekistan
| Uzbek: O‘zbekiston — O‘zbekiston Respublikasi
| Tashkent
Uzbek: Toshkent
| 30,492,800
| 447,400 km2 (172,742 sq mi)
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| Vietnam / Viet Nam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
| Vietnamese: Việt Nam — Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam
| Hanoi
Vietnamese: Hà Nội
| 91,519,289
| 332,698 km2 (128,455 sq mi)
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| Yemen
Republic of Yemen
| Arabic: اليمن — الجمهورية اليمنية (Al Yaman — Al Jumhūrīyah al Yamanīyah)
| Sana'a
Arabic: صنعاء (Şan‘ā’)
| 25,956,000
| 527,968 km2 (203,850 sq mi)
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States with limited, but substantial, international recognition
In this list, Palestine is a state with substantial international recognition and UN observer-state status but without practical control over tangible territory, while Taiwan is a de facto state with full practical sovereignty over its territory and unofficial ties with most of the international community but not widely recognized de jure. Although a founding member of the United Nations as the Republic of China, since 1971 Taiwan is no longer recognized by the United Nations.
Flag | Map | English short and formal names | Status | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area |
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Palestine State of Palestine |
Recognized by 140 UN member states. See International recognition of the State of Palestine. One of two United Nations non-member observer states | Arabic: فلسطين (Filasṭīn) | Ramallah (de facto) Arabic: رام الله (Rāmāllah) Jerusalem (declared) Arabic: القدس (Al-Quds) |
4,550,000 | 6,220 km2 (2,402 sq mi) | ||
Taiwan Republic of China[4][12] |
Claimed as part of the People's Republic of China. Officially recognized as sovereign by 11 UN member states and the Holy See, which deem it to be the rightful government of all of China. In addition, Taiwan maintains unofficial relations with most other countries and is de facto recognized by most sovereign states. See Political status of Taiwan for more information about the situation. | Traditional Chinese: 臺灣/台灣 — 中華民國 (Táiwān—Zhōnghuá Mínguó) | Taipei[4][7] Traditional Chinese: 臺北/台北 (Táiběi) |
23,071,779[9] | 35,980 km2 (13,892 sq mi)[10] |
De facto states with little or no international recognition
The four de facto states on this list have little or no international recognition and are not members of the United Nations. All are defined as states by the declarative theory.
Flag | Map | English short and formal names | Status | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area |
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Abkhazia Republic of Abkhazia[13] |
Claimed as an autonomous republic of Georgia.[14] Recognised by five UN states.[15] | Abkhaz: Аҧсуа (Apswa)[13] | Sukhumi / Sukhum[13] Abkhaz: Аҟəа (Akwa)[citation needed] |
250,000[16] | 8,660 km2 (3,344 sq mi)[14] | ||
Artsakh Republic of Artsakh[17] |
Claimed as part of Azerbaijan.[18] Recognised only by three non-UN states.[citation needed] | Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ — Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ Հանրապետություն[citation needed] (Lernayin Gharabaghi — Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun)[17] | Stepanakert[17] Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ (Stepanakert) |
141,400[19] | 7,000 km2 (2,703 sq mi)[20] | ||
Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[21] |
Claimed as part of the Republic of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey.[21] | Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs — Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti[22] | North Nicosia Turkish: Lefkoşa[23] |
285,356[24] | 3,355 km2 (1,295 sq mi)[10] | ||
South Ossetia Republic of South Ossetia |
Claimed as part of Georgia.[25] Recognised by five UN states. | Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстон — Республикӕ Хуссар Ирыстон (Khussar Iryston — Respublikæ Khussar Iryston) Russian: Южная Осетия — Республика Южная Осетия (Yuzhnaya Osetiya — Respublika Yuzhnaya Osetiya) |
Tskhinvali[25] Ossetian: Цхинвал or Чъреба (Chreba)[citation needed] |
70,000[25] | 3,900 km2 (1,506 sq mi)[26] |
Dependent territories and other territories
The four entities in this list are controlled by a state of which they are not considered to be a part.
Flag | Map | English short and formal names | Status[27] | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area[10] |
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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[5][4] | British overseas territory | English: British Indian Ocean Territory | Camp Justice | 4,000[28][f] | 54,400 km2 (21,004 sq mi) | ||
Christmas Island Territory of Christmas Island[5] |
Territory of Australia | English: Christmas Island — Territory of Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove[4] / The Settlement[7] | 1,843[29] | 135 km2 (52 sq mi) | ||
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands[5] |
Territory of Australia | English: Cocos (Keeling) Islands — Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island[7] / Bantam[4] | 544[29] | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Special areas of internal sovereignty
The two entities are integral areas of their controlling state, but have a political status that was decided through an international agreement.
Flag | Map | English short and formal names | Status[27] | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area[10] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hong Kong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China[4] |
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[4] | 7,122,508[9] | 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) | ||
Macau / Macao Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China[30] |
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[4] | 573,003[9] | 28.2 km2 (10.9 sq mi) |
See also
- List of Asian countries by GDP
- List of predecessors of sovereign states in Asia
- List of states with limited recognition
Notes
- ^ Area and population figures given are for the whole state, including areas located outside of Asia. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey all contain territory in Europe. The border between Asia and Oceania is not clearly defined, and Indonesia and East Timor are sometimes placed in Oceania.
- ^ a b c d The area and population of states with separatist regions includes that of the separatist regions.
- ^ Jerusalem was declared the capital of Israel in 1950.[31] The 1980 Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel", and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the President's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament.[32] United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem.[33] Foreign countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities.[34]
- ^
- ^ Akrotiri and Dhekelia are British military bases, with the population including 8,000 United Kingdom personnel and dependents.[36]
- ^ Although the islands have no remaining indigenous inhabitants, a military base shared between the United Kingdom and the United States is located on the island of Diego Garcia, with a staff of 4,000 people.[28]
- ^ Represents total land area. Including claimed ocean area, total area 54,400 km2 (21,004 sq mi).
- ^ Although the majority of Egypt is in Africa, it could be argued that the Sinai Peninsula is geographically a part of Asia.
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