Below is a list of countries in Asia by area. [1] Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia.
Country / dependency | % total | Asia area in km2 (mi2) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 29.3% | 13,083,100 (5,051,400) | [lower-alpha 1] |
2 | China | 21.5% | 9,596,961 (3,705,407) | [lower-alpha 2] |
3 | India | 7.4% | 3,287,263 (1,269,219) | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 5.8% | 2,600,000 (1,000,000) | [lower-alpha 3] |
5 | Saudi Arabia | 4.8% | 2,149,690 (830,000) | |
6 | Iran | 3.7% | 1,648,195 (636,372) | |
7 | Mongolia | 3.5% | 1,564,110 (603,910) | |
8 | Indonesia | 3.3% | 1,488,509 (574,717) | [lower-alpha 4] |
9 | Pakistan | 2.0% | 881,913 (340,509) | |
10 | Turkey | 1.7% | 759,805 (293,362) | [lower-alpha 5] |
11 | Myanmar | 1.5% | 676,578 (261,228) | |
12 | Afghanistan | 1.5% | 652,867 (252,073) | |
13 | Yemen | 1.2% | 555,000 (214,000) | |
14 | Thailand | 1.2% | 513,120 (198,120) | |
15 | Turkmenistan | 1.1% | 488,100 (188,500) | |
16 | Uzbekistan | 1.0% | 447,400 (172,700) | |
17 | Iraq | 1.0% | 438,317 (169,235) | |
18 | Japan | 0.8% | 377,976 (145,937) | |
19 | Vietnam | 0.7% | 331,212 (127,882) | |
20 | Malaysia | 0.7% | 330,803 (127,724) | |
21 | Oman | 0.7% | 309,500 (119,500) | |
22 | Philippines | 0.7% | 300,000 (120,000) | |
23 | Laos | 0.5% | 236,800 (91,400) | |
24 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% | 199,951 (77,202) | |
25 | Syria | 0.4% | 185,180 (71,500) | [lower-alpha 6] |
26 | Cambodia | 0.4% | 181,035 (69,898) | |
27 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 148,460 (57,320) | |
28 | Nepal | 0.3% | 147,516 (56,956) | |
29 | Tajikistan | 0.3% | 143,100 (55,300) | |
30 | North Korea | 0.3% | 120,540 (46,540) | |
31 | South Korea | 0.2% | 100,210 (38,690) | |
32 | Jordan | 0.2% | 89,342 (34,495) | |
33 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 83,600 (32,300) | |
34 | Azerbaijan | 0.2% | 79,640 (30,750) | [lower-alpha 7] |
35 | Georgia | 0.2% | 69,700 (26,900) | [lower-alpha 8] |
36 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 65,610 (25,330) | |
37 | Egypt | 0.1% | 61,000 (24,000) | [lower-alpha 9] |
38 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 38,394 (14,824) | |
39 | Taiwan | 0.1% | 36,193 (13,974) | [lower-alpha 10] |
40 | Armenia | 0.1% | 29,743 (11,484) | [lower-alpha 11] |
41 | Israel | 0.05% | 22,070 (8,520) | [lower-alpha 12] |
42 | Kuwait | 0.04% | 17,818 (6,880) | |
43 | East Timor | 0.03% | 14,919 (5,760) | |
44 | Qatar | 0.03% | 11,586 (4,473) | |
45 | Lebanon | 0.02% | 10,452 (4,036) | |
46 | Cyprus | 0.02% | 9,251 (3,572) | [lower-alpha 13] |
47 | Palestine | 0.01% | 6,220 (2,400) | [lower-alpha 14] |
48 | Brunei | 0.01% | 5,765 (2,226) | |
Hong Kong (China) | 0.01% | 2,755 (1,064) | ||
49 | Bahrain | 0.002% | 786 (303) | |
50 | Singapore | 0.002% | 728 (281) | |
51 | Maldives | 0.001% | 300 (120) | [lower-alpha 15] |
Macao (China) | 0.0003% | 115 (44) | ||
Total | 100% | 44,664,340 (17,245,000) |
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