List of participating nations at the Asian Games

This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Asian Games.

List of nations

51		In the table headings, indicates the Games year
•		Participated in the specified Games
H		Host nation for the specified Games

Asian Games

Nation	Code	51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22
Afghanistan	AFG	•	•	•	•	•		•		•		•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•
Bahrain	BRN							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bangladesh	BAN								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bhutan	BHU										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Brunei	BRU											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cambodia	CAM		•	•	•		•	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
China	CHN							•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	H
Chinese Taipei	TPE		•	•		•	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Hong Kong	HKG		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
India	IND	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Indonesia	INA	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•
Iran	IRI	•		•		•	•	H		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iraq	IRQ							•	•	•	•					•	•	•	•	•
Israel	ISR		•	•		•	•	•
Japan	JPN	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Jordan	JOR										•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kazakhstan	KAZ												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kuwait	KUW							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Laos	LAO							•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Lebanon	LBN								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Macau	MAC											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Malaysia	MAS		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
North Borneo	NBO		•	•	•
Sarawak	SWK				•
Maldives	MDV									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Mongolia	MGL							•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Myanmar	MYA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Nepal	NEP	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
North Korea	PRK							•	•	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Oman	OMA									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Pakistan	PAK		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Palestine	PLE											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Philippines	PHI	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Qatar	QAT								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•
Saudi Arabia	KSA								•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•
Singapore	SGP	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
South Korea	KOR		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	H	•	•	H	•	•
Sri Lanka	SRI	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Syria	SYR								•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Tajikistan	TJK												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Thailand	THA	•	•	•	•	H	H	•	H	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•
Timor-Leste	TLS														•	•	•	•	•	•
Turkmenistan	TKM												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
United Arab Emirates	UAE								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Uzbekistan	UZB												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Vietnam	VIE		•	•	•	•	•	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Yemen	YEM											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
North Yemen	YAR									•	•
South Yemen	YMD									•
Independent Athletes	OCA																			•
Korea	COR																		•
Total		11	18	20	17	18	18	25	25	33	27	36	42	41	44	45	45	45	46	46
References		[1]	[2]	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]	[16]	[17]	[18]	[19]

Asian Winter Games

Nation	Code	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	25
Afghanistan	AFG						•	•		•
Australia	AUS								•
Bahrain	BRN							•		•
Cambodia	CAM									•
China	CHN	•	•	H	•	•	H	•	•	H
Chinese Taipei	TPE		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Hong Kong	HKG	•		•	•		•	•	•	•
India	IND	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Indonesia	INA								•	•
Iran	IRI		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Japan	JPN	H	H	•	•	H	•	•	H	•
Jordan	JOR						•	•	•	•
Kazakhstan	KAZ			•	•	•	•	H	•	•
Kuwait	KUW			•	•		•	•	•	•
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ			•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Lebanon	LBN			•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Macau	MAC						•		•	•
Malaysia	MAS						•	•	•	•
Mongolia	MGL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Nepal	NEP					•	•	•	•	•
New Zealand	NZL								•
North Korea	PRK	•	•			•	•	•	•	•
Pakistan	PAK			•	•	•	•		•	•
Palestine	PLE					•	•	•
Philippines	PHI		•				•	•	•	•
Qatar	QAT							•	•	•
Saudi Arabia	KSA									•
Singapore	SGP							•	•	•
South Korea	KOR	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•
Sri Lanka	SRI								•	•
Tajikistan	TJK			•		•	•	•	•	•
Thailand	THA					•	•	•	•	•
Timor-Leste	TLS								•
Turkmenistan	TKM								•	•
United Arab Emirates	UAE						•	•	•	•
Uzbekistan	UZB			•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Vietnam	VIE								•	•
Total		7	9	15	14	17	25	26	32	33
References		[20]	[21]		[22]	[23]	[24]	[25]	[26]	[27]

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Nation	Code	05	07	09	09	13	17
Afghanistan	AFG		•	•	•	•	•
American Samoa	ASA						•
Australia	AUS						•
Bahrain	BRN	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bangladesh	BAN		•	•	•	•	•
Bhutan	BHU		•	•	•	•	•
Brunei	BRU			•	•	•	•
Cambodia	CAM	•	•	•	•	•	•
China	CHN	•	•	•	•	•	•
Chinese Taipei	TPE	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cook Islands	COK						•
Federated States of Micronesia	FSM						•
Fiji	FIJ						•
Guam	GUM						•
Hong Kong	HKG	•	•	•	•	•	•
India	IND	•	•	•	•	•	•
Indonesia	INA	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iran	IRI	•	•		•	•	•
Iraq	IRQ	•	•	•	•	•	•
Japan	JPN	•	•	•	•	•	•
Jordan	JOR	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kazakhstan	KAZ	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kiribati	KIR						•
Kuwait	KUW	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	•	•		•	•	•
Laos	LAO	•	•	•	•	•	•
Lebanon	LBN	•	•	•	•	•	•
Macau	MAC	•	H	•	•	•	•
Malaysia	MAS	•	•	•	•	•	•
Maldives	MDV	•	•	•	•	•	•
Marshall Islands	MHL						•
Mongolia	MGL	•	•	•	•	•	•
Myanmar	MYA	•	•	•	•	•	•
Nauru	NRU						•
Nepal	NEP	•	•	•	•	•	•
New Caledonia	NCL						•
North Korea	PRK	•	•		•		•
Oman	OMA	•	•	•	•	•	•
Pakistan	PAK	•	•	•		•	•
Palau	PLW						•
Palestine	PLE		•			•	•
Papua New Guinea	PNG						•
Philippines	PHI	•	•	•	•	•	•
Qatar	QAT	•	•	•	•	•	•
Samoa	SAM						•
Saudi Arabia	KSA		•		•	•	•
Singapore	SGP	•	•	•	•	•	•
Solomon Islands	SOL						•
South Korea	KOR	•	•	•	•	H	•
Sri Lanka	SRI	•	•	•	•	•	•
Syria	SYR	•	•	•	•	•	•
Tahiti	TAH						•
Tajikistan	TJK		•		•	•	•
Thailand	THA	H	•	H	•	•	•
Timor-Leste	TLS		•				•
Tonga	TGA						•
Turkmenistan	TKM	•	•	•	•	•	H
Tuvalu	TUV						•
United Arab Emirates	UAE	•	•		•	•	•
Uzbekistan	UZB	•	•	•	•	•	•
Vanuatu	VAN						•
Vietnam	VIE	•	•	•	H	•	•
Yemen	YEM	•	•	•	•	•	•
Refugee Team	ART						•
Total		37	44	37	42	43	64
References		[28]	[29]	[30]	[31]	[32]	[33]

Asian Beach Games

Nation	Code	08	10	12	14	16
Afghanistan	AFG	•	•	•	•	•
Bahrain	BRN	•	•	•	•	•
Bangladesh	BAN	•	•	•	•	•
Bhutan	BHU		•	•	•	•
Brunei	BRU	•	•	•	•	•
Cambodia	CAM	•	•	•	•	•
China	CHN	•	•	H	•	•
Chinese Taipei	TPE	•	•	•	•	•
Hong Kong	HKG	•	•	•	•	•
India	IND	•	•	•	•	•
Indonesia	INA	H	•	•	•	•
Iran	IRI	•	•	•	•	•
Iraq	IRQ		•	•	•	•
Japan	JPN	•	•	•	•	•
Jordan	JOR	•	•	•	•	•
Kazakhstan	KAZ	•	•	•	•	•
Kuwait	KUW	•	•	•	•	•
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	•	•	•	•	•
Laos	LAO	•	•	•	•	•
Lebanon	LBN	•	•	•	•	•
Macau	MAC	•		•	•	•
Malaysia	MAS	•	•	•	•	•
Maldives	MDV	•	•	•	•	•
Mongolia	MGL	•	•	•	•	•
Myanmar	MYA	•	•		•	•
Nepal	NEP	•	•	•	•	•
North Korea	PRK	•
Oman	OMA	•	H	•	•	•
Pakistan	PAK	•	•	•	•	•
Palestine	PLE	•	•	•
Philippines	PHI	•	•	•	•	•
Qatar	QAT	•	•	•	•	•
Saudi Arabia	KSA		•	•
Singapore	SGP	•	•	•	•	•
South Korea	KOR	•	•	•	•	•
Sri Lanka	SRI	•	•	•	•	•
Syria	SYR	•	•	•	•	•
Tajikistan	TJK	•	•	•	•	•
Thailand	THA	•	•	•	H	•
Timor-Leste	TLS	•	•	•	•	•
Turkmenistan	TKM		•	•	•	•
United Arab Emirates	UAE	•	•	•	•	•
Uzbekistan	UZB	•	•	•	•	•
Vietnam	VIE	•	•	•	•	H
Yemen	YEM	•	•	•	•
Total		41	43	43	42	41
References		[34]	[35]	[36]	[37]	[38]

Asian Youth Games

Nation	Code	09	13
Afghanistan	AFG		•
Bahrain	BRN	•	•
Bangladesh	BAN	•	•
Bhutan	BHU	•	•
Brunei	BRU	•	•
Cambodia	CAM	•	•
China	CHN	•	H
Chinese Taipei	TPE	•	•
Hong Kong	HKG	•	•
India	IND	•	•
Indonesia	INA	•	•
Iran	IRI	•	•
Iraq	IRQ	•	•
Japan	JPN	•	•
Jordan	JOR	•	•
Kazakhstan	KAZ	•	•
Kuwait	KUW	•	•
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	•	•
Laos	LAO	•	•
Lebanon	LBN	•	•
Macau	MAC	•	•
Malaysia	MAS	•	•
Maldives	MDV	•	•
Mongolia	MGL	•	•
Myanmar	MYA	•	•
Nepal	NEP	•	•
North Korea	PRK	•	•
Oman	OMA	•	•
Pakistan	PAK	•	•
Palestine	PLE	•	•
Philippines	PHI	•	•
Qatar	QAT	•	•
Saudi Arabia	KSA	•	•
Singapore	SGP	H	•
South Korea	KOR	•	•
Sri Lanka	SRI	•	•
Syria	SYR	•	•
Tajikistan	TJK	•	•
Thailand	THA	•	•
Timor-Leste	TLS		•
Turkmenistan	TKM	•	•
United Arab Emirates	UAE	•	•
Uzbekistan	UZB	•	•
Vietnam	VIE	•	•
Yemen	YEM	•	•
Total		43	45
References		[39]	[40]

Notes

• CAM: Cambodia was known as Khmer Republic (KHM) between 1970 and 1974.
• COR: A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea" in some sports at the 2018 Asian Games.
• IND: Athletes from India competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (AOI) at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Asian Youth Games due to the suspension of the country's Olympic Committee. The Olympic flag was used in medal ceremonies.
• ISR: Israel was excluded from the Olympic Council of Asia in 1981 for political reasons and could no longer participate.
• KUW: Athletes from Kuwait competed as Athletes from Kuwait (IOC) at the 2010 Asian Games, 2010 Asian Beach Games and 2011 Asian Winter Games and as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) at the 2012 and 2016 Asian Beach Games, 2017 Asian Winter Games and 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games due to the suspension of the country's Olympic Committee. The Olympic flag was used in medal ceremonies.
• MAS: Athletes from Malaya (MAL) and North Borneo (NBO) competed as independent teams at the 1954, 1958 and 1962 Games. and Sarawak (SWK) also competed at the 1962 Games, prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.
• MYA: Myanmar was known as Burma (BIR) between 1951 and 1982.
• OCA: Independent Athletes competed at the 2022 Asian Games as neutrals under the Olympic Council of Asia flag, consist of the Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team whose federation was suspended by the World Rugby.
• SRI: Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon (CEY) between 1951 and 1970.
• TPE: Chinese Taipei was known as Republic of China (ROC) between 1954 and 1970.
• VIE: Vietnam first competed in the Asian Games in 1954 as State of Vietnam, after the Partition of Vietnam only South Vietnam (VNM) as the Republic of Vietnam competed from 1958 to 1974. Then after the reunification of Vietnam, they have competed under the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1982 onwards.
• YEM: Prior to Yemenite unification in 1990, North Yemen participated as the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in 1982 and 1986 and South Yemen participated as the Yemen Democratic Republic (YMD) in the 1982 Games.

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