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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.
There are 48 countries in Asia today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).
All 50 countries of Asia officially recognized as independent states. Always up-to-date and accurate information.
Asia consists of 48 sovereign states and 3 other territories covering a land mass of 45 million km² (17 million square miles). This corresponds to around 30 percent of the earth's total habitable surface. The coastlines in and around Asia have a total length of 224,089 km (139,272 miles).
According to the United Nations, Asia has 49 countries. However, depending upon the organization or government making the list, Asia can have as few as 45 or as many as 53 countries. The continent is also home to a varying number of "administrative regions" and dependent territories.
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 13 March 2024 and based on data collected in 2022.
How many countries are there in Asia? The area is shared by 50 countries. By far the largest country in terms of area is Russia, with more than 17 million km², of which 13 million km² (77%) are in Asia. The second-largest Asian country is China, with an area of 9.6 million km².
