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

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

n and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists 49 generally recognized sovereign states (all of which are members of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

), 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 and other territories. The 49 generally recognized sovereign states listed here include two countries that are generally 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. Though a majority of the

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

n Federation's land area is located within

, it is generally considered a

European country The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political. Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international reco ...

because of its historical, cultural, ethnic, and political ties to

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

. Its capital and largest city,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

is located within Europe, and the vast majority of its population lives within its European part. In addition, while

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

extends into Asia through the

Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is ...

, it is generally considered to be an African country because most of its population and geographic area is in Africa.

Geographical boundaries of Asia

The divisions between

and

occur at the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

Ural River The Ural (russian: Урал, ), known before 1775 as Yaik (russian: Яик, ba, Яйыҡ, translit=Yayıq, ; kk, Жайық, translit=Jaiyq, ), is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia ...

, and

Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...

in the east, the

Caucasus Mountains The Caucasus Mountains, : pronounced * hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ, : pronounced * az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced * rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ * tr, Kafkas Dağla ...

and the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...

Bosporus The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...

Sea of Marmara The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via t ...

Dardanelles The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (; ...

and the

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...

in the south.

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

, and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

all have territory in both Asia and Europe.

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

and

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

are entirely in

Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

but are socio-politically European countries and members of the Council of Europe, with Cyprus also being a member of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

. The division between Asia and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

is normally considered to be the Suez Canal, placing the

Sinai peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is ...

(which is part of Egypt) in Asia. Therefore, Egypt, an African country, may also be considered to be a country in Asia. The division between

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...

and Australia/

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...

is disputed and currently placed somewhere between

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...

and

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

spans both areas, but is ordinarily considered to be an Asian country.

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...

is sometimes considered to be part of

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologi ...

Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...

, but due to its being surrounded by Indonesia, and its once being politically part of Indonesia, it is generally considered to be in Southeast Asia.

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

is occasionally thought of as a Southeast Asian country, but it is generally considered to be part of Australasia or Melanesia. The division between

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both Geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The modern State (polity), states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. ...

and Oceania is usually placed somewhere between the

Japanese archipelago The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, ''Nihon rettō'') is a group of 6,852 islands that form the country of Japan, as well as the Russian island of Sakhalin. It extends over from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East Chin ...

and the

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

. Certain Japanese islands are often categorized as being within Micronesia due to non-continental geology and similar biogeography. The division between Asia and North America is considered to be the Bering Strait. Some of the

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large v ...

, however, may be considered to be in Asia.

Sovereign states

A sovereign state is a political organization with effective

sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

over a population for whom it makes decisions in the national interest. According to the

Montevideo convention The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States is a treaty signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 26, 1933, during the Seventh International Conference of American States. The Convention codifies the declarative theory of state ...

, 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

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 The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria ...

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Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...

and ps, کابل () , , ,

Afghan afghani The afghani ( sign: or Af (plural: Afs) code: AFN; Pashto: ; Persian : ) is the currency of Afghanistan, which traditionally is issued by the nation's central bank called Da Afghanistan Bank. It is nominally subdivided into 100 '' puls'' (پ� ...

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Republic of Armenia

ARM , hy, Հայաստան – Հայաստանի Հանրապետությու (') ,

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

hy, Երևան (') , , , Armenian dram , - , Flag of Azerbaijan

Republic of Azerbaijan

AZE , az, Azǝrbaycan – Azǝrbaycan Respublikası , Baku

az, Bakı , , ,

Azerbaijani manat The manat ( ISO code: AZN; sign: ₼; abbreviation: m) is the currency of Azerbaijan. It is subdivided into 100 ''gapiks''. The first iteration of the currency happened in the times of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and its successor, the Az ...

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Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

Kingdom of Bahrain

BHR , ar, مملكة البحرين – البحرين (') ,

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very di ...

ar, المنامة (') , , , Bahraini dinar , - , Flag of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

People's Republic of Bangladesh

BGD , bn, বাংলাদেশ – গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ (') ,

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

bn, ঢাকা (') , , ,

Bangladeshi taka The Bangladeshi taka ( bn, টাকা, sign: , code: BDT, short form: Tk) is the currency of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. In Unicode, it is encoded at . Issuance of bank notes 10 and larger is controlled by Bangladesh Bank, while ...

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Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

Kingdom of Bhutan

BTN , dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ – འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ (') ,

Thimphu Thimphu (; dz, ཐིམ་ཕུག ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's ''dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city ...

dz, ཐིམ་ཕུ (') , , ,

Bhutanese ngultrum The ngultrum (; dz, དངུལ་ཀྲམ , symbol: Nu., code: BTN) is the currency of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It can be literally translated as 'silver' for ''ngul'' and 'coin' for ''trum''. It is subdivided into 100 chhertum ( dz, ཕྱེ ...

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Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

Brunei Darussalam

BRN , ms, Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam (') ,

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB; Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان; ) is the capital city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei-Muara District, the s ...

ms, Bandar Seri Begawan (') , 460,356 , , Brunei dollar , - , Flag of Cambodia

Cambodia on the globe (Cambodia centered)

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

Kingdom of Cambodia

KHM , km, កម្ពុជា – ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (') , Phnom Penh

km, ភ្នំពេញ (') , , ,

Cambodian riel The riel (; km, រៀល, riĕl ; sign: ៛; code: KHR) is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second curren ...

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People's Republic of China

CHN , (') ,

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

(') , , , Renminbi , - , Flag of Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus

CYP , el, Κύπρος – Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (')

tr, Kıbrıs – Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti , Nicosia

el, Λευκωσία (')

tr, Lefkoşa , , ,

Euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

TLS , pt, Timor-Leste – República Democrática de Timor-Leste

Tetum , nativename=Tetun , states= Indonesia East Timor , speakers=, mostly in Indonesia , date=2010–2011 , ref=e18 , speakers2=50,000 L2-speakers in Indonesia and East Timor , familycolor=Austronesian , fam2=Malayo-Polynesian , fam3= Central–East ...

: ''Timor Lorosa'e – Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e'' , Dili

pt, Díli

: ''Díli'' , , ,

United States dollar The United States dollar ( symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the officia ...

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Although the majority of Egypt is in

, it could be argued that the

is geographically a part of Asia.

Arab Republic of Egypt

EGY ,

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: مصر – جمهورية مصر العربية (''Miṣr—Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyya'') ,

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

: القاهرة (''al-Qāhirah'') , , , Egyptian pound , - , Flag of Georgia

Georgia (orthographic projection with inset)

GEO , ka, საქართველო (') ,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

/ T'bilisi

ka, თბილისი (') , , , Georgian lari , - , Flag of India

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Republic of India

IND , en, India – Republic of India

hi, भारत – भारत गणराज्य (')
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New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

en, New Delhi

hi, नई दिल्ली (')
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Indian rupee The Indian rupee ( symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in the republic of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 ''paise'' (singular: ''paisa''), though as of 2022, coins of denomination of 1 rupee are the lowest value in use w ...

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Republic of Indonesia

IDN , id, Indonesia – Republik Indonesia , Jakarta

id, DKI Jakarta , , , Indonesian rupiah , - , Flag of Iran

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Islamic Republic of Iran

IRN , fa} (') ,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

fa, تهران (') , , , Iranian rial , - , Flag of Iraq

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

Republic of Iraq

IRQ , ar, العراق – جمهورية العراق (') ,

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

ar, بغداد (') , , ,

Iraqi dinar The Iraqi dinar () (Arabic: دينار; sign: ID in Latin, د.ع in Arabic; code: IQD) is the currency of Iraq. It is issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and is subdivided into 1,000 fils (فلس), although inflation has rendered the fils obsolet ...

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

State of Israel

ISR , he, יִשְרָאֵל – מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (')

ar, إسرائيل – دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (') ,

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

(Claimed and de facto)

he, ירושלים (') , , , Israeli new shekel , - , Flag of Japan

, Japan

JPN , ja, 日本 – 日本国 (') ,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

ja, 東京 (') , , , Japanese yen , - , Flag of Jordan

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

JOR , ar, اﻷرُدن – المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه (') , Amman

ar, عمان (') , , , Jordanian dinar , - , Flag of Kazakhstan

Republic of Kazakhstan

KAZ , kk, Қазақстан – Қазақстан Республикасы (')

russian: Казахстан – Республика Казахстан (') ,

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...

kk, Астана (')

russian: Астана (') , , ,

Kazakhstani tenge The tenge ( or ; kk, теңге, teñge, ; sign: ₸ ; code: KZT) is the currency of Kazakhstan. It is divided into 100 tiyn ( kk, тиын, tıyın also transliterated as ''tiyin''). History After the breakup of the Soviet Union in December ...

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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

PRK , ko, 조선 – 조선민주주의인민공화국 (') ,

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...

ko, 평양 (') , , ,

North Korean won The Korean People's won, sometimes known as the North Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KPW; Korean: ) or Democratic People's Republic of Korea won ( Korean: ), is the official currency of North Korea. It is subdivided into 100 ''chon''. The cur ...

, - ,

Republic of Korea (orthographic projection)

, South Korea

Republic of Korea

KOR , ko, 한국 – 대한민국 (') , Seoul

ko, 서울 (') , , , South Korean won , - , Flag of Kuwait

, Kuwait

State of Kuwait

KWT , ar, دولة الكويت – اﻟﻜﻮﻳت (') , Kuwait City

ar, الكويت (') , , , Kuwaiti dinar , - , Flag of Kyrgyzstan

, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic

KGZ , ky, Кыргызстан – Кыргыз Республикасы (')

russian: Кыргызстан – Кыргызская Республика (') , Bishkek

ky, Бишкек (')

russian: Бишкек (') , , , Kyrgyzstani som , - , Flag of Laos

Laos on the globe (Southeast Asia centered)

, Laos

Lao People's Democratic Republic

LAO , lo, ປະເທດລາວ – ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (') , Vientiane

lo, ວຽງຈັນ (') , , , Lao kip , - , Flag of Lebanon

, Lebanon

Lebanese Republic

LBN , ar, لبنان – الجمهورية اللبنانية (') , Beirut

ar, بيروت (') , , , Lebanese pound , - , Flag of Malaysia

, Malaysia

MYS , Malaysian language, Malay: Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur

ms, Kuala Lumpur , , , Malaysian ringgit , - , Flag of Maldives

, Maldives

Republic of Maldives

MDV , dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ – ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (') , Malé / Male'

dv, މާލެ (') , , , Maldivian rufiyaa , - , Flag of Mongolia

, Mongolia

MNG , mn, Монгол – Монгол улс (') , Ulaanbaatar

mn, Улаанбаатар (') , , , Mongolian tögrög , - , Flag of Myanmar

, Myanmar

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

MMR , my, မြန်မာ – ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်‌ (') , Naypyidaw, Nay Pyi Taw

my, နေပြည်တော် (') , , , Myanmar kyat , - , Flag of Nepal

, Nepal

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

NPL , ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल (') , Kathmandu

ne, काठमाडौं (') , , , Nepalese rupee , - , Flag of Oman

, Oman

Sultanate of Oman

OMN , ar, عُمان – سلطنة عُمان (') , Muscat, Oman, Muscat

ar, مسقط (') , , , Omani rial , - , Flag of Pakistan

, Pakistan

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

PAK , en, Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan

ur} (') , Islamabad

en, Islamabad

ur, اسلام آباد (') , , , Pakistani rupee , - , Flag of the Philippines

, Philippines

Republic of the Philippines

PHL , en, Philippines – Republic of the Philippines

fil, Pilipinas – Republika ng Pilipinas , Manila

en, Manila

fil, Maynila , , , Philippine peso , - , Flag of Qatar

, Qatar

State of Qatar

QAT , ar, قطر – دولة قطر (') , Doha

ar, الدوحة (') , , , Qatari riyal , - , Flag of Russia

, ,

Russian Federation

RUS , russian: Росси́я – Российская Федерация (') ,

russian: Москва (') , (including Crimea) , , Russian ruble , - , Flag of Saudi Arabia

, Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

SAU , ar, السعودية – المملكة العربية السعودية (') , Riyadh

ar, الرياض (') , , , Saudi riyal , - , Flag of Singapore

Singapore on the globe (Southeast Asia centered) zoom

, Singapore

Republic of Singapore

SGP , ''()''

en, Singapore – Republic of Singapore

ms, Singapura – Republik Singapura

ta, சிங்கப்பூர் – சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (') , Downtown Core, Singapore

''()''

en, Singapore

ms, Singapura

ta, சிங்கப்பூர் (') , , , Singapore dollar , - , Flag of Sri Lanka

, Sri Lanka

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

LKA , si, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව – ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (')

ta, இலங்கை – இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு (') , Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

si, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ (')

ta, ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுர கோட்டை (') , , , Sri Lankan rupee , - , Flag of Syria

, Syria

Syrian Arab Republic

SYR , ar, سورية / سوريا – الجمهورية العربية السورية (') , Damascus

ar, دمشق (') , , , Syrian pound , - , Flag of Tajikistan

, Tajikistan

Republic of Tajikistan

TJK , tg, Тоҷикистон – Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон (') , Dushanbe

tg, Душанбе (') , , , Tajikistani somoni , - , Flag of Thailand

, Thailand

Kingdom of Thailand

THA , th, ไทย – ราชอาณาจักรไทย (') , Bangkok

th, กรุงเทพมหานคร (') , , , Thai baht , - , Flag of Turkey

Republic of Turkey

TUR , tr, Türkiye – Türkiye Cumhuriyeti , Ankara

tr, Ankara , , , Turkish lira , - , Flag of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan on the globe (Eurasia centered)

, Turkmenistan

TKM , tk, Türkmenistan , Ashgabat

tk, Aşgabat , , , Turkmenistani manat , - , Flag of the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates (orthographic projection)

, United Arab Emirates

ARE , ar, اﻹﻣﺎرات – دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة (') , Abu Dhabi

ar, أبوظبي (') , , , United Arab Emirates dirham , - , Flag of Uzbekistan

, , Uzbekistan

Republic of Uzbekistan

UZB , uz, Ўзбекистон – Ўзбекистон Республикасы (O‘zbekiston – O‘zbekiston Respublikasi) , Tashkent

uz, Тошкент (Toshkent) , , , Uzbekistani soum , - , Flag of Vietnam

, Vietnam / Viet Nam

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

VNM , vi, Việt Nam – Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam , Hanoi

vi, Hà Nội , , , Vietnamese dong , - , Flag of Yemen

, Yemen

Republic of Yemen

YEM , ar, اليمن – الجمهورية اليمنية (') , Sana'a

ar, صنعاء (') , , , Yemeni rial

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. } (') , Ramallah (de facto)
ar, رام الله
(')

East Jerusalem, Jerusalem (declared)
ar, القدس
(') , , , Mahmoud Abbas , - , Flag of the Republic of China

, Taiwan

Republic of China

TWN , Claimed as part of the People's Republic of China. Officially recognized as sovereign by 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 character, Traditional Chinese: 臺灣/台灣 – 中華民國 (') , Taipei

Traditional Chinese character, Traditional Chinese: 台北 (Táiběi) , , , Tsai Ing-wen

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. } (') , Sukhumi / Sukhum

ab, Аҟəа (') , 250,000 , , Aslan Bzhania , - , Flag of Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (orthographic projection)

, Republic of Artsakh, Artsakh

Republic of Artsakh , Claimed as Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, part of

. Recognised only by Foreign relations of Artsakh, three non-UN states. , hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ – Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ Հանրապետություն (') , Stepanakert

hy, Ստեփանակերտ (') , 141,400 , , Arayik Harutyunyan , - , Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus (ortographic projection)

, Northern Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , Claimed as Districts of Cyprus, part of the Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus. Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus, Recognised only by Turkey. , tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs – Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti , North Nicosia

tr, Lefkoşa , 285,356 , , Ersin Tatar , - , Flag of South Ossetia

, South Ossetia

Republic of South Ossetia , Claimed as Administrative divisions of Georgia (country), part of

. Recognised by International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia#UN member states, five UN states. , os, Хуссар Ирыстон – Республикӕ Хуссар Ирыстон (')

russian: Южная Осетия – Республика Южная Осетия (') , Tskhinvali

os, Цхинвал or Чъреба (') , 70,000 , , Anatoly Bibilov

Dependencies and other territories

The four territories in this list are controlled by a state of which they are not considered to be a part. } , Episkopi Cantonment

en, Episkopi Cantonment , 15,700 , , Robert Thomson (British Army officer), Robert Thomson , - , Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory

, , British Indian Ocean Territory

IOT , British Overseas Territories, British overseas territory , en, British Indian Ocean Territory , Camp Justice (Diego Garcia), Camp Justice , 4,000 , , Ben Merrick , - , Flag of Christmas Island

, , Christmas Island

Territory of Christmas Island

CXR , States and territories of Australia, Territory of Australia , en, Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island , Flying Fish Cove / The Settlement , 1,843 , , Gordon Thomson (Christmas Island politician), Gordon Thomson , - , Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

, , Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

CCK , States and territories of Australia, Territory of Australia , en, Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

coa, Pulu Kokos (Keeling) , West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, West Island / Bantam , 544 , , Seri Wati Iku

Special areas of internal sovereignty

The following special administrative regions of China, two entities are administrative division, integral areas of their controlling state, but have a political arrangement that was decided through an international agreement. } , Hong Kong , 7,582,000 , , John Lee (government official), John Lee , - , Flag of Macau

, Macau / Macao

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

MAC , Special administrative regions of China, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , Traditional

pt, Macau – Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China , Macau / Macao , 693,000 , , Ho Iat-seng

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign States And Dependent Territories in Asia, List Of Lists of countries in Asia, Asia-related lists Lists of countries by continent Asia

Geographical boundaries of Asia

Sovereign states

United Nations member states

States with limited, but substantial, international recognition

De facto states with little or no international recognition

Dependencies and other territories

Special areas of internal sovereignty

See also

Notes

References