The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia.

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.

Geography of Asia edit

Regions of Asia edit

Countries of Asia edit

List of Asian countries

Geographic features of Asia edit

Demography of Asia edit

Demographics of Asia

History of Asia edit

History by field edit

History by region edit

Culture of Asia edit

Culture of Asia

The Arts in Asia edit

Sports in Asia edit

Environment of Asia edit

Environment of Asia

Economy and infrastructure of Asia edit

Economy of Asia

Communications in Asia edit

Education in Asia edit

Governments of Asia edit

Politics of Asia edit

Politics of Asia

See also edit

Indexes of articles on the countries of Asia

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Unrecognized independent country.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Some territory could be argued to be a part of Europe or Asia
  3. ^ a b British overseas territory.
  4. ^ a b Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
  5. ^ a b Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Oceania
  6. ^ Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
  7. ^ Republic of Korea.
  8. ^ Previously known as Burma.
  9. ^ Consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip territories.
  10. ^ Republic of China.
  11. ^ de facto independent country from 1912 to 1951
  12. ^ Also known as East Timor.

External links edit

  Wikimedia Atlas of Asia