List of Asian countries

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This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies.

Countries and dependencies

     Overseas department or dependency     Non-United Nations member countries

Flag Short Name Long Name (official name) Domestic Name Capital Map
Abkhazia[1][2] Republic of Abkhazia Abkhaz: Аҧсны Республика Sukhumi
Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان
Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت		 Kabul
Armenia[2] Republic of Armenia Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Yerevan
Azerbaijan[2] Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası Baku
Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain Arabic: مملكة البحرين‎ Manama
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Dhaka
Bhutan Kingdom of Bhutan Dzongkha: Thimphu
British Indian Ocean Territory[3][2] British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia
Brunei State of Brunei, Abode of Peace Malay: بروني دارالسلام Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia Khmer: Phnom Penh
China People's Republic of China Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国
Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國		 Beijing
Christmas Island[4] Territory of Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove
Cocos (Keeling) Islands[4] Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island
Cyprus[2] Republic of Cyprus Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti		 Nicosia
Cyprus, Northern[1][2] Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Nicosia
Egypt[5] Arab Republic of Egypt Arabic: جمهورية مصر العربية‎ Cairo
Georgia[2] Georgia Georgian: საქართველო Tbilisi
Hong Kong[6] Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chinese: 香港特別行政區 Hong Kong
India Republic of India Hindi: भारत गणराज्य New Delhi
Indonesia[7] Republic of Indonesia Indonesian: Republik Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران Tehran
Iraq Republic of Iraq Arabic: جمهورية العراق‎
Kurdish: كۆماری عێراق		 Baghdad
Israel State of Israel Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל‎
Arabic: إسرائيل‎		 Jerusalem
Japan Japan Japanese: 日本国 Tokyo
Jordan The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Arabic: المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه‎ Amman
Kazakhstan[2] Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы
Russian: Республика Казахстан		 Astana
Korea, North Democratic People's Republic of Korea Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국
Chinese: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國		 Pyongyang
Korea, South Republic of Korea Korean: 대한민국
Chinese: 大韓民國		 Seoul
Kuwait State of Kuwait Arabic: دولة الكويت‎ Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасы
Russian: Кыргызская Республика		 Bishkek
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao:ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Vientiane
Lebanon Lebanese Republic Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية‎ Beirut
Macau[6] Macau Special Administrative Region Chinese: 澳門特別行政區 Macau
Malaysia Malaysia Malay: مليسيا Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Republic of Maldives Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމުހޫރިއްޔާ Malé
Mongolia Mongolia Mongolian: Монгол улс, Ulan Bator
Myanmar[8]
 Union of Myanmar

Burmese:

 Naypyidaw
South Ossetia[1][2] Republic of South Ossetia Ossetic: Хуссар Ирыстон
Nepal Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Nepali: संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल Kathmandu
Nagorno-Karabakh[1][2] Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ Հանրապետություն Stepanakert
Oman Sultanate of Oman Arabic: سلطنة عُمان‎ Muscat
Palestine[1][9] Palestinian National Authority Arabic: السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية‎ Ramallah, Jerusalem
(Disputed)
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان Islamabad
Philippines Republic of the Philippines Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas Manila
Qatar State of Qatar Arabic: دولة قطر‎ Doha
Russia[2] Russian Federation Russian: Российская Федерация Moscow
Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية‎ Riyadh
Singapore Republic of Singapore Malay: Republik Singapura
Simplified Chinese: 新加坡共和国
Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு		 Singapore City
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sinhalese:
Tamil: இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு		 Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
Syria Syrian Arab Republic Arabic: جمهورية سوريا العربية‎ Damascus
Taiwan[1] Republic of China Traditional Chinese: 中華民國 Taipei
Tajikistan Republic of Tajikistan Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон Dushanbe
Thailand Kingdom of Thailand Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย Bangkok
Timor-Leste[7][10] Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika Timór Lorosa'e
Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste		 Dili
Turkey Republic of Turkey Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ankara
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turkmen: Türkmenistan Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎ Abu Dhabi
Akrotiri and Dhekelia The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Episkopi
Uzbekistan Republic of Uzbekistan Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Tashkent
Vietnam Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam Hanoi
Yemen Republic of Yemen Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية‎ San‘a’

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f independent country not recognized by UN.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Some territory could be argued to be a part of Europe or Asia
  3. ^ British overseas territory.
  4. ^ a b Australian overseas territory.
  5. ^ Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Africa.
  6. ^ a b Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
  7. ^ a b Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Oceania.
  8. ^ Previously known as Burma.
  9. ^ Consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip territories.
  10. ^ Also known as East Timor.

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