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ASIA
Countries	Area	Location & Borders	Coast Line	Geography - note
Afghanistan	647,500	China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan	landlocked
Bahrain	665	Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf	161
Bangladesh	144,000	Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between India and Myanmar	580	most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal
Bhutan	47,000	Southern Asia, between China and India	landlocked
Brunei Darussalam	5,770	South-eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia	161	two parts of the country are physically separated by Malaysia
Cambodia	181,040	South-eastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand;	443
China	9,596,960	Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea; Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Tajikistan, Vietnam	14,500	Autonomous Territories: Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia Hui, Guangxi Zhuang and Xinjiang  Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong, Macau
East Timor	15,007	South-eastern Asia, Indonesia		East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco
India	3,287,263	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal,	7,000
Indonesia	1,919,440	South-eastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean East Timor, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea	54,716	archipelago of more than 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles Equator
Iran	1,648,000	West Asia bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea,	2,440	strategic location on the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, which are vital maritime pathways for crude oil transport
Iraq	437,072	West Asia bordering the Persian Gulf, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey	58	Rivers Tigris & Euphrates
Israel	20,770	West Asia bordering the Mediterranean Sea; Egypt, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank	273	Sea of Galilee is an important freshwater source
Japan	377,835	Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula	29,751	highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Jordan	92,300	Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, West Bank	26	strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank
Kazakhstan	2,717,300	Central Asia	landlocked	Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory enclosing the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kuwait	17,820	bordering the Persian Gulf; Iraq & Saudi Arabia	499	sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April and bring heavy rain; sandstorms and dust storms occur throughout the year, but are most common between March and August
Kyrgyzstan	198,500	Central Asia; China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	landlocked	Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest
Laos	236,800	South-eastern Asia; Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam	landlocked	the Mekong forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand
Lebanon	10,400	bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria	225
Malaysia	329,750	South-eastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of Borneo; Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei	4,675
Maldives	300	Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean	644	1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts)
Mongolia	1,565,000	Northern Asia, between China and Russia	landlocked
Myanmar	678,500	South-eastern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal; Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Thailand	1,930
Nepal	140,800	Southern Asia, between China and India	landlocked	contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest
North Korea	120,540	Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China, Russia (19 km) and South Korea	2,495
Oman	212,460	bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen	2,092	adjacent to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil
Pakistan	803,940	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north	1,046	controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
Papua New Guinea	462,840	the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and a group of islands between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia	5,152	one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
Philippines	300,000	South-eastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea	36,289	It comprises over 7,000 islands and rocks, of which about 400 are permanently inhabited
Qatar	11,437	peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia	563
Saudi Arabia	1,960,582	bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea; Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen	2,640	great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through Persian Gulf and Suez Canal
Singapore	692	South-eastern Asia; Island country	193	separated from Malaysia to the north by the Johore Strait and from Indonesia to the south by the Singapore Strait
South Korea	98,480	Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea; North Korea	2,413
Sri Lanka	65,610	Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean	1,340
Syria	185,180	bordering the Mediterranean Sea; Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey	193	there are 42 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
Taiwan	35,980	Eastern Asia, island bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait	1,566
Tajikistan	143,100	Central Asia; Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan	landlocked	mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast
Thailand	514,000	South-eastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand; Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia	3,219	controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore
Turkey	780,580	south-eastern Europe and south-western Asia, bordering the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea; Armenia, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq and Syria	7,200	that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe
Turkmenistan	488,100	Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan	landlocked	Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
United Arab Emirates	82,880	bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia	1,318	strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil
Uzbekistan	447,400	Central Asia; Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan	landlocked	a 420 km shoreline with Aral Sea
Vietnam	329,560	South-eastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia	3,444
Yemen	527,970	bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia	1,906	strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes