India Pakistan Indonesia The Philippines Iran Qatar Iraq Russia Israel Saudi Arabia Japan Singapore Jordan Sri Lanka Kazakhstan Syria Korea, North Taiwan (territory of China) Korea, South Tajikistan Kuwait Thailand Kyrgyzstan Timor Leste Laos Turkey Lebanon Turkmenistan Malaysia United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Maldives Mongolia **Some countries may be listed in multiple regions because they are at the border of two Myanmar geographical or cultural areas.** Nepal Oman General Information about Asia Asia is the largest and most populated continent. Because Asia is so large, world’s there are many different cultures, ethnic groups, climates and historical records. There are several mountain ranges on the continent, especially in the east. The top 10 tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia. Population: 3,879,000,000 (about 60% of the total population) world’s
India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan The Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan (territory of China) Tajikistan Thailand Timor Leste Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen **Some countries may be listed in multiple regions because they are at the border of two geographical or cultural areas.** General Information about Asia Asia is the world’s largest and most populated continent. Because Asia is so large, there are many different cultures, ethnic groups, climates and historical records. There are several mountain ranges on the continent, especially in the east. The top 10 tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia. Population: 3,879,000,000 (about 60% of the world’s total population)
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