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Geography of Asia

The continent of Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent with over 4 billion people calling Asia home. Asia also contains the world's most populous country, China, and the world's largest country, Russia. Asia borders Africa and Europe to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east.

The continent of Asia is so large and diverse that it often is divided into sub-regions (see map below).

Northern Asia
Middle East
Southern Asia
Eastern Asia
Southeastern Asia

Asia is rich in diverse races, cultures, and languages. Many of the world's major religions came out of Asia including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

Asia has a major influence on world culture and the world's economy. Countries such as Russia, China, Japan and India produce products and services that are used by every nation in the world. Asia is also abundant in natural resources. Oil in the Middle East is a major supplier of much of the world's energy.

Population: 4,164,252,000 (Source: 2010 United Nations)

Area: 17,212,000 square miles

Ranking: It is the largest and most populous continent

Major Biomes: desert, grasslands, temperate forest, taiga

Major cities:
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Seoul, South Korea
  • Delhi, India
  • Mumbai, India
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Shanghai, China
  • Osaka, Japan
  • Kolkata, India
  • Karachi, Pakistan


Countries of Asia

Learn more about the countries from the continent of Asia. Get all sorts of information on each Asian country including a map, a picture of the flag, population, and much more. Select the country below for more information:

Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
China
Georgia
India
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Russia
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Ukraine
Note: Go here for Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Both are part of the continent of Asia.

Fun Facts about Asia:

Asia is almost 30% of the worlds land area and contains 60% of the worlds population.

The highest point on earth, Mt. Everest, is in Asia. The lowest point on land, the Dead Sea, is also in Asia.

Asia is the only continent that shares borders with two other continents; Africa and Europe. It sometimes joins with a third continent, North America, in the winter by ice forming in the Bering Sea.

Asia contains many of the largest cities in the world including the two largest; Shanghai, China and Mumbai, India.

Coloring Map

Color in this map to learn the countries of Asia (See Southeast Asia for the Southeast Asia map).

Asia Coloring Map of countries
Click picture to get a larger printable version of map.


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