The continent of Asia

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On the Asia continent there are 48 sovereign countries and 2 territories/dependencies , according to the United Nations.

Code:	AS
Countries:	There are forty-eight sovereign country on the Asia continent.
Territories and Dependencies:	There are only two territories or dependencies in Asia.
Area:	44,579,000.00 km² (27,706,028.59 mi²).
Area Text:	Forty-four million five hundred seventy-nine thousand km² (Twenty-seven million seven hundred six thousand twenty-nine mi²).

Countires of Asia

There are forty-eight sovereign countries on the Asia continent with independent central governments, and the list of countries may change over time depending on local politics.

Country	ISO 3166-1	Region	Region WB
Afghanistan	AF	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Armenia	AM	Asia › Western Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Azerbaijan	AZ	Asia › Western Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Bahrain	BH	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Bangladesh	BD	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Bhutan	BT	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Brunei	BN	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Cambodia	KH	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
China	CN	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
East Timor	TL	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Georgia	GE	Asia › Western Asia	Europe & Central Asia
India	IN	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Indonesia	ID	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Iran	IR	Asia › Southern Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Iraq	IQ	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Israel	IL	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Japan	JP	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Jordan	JO	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Kazakhstan	KZ	Asia › Central Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Kuwait	KW	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Kyrgyzstan	KG	Asia › Central Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Laos	LA	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Lebanon	LB	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Malaysia	MY	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Maldives	MV	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Mongolia	MN	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Myanmar	MM	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Nepal	NP	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
North Korea	KP	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Oman	OM	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Pakistan	PK	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Palestine	PS	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Philippines	PH	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Qatar	QA	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Saudi Arabia	SA	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Singapore	SG	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
South Korea	KR	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Sri Lanka	LK	Asia › Southern Asia	South Asia
Syria	SY	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Taiwan	TW	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Tajikistan	TJ	Asia › Central Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Thailand	TH	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Turkey	TR	Asia › Western Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Turkmenistan	TM	Asia › Central Asia	Europe & Central Asia
United Arab Emirates	AE	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa
Uzbekistan	UZ	Asia › Central Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Vietnam	VN	Asia › South-Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Yemen	YE	Asia › Western Asia	Middle East & North Africa

Territories/Dependencies in Asia

Country	ISO 3166-1	Region	Region WB
Hong Kong	HK	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific
Macau	MO	Asia › Eastern Asia	East Asia & Pacific

Countries partly exist in Asia

There are 3 countries in Asia, but they do not officially belong to Asia. As you can see in the table below, these countries belong to another continent.

Country	ISO 3166-1	Sub Region	Region WB
Cyprus	CY	Western Asia	Europe & Central Asia
Egypt	EG	Northern Africa	Middle East & North Africa
Russia	RU	Eastern Europe	Europe & Central Asia

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Territories/Dependencies in Asia

Countries partly exist in Asia