Rankings – Countries and Territories of Asia

Here is the ranking of the countries and territories of Asia, by size of population and in descending order, with the rank indicated. The figures are the most recent that we found on the official statistical sites of the countries.

There are currently 54 countries and territories (including Kurdistan) in Asia, of which 48 are represented at the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population	Area	Density
194	Abkhazia	246,313 inhab.	8,653 km²	28.47 inhab./km²
41	Afghanistan	34,233,212 inhab.	652,864 km²	52.44 inhab./km²
140	Armenia	2,959,245 inhab.	29,743 km²	99.49 inhab./km²
203	Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)	147,906 inhab.	11,433 km²	12.94 inhab./km²
93	Azerbaijan	10,095,894 inhab.	86,573 km²	116.62 inhab./km²
159	Bahrain	1,592,087 inhab.	778 km²	2,046.38 inhab./km²
8	Bangladesh	173,548,302 inhab.	147,570 km²	1,176.04 inhab./km²
143	Bhutan	2,788,599 inhab.	38,394 km²	72.63 inhab./km²
181	Brunei	425,383 inhab.	5,765 km²	73.79 inhab./km²
73	Cambodia	15,288,489 inhab.	181,035 km²	84.45 inhab./km²
1	China	1,411,778,724 inhab.	9,596,961 km²	147.11 inhab./km²
163	East Timor	1,261,407 inhab.	14,954 km²	84.35 inhab./km²
135	Georgia	3,716,858 inhab.	57,178 km²	65.01 inhab./km²
105	Hong Kong	7,448,885 inhab.	1,110 km²	6,710.71 inhab./km²
2	India	1,372,943,539 inhab.	3,287,469 km²	417.63 inhab./km²
4	Indonesia	268,674,755 inhab.	1,913,579 km²	140.40 inhab./km²
19	Iran	81,920,730 inhab.	1,629,771 km²	50.27 inhab./km²
39	Iraq	38,124,182 inhab.	435,052 km²	89.63 inhab./km²
96	Israel	9,529,952 inhab.	20,517 km²	464.49 inhab./km²
11	Japan	126,050,098 inhab.	377,972 km²	333.49 inhab./km²
90	Jordan	10,305,560 inhab.	88,794 km²	116.06 inhab./km²
65	Kazakhstan	18,897,892 inhab.	2,724,222 km²	6.94 inhab./km²
33	Kurdistan	44,000,000 inhab.	503,000 km²	87.48 inhab./km²
131	Kuwait	4,420,110 inhab.	17,818 km²	248.07 inhab./km²
111	Kyrgyzstan	6,636,803 inhab.	199,949 km²	33.19 inhab./km²
106	Laos	7,230,665 inhab.	236,800 km²	30.53 inhab./km²
112	Lebanon	6,629,166 inhab.	10,389 km²	638.09 inhab./km²
172	Macau	663,419 inhab.	31 km²	21,539.58 inhab./km²
46	Malaysia	32,549,402 inhab.	330,345 km²	98.53 inhab./km²
177	Maldives	557,426 inhab.	131 km²	4,255.16 inhab./km²
138	Mongolia	3,229,638 inhab.	1,564,116 km²	2.06 inhab./km²
26	Myanmar (Burma)	54,819,389 inhab.	676,553 km²	81.03 inhab./km²
50	Nepal	29,704,501 inhab.	147,181 km²	201.82 inhab./km²
55	North Korea	25,617,841 inhab.	123,138 km²	208.04 inhab./km²
130	Oman	4,669,948 inhab.	309,550 km²	15.09 inhab./km²
6	Pakistan	212,761,108 inhab.	796,096 km²	267.25 inhab./km²
125	Palestine	5,091,819 inhab.	6,020 km²	845.82 inhab./km²
12	Philippines	110,198,654 inhab.	300,439 km²	366.79 inhab./km²
144	Qatar	2,743,932 inhab.	11,651 km²	235.51 inhab./km²
44	Saudi Arabia	33,413,660 inhab.	2,149,690 km²	15.54 inhab./km²
117	Singapore	5,637,022 inhab.	719 km²	7,840.09 inhab./km²
27	South Korea	51,628,117 inhab.	100,356 km²	515.22 inhab./km²
218	South Ossetia-Alania	57,652 inhab.	3,900 km²	14.78 inhab./km²
60	Sri Lanka	21,803,725 inhab.	65,610 km²	332.32 inhab./km²
56	Syria	25,297,296 inhab.	185,180 km²	136.61 inhab./km²
59	Taiwan	23,584,865 inhab.	36,197 km²	651.57 inhab./km²
99	Tajikistan	9,326,275 inhab.	142,627 km²	65.39 inhab./km²
20	Thailand	68,863,629 inhab.	513,115 km²	134.21 inhab./km²
18	Turkey	82,003,882 inhab.	783,562 km²	104.66 inhab./km²
103	Turkmenistan	8,481,200 inhab.	491,210 km²	17.27 inhab./km²
95	United Arab Emirates	9,555,590 inhab.	83,600 km²	114.30 inhab./km²
45	Uzbekistan	32,653,885 inhab.	448,970 km²	72.73 inhab./km²
15	Vietnam	97,709,844 inhab.	331,236 km²	294.99 inhab./km²
42	Yemen	34,232,322 inhab.	527,968 km²	64.84 inhab./km²