Asia — Geography & Quizzes
Explore all 48 countries of Asia — capitals, flags, populations, and free quizzes.
Asia by the numbers
Asia has 48 countries, a combined population of about 4,714,493,696 — roughly 59.3% of everyone on Earth — across 31,984,189 square kilometres. That works out at 147 people per square kilometre against a world average of 59.4.
- Countries: 48
- Total population: ~4,714,493,696
- Total area: 31,984,189 km²
- Average density: 147 people per km²
- Most populous: China (1,425,887,337)
- Largest by area: China (9,596,961 km²)
- Most densely populated: Singapore (8,208 per km²)
- Least densely populated: Mongolia (2.2 per km²)
The biggest and the smallest
By population the five largest are China (1,425,887,337), India (1,417,173,173), Indonesia (275,501,339), Pakistan (235,824,862) and Bangladesh (171,186,372).
The smallest by population are Brunei (449,002), Maldives (523,787) and Bhutan (782,455) — and those are exactly the ones people forget when trying to name every country on the continent.
By land area the order is different: China, India, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia lead, while Maldives, Singapore and Bahrain are the smallest. Population and area rankings rarely agree, and noticing where they diverge is one of the fastest ways to build a real feel for a continent rather than a list of names.
Languages and currencies
The most widely used official languages here are Arabic (13 countries), English (4 countries), Malay (3 countries), Mandarin (3 countries) and Russian (2 countries).
Several countries share a currency: ILS, used by 2. Shared currencies usually mark a monetary union or a long-standing peg, and they are worth knowing because one answer often unlocks several.
Learn Asia properly
Working one continent at a time beats shuffling the whole world, because your memory for places is spatial and neighbouring countries reinforce each other. For Asia the three angles worth covering are the map, the flags and the capitals.
- Asia map quiz — place each country on a blank map
- Asia flags quiz — identify the flags
- Asia capitals quiz — match countries to capital cities
Do all three for the same continent before moving on. Each one reinforces the other two, which is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map globally.
Regional map quizzes
Countries of Asia
- Afghanistan 🇦🇫 — capital Kabul
- Armenia 🇦🇲 — capital Yerevan
- Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 — capital Baku
- Bahrain 🇧🇭 — capital Manama
- Bangladesh 🇧🇩 — capital Dhaka
- Bhutan 🇧🇹 — capital Thimphu
- Brunei 🇧🇳 — capital Bandar Seri Begawan
- Cambodia 🇰🇭 — capital Phnom Penh
- China 🇨🇳 — capital Beijing
- Georgia 🇬🇪 — capital Tbilisi
- India 🇮🇳 — capital New Delhi
- Indonesia 🇮🇩 — capital Jakarta
- Iran 🇮🇷 — capital Tehran
- Iraq 🇮🇶 — capital Baghdad
- Israel 🇮🇱 — capital Jerusalem
- Japan 🇯🇵 — capital Tokyo
- Jordan 🇯🇴 — capital Amman
- Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 — capital Astana
- Kuwait 🇰🇼 — capital Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 — capital Bishkek
- Laos 🇱🇦 — capital Vientiane
- Lebanon 🇱🇧 — capital Beirut
- Malaysia 🇲🇾 — capital Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives 🇲🇻 — capital Malé
- Mongolia 🇲🇳 — capital Ulaanbaatar
- Myanmar 🇲🇲 — capital Naypyidaw
- Nepal 🇳🇵 — capital Kathmandu
- North Korea 🇰🇵 — capital Pyongyang
- Oman 🇴🇲 — capital Muscat
- Pakistan 🇵🇰 — capital Islamabad
- Palestine 🇵🇸 — capital Ramallah
- Philippines 🇵🇭 — capital Manila
- Qatar 🇶🇦 — capital Doha
- Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 — capital Riyadh
- Singapore 🇸🇬 — capital Singapore
- South Korea 🇰🇷 — capital Seoul
- Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 — capital Colombo
- Syria 🇸🇾 — capital Damascus
- Taiwan 🇹🇼 — capital Taipei
- Tajikistan 🇹🇯 — capital Dushanbe
- Thailand 🇹🇭 — capital Bangkok
- Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 — capital Dili
- Turkey 🇹🇷 — capital Ankara
- Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 — capital Ashgabat
- United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 — capital Abu Dhabi
- Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 — capital Tashkent
- Vietnam 🇻🇳 — capital Hanoi
- Yemen 🇾🇪 — capital Sana'a