Bill Belew has raised 2 bi-cultural kids, now 34 and 30. And he and his wife are now parenting a 3rd, Mia, who is 8.
An updated List of Countries in Asia.
For someone who writes about Asia, I should have known the answer off the top of my head to the question of how many countries are there on a list of countries in Asia?
I didn’t. I was surprised when I checked. There’s been a lot of divvying up of the big continent. You can count the number of countries or just scroll down to the bottom to find the answer.
Where I could, I provided links to take you to sites about the countries – CIA, State Department, United Nations, that country’s site, official tourist info, BBC, Library of Congress, that country’s embassy, World Bank, and so on. In many cases, a link can send you elsewhere to find info on other countries as well. The CIA, World Bank and so on have links for all countries.
If you have a better link to introduce a country, please send me your recommendation in the comments. It would be fun for me and perhaps others who find this site to know the best source to find info on a country. Thanks!
The list of countries in Asia.
1. Afghanistan
2. Armenia
3. Azerbaijan
4. Bahrain
5. Bangladesh
6. Bhutan
7. British Indian Ocean Territory
8. Brunei
9. Cambodia
10. China
11. Christmas Island
12. Cocos (Keeling) Island
13. Hong Kong
14. India
15. Indonesia
16. Iran
17. Iraq
18. Israel
19. Japan
20. Jordan
21. Kazakhstan
22. Korea, North
23. Korea, South
24. Kuwait
25. Kyrgyzstan
26. Laos
27. Lebanon
28. Macau
29. Malaysia
30. Maldives
31. Mongolia
32. Myanmar
33. Nagorno-Karabakh
34. Nepal
35. Oman
36. Pakistan
37. Palestine
38. Philippines
39. Qatar
40. Russia Well, half of it.
41. Saudi Arabia
42. Singapore
43. South Ossetia
44. Sri Lanka
45. Syria
46. Taiwan
47. Tajikistan
48. Thailand
49. Timor-Leste
50. Turkey
51. Turkmenistan
54. Uzbekistan
55. Vietnam
56. Yemen
So, where do you want to go?
*This list is not the same as the list of Asian countries recognized or that has joined the United Nations and I am not interested here in whether or not Taiwan belongs to China and Hong Kong and Macau and all that…that’s a discussion for another time.
Updated on 12/23. Thanks, Seraphiel!
I’m sorry to tell you that Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Georgia are a part of Europe. Cyprus is also part of Europe. Only half of Russia lies in Asia, the other part lies in Europe. Turkey also lies partially in Europe.
This post looks like it is written by someone who lived all his live in the USA.
Thank you, Seraphiel. Shows to go you I spent far too much time on the other side of Asia- in the Far East. I lived in Japan for nearly 20 years and have visited both halves of Russia.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia is not by any definition a country.
Please can you send me full details about Countries in Asia
Please send me a details of Indian his\istory with map of every state .
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I need update list of countries in Asia…
Hong kong, I think is never a country but a known city.
I think that will be counting always