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List of Asian Countries by Area - Wikipedia

Russia is the largest country in Asia by area, covering 13,083,100 square kilometers. The Maldives, at only 300 square kilometers, is the smallest country in Asia. The document then lists Asian countries from largest to smallest by area, providing the area in square kilometers and percentage of Asia's total land area for each. It includes notes on territories for some countries given in other sources than used in the list.

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List of Asian Countries by Area - Wikipedia

Russia is the largest country in Asia by area, covering 13,083,100 square kilometers. The Maldives, at only 300 square kilometers, is the smallest country in Asia. The document then lists Asian countries from largest to smallest by area, providing the area in square kilometers and percentage of Asia's total land area for each. It includes notes on territories for some countries given in other sources than used in the list.

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List of Asian

countries by area

Below is a list of countries in Asia by


area.[1] Russia is the largest country in
Asia and the world, even after excluding
its European portion. The Maldives is the
smallest country in Asia.
% Asia area
Country / dependency
total in km2 (mi2)
[a]
1 Russia 29.3% 13,083,100 (5,051,400)
[b]
2 China 21.5% 9,596,961 (3,705,407)

3 India 7.4% 3,287,263 (1,269,219)


[c]
4 Kazakhst an 5.8% 2,600,000 (1,000,000)

5 Saudi Arabia 4.8% 2,149,690 (830,000)

6 Iran 3.7% 1,648,195 (636,372)

7 Mongolia 3.5% 1,564,110 (603,910)


[d]
8 Indonesia 3.3% 1,488,509 (574,717)

9 Pakist an 2.0% 881,913 (340,509)


[e]
10 Turkey 1.7% 759,805 (293,362)

11 Myanmar 1.5% 676,578 (261,228)

12 Afghanist an 1.5% 652,867 (252,073)

13 Yemen 1.2% 555,000 (214,000)

14 Thailand 1.2% 513,120 (198,120)

15 Turkmenist an 1.1% 488,100 (188,500)

16 Uzbekist an 1.0% 447,400 (172,700)

17 Iraq 1.0% 438,317 (169,235)

18 Japan 0.8% 377,976 (145,937)

19 Viet nam 0.7% 331,212 (127,882)

20 Malaysia 0.7% 330,803 (127,724)

21 Oman 0.7% 309,500 (119,500)

22 Philippines 0.7% 300,000 (120,000)

23 Laos 0.5% 236,800 (91,400)

24 Kyrgyzst an 0.4% 199,951 (77,202)


[f]
25 Syria 0.4% 185,180 (71,500)

26 Cambodia 0.4% 181,035 (69,898)

27 Bangladesh 0.3% 148,460 (57,320)

Total 100% 44,664,340 (17,245,000)


% Asia area
Country / dependency
total in km2 (mi2)

28 Nepal 0.3% 147,516 (56,956)

29 Tajikist an 0.3% 143,100 (55,300)

30 Nort h Korea 0.3% 120,540 (46,540)

31 Sout h Korea 0.2% 100,210 (38,690)

32 Jordan 0.2% 89,342 (34,495)

33 Unit ed Arab Emirat es 0.2% 83,600 (32,300)


[g]
34 Azerbaijan 0.2% 79,640 (30,750)
[h]
35 Georgia 0.2% 69,700 (26,900)

36 Sri Lanka 0.1% 65,610 (25,330)


[i]
37 Egypt 0.1% 61,000 (24,000)

38 Bhut an 0.1% 38,394 (14,824)


[j]
39 Taiwan 0.1% 36,193 (13,974)
[k]
40 Armenia 0.1% 29,743 (11,484)
[l]
41 Israel 0.05% 22,070 (8,520)

42 Kuwait 0.04% 17,818 (6,880)

43 East Timor 0.03% 14,919 (5,760)

44 Qat ar 0.03% 11,586 (4,473)

45 Lebanon 0.02% 10,452 (4,036)


[m]
46 Cyprus 0.02% 9,251 (3,572)
[n]
47 Palest ine 0.01% 6,220 (2,400)

48 Brunei 0.01% 5,765 (2,226)

Hong Kong (China) 0.01% 2,755 (1,064)

49 Bahrain 0.002% 786 (303)

50 Singapore 0.002% 728 (281)


[o]
51 Maldives 0.001% 300 (120)

Macao (China) 0.0003% 115 (44)

Total 100% 44,664,340 (17,245,000)


See also
List of countries and dependencies by
area
List of Asian countries by population

Notes
a. Figure is for the 3 districts in Northern
Asia.[2] Total area is 17,098,246
(6,601,670) including European Russia.
Largest country in the world by area.

b. Excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.


c. Nine districts totaling 122,176 (47,172)
are entirely in Europe and four districts
totaling 52,638 (20,324) are partially in
Europe. The Asia figure given includes
entire districts with significant portions in
Asia, with significant figures reduced to
reflect the uncertainty.[3] Total area is
2,724,900 (1,052,100) including European
part, west of the Ural River. Largest
landlocked country in the world.

d. Figure excludes two districts in Western


New Guinea.[4] Total area is 1,904,569
(735,358) including Western New Guinea
in Oceania. Largest island country in the
world.

e. Figure excludes 3 provinces and 28


districts in Europe.[5] Total area is 783,562
(302,535) including European Turkey.
f. Including the Golan Heights.
g. Figure excludes the Guba-Khachmaz
Economic Region.[6] Total area is 86,600
(33,400) including European part. Located
in the Caucasus, between Europe and
Asia.

h. Located in the Caucasus, between Europe


and Asia. Varying definitions place
Georgia almost entirely within either
continent. Includes Abkhazia and South
Ossetia.

i. Figure is for the Sinai Peninsula.[7] Total


area is 1,010,408 (390,121) including
African part.

j. Total area under the jurisdiction of the


free area of the Republic of China.
k. Located in the Caucasus, between Europe
and Asia. Smallest landlocked country in
Asia.

l. Excluding the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and


Golan Heights.

m. Including Northern Cyprus.


n. Including West Bank[8] and Gaza Strip.[9]
o. Smallest country by area in Asia.

References
1. Source unless otherwise specified:
Demographic Yearbook – Table 3:
Population by sex, rate of population
increase, surface area and density (http
s://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-soc
ial/products/dyb/documents/dyb2021/ta
ble03.pdf) (PDF) (Report). United Nations
Statistics Division. 2021. Retrieved
21 May 2023. Entries in this table giving
figures other than the figures given in this
source are explained in the associated
Note.

2. "Russia: Administrative Division" (https://w


ww.citypopulation.de/en/russia/admin/) .
City Population. 8 Oct 2022. Retrieved
31 May 2023.

3. "Kazakhstan: Administrative Division" (htt


p://www.citypopulation.de/en/kazakhsta
n/admin/) . City Population. 11 Dec 2022.
Retrieved 31 May 2023.

4. "Indonesia: Administrative Division" (http


s://www.citypopulation.de/en/indonesia/a
dmin/) . City Population. 2 Apr 2023.
Retrieved 31 May 2023.

5. "Turkey: Administrative Division" (https://w


ww.citypopulation.de/en/turkey/admin/) .
City Population. 12 Feb 2023. Retrieved
31 May 2023.

6. "Azerbaijan" (https://www.citypopulation.d
e/Azerbaijan.html) . City Population. 10
Aug 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

7. "Sinai Peninsula" (https://www.britannica.


com/place/Sinai-Peninsula) . Britannica.
25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

8. "West Bank" (https://www.cia.gov/the-wor


ld-factbook/countries/west-bank/) . CIA
World Factbook. 16 May 2023. Retrieved
31 May 2023.

9. "Gaza Strip" (https://www.cia.gov/the-worl


d-factbook/countries/gaza-strip/) . CIA
World Factbook. 16 May 2023. Retrieved
31 May 2023.
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