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.
| Country / dependency | % total |
Asia area in km2 (mi2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
29.3% | 13,083,100 (5,051,400) | [a] |
| 2 |  China |
21.5% | 9,596,961 (3,705,407) | [b] |
| 3 |  India |
7.4% | 3,287,263 (1,269,219) | |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan |
5.8% | 2,600,000 (1,000,000) | [c] |
| 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) | |
| 8 |  Indonesia |
3.3% | 1,488,509 (574,717) | [d] |
| 9 |  Pakistan |
2.0% | 881,913 (340,509) | |
| 10 |  Turkey |
1.7% | 759,805 (293,362) | [e] |
| 11 |  Myanmar |
1.5% | 676,578 (261,228) | |
| 12 |  Afghanistan |
1.5% | 652,867 (252,073) | |
| 13 |  Yemen |
1.2% | 555,000 (214,000) | |
| 14 |  Thailand |
1.2% | 513,120 (198,120) | |
| 15 |  Turkmenistan |
1.1% | 488,100 (188,500) | |
| 16 |  Uzbekistan |
1.0% | 447,400 (172,700) | |
| 17 |  Iraq |
1.0% | 438,317 (169,235) | |
| 18 |  Japan |
0.8% | 377,976 (145,937) | |
| 19 |  Vietnam |
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 |  Kyrgyzstan |
0.4% | 199,951 (77,202) | |
| 25 |  Syria |
0.4% | 185,180 (71,500) | [f] |
| 26 |  Cambodia |
0.4% | 181,035 (69,898) | |
| 27 |  Bangladesh |
0.3% | 148,460 (57,320) | |
| 28 |  Nepal |
0.3% | 147,516 (56,956) | |
| 29 |  Tajikistan |
0.3% | 143,100 (55,300) | |
| 30 |  North Korea |
0.3% | 120,540 (46,540) | |
| 31 |  South Korea |
0.2% | 100,210 (38,690) | |
| 32 |  Jordan |
0.2% | 89,342 (34,495) | |
| 33 |  United Arab Emirates |
0.2% | 83,600 (32,300) | |
| 34 |  Azerbaijan |
0.2% | 79,640 (30,750) | [g] |
| 35 |  Georgia |
0.2% | 69,700 (26,900) | [h] |
| 36 |  Sri Lanka |
0.1% | 65,610 (25,330) | |
| 37 |  Egypt |
0.1% | 61,000 (24,000) | [i] |
| 38 |  Bhutan |
0.1% | 38,394 (14,824) | |
| 39 |  Taiwan |
0.1% | 36,193 (13,974) | [j] |
| 40 |  Armenia |
0.1% | 29,743 (11,484) | [k] |
| 41 |  Israel |
0.05% | 22,070 (8,520) | [l] |
| 42 |  Kuwait |
0.04% | 17,818 (6,880) | |
| 43 |  East Timor |
0.03% | 14,919 (5,760) | |
| 44 |  Qatar |
0.03% | 11,586 (4,473) | |
| 45 |  Lebanon |
0.02% | 10,452 (4,036) | |
| 46 |  Cyprus |
0.02% | 9,251 (3,572) | [m] |
| 47 |  Palestine |
0.01% | 6,220 (2,400) | [n] |
| 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) | |
| 51 |  Maldives |
0.001% | 300 (120) | [o] |
 Macao (China) |
0.0003% | 115 (44) | ||
| Total | 100% | 44,664,340 (17,245,000) |
- ^ Source unless otherwise specified: Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density (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.
- ^ "Russia: Administrative Division". City Population. 8 Oct 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Kazakhstan: Administrative Division". City Population. 11 Dec 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Indonesia: Administrative Division". City Population. 2 Apr 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Turkey: Administrative Division". City Population. 12 Feb 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Azerbaijan". City Population. 10 Aug 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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- ^ "Gaza Strip". CIA World Factbook. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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