List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia
Generally recognized sovereign states
There are 49 Asian states in this list. All are members of the United Nations.

List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia

Section Title: Generally recognized sovereign states
Table Section Text: There are 49 Asian states in this list. All are members of the United Nations.

Flag	Map	English short and formal names	Domestic short and formal names	Capital	Population	Area

Flag of Afghanistan	-	Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Dari: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان — افغانستان (Afghānestān — Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afghānestān) Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت — افغانستان‎ (Afghān̄istān — Afghānistān Islāmī Jumhūrīyat)	Kabul Dari: کابل (Kābul) Pashto: کابل‎ (Kābul)	26,556,800	652,230 km2 (251,827 sq mi)

Flag of Armenia	-	Armenia Republic of Armenia	Armenian: Հայաստան — Հայաստանի Հանրապետությու (Hayastan — Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun)	Yerevan Armenian: Երևան (Yerevan)	2,970,495	29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi)

Flag of Azerbaijan	-	Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani: Azǝrbaycan — Azǝrbaycan Respublikası	Baku Azerbaijani: Bakı	9,593,000	86,600 km2 (33,436 sq mi)

Flag of Bahrain	-	Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain	Arabic: مملكة البحرين — البحرين‎ (Al Baḩrayn — Mamlakat al Baḩrayn)	Manama Arabic: المنامة‎ (Al Manāmah)	1,316,500	760 km2 (293 sq mi)

Flag of Bangladesh	-	Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh	Bengali: বাংলাদেশ — গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ (Bānglādesh — Gaṇaprajātantrī Bānglādesh)	Dhaka Bengali: ঢাকা (Ḍhākā)	161,083,804	147,570 km2 (56,977 sq mi)

Flag of Bhutan	-	Bhutan Kingdom of Bhutan	Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ — འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ (Druk Yul — Druk Gyalkhapb)	Thimphu Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ (Thimphu)	716,896	38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi)

Flag of Brunei	-	Brunei Brunei Darussalam Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace	English: Brunei Darussalam Malay: Brunei — Negara Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan English: Bandar Seri Begawan Malay: Bandar Seri Begawan	408,786	5,765 km2 (2,226 sq mi)

Flag of Cambodia	-	Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia	Khmer: កម្ពុជា — ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (Kâmpŭchéa — Preăhréachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa)	Phnom Penh Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ (Phnum Pénh)	14,952,665	181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi)

Flag of China	-	China People's Republic of China	Chinese: 中国 — 中华人民共和国 (Zhōngguó — Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)	Beijing Chinese: 北京 (Běijīng)	1,343,239,923	9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)

Flag of Cyprus	-	Cyprus Republic of Cyprus	Greek: Κύπρος — Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (Kýpros — Kypriakí Dimokratía) Turkish: Kıbrıs — Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti	Nicosia Greek: Λευκωσία (Lefkosia) Turkish: Lefkoşa	1,138,071	9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)

-	-	Egypt Arab Republic of Egypt	Arabic: مصر — جمهورية مصر العربية (Miṣr—Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyya)	Cairo Arabic: القاهرة (al-Qāhirah)	90,850,000	1,001,449 km2 (386,662 sq mi)

Flag of Georgia	-	Georgia	Georgian: საქართველო (Sak'art'velo)	Tbilisi / T'bilisi Georgian: თბილისი (T'bilisi)	4,570,934	69,700 km2 (26,911 sq mi)

Flag of India	-	India Republic of India	Hindi: भारत - भारत गणराज्य (Bhārat — Bhārat Gaṇarajya) Bengali: ভারত — ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র (Bhārat — Bhāratiya Prajātantra)	New Delhi Hindi: नई दिल्ली (Naī Dillī) Bengali: নয়া দিল্লি (Nayā Dilli)	1,205,073,612	3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)

Flag of Indonesia	-	Indonesia Republic of Indonesia	Indonesian: Indonesia — Republik Indonesia	Jakarta Indonesian: Jakarta	248,645,008	1,904,569 km2 (735,358 sq mi)

Flag of Iran	-	Iran Islamic Republic of Iran	Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران — ایران‎ (Īrān — Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān)	Tehran Persian: تهران‎ (Tehrān)	78,868,711	1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi)

Flag of Iraq	-	Iraq Republic of Iraq	Arabic: العراق — جمهورية العراق‎ (Al ‘Irāq — Jumhūrīyat al ‘Irāq)	Baghdad Arabic: بغداد‎ (Baghdād)	36,004,552	438,317 km2 (169,235 sq mi)

Flag of Israel	-	Israel State of Israel	Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל — מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ (Yisra'el — Medinat Yisra'el) Arabic: إسرائيل — دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل‎ (Isrā'īl — Dawlat Isrā'īl)	Jerusalem (Claimed and de facto) Hebrew: ירושלים‎ (Yerushalayim)	7,590,758	20,770 km2 (8,019 sq mi)

Flag of Japan	-	Japan	Japanese: 日本 — 日本国 (Nihon / Nippon — Nihon-koku / Nippon-koku)	Tokyo Japanese: 東京 (Tōkyō)	127,368,088	377,915 km2 (145,914 sq mi)

Flag of Jordan	-	Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Arabic: اﻷرُدن — المملكة الأردنية الهاشميه‎ (Al Urdun — Al Mamlakah al Urdunīyah al Hāshimīyah)	Amman Arabic: عمان‎ (Ammān)	6,508,887	89,342 km2 (34,495 sq mi)

Flag of Kazakhstan	-	Kazakhstan Republic of Kazakhstan	Kazakh: Қазақстан — Қазақстан Республикасы (Qazaqstan — Qazaqstan Respūblīkasy) Russian: Казахстан — Республика Казахстан (Kazahstan — Respublika Kazahstan)	Astana Kazakh: Астана Russian: Астана (Astana)	17,522,010	2,724,900 km2 (1,052,090 sq mi)

Flag of North Korea	-	Korea, North Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Korean: 조선 — 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Chosŏn — Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmin-konghwaguk)	Pyongyang Korean: 평양 (Phyŏngyang)	24,589,122	120,538 km2 (46,540 sq mi)

Flag of South Korea	-	Korea, South Republic of Korea	Korean: 한국 — 대한민국 (Hanguk — Daehan Minguk)	Seoul Korean: 서울 (Seoul)	51,446,201	99,720 km2 (38,502 sq mi)

Flag of Kuwait	-	Kuwait State of Kuwait	Arabic: دولة الكويت — اﻟﻜﻮﻳت‎ (Al Kuwayt — Dawlat al Kuwayt)	Kuwait City Arabic: الكويت‎ (Al Kuwayt)	3,268,431	17,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi)

Flag of Kyrgyzstan	-	Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic	Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан — Кыргыз Республикасы (Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz Respublikasy) Russian: Кыргызстан — Кыргызская Республика (Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzskaja Respublika)	Bishkek Kyrgyz: Бишкек (Bishkek) Russian: Бишкек (Biškek)	5,496,737	199,951 km2 (77,202 sq mi)

Flag of Laos	-	Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic	Lao: ປະເທດລາວ — ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (PathetLao — Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao)	Vientiane Lao: ວຽງຈັນ (Viangchan)	6,586,266	236,800 km2 (91,429 sq mi)

Flag of Lebanon	-	Lebanon Lebanese Republic	Arabic: لبنان — الجمهورية اللبنانية‎ (Lubnān — Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah)	Beirut Arabic: بيروت‎ (Bayrūt)	4,140,289	10,400 km2 (4,015 sq mi)

Flag of Malaysia	-	Malaysia	Malaysian: Persekutuan Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur Malay: Kuala Lumpur	30,527,000	329,847 km2 (127,355 sq mi)

Flag of the Maldives	-	Maldives Republic of Maldives	Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ — ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (Dhivehi Raajje — Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa)	Malé / Male' Dhivehi: މާލެ (Maale)	394,451	298 km2 (115 sq mi)

Flag of Mongolia	-	Mongolia	Mongolian: Монгол — Монгол улс (Mongol — Mongol uls)	Ulaanbaatar Mongolian: Улаанбаатар (Ulaanbaatar)	3,179,997	1,564,116 km2 (603,909 sq mi)

Flag of Myanmar	-	Myanmar Republic of the Union of Myanmar	Burmese: မြန်မာ — ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်‌ (Myanma — Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw)	Nay Pyi Taw Burmese: နေပြည်တော် (Nay Pyi Taw)	54,584,650	676,578 km2 (261,228 sq mi)

Flag of Nepal	-	Nepal Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	Nepali: सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल (Nepāl — Saṁghīya Loktāntrik Ganạ tantra Nepāl)	Kathmandu Nepali: काठमाडौं (Kāṭhmāḍauṁ)	29,890,686	147,181 km2 (56,827 sq mi)

Flag of Oman	-	Oman Sultanate of Oman	Arabic: عُمان — سلطنة عُمان‎ (‘Umān — Salţanat ‘Umān)	Muscat Arabic: مسقط‎ (Masqaţ)	3,090,150	309,500 km2 (119,499 sq mi)

Flag of Pakistan	-	Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan	English: Pakistan — Islamic Republic of Pakistan Urdu: پَاکِسْتَان — اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان‎ (Pākistān —Islāmī Jamhuriyah-e-Pākistān)	Islamabad English: Islamabad Urdu: اسلام آباد‎ (Islāmābād)	210,443,000	796,095 km2 (307,374 sq mi)

Flag of the Philippines	-	Philippines Republic of the Philippines	English: Philippines — Republic of the Philippines Filipino: Pilipinas — Republika ng Pilipinas	Manila English: Manila Filipino: Maynila	100,981,437	343,448 km2 (132,606 sq mi)

Flag of Qatar	-	Qatar State of Qatar	Arabic: قطر — دولة قطر‎ (Qatar — Dawlat Qatar)	Doha Arabic: الدوحة‎ (Ad Dawḩah)	2,334,029	11,586 km2 (4,473 sq mi)

Flag of Russia	-	Russia Russian Federation	Russian: Росси́я — Российская Федерация (Rossija — Rossijskaja Federacija)	Moscow Russian: Москва (Moskva)	142,517,670	17,098,242 km2 (6,601,668 sq mi)

Flag of Saudi Arabia	-	Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Arabic: السعودية — المملكة العربية السعودية‎ (As Su‘ūdīya — Al Mamlakah al ‘Arabīyah as Su‘ūdīyah)	Riyadh Arabic: الرياض‎ (Ar Riyāḑ)	31,521,418	2,149,690 km2 (830,000 sq mi)

Flag of Singapore	-	Singapore Republic of Singapore	Chinese: 新加坡 — 新加坡共和国 (Xīnjiāpō — Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó) English: Singapore — Republic of Singapore Malay: Singapura — Republik Singapura Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் — சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (Chiṅkappūr — Chiṅkappūr Kuṭiyarachu)	Singapore Chinese: 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō) English: Singapore Malay: Singapura Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் (Chiṅkappūr)	5,353,494	697 km2 (269 sq mi)

Flag of Sri Lanka	-	Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව — ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (Shrī Laṁkā — Shrī Laṁkā Prajātāntrika Samājavādī Janarajaya) Tamil: இலங்கை — இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு (Ilaṅkai — Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Choṣhalichak Kuṭiyarachu)	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ (Shrī Jayavardhanapura Koṭṭe) Tamil: ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுர கோட்டை (Shrī Jĕyavarttaṉapura Koṭṭai)	21,481,334	65,610 km2 (25,332 sq mi)

Flag of Syria	-	Syria Syrian Arab Republic	Arabic: سورية / سوريا — الجمهورية العربية السورية‎ (Sūrīyah / Sūriyā — Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah as Sūrīyah)	Damascus Arabic: دمشق‎ (Dimashq)	22,530,746	185,180 km2 (71,498 sq mi)

Flag of Tajikistan	-	Tajikistan Republic of Tajikistan	Tajik: Тоҷикистон — Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston — Jumhurii Tojikiston)	Dushanbe Tajik: Душанбе (Dushanbe)	7,768,385	143,100 km2 (55,251 sq mi)

Flag of Thailand	-	Thailand Kingdom of Thailand	Thai: ประเทศไทย — ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Prathet Thai — Ratcha Anachak Thai)	Bangkok Thai: กรุงเทพฯ (Krung Thep)	67,091,089	513,120 km2 (198,117 sq mi)

Flag of Timor-Leste	-	Timor-Leste/East Timor Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	Portuguese: Timor-Leste — República Democrática de Timor-Leste Tetum: Timor Lorosa'e — Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e	Dili Portuguese: Dili Tetum: Dili	1,143,667	14,874 km2 (5,743 sq mi)

Flag of Turkey	-	Turkey Republic of Turkey	Turkish: Türkiye — Türkiye Cumhuriyeti	Ankara Turkish: Ankara	79,749,461	783,562 km2 (302,535 sq mi)

Flag of Turkmenistan	-	Turkmenistan	Turkmen: Türkmenistan	Ashgabat Turkmen: Aşgabat	5,054,828	488,100 km2 (188,456 sq mi)

Flag of the United Arab Emirates	-	United Arab Emirates	Arabic: اﻹﻣﺎرات — دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎ (Al Imārāt — Al Imārāt al ‘Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah)	Abu Dhabi Arabic: أبوظبي‎ (Abu Dhabi)	9,577,000	83,600 km2 (32,278 sq mi)

Flag of Uzbekistan	-	Uzbekistan Republic of Uzbekistan	Uzbek: O‘zbekiston — O‘zbekiston Respublikasi	Tashkent Uzbek: Toshkent	30,492,800	447,400 km2 (172,742 sq mi)

Flag of Vietnam	-	Vietnam / Viet Nam Socialist Republic of Vietnam	Vietnamese: Việt Nam — Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam	Hanoi Vietnamese: Hà Nội	91,519,289	332,698 km2 (128,455 sq mi)

Flag of Yemen	-	Yemen Republic of Yemen	Arabic: اليمن — الجمهورية اليمنية‎ (Al Yaman — Al Jumhūrīyah al Yamanīyah)	Sana'a Arabic: صنعاء‎ (Şan‘ā’)	25,956,000	527,968 km2 (203,850 sq mi)

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The Maldives is one of the sovereign state with land area of 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi).
Maldives is one of the sovereign state with 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi).
With 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi), the Maldives is one the smallest Asian countries by land area.

final_sentence: The Maldives is one of the sovereign state with land area of 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi).
final_sentence: Maldives is one of the sovereign state with 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi).
final_sentence: With 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi), the Maldives is one the smallest Asian countries by land area.