# List of participating nations at the Asian Games

This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Asian Games.

## List of nations

| 51 | In the table headings, indicates the Games year |
| • | Participated in the specified Games |
| H | Host nation for the specified Games |

### Asian Games

| Nation | Code | 51 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | • | • | • | • | • | | • | | • | | • | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bahrain | BRN | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bangladesh | BAN | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bhutan | BHU | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Brunei | BRU | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cambodia | CAM | | • | • | • | | • | • | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| China | CHN | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | H |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | | • | • | | • | • | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Hong Kong | HKG | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| India | IND | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Indonesia | INA | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • |
| Iran | IRI | • | | • | | • | • | H | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Iraq | IRQ | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | | | | | • | • | • | • | • |
| Israel | ISR | | • | • | | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Japan | JPN | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Jordan | JOR | | | | | | | | | | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kuwait | KUW | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Laos | LAO | | | | | | | • | | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Lebanon | LBN | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Macau | MAC | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Malaysia | MAS | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| North Borneo | NBO | | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sarawak | SWK | | | | • | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maldives | MDV | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Mongolia | MGL | | | | | | | • | • | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Myanmar | MYA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Nepal | NEP | • | | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| North Korea | PRK | | | | | | | • | • | • | | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Oman | OMA | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Pakistan | PAK | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Palestine | PLE | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Philippines | PHI | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Qatar | QAT | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Singapore | SGP | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| South Korea | KOR | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | H | • | • | H | • | • |
| Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Syria | SYR | | | | | | | | • | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Tajikistan | TJK | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Thailand | THA | • | • | • | • | H | H | • | H | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Vietnam | VIE | | • | • | • | • | • | • | | • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Yemen | YEM | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| North Yemen | YAR | | | | | | | | | • | • | | | | | | | | | |
| South Yemen | YMD | | | | | | | | | • | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent Athletes | OCA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • |
| Korea | COR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | |
| Total | Total | 11 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 |
| References | References | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Asian Winter Games

| Nation | Code | 86 | 90 | 96 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 17 | 25 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | | | | | | • | • | | • |
| Australia | AUS | | | | | | | | • | |
| Bahrain | BRN | | | | | | | • | | • |
| Cambodia | CAM | | | | | | | | | • |
| China | CHN | • | • | H | • | • | H | • | • | H |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Hong Kong | HKG | • | | • | • | | • | • | • | • |
| India | IND | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Indonesia | INA | | | | | | | | • | • |
| Iran | IRI | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Japan | JPN | H | H | • | • | H | • | • | H | • |
| Jordan | JOR | | | | | | • | • | • | • |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | | | • | • | • | • | H | • | • |
| Kuwait | KUW | | | • | • | | • | • | • | • |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Lebanon | LBN | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Macau | MAC | | | | | | • | | • | • |
| Malaysia | MAS | | | | | | • | • | • | • |
| Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Nepal | NEP | | | | | • | • | • | • | • |
| New Zealand | NZL | | | | | | | | • | |
| North Korea | PRK | • | • | | | • | • | • | • | • |
| Pakistan | PAK | | | • | • | • | • | | • | • |
| Palestine | PLE | | | | | • | • | • | | |
| Philippines | PHI | | • | | | | • | • | • | • |
| Qatar | QAT | | | | | | | • | • | • |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA | | | | | | | | | • |
| Singapore | SGP | | | | | | | • | • | • |
| South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • |
| Sri Lanka | SRI | | | | | | | | • | • |
| Tajikistan | TJK | | | • | | • | • | • | • | • |
| Thailand | THA | | | | | • | • | • | • | • |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | | | | | | | | • | |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | | | | | | | | • | • |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | | | | | | • | • | • | • |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Vietnam | VIE | | | | | | | | • | • |
| Total | Total | 7 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 33 |
| References | References | | | | | | | | | |

### Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

| Nation | Code | 05 | 07 | 09 | 09 | 13 | 17 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | | • | • | • | • | • |
| American Samoa | ASA | | | | | | • |
| Australia | AUS | | | | | | • |
| Bahrain | BRN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bangladesh | BAN | | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bhutan | BHU | | • | • | • | • | • |
| Brunei | BRU | | | • | • | • | • |
| Cambodia | CAM | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| China | CHN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cook Islands | COK | | | | | | • |
| Federated States of Micronesia | FSM | | | | | | • |
| Fiji | FIJ | | | | | | • |
| Guam | GUM | | | | | | • |
| Hong Kong | HKG | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| India | IND | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Indonesia | INA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Iran | IRI | • | • | | • | • | • |
| Iraq | IRQ | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Japan | JPN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Jordan | JOR | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kiribati | KIR | | | | | | • |
| Kuwait | KUW | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | | • | • | • |
| Laos | LAO | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Lebanon | LBN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Macau | MAC | • | H | • | • | • | • |
| Malaysia | MAS | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Maldives | MDV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | | | | | | • |
| Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Myanmar | MYA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Nauru | NRU | | | | | | • |
| Nepal | NEP | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| New Caledonia | NCL | | | | | | • |
| North Korea | PRK | • | • | | • | | • |
| Oman | OMA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Pakistan | PAK | • | • | • | | • | • |
| Palau | PLW | | | | | | • |
| Palestine | PLE | | • | | | • | • |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | | | | | | • |
| Philippines | PHI | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Qatar | QAT | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Samoa | SAM | | | | | | • |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA | | • | | • | • | • |
| Singapore | SGP | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Solomon Islands | SOL | | | | | | • |
| South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | • | H | • |
| Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Syria | SYR | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Tahiti | TAH | | | | | | • |
| Tajikistan | TJK | | • | | • | • | • |
| Thailand | THA | H | • | H | • | • | • |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | | • | | | | • |
| Tonga | TGA | | | | | | • |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | • | • | • | • | • | H |
| Tuvalu | TUV | | | | | | • |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • | | • | • | • |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Vanuatu | VAN | | | | | | • |
| Vietnam | VIE | • | • | • | H | • | • |
| Yemen | YEM | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Refugee Team | ART | | | | | | • |
| Total | Total | 37 | 44 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 64 |
| References | References | | | | | | |

### Asian Beach Games

| Nation | Code | 08 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bahrain | BRN | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bangladesh | BAN | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bhutan | BHU | | • | • | • | • |
| Brunei | BRU | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cambodia | CAM | • | • | • | • | • |
| China | CHN | • | • | H | • | • |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • | • |
| Hong Kong | HKG | • | • | • | • | • |
| India | IND | • | • | • | • | • |
| Indonesia | INA | H | • | • | • | • |
| Iran | IRI | • | • | • | • | • |
| Iraq | IRQ | | • | • | • | • |
| Japan | JPN | • | • | • | • | • |
| Jordan | JOR | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kuwait | KUW | • | • | • | • | • |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | • | • | • |
| Laos | LAO | • | • | • | • | • |
| Lebanon | LBN | • | • | • | • | • |
| Macau | MAC | • | | • | • | • |
| Malaysia | MAS | • | • | • | • | • |
| Maldives | MDV | • | • | • | • | • |
| Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • |
| Myanmar | MYA | • | • | | • | • |
| Nepal | NEP | • | • | • | • | • |
| North Korea | PRK | • | | | | |
| Oman | OMA | • | H | • | • | • |
| Pakistan | PAK | • | • | • | • | • |
| Palestine | PLE | • | • | • | | |
| Philippines | PHI | • | • | • | • | • |
| Qatar | QAT | • | • | • | • | • |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA | | • | • | | |
| Singapore | SGP | • | • | • | • | • |
| South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | • | • |
| Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • | • | • | • |
| Syria | SYR | • | • | • | • | • |
| Tajikistan | TJK | • | • | • | • | • |
| Thailand | THA | • | • | • | H | • |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | • | • | • | • | • |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | | • | • | • | • |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • | • | • | • |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • | • | • | • |
| Vietnam | VIE | • | • | • | • | H |
| Yemen | YEM | • | • | • | • | |
| Total | Total | 41 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 |
| References | References | | | | | |

### Asian Youth Games

| Nation | Code | 09 | 13 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | | • |
| Bahrain | BRN | • | • |
| Bangladesh | BAN | • | • |
| Bhutan | BHU | • | • |
| Brunei | BRU | • | • |
| Cambodia | CAM | • | • |
| China | CHN | • | H |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • |
| Hong Kong | HKG | • | • |
| India | IND | • | • |
| Indonesia | INA | • | • |
| Iran | IRI | • | • |
| Iraq | IRQ | • | • |
| Japan | JPN | • | • |
| Jordan | JOR | • | • |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • |
| Kuwait | KUW | • | • |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • |
| Laos | LAO | • | • |
| Lebanon | LBN | • | • |
| Macau | MAC | • | • |
| Malaysia | MAS | • | • |
| Maldives | MDV | • | • |
| Mongolia | MGL | • | • |
| Myanmar | MYA | • | • |
| Nepal | NEP | • | • |
| North Korea | PRK | • | • |
| Oman | OMA | • | • |
| Pakistan | PAK | • | • |
| Palestine | PLE | • | • |
| Philippines | PHI | • | • |
| Qatar | QAT | • | • |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA | • | • |
| Singapore | SGP | H | • |
| South Korea | KOR | • | • |
| Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • |
| Syria | SYR | • | • |
| Tajikistan | TJK | • | • |
| Thailand | THA | • | • |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | | • |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | • | • |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • |
| Vietnam | VIE | • | • |
| Yemen | YEM | • | • |
| Total | Total | 43 | 45 |
| References | References | | |