hello students welcome to top Scholars the Smart Learning app we know that we have seven continents on our planet Asia Africa North America South America Antarctica Europe and Australia today we are going to learn about the countries that are located on the largest continent of the planet which is Asia Asia is the biggest continent on the earth it covers all almost 30% of the total land area it is also the largest continent in the world with about 60% of all people living there Asia is the part of the east side of the large landmar Eurasia while Europe is on the West Side people argue about where the border is between the two continents however according to most geographers Asia's western border is a line that goes through the Ural Mountains the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and black Seas Asia is surrounded by the Arctic Pacific and the Indian oceans the continent has 48 countries do you know Russia has a major land in Asia but not many people live there due to this Russia was not included in the list if Russia becomes part of Asia there will be a total of 49 countries in Asia today let us know about the countries in Asia the United Nations divides Asia into five different sub regions for statistical purposes these sub regions and the countries included in them have been described below Eastern Asia Southeastern Asia Western Asia central Asia and Southern Asia so let us know which countries lie in these regions of Asia let us first know know about the Eastern countries of Asia they are China Japan Mongolia North Korea and South Korea the Eastern Asia part has almost 1.7 billion people China is one of the countries with the most people in the world Mongolia is the least populated country in the Eastern region China has the second largest economy in the world and and Japan has the third rank Eastern Asia also has a country called North Korea which is very isolated from the rest of the world North Korea is a communist country with a struggling economy the most populated city in the Eastern region is Tokyo which is the capital of Japan let us know about the countries in the southeastern region of Asia there are 11 countries in the Southeastern Asia IIA they are brunai Cambodia Indonesia lios Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor lest Vietnam the sub region has around 673 million people Indonesia is the biggest and the most populated country in Southeast Asia it is made up of many islands both large and small the smallest country in the Southeastern Asia is brunai the biggest city in the sub region is Manila which is also the capital of Philippines Jakarta and Bangkok are the capital cities of Indonesia and Thailand respectively and they are also big cities in Southeast Asia moving ahead let us see the countries of Central Asia central Asia is a region that includes country countries like kazakistan kistan Tajikistan turkistan and usbekistan the five countries together have 69 million people in total and usbekistan is the most populated among them the country with the least population in the area is turkistan and it has about 6 million people Central Asia is a place that has a big country called as Kaz kakistan kazakistan is also the biggest country in that area part of its land is thought to be in Europe but most people in kazakistan live in Asia so the UN says it's an Asian country now comes the part about Western Asia the population of Western Asia is approximately 282 million there are around 18 countries in the western part of Asia the they are Armenia aeran bahin Cyprus Georgia Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia state of Palestine Syria turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen the most populated country in the sub region is turkey turkey is a country that is in both Europe and Asia it has a part in Europe called istambul which is the biggest city in Turkey other countries that stretch across the continents in Western Asia are Georgia and aeran Cyprus is the least crowded country in western Asia even though Cyprus is actually in Asia it is generally thought of as a European country when it comes to politics and the economy it is also a member of the the European Union the biggest city in the western Asia is Bagdad which is in Iraq lastly let's see the countries in the southern Asia southern Asia has the most people in all of Asia it has almost 2 billion people and is made up of nine countries these countries are Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Iran Maldives Nepal Pakistan and Sri Lanka more than half of the people in southern Asia live in India which is the most populous country in the sub region India is the second most crowded country in the world Pakistan is the second most populated country in the sub region it has over 220 million people living there the Maldives is a small island country in southern Asia Mumbai is the most populated city in southern Asia the cities of Daka in Bangladesh and Karachi Pakistan have a lot of people living [Music] there with 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