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Asian Countries by Area

The 49 countries of Asia cover about 32.0 million km² between them. Size is very unevenly spread: China, India and Kazakhstan together account for 49% of that area, while the median Asian country is only about 181,035 km², the size of Cambodia.

The table ranks all 49 countries from largest to smallest by total area. Russia is not included: the UN classes it as European, but its Asian part (Siberia and the Far East, about 13.1 million km²) would otherwise top the list.

Rank	Country	Area (km²)	Share of Asia's 49	Sub-region
1	China	9,596,961	29.99%	East Asia
2	India	3,287,263	10.27%	South Asia
3	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	8.52%	Central Asia
4	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	6.72%	West Asia
5	Indonesia	1,904,569	5.95%	Southeast Asia
6	Iran	1,648,195	5.15%	South Asia
7	Mongolia	1,564,116	4.89%	East Asia
8	Pakistan	881,912	2.76%	South Asia
9	Turkey	783,562	2.45%	West Asia
10	Myanmar	676,578	2.11%	Southeast Asia
11	Afghanistan	652,864	2.04%	South Asia
12	Yemen	527,968	1.65%	West Asia
13	Thailand	513,120	1.60%	Southeast Asia
14	Turkmenistan	488,100	1.53%	Central Asia
15	Uzbekistan	448,978	1.40%	Central Asia
16	Iraq	438,317	1.37%	West Asia
17	Japan	377,975	1.18%	East Asia
18	Vietnam	331,212	1.04%	Southeast Asia
19	Malaysia	330,803	1.03%	Southeast Asia
20	Oman	309,500	0.97%	West Asia
21	Philippines	300,000	0.94%	Southeast Asia
22	Laos	236,800	0.74%	Southeast Asia
23	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	0.62%	Central Asia
24	Syria	185,180	0.58%	West Asia
25	Cambodia	181,035	0.57%	Southeast Asia
26	Bangladesh	148,460	0.46%	South Asia
27	Nepal	147,516	0.46%	South Asia
28	Tajikistan	143,100	0.45%	Central Asia
29	North Korea	120,538	0.38%	East Asia
30	South Korea	100,363	0.31%	East Asia
31	Jordan	89,342	0.28%	West Asia
32	Azerbaijan	86,600	0.27%	West Asia
33	United Arab Emirates	83,600	0.26%	West Asia
34	Georgia	69,700	0.22%	West Asia
35	Sri Lanka	65,610	0.21%	South Asia
36	Bhutan	38,394	0.12%	South Asia
37	Taiwan	36,193	0.11%	East Asia
38	Armenia	29,743	0.09%	West Asia
39	Israel	22,072	0.07%	West Asia
40	Kuwait	17,818	0.06%	West Asia
41	Timor-Leste	14,874	0.05%	Southeast Asia
42	Qatar	11,586	0.04%	West Asia
43	Lebanon	10,452	0.03%	West Asia
44	Cyprus	9,251	0.03%	West Asia
45	Palestine	6,220	0.02%	West Asia
46	Brunei	5,765	0.02%	Southeast Asia
47	Bahrain	787	0.00%	West Asia
48	Singapore	745	0.00%	Southeast Asia
49	Maldives	298	0.00%	South Asia

Patterns in the ranking

• A steep drop after the top seven. Seven countries are larger than 1.5 million km². Number 8, Pakistan, is only 56% the size of number 7, Mongolia.
• East Asia is the largest sub-region, with about 11.8 million km², mostly because of China and Mongolia. West Asia has the most countries but much of it is small, apart from the Arabian deserts of Saudi Arabia.
• Island and city-states fill the bottom. The Maldives, Singapore and Bahrain are all under 1,000 km². Singapore and Bahrain keep growing slowly through land reclamation.
• Kazakhstan (2,724,900 km²) is the largest landlocked country in the world, and Indonesia is the largest made up entirely of islands.

Sources: Area: total area including inland water, from standard UN and national reference figures. Disputed areas follow each country's own official figure, so the Kashmir region is counted by both India and Pakistan.

Country count: the 49 countries covered on AsiaMap.net (47 UN member states in Asia plus Palestine and Taiwan; Russia is classed as European). Last reviewed October 2026.