• Upd Afghanistan - Territory in southwest central Asia, nominally ruled since 2004 by the Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afġānistān/Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat
  • Upd Armenia - Territory in northwest Asia, ruled since 1991 by the Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
  • Upd Azerbaijan - Territory in northwest Asia, ruled since 1991 by the Azarbaycan Respublikasi
  • Bahrain - Island in the Persian Gulf, ruled by the Al Khalifa family
  • Bangladesh - Territory in southern Asia on the Bay of Bengal, ruled by the Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh
  • Bhutan - Territory in central Asia, ruled by the Kingdom of Bhutan
  • Brunei - Territory in the island of Borneo in southeast Asia, ruled by the Negara Brunei Darussalam
  • Burma@ - Former name for Myanmar
  • Cambodia - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled by the Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa
  • China - Territory in eastern Asia, ruled by the Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó
  • Cyprus - Island in the eastern Mediterranean, ruled by Republic of Cyprus
  • East Timor - Territory in islands in southeast Asia, ruled by the Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste
  • Georgia - Territory in northwest Asia, ruled by the Sakartvelo
  • Hong Kong - Territory in southeast China, ruled by the Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū
  • India - Territory in southern Asia, ruled by the Bhārat Gaṇarājya
  • Indonesia - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled by the Republik Indonesia
  • Iran - Territory in southwest Asia, ruled by the Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
  • Iraq - Territory in southwest Asia, ruled by the Jumhūriyyat Al-‘Irāq
  • Israel - Territory in southwest Asia, ruled by the Medīnat Yisrā'el
  • Japan - Archipelago off the northeast coast of Asia, ruled by the Nippon-koku
  • Jordan - Territory in southwest Asia, ruled by the Al-Mamlaka al-Urdunniyya al-Hāshimiyya
  • Kazakhstan - Territory in west central Asia, ruled by the Qazaqstan Respublïkası
  • Korea, North - Territory in northeast Asia, nominally ruled by the Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk
  • Korea, South - Territory in northeast Asia, ruled by the Daehanminguk
  • Kuwait - Territory in the northeast Arabian Peninsula, ruled by the Dawlat al-Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan - Territory in west central Asia, ruled by the Kyrgyz Respublikasy
  • Laos - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled by the Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
  • Lebanon - Territory in southwest Asia, ruled by the al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah
  • Malaysia - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • Maldives - Islands in the Indian Ocean, ruled by the Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya
  • Mongolia - Territory in east central Asia, ruled by the Mongol uls
  • Myanmar - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled by the Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw
  • Nepal - Territory in south Asia, ruled since 2008 by the Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl
  • Oman - Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1970 by the Salṭanat ʻUmān
  • Pakistan - Territory in southern Asia, ruled since 1956 by the Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān
  • Philippines - Archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, ruled since 1946 by the Republika ng Pilipinas
  • Qatar - Territory in eastern Arabia, ruled by the Al Thani family
  • Saudi Arabia - Territory in southwestern Asia, ruled since 1932 by the Āl Suʻūd family
  • Upd Singapore - Islands in southeast Asia, ruled since 1965 by the Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó/Republic of Singapore
  • Upd Sri Lanka - Island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, ruled since 1972 by the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • Upd Syria - Territory in southwest Asia, nominally ruled since 1961 by the al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah as-Sūriyyah
  • Upd Taiwan - Island off the southeast coast of China, ruled since 1949 by the Zhōnghuá Mínguó
  • Upd Tajikistan - Territory in south central Asia, ruled since 1991 by the Cumhuriyi Tocikiston
  • Upd Thailand - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled since 1932 by the Ratcha Anachak Thai
  • Upd Turkey - Territory in southwest Asia and southeast Europe, ruled since 1923 by the Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
  • Upd Turkmenistan - Territory in west central Asia, ruled since 1991 by a homonymous republic
  • Upd United Arab Emirates - Territory in the eastern Arabian Peninsula, ruled since 1971 by the Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah
  • Upd Uzbekistan - Territory in west central Asia, ruled since 1991 by the O‘zbekiston Respublikasi
  • Upd Vietnam - Territory in southeast Asia, ruled since 1976 by the Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
  • Upd Yemen - Territory in the southern Arabian Peninsula, ruled since 1990 by the al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah

Reference

Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. It is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. About 60% of the world's human population lives in Asia. ..."

Books

While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It
    by John T. Flynn, 1951