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53 countries and territories

How many countries are in Asia?

Asia has 47 UN member states and 1 UN observer state. Counting the territories travelers count on their own, Globestamp lists 53 countries and territories in Asia.

UN member states
47
Countries and territories
53
International arrivals
670 milliona year, summed, latest figures
Largest
China9,373,405 km² (3,619,089 sq mi)

Central Asia 5

Eastern Asia 8

South-Eastern Asia 11

Southern Asia 9

Western Asia 18

Not UN members, but counted

6 of Asia’s 53 are not UN member states: Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Hong Kong, Macau, Palestine and Taiwan. Most travelers count them on their own, and so does Globestamp’s list of 250. Count by the UN’s 193 instead and they drop out. See territories that count and how many countries there are.

Asia, most visited first

#CountryVisitors a yearStampRegion
1China’s stamp in GlobestampChina163 million (2019)InkEastern Asia
2Hong Kong’s stamp in GlobestampHong Kong55.9 million (2019)InkEastern Asia
3Turkey’s stamp in GlobestampTurkey51.7 million (2019)InkWestern Asia
4Thailand’s stamp in GlobestampThailand39.9 million (2019)MetallicSouth-Eastern Asia
5Macau’s stamp in GlobestampMacau39.4 million (2019)MetallicEastern Asia
6Japan’s stamp in GlobestampJapan31.9 million (2019)MetallicEastern Asia
7Malaysia’s stamp in GlobestampMalaysia26.1 million (2019)MetallicSouth-Eastern Asia
8United Arab Emirates’s stamp in GlobestampUnited Arab Emirates25.3 million (2019)MetallicWestern Asia
9Saudi Arabia’s stamp in GlobestampSaudi Arabia20.3 million (2019)MetallicWestern Asia
10Singapore’s stamp in GlobestampSingapore19.1 million (2019)MetallicSouth-Eastern Asia
11Vietnam’s stamp in GlobestampVietnam18 million (2019)MetallicSouth-Eastern Asia
12India’s stamp in GlobestampIndia17.9 million (2019)MetallicSouthern Asia
13South Korea’s stamp in GlobestampSouth Korea17.5 million (2019)MetallicEastern Asia
14Indonesia’s stamp in GlobestampIndonesia16.1 million (2019)MetallicSouth-Eastern Asia
15Bahrain’s stamp in GlobestampBahrain11.1 million (2019)FoilWestern Asia
16Iran’s stamp in GlobestampIran9.1 million (2019)FoilSouthern Asia
17Kuwait’s stamp in GlobestampKuwait8.6 million (2019)FoilWestern Asia
18Kazakhstan’s stamp in GlobestampKazakhstan8.5 million (2019)FoilCentral Asia
19Kyrgyzstan’s stamp in GlobestampKyrgyzstan8.5 million (2019)FoilCentral Asia
20Philippines’s stamp in GlobestampPhilippines8.3 million (2019)FoilSouth-Eastern Asia
21Georgia’s stamp in GlobestampGeorgia7.7 million (2019)FoilWestern Asia
22Uzbekistan’s stamp in GlobestampUzbekistan6.7 million (2019)FoilCentral Asia
23Cambodia’s stamp in GlobestampCambodia6.6 million (2019)FoilSouth-Eastern Asia
24Jordan’s stamp in GlobestampJordan5.4 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
25Israel’s stamp in GlobestampIsrael4.9 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
26Laos’s stamp in GlobestampLaos4.8 million (2019)Colour-shiftSouth-Eastern Asia
27Brunei’s stamp in GlobestampBrunei4.4 million (2019)Colour-shiftSouth-Eastern Asia
28Myanmar’s stamp in GlobestampMyanmar4.4 million (2019)Colour-shiftSouth-Eastern Asia
29Cyprus’s stamp in GlobestampCyprus4.1 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
30Oman’s stamp in GlobestampOman3.5 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
31Azerbaijan’s stamp in GlobestampAzerbaijan3.2 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
32Syria’s stamp in GlobestampSyria2.4 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
33Qatar’s stamp in GlobestampQatar2.1 million (2019)Colour-shiftWestern Asia
34Sri Lanka’s stamp in GlobestampSri Lanka2 million (2019)Colour-shiftSouthern Asia
35Lebanon’s stamp in GlobestampLebanon1.9 million (2019)HologramWestern Asia
36Armenia’s stamp in GlobestampArmenia1.9 million (2019)HologramWestern Asia
37Maldives’s stamp in GlobestampMaldives1.7 million (2019)HologramSouthern Asia
38Nepal’s stamp in GlobestampNepal1.2 million (2019)HologramSouthern Asia
39Tajikistan’s stamp in GlobestampTajikistan1 million (2018)HologramCentral Asia
40Pakistan’s stamp in GlobestampPakistan966,000 (2012)HologramSouthern Asia
41Iraq’s stamp in GlobestampIraq892,000 (2013)HologramWestern Asia
42Palestine’s stamp in GlobestampPalestine688,000 (2019)HologramWestern Asia
43Mongolia’s stamp in GlobestampMongolia637,000 (2019)HologramEastern Asia
44Yemen’s stamp in GlobestampYemen398,000 (2015)PrismWestern Asia
45Bangladesh’s stamp in GlobestampBangladesh323,000 (2019)PrismSouthern Asia
46Bhutan’s stamp in GlobestampBhutan316,000 (2019)PrismSouthern Asia
47East Timor’s stamp in GlobestampEast Timor75,000 (2019)PrismSouth-Eastern Asia

Questions people ask

How many countries are in Asia?

Asia has 47 UN member states and 1 UN observer state. Counting the territories travelers count on their own, Globestamp lists 53 countries and territories in Asia.

What is the most visited country in Asia?

China, with 162,538,000 international arrivals in 2019 by UN Tourism’s count. Countries count arrivals differently, so treat the order as a rough rank.

What is the least visited country in Asia?

Of the places with figures, East Timor: 74,800 international arrivals in 2019. A few territories, such as Afghanistan and Christmas Island, have no published figure.

What is the largest country in Asia?

China, at 9,373,405 km² (3,619,089 sq mi). The smallest is Cocos (Keeling) Islands, at 13 km² (5.1 sq mi).

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