Countries by Continents
___ Countries of Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world in both, area and population.
Area: about 49 700 000 km2 (19 189 277 mi2) it covers
about 60 percent of Earth's total land area.
Population: almost 4 billion human inhabitants, about 60 percent of the
world's population. Seven out of ten of the most populated countries are in Asia
(2004).
Highest Point: Sagarmatha (Chomolungma; Mount Everest) 8848m (29 028 ft)
Nepal.
Largest Lake: Caspian Sea (salt lake) 371 000 km2 (143 250 mi2),
Ozero Baykal, Lake Baikal 31 500 km2 in Siberia is the world's largest
freshwater lake by volume.
Longest River: Yangtze (Yángzî Jiang) China, 6380 km (3 964
mi).
Languages of Asia: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Thai, Turkic, Vietnamese and other (see: Languages of Asia).
Maps
 Reference
Map of Asia
Political Map of Asia.
Map
of South East Asia
Political Map of South East Asia.
Map of Western Asia
Map of Western Asia and the Middle East region.
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