

{"id":27461,"date":"2026-11-10T17:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramias.com\/upsc\/?p=27461"},"modified":"2026-11-10T17:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:12:57","slug":"asian-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramias.com\/upsc\/asian-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Countries List 2026, Capitals, Currencies and Population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Asian Countries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">represent the world's largest and most populous continent, covering approximately 44.58 million square kilometres and nearly 30% of Earth's land area. Asia accommodates around 60% of the global population and comprises 48 countries with diverse geographical features, cultures, economies and political systems. Its countries are classified into different sub regions, making their geographical distribution, capitals, currencies and demographic characteristics important for understanding the continent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>What are Asian Countries?<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><b>Asian Countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are the 48 countries geographically located within the continent of Asia, extending across the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres. Bordered by the Pacific, Indian and Arctic Oceans, Asia connects with Europe through the Ural Mountains and with Africa through the Isthmus of Suez. These countries are classified into six major geographical sub regions based on their location and physical characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>List of 48 Asian Countries<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Asian Countries List <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">includes 48 UN recognised countries, classified into six sub regions. The following table highlights the list of widely recognised countries, their capitals, geographical divisions and official currencies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 92.3766%;height: 2931px\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\" style=\"width: 94.3114%;text-align: center\" colspan=\"4\"><b>List of 48 Asian Countries<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%;text-align: center\"><b>Asian Country<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: center\"><b>Capital<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%;text-align: center\"><b>Sub region<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: center\"><b>Currency<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afghanistan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kabul<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afghan Afghani (AFN)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Armenia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yerevan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Armenian Dram (AMD)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Azerbaijan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baku<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Azerbaijani Manat (AZN)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bahrain<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manama<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bahraini Dinar (BHD)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bangladesh<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dhaka<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bhutan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thimphu<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brunei<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bandar Seri Begawan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Southeast Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brunei Dollar (BND)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cambodia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phnom Penh<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Southeast Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cambodian Riel (KHR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beijing<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">East Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese Yuan (CNY)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cyprus<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicosia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Euro (EUR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Georgia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tbilisi<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Georgian Lari (GEL)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">India<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Delhi<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Rupee (INR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indonesia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jakarta<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Southeast Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iran<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tehran<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iranian Rial (IRR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iraq<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baghdad<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iraqi Dinar (IQD)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Israel<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jerusalem<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Israeli New Shekel (ILS)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokyo<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">East Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japanese Yen (JPY)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jordan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amman<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jordanian Dinar (JOD)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kazakhstan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Astana<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Central Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kuwait<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kuwait City<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">West Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 23.503%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kyrgyzstan<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bishkek<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 20.8084%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Central Asia<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kyrgyzstani Som 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