Destination
Asia
The Asian set has 48 countries, from Türkiye and the Arabian Peninsula to Japan and Indonesia; Russia and Cyprus belong to it as well.
Of the 48 countries, India has the most people (1.46 billion) and Brunei the fewest (466,330); Russia is the largest by area (17,125,190 km²) and Maldives the smallest (300 km²).
3 of them are too small to tap at the world view and appear on the quiz map as dots.
For 3 of them the quiz asks no capital.
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Expeditions in Asia
34 expeditions, grouped by level. A red stamp marks the ones already in your passport.
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Countries and capitals
| Country | Capital | Population 2025 | Area 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Afghanistan | Kabul | 43.8 million | 652,870 km² |
2 Armenia | Yerevan | 3.1 million | 29,740 km² |
3 Azerbaijan | Baku | 10.2 million | 86,600 km² |
4 Bahrain | Manama | 1.6 million | 800 km² |
5 Bangladesh | Dhaka | 176 million | 147,570 km² |
6 Bhutan | Thimphu | 796,682 | 38,390 km² |
7 Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 466,330 | 5,770 km² |
8 Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 17.8 million | 181,035 km² |
9 China | Beijing | 1.41 billion | 9,562,910 km² |
10 Cyprus | Nicosia | 1.4 million | 9,250 km² |
11 Georgia | Tbilisi | 3.9 million | 69,700 km² |
12 India | New Delhi | 1.46 billion | 3,287,263 km² |
13 Indonesia | Jakarta | 286 million | 1,916,907 km² |
14 Iran | Tehran | 92.4 million | 1,745,150 km² |
15 Iraq | Baghdad | 47 million | 435,050 km² |
16 Israel | — | 10.1 million | 22,070 km² |
17 Japan | Tokyo | 123 million | 377,969 km² |
18 Jordan | Amman | 11.5 million | 89,318 km² |
19 Kazakhstan | Astana | 20.8 million | 2,724,902 km² |
20 Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4.9 million | 17,820 km² |
21 Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 7.3 million | 199,950 km² |
22 Laos | Vientiane | 7.9 million | 236,800 km² |
23 Lebanon | Beirut | 5.8 million | 10,452 km² |
24 Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 36 million | 330,241 km² |
25 Maldives | Malé | 529,676 | 300 km² |
26 Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 3.6 million | 1,564,116 km² |
27 Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 54.9 million | 676,578 km² |
28 Nepal | Kathmandu | 29.6 million | 147,181 km² |
29 North Korea | Pyongyang | 26.6 million | 120,540 km² |
30 Oman | Muscat | 5.5 million | 309,500 km² |
31 Pakistan | Islamabad | 255 million | 796,100 km² |
32 Philippines | Manila | 117 million | 300,000 km² |
33 Qatar | Doha | 3 million | 11,490 km² |
34 Russia | Moscow | 144 million | 17,125,190 km² |
35 Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 37 million | 2,149,690 km² |
36 Singapore | — | 6.1 million | 734 km² |
37 South Korea | Seoul | 51.7 million | 100,450 km² |
38 Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 21.8 million | 65,610 km² |
39 Syria | Damascus | 25.6 million | 185,180 km² |
40 Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 10.8 million | 141,379 km² |
41 Thailand | Bangkok | 71.6 million | 513,115 km² |
42 Timor-Leste | Dili | 1.4 million | 14,870 km² |
43 Türkiye | Ankara | 85.9 million | 785,350 km² |
44 Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 7.6 million | 491,209 km² |
45 United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 11.5 million | 98,648 km² |
46 Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 37.1 million | 448,920 km² |
47 Vietnam | Hanoi | 102 million | 331,338 km² |
48 Yemen | — | 41.8 million | 527,968 km² |
— the quiz asks no capital for this country: a city-state, a capital whose status is contested, or no official capital.
Population 2025 and area 2023: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Country names: Unicode CLDR. Capitals: Wikidata.