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Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ ⓘ AY-zhə, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK also /ˈeɪʃə/ AY-shə) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44…

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Area
44,579,000 km2 (17,212,000 sq mi) (1st)
Countries
49 UN members · 1 UN observer · 4 other states
Demonym
Asian
Dependencies
Akrotiri and Dhekelia · British Indian Ocean Territory · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Hong Kong
GDP (nominal)
$41.02 trillion (2025 est; 1st)
GDP (PPP)
$94.66 trillion (2025 est; 1st)

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Asia

Nodes505
Edges504
Triples644
Avg. degree2
Density0.00396
Components1

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Asia

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related to Asia–Europe boundary · 47
Asia → Africa, Anaximander, BCE, Between, Black Sea, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains, Don River, During, Emba, Emba River, Europe, European, Georgia, Great, Greek, Hecataeus, Hellenistic
related to Further reading · 37
Asia → Ainslie, Ancient Asian Civilizations, Anmol Publications, Arise Asia, Asian, Asian Culture, Cambridge, Charles, Charles Scribner's Sons, David, Embree, Encyclopaedia, Encyclopedia, Facts, Facts On File, Feroz, File, Harvard University Press, Hui, Imagining Asia
related to External links · 34
Asia → April, Archived, Asia Maps, August, Boston Public Library, Bowring, Castañeda Library Map Collection, Colorado Boulder LibrariesAsia, Congress, Display Maps, Eastern Economic Review, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia BritannicaAsia, EuDASM, European Digital Archive, February, GovPubs, Human Geography, July, Leventhal Map Center
related to Etymology · 33
Asia → Achaemenid Empire, Anatolia, Asian, Asies, Asios, Assuwa, Assuwan, BCE, Bronze Age, Cotys, Egypt, Greece, Greeks, He, Herodotus, Hittite, Homer, In Greek, Linear, Lydia
related to Nobel laureates · 33
Asia → American, Asian Nobel, Bangladeshi, Bengali, Buck, China, Fighting Angel, Gao Xingjian, Han Kang, India, Indian, Japan, Kenzaburō, Literature, Mo Yan, Nobel Prize, Orhan Pamuk, Other Asian, Pearl, Rabindranath Tagore
related to Asia–North America boundary · 30
Asia → Alaska, Alaskan Peninsula, Aleutian, Americas, Asia's, At, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Big Diomede, Diomede Islands, Indigenous, Kamchatka Peninsula, Lawrence Island, Little Diomede, Most, Near Islands, North Aleutians Basin, North America, Oceania, Pacific
related to Economy · 28
Asia → According, Angus Maddison, Around, As, Asia's, Based, China, Earth, For, GDP, Germany, Global Office Locations, Hong Kong, In, India, Indonesia, It, Japan, PPP, Saudi Arabia
related to Religions · 28
Asia → Ancient Chinese, Asian, Buddhism, Chinese, Christanity’s Old Testament, Christianity, Confucianism, Enûma Eliš, Epic, Gilgamesh, Great Flood, Greek, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Hindu, Hinduism, Islam, Jews, Manu, Many
related to Geography · 26
Asia → Arctic Ocean, Azerbaijan, Between, Black Seas, Caspian, Caucasus Mountains, China, Earth, Earth's, Eurasia, Europe, Georgia, Indian Ocean, It, Kazakhstan, Kuma, Manych Depression, Nepal, Pacific Ocean, Russia
related to Modern era · 26
Asia → Age, Among, Anatolia, Atlantic Europe, Balkans, Central Asia, China, Christopher Columbus, Delhi Sultanate, Discovery, European, Gama, Hindu Maratha Empire, Iberian-sponsored, India, Indian Ocean, Manchu, Middle East, North Africa, Ottoman Empire

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india china south east asian europe world also north century japan largest continent countries west southeast world's many population nobel

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AsiaArea44,579,000 km2 (17,212,000 sq mi) (1st)1.00infobox
AsiaCountries49 UN members1.00infobox
AsiaCountries1 UN observer1.00infobox
AsiaCountries4 other states1.00infobox
AsiaDemonymAsian1.00infobox
AsiaDependenciesAkrotiri and Dhekelia1.00infobox
AsiaDependenciesBritish Indian Ocean Territory1.00infobox
AsiaDependenciesChristmas Island1.00infobox
AsiaDependenciesCocos (Keeling) Islands1.00infobox
AsiaDependenciesHong Kong1.00infobox
AsiaDependenciesMacau1.00infobox
AsiaGDP (nominal)$41.02 trillion (2025 est; 1st)1.00infobox
AsiaGDP (PPP)$94.66 trillion (2025 est; 1st)1.00infobox
AsiaGDP per capita$9,180 (2025 est; 5th)1.00infobox
AsiaInternet TLD.asia1.00infobox
AsiaLanguagesList of languages1.00infobox
AsiaLargest citiesList of metropolitan areas1.00infobox
AsiaLargest citiesLists of cities1.00infobox
AsiaNon-UN statesAbkhazia1.00infobox
AsiaNon-UN statesNorthern Cyprus1.00infobox
AsiaNon-UN statesPalestine1.00infobox
AsiaNon-UN statesSouth Ossetia1.00infobox
AsiaNon-UN statesTaiwan1.00infobox
AsiaPopulation4,694,576,167 (2021; 1st)1.00infobox
AsiaPopulation density100/km2 (260/sq mi)1.00infobox
AsiaReligionsIslam (28.0%)1.00infobox
AsiaReligionsHinduism (22.8%)1.00infobox
AsiaReligionsNo religion (13.9%)1.00infobox
AsiaReligionsBuddhism (11.1%)1.00infobox
AsiaReligionsChinese folk religion (9.7%)1.00infobox

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