Size: 44,579,000 sq. km
No. of countries: 48
Population: 4,436,224,000
- Asia is the world’s largest continent of the seven continents in size and population
- Asia covers one-third of earth’s surface
- It has 30 per cent of world land area and 60 per cent of population
- It contains the world’s largest country, Russia, and the world’s two most populous countries, China and India
- Asia houses the highest point on earth – the summit of Mount Everest, which is 29,028 ft. (8,848 m) tall
- The continent is home to the 10 highest peaks in the world
- The Great Wall of China is the only man made structure that can be seen from space
- Asia saw the birth of two great ancient civilisations – Harappan civilisation and Chinese civilisation
- The religions of Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity first began in Asia
- The major animals found in Asia are — reticulated pythons, tiger, panda, yaks, Indian rhinoceroses
INDIA PAKISTAN JAPAN AFGHANISTAN ANTIGUA & BARBUDA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA ARMENIA
AZERBAIJANBAHRAIN BANGLADESH BHUTAN BRUNEI CAMBODIA CHINA GEORGIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LEBANON MALAYSIA MALDIVES MONGOLIA NEPAL NORTH KOREA OMAN THE PHILIPPINES QATAR SAUDI ARABIA SINGAPORE SOUTH KOREA SRI LANKA SYRIA THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TURKEY TURKMENISTAN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UZBEKISTAN VIETNAM YEMEN