List of Asian Countries With Their Respective Capitals and Currencies

List of Asian Countries With Their Respective Capitals and Currencies

Asia is the largest and most diverse continent of the earth. It is located in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. Asia covers an area of 44,614,000 square km, almost 30% of Earth’s total land area. It is the most populous continent of the world. In Asia, there are 49 United Nations recognized countries, 1 United Nations observer country, 5 de facto states (not recognized by the United Nations), and 6 dependent territories of other countries. The largest country of this continent is Russia and the smallest country is Maldives. Conventionally, there are six main geographical sub regions in Asia. These sub regions are the northern, western, central, eastern, southern and southeast parts of Asia.

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To know about the forty-nine United Nations recognized Asian countries with their capitals, currencies, official languages, and flags, refer to the table below.

Country	Capital	Currency	Official Languages	Flag	Sub Region
Russia	Moscow	Russian ruble	Russian		Northern Asia
Armenia	Yerevan	Dram	Armenian		Western Asia
Azerbaijan	Baku	Manat	Azerbaijani		Western Asia
Bahrain	Manama	Bahraini Dinar	Arabic		Western Asia
Cyprus	Nicosia	Euro	Greek and Turkish		Western Asia
Egypt (only Sinai Peninsula)	Cairo	Egyptian pound	Arabic		Western Asia
Georgia	Tbilisi	Georgian lari	Georgian		Western Asia
Iran	Tehran	Iranian rial	Persian		Western Asia
Iraq	Baghdad	Iraqi dinar	Arabic and Kurdish		Western Asia
Israel	Jerusalem	New shekel	Hebrew		Western Asia
Jordan	Amman	Jordanian dinar	Arabic		Western Asia
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwaiti dinar	Arabic		Western Asia
Lebanon	Beirut	Lebanese pound	Arabic		Western Asia
Oman	Muscat	Omani rial	Arabic		Western Asia
Palestine	Ramallah	Egyptian Pound, Israeli Shekel, and Jordaniandinar	Arabic		Western Asia
Qatar	Doha	Qatari riyal	Arabic		Western Asia
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Saudi Riyal	Arabic		Western Asia
Syria	Damascus	Syrian pound	Arabic		Western Asia
Turkey (except Turkish Thrace)	Ankara	Turkish lira	Turkish		Western Asia
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	UAE dirham	Arabic		Western Asia
Yemen	Sana’a(De jure)Aden (Temporary capital)	Yemeni rial	Arabic		Western Asia
Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	Tenge	Kazakh		Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstani som	Kyrgyz		Central Asia
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Somoni	Tajik		Central Asia
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Turkmenistan manat	Turkmen		Central Asia
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Uzbek som	Uzbek		Central Asia
China	Beijing	Renminbi	Mandarin		Eastern Asia
Japan	Tokyo	Japanese yen	Japanese		Eastern Asia
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Togrog	Mongolian		Eastern Asia
North Korea	Pyongyang	Korean People’s won	Korean		Eastern Asia
South Korea	Seoul	Korean Republic won	Korean		Eastern Asia
Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghani	Dari and Pashto		Southern Asia
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Taka	Bengali		Southern Asia
Bhutan	Thimphu	Ngultrum	Dzongkha		Southern Asia
India	New Delhi	Indian rupee	Hindi and English		Southern Asia
Maldives	Male	Maldivian rufiyaa	Dhivehi		Southern Asia
Nepal	Kathmandu	Nepalese rupee	Nepali		Southern Asia
Pakistan	Islamabad	Pakistani rupee	Urdu and English		Southern Asia
Sri Lanka	Colombo (executive & judicial)Sir Jayawardenepure Kotte (legislative)	Sri Lankan rupee	Sinhala and Tamil		Southern Asia
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei Dollar	Malay		Southeast Asia
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Riel	Khmer		Southeast Asia
Indonesia	Jakarta	Indonesian rupiah	Indonesian		Southeast Asia
Laos	Vientiane	Kip	Lao		Southeast Asia
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Ringgit	Malaysian		Southeast Asia
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Kyat	Burmese		Southeast Asia
Philippines	Manila	Philippine peso	Filipino and English		Southeast Asia
Singapore	Singapore	Singapore dollar	English, Malay,Mandarin		Southeast Asia
Thailand	Bangkok	Baht	Thai		Southeast Asia
Timor- Leste	Dili	United States dollar	Tetum and Portuguese		Southeast Asia
Vietnam	Hanoi	Dong	Vietnamese		Southeast Asia

Note- Palestine is recognized by the United Nations as an observer state. It is recognized by 138 UN member states.

In Asia, five de facto states, a de facto state means a state with full practical sovereignty over its territory and unofficial ties with most of the international community but not widely recognized de jure.

To know about these de facto states with their capitals, currencies, official languages, and flags, refer to the table below.

Country	Capital	Currency	Official Languages	Flag	Sub Region
Taiwan	Taipei	New Taiwan dollar	Mandarin		Eastern Asia
Abkhazia	Sukhumi	Abkhazian apsar and Russion ruble	Abkhaz and Russion		Western Asia
Artsakh	Stepanakert	Artsakh dram and Armenian dram	Armenian and Russian		Western Asia
Northern Cyprus	North Nicosia	Turkish lira	Turkish		Western Asia
South Ossetia	Tskhinvali	Russian ruble	Ossetian and Russian		Western Asia

In Asia, six territories (Some are federal territories, autonomous areas, and depend territories of sovereign states) are controlled by other countries. To know about this type of territories with their capitals, currencies, official languages, and flags, refer to the table below.

Territory	Capital	Currency	Official Languages	Ruling Power	Flag	Sub Region
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi Cantonment	Euro	English	United Kingdom		Western Asia
Hong Kong		Hong Kong dollar	Chinese and English	China		Eastern Asia
Macau		Macanese Pataca	Cantonese and Portuguese	Chine		Eastern Asia
British Indian Ocean Territory	Camp Justice	United States Dollar	English	United Kingdom		Southern Asia
Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	Australian dollar	None	Australia		Southeast Asia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island	Australian dollar	None	Australia		Southeast Asia

Note-West Asia is also known as Western Asia or Southwest Asia.