Asia continent | Asia map | List of countries in asia

Asia is the world’s largest and most populated continent has a total 50 independent countries at this moment. Russia is the largest country and Maldives is the smallest country of this continent. China, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Turkey are the most visited countries in Asia. Shanghai, China is the largest city of Asia. China, Japan, India, South Korea and Indonesia are the largest economies in Asia.

Map of Asia

The Asia map shows big parts of this continent except of some countries in the Middle East and Western Asia. The map of Asia represents about one-third landmass of the earth and is lying completely north of the equator excluding some Southeast Asian islands.
 
The map of Asia also shows the connection to Africa by the Isthmus of Suez and borders of Europe along the Ural Mountains and across the Caspian Sea.

List of Countries in Asia

Before we discuss about the Asia, we should know some basic things first. We have represented a table below which contains all the necessary basics of this continent. The widely recognized 50 countries in Asia are listed by alphabetically with their current and estimated gross domestic product data collected from the International Monetary Fund for 2016.