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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
This is a list of all present sovereign states in Asia and their predecessors. The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear geographical separation between it and Europe , which together form one continuous landmass called Eurasia .
List of land and areas in Asia (land in both Europe and Asia highlighted with *): North-Asia Russia; Middle East Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Jordan Qatar Israel Yemen Palestine Cyprus* Oman Iraq Iran Kuwait Egypt (Asian part) Syria Lebanon Turkey* Caucasus and Central Asia Kazakhstan* Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see Asia: territories and regions. Geologically, Asia is part of Eurasia and due to the Isthmus of Suez forms part of Afro-Eurasia.
In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a sovereign state; In bold italics: states with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations
Below is a list of sovereign states with the dates of their formation (date of their independence or of their constitution), sorted by continent. This list includes the 195 states which are currently member states of the United Nations or non-member observer states with the United Nations General Assembly.
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia; G. List of Asian countries by GDP; List of Asian countries by GDP (PPP) per capita;