Asia is the Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000  square kilometers, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area.

 

Area: 44,579,000 km2(17,212,000 sq mi)

Population: 4,164,252,000 (1st)

Pop. density: 87/km2 (225/sq mi)

Demonym: Asian

Countries: 48 UN members 6 other states

Dependencies

Unrecognized regions

Languages: List of languages

Time zones: UTC+2 to UTC+12

Internet TLD:  asia

Largest cities: List of metropolitan areas in Asia by population

List of cities in Asia