East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is part of the continent Asia. East Asia covers about 6,640,000 km2 (2,560,000 sq mi), or 15% of the continent.
These are the countries and territories in East Asia:
Population
About 1,575,784,500 people live in East Asia (as of 2010[update]).
Countries and territories | Area km² | Population | Population density per km² |
HDI (2010) | Capital |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
China | 9,596,961 | 1,339,724,852 | 138 | 0.663 | Beijing |
Hong Kong | 1,104 | 7,061,200 | 6,390 | 0.862 | Hong Kong |
Japan | 377,930 | 127,950,000 | 337 | 0.884 | Tokyo |
Macau | 30 | 556,800 | 18,662 | No Data | Macau |
Mongolia | 1,564,100 | 2,809,600 | 2 | 0.622 | Ulaanbaatar |
North Korea | 120,538 | 24,346,000 | 198 | No Data | Pyongyang |
South Korea | 99,828 | 48,988,833 | 500 | 0.877 | Seoul |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 36,188 | 23,174,528 | 639 | 0.868 | Taipei |
East Asia Media
Map showing the boundary of the 13th century Mongol Empire compared to today's Mongols
The Qing conquest of the Ming and expansion of the empire
Colonies and influence zones in East Asia and Oceania circa 1914
Three sets of possible boundaries for the Central Asia region that overlap with conceptions of East Asia
UNSD geoscheme for Asia based on statistic convenience rather than implying any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories:* North Asia* Central Asia* Western Asia* South Asia* East Asia* Southeast Asia
Pass of the ISS over Mongolia, looking out west towards the Pacific Ocean, China, and Japan. As the video progresses, you can see major cities along the coast and the Japanese islands on the Philippine Sea.
Related pages
Other websites
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: East Asia |