List of Asian Countries, Capital and Currency

The Asian continent is absolutely fascinating. Asia is the largest as well as the most populated continent in the world. And definitely also the most culturally fascinating. There are 48 countries in Asia with a population of 4.5 billion. That means that every second human lives on the Asian continent. To give you a better overview over the continent, we created a list of Asian countries, capital and currency.

List of Asian countries, capital and currency  

The list shows all Asian countries and capitals in alphabetical order. However, you can also change the filter so that the list shows all Asian countries ranked by population.

Country	Capital	Population (2019)	Currency
Afghanistan	Kabul	38,041,754	Afghan afghani
Armenia	Yerevan	2,957,731	Armenian dram
Azerbaijan	Baku	10,047,718	Azerbaijan manat
Bahrain	Manama	1,641,172	Bahraini dinar
Bangladesh	Dhaka	163,046,161	Bangladeshi taka
Bhutan	Thimpu	763,092	Bhutanese ngultrum
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	433,285	Brunei dollar
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	16,486,542	Cambodian riel
China	Beijing	1,433783686	Chinese Yuan Renminbi
Georgia	Tbilisi	3,996,765	Georgian lari
India	New Delhi	1,366,417,754	Indian rupee
Indonesia	Jakarta	270,625,568	Indonesian rupiah
Iran	Tehran	82,913,906	Iranian rial
Iraq	Baghdad	39,309,783	Iraqi dinar
Israel	Jerusalem	8,519,377	Israeli new shekel
Japan	Tokyo	126,860,301	Japanese yen
Jordan	Amman	10,101,694	Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	18,551,427	Kazakhstani tenge
Kuwait	Kuwait City	4,207,083	Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	6,415,850	Kyrgyzstani som
Laos	Vientiane	7,169,455	Lao kip
Lebanon	Beirut	6,855,713	Lebanese pound
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	31,949,777	Malaysian ringgit
Maldives	Male	530,953	Maldivian rufiyaa
Mongolia	Ulanbaatar	3,225,167	Mongolian tugrik
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	54,045,420	Myanmar kyat
Nepal	Kathmandu	28,608,710	Nepalese rupee
North Korea	Pyongyang	25,666,161	North Korean won
Oman	Muscat	4,974,986	Omani rial
Pakistan	Islamabad	216,565,318	Pakistani rupee
Philippines	Manila	108,116,615	Philippine peso
Qatar	Doha	2,832,067	Qatari riyal
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	34,268,528	Saudi Arabian riyal
Singapore	Singapore	5,804,337	Singapore dollar
South Korea	Seoul	51,225,308	South Korean won
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	21,323,733	Sri Lankan rupee
State of Palestine	Jerusalem	4,981,420	Israeli new shekel
Syria	Damascus	17,070,135	Syrian pound
Taiwan	Taipei	23,773,876	New Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	9,321,018	Tajikistani somoni
Thailand	Bangkok	69,625,582	Thai baht
Timor-Leste	Dili	1,293,119	United States dollar
Turkey	Ankara	83,429,615	Turkish lira
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	5,942,089	Turkmen manat
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	9,770,529	UAE dirham
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	32,981,716	Uzbekistani som
Vietnam	Hanoi	96,462,106	Vietnamese dong
Yemen	Sana'a	29,161,922	Yemeni rial

The list of all Asian countries and capitals and currencies shows that China is the most populous country in Asia with over 1.4 billion inhabitants. That also makes China the most populous country in the world. Brunei is the least populous country in Asia with a population of less than 500,000.

Now, after seeing the list of all Asian countries and their capital, it is time to test your new knowledge in our Asian Capitals Quiz and learn some fun facts about each country.

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