Former colonies in Asia

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area of about 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 112 million, it is the world's fourteenth-most-populous country.

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of China. It consists of the Macau Peninsula, the islands of Taipa and Coloane, the Cotai reclamation zone between Taipa and Coloane, and several smaller islets. It borders Zhuhai to the north and west, and it lies west of Hong Kong, separated by the Pearl River estuary. With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world.

Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram (, , traditionally ; ), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh and the largest city in the Greater Chittagong region. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of an eponymous division and district. The city is located on the banks of the Karnaphuli River between the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bay of Bengal. In 2022, the Chittagong District had a population of approximately 9.2 million according to a census conducted by

district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and former union territory

Dutch colony in Southeast Asia and Oceania (1800–1949)

union territory in India

Japanese colonial period in Chōsen (Korea), 1910–1945

Portuguese colonies in South Asia (1505–1961)

British colony and dependent territory from 1841 to 1997

French protectorate encompassing the central region of Vietnam, 1883-1948

Spanish territory in Asia-Pacific from 1565 until 1901

League of Nations mandate of France in the Middle East (1923–1946)

former French colony

Portuguese colony, now known as East Timor (Timor-Leste), an independent country

period of Taiwanese history (1895–1945)

1949–1962 Dutch possession in Southeast Asia

British colony from 1878–1960

settlements and trading posts of Denmark and Norway on the Indian subcontinent

former settlements and trading posts of the Dutch East India Company on the Indian subcontinent

former Portuguese possession in East Asia between 1557 and 1999

French protectorate

period of Indian history characterized by European colonial rule

1565–1898 territory of the Spanish Empire in Asia

Dutch colony, 1624–1662

Spanish colony from 1626 to 1642

former country

colony of French Indochina

3.7 year occupation of Hong Kong during World War II by the Japanese Empire

former concession territories of Qing China

former Portuguese posession in Southeast Asia between 1511–1641

French protectorate

empire of Japan military rule in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia

1942–1945 Japanese occupation of the Philippines during WWII

Iraq under the rule of the Ottoman Empire

1901–1935 US territory of the Philippines

Japanese territorial conquests (1895–1945)

British Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan (island), and British North Borneo) under Japanese occupation

Historical American colonial period in the Philippines

1898–1902 US administration of the Philippines

postwar administration of Malaya before its independence

area in Tianjin, China, occupied by Austria-Hungary

Interim administrator of British Borneo, 1945–1946

Palestine under the Ottoman Empire

former Belgian concession in Tianjin

governorate-general of the Russian Empire

former Russian concession in Tianjin

16th and 17th century Portuguese trading port