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Asia

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Also known as Asian continent, Continental Asia

Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.

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Asia is a continent and region within the world, located in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is part of Earth, Eurasia, and Afro-Eurasia. The landmass has an area of 44,614,500 and a population of 4,977,954,915. It shares borders with Europe and Africa. The region includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia.

Several time zones apply to the area, including Nepal Standard Time, Sri Lanka Standard Time, Philippine Standard Time, and Magadan Time. There are 244,000,000 out-of-school children in the region. Asia is referenced by 17,936 other encyclopedia articles. The subject has a main Wikimedia portal and is categorized under Category:Asia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

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Asia
Continent.image
File:Asia (orthographic projection) without New Guinea.svg
Continent.image_size
220px
Continent.area
(1st)
Continent.population
(; 1st)
Continent.density
100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Continent.GDP_PPP
$94.66 trillion (2025 est; 1st)
Continent.GDP_per_capita
$9,180 (2025 est; 5th)
Continent.demonym
Asian
Continent.list_countries
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia
Continent.languages
List of languages
Continent.time
UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00
Continent.internet
.asia
Continent.m49
142 – Asia001 – World

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Research

1,316,868 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
part of the world
Has part
West Asia
Named after
Asia
Demonym
Áiseach
Population
4977954915
Area
44614500
Time zone
Hong Kong Time
Shares border with
Africa
Highest point
Mount Everest
Image
Asia (orthographic projection).svg
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topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Asia
category for films shot at this location
Category:Films shot in Asia
topic's main category
Category:Asia
category for people buried here
Category:Burials in Asia
number of out-of-school children
147000000
geography of topic
geography of Asia
located in/on physical feature
Eastern Hemisphere
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Asia
Stack Exchange tag
opendata.stackexchange.com/tags/asia
Commons category
Asia
category for people born here
Category:Births in Asia
Commons gallery
Asia
history of topic
history of Asia
exact match
cv.iptc.org/newscodes/worldregion/r142
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
category for maps or plans
Category:Maps of Asia
studied by
oriental studies
economy of topic
economy of Asia
demographics of topic
demographics of Asia
topic has template
Template:Asia topic
P8168
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
lowest point
Dead Sea
top-level Internet domain
.asia
category of associated people
Category:Asian people
has boundary
Europe and Asia boundaries
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Asia
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Encyclopedic overview

34 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Definition
  • Asia–Europe boundary
  • Asia–Africa boundary
  • Asia–Oceania boundary
  • Asia–North America boundary
  • Ongoing definition
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • Ancient era
  • Medieval era
  • Modern era
  • Contemporary era
  • Geography
  • Main regions
  • Climate
  • Climate change
  • Politics
  • List of states and territories
  • Economy
  • Tourism
  • Demographics
  • Languages
  • Religions
  • Abrahamic
  • Indian and East Asian religions
  • Culture
  • Nobel laureates
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.

Asia shares the landmass of Eurasia with Europe, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. In general terms, it is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The border of Asia with Europe is a historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. A commonly accepted division places Asia to the east of the Suez Canal separating it from Africa; and to the east of the Turkish straits, the Ural Mountains and Ural River, and to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black seas, separating it from Europe.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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