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Also known as Asian continent, Continental Asia

بزرگترین و پرجمعیت‌ترین قارۀ جهان

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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

Continent.title: 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

Stroke Epidemiology in Asia.ReviewCerebrovascular diseases extra · 2025Venketasubramanian NDOI: 10.1159/000543399
Heart failure as a general pandemic in Asia.ReviewEuropean journal of heart failure · 2015Shimokawa H, Miura M, Nochioka K et al.DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.319
Epidemiology and surveillance of autoimmune hepatitis in Asia.ReviewLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2022Katsumi T, Ueno YDOI: 10.1111/liv.15155
Hidradenitis suppurativa in South-East Asia and East Asia.ReviewExperimental dermatology · 2021Chandran NS, Lee JH, Kurokawa IDOI: 10.1111/exd.14340
Exotic Animal Practice in South Asia.ReviewThe veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice · 2024Tandel SDDOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2024.03.008
What Are the Different Phenotypes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Asia?ReviewGut and liver · 2022Park SB, Yoon JY, Cha JMDOI: 10.5009/gnl210385
Human Resources for Health in South-East Asia: Challenges and Strategies.WHO South-East Asia journal of public health · 2023Rao K, Schmidt ADOI: 10.4103/2224-3151.386476
South Asia's Strategic Readiness Amidst Worsening Nipah Virus Threats: Current Situation and Imperatives.Asia-Pacific journal of public health · 2024Singh A, Fatima L, Shaikh B et al.DOI: 10.1177/10105395241248327

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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