East Asia
eastern region of 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 6 countries and 2 territories in East Asia:
- People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong (territory)
- Japan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Macao (territory)
- Mongolia
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
Population
changeAbout 1,575,784,500 people live in East Asia (as of 2010[update]).[source?]
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 |
Related pages
change- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- North Korea
- Mongolia
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- Far East (Usually referring to the 6 countries of East Asia and 11 countries of Southeast Asia collectively)
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to East Asia.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: East Asia