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Map of Asia
Asia has 48 countries, more than any continent except Africa, from Turkey in the west to Japan in the east. Here they are on a labeled map, with the quiz right below.
Asia is the largest continent, with 48 countries and more than half the world's people. This free Asia map quiz names a country and you click it on the map, 10 a round, or all of them in the Whole map round. Below the game are the countries with their capitals and tips for its crowded corners.
Learn it by region: Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia and Central Asia, each with a labelled map and its own quiz.
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The Asia Map Quiz is a free map game from DodoThinks. A place is named and you click it on the map, 10 questions a round, across three difficulty levels. There are 45 places to learn, and it runs in any browser with no sign-up.
- Places to find
- 45
- Each round
- 10 questions
- Time limit
- None
- How you answer
- Click the map
- Levels
- Easy, Difficult and So Difficult
- Cost
- Free, no sign-up
Learn the Asia Map by Region
Asia is vast, so learn it in five regions rather than all at once:
The Middle East (West Asia): Turkey, the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan), Iraq, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf states.
Central Asia: the five "stans": Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
South Asia: India at the centre, ringed by Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
East Asia: China, Mongolia, the Koreas, Japan and Taiwan.
Southeast Asia: the mainland (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) and the maritime nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Timor-Leste).
The Countries People Confuse
Most Asia map mistakes cluster in three places:
The five "stans": the Central Asian republics sit together in one block, making them the hardest group to tell apart.
The Gulf states: Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and their neighbours are small and packed around the Persian Gulf.
Mainland Southeast Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand are easy to swap. Anchor on the giants (China, India and Japan) and work outward.
Countries in Two Continents
A few countries cross the line between Asia and another continent. Russia is mostly in Asia by area but has most of its people in Europe, so this map leaves it out. Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia straddle Asia and Europe and are on the map, and Egypt reaches into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula. Three countries are too small to click at this scale and are not asked: Bahrain, the Maldives and Singapore. Cyprus, an island usually counted in Asia, is on the Europe map instead.
Asia has 48 countries, second only to Africa. The giants (China, India and the Asian part of Russia) are easy anchors, while the hardest to place are the five Central Asian "stans", the small Gulf states and mainland Southeast Asia. China is the largest country entirely in Asia and the Maldives the smallest. Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Egypt lie partly in Asia and partly in another continent.
Quiz tip: Central Asia's five "stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) are the most swapped, along with the small states of the Persian Gulf.
Countries
48 sovereign nations
Largest (all in Asia)
China
Smallest
Maldives
Most swapped
The five "stans"
Regions
West · Central · South · East · Southeast
Easy anchors
China, India, Japan
The 44 Countries on the Asia Map and Their Capitals
A to Z. Tap a country for its flag, population and facts.
AfghanistanKabul
ArmeniaYerevan
AzerbaijanBaku
BangladeshDhaka
BhutanThimphu
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
CambodiaPhnom Penh
ChinaBeijing
GeorgiaTbilisi
IndiaNew Delhi
IndonesiaJakarta
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IsraelJerusalem
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman
KazakhstanAstana
KuwaitKuwait City
KyrgyzstanBishkek
LaosVientiane
LebanonBeirut
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MongoliaUlan Bator
MyanmarNaypyidaw
NepalKathmandu
North KoreaPyongyang
OmanMuscat
PakistanIslamabad
PalestineRamallah
PhilippinesManila
QatarDoha
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
South KoreaSeoul
Sri LankaColombo
SyriaDamascus
TajikistanDushanbe
ThailandBangkok
Timor-LesteDili
TurkeyAnkara
TurkmenistanAshgabat
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
UzbekistanTashkent
VietnamHanoi
YemenSana'a
Also on the map, but not a UN member: Taiwan (Taipei).
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries are in Asia?
Asia has 48 countries, more than any continent except Africa. This map asks 44 of them, plus Taiwan. Bahrain, the Maldives and Singapore are too small to click at continental scale, and Cyprus is on the Europe map. Russia is usually counted with Europe.
What is the largest country in Asia?
China is the largest country lying entirely within Asia, followed by India. Russia is larger still, and most of its land is in Asia, but it spans both Europe and Asia.
What is the smallest country in Asia?
The Maldives, a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean of about 300 square kilometres. Singapore and Bahrain come next. All three are too small to click on a map of the whole continent.
Which countries are in both Asia and Europe?
Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia lie partly in Asia and partly in Europe, depending on where the line is drawn along the Ural and Caucasus mountains. Egypt is the other two-continent country, with the Sinai Peninsula in Asia.
Which Asian countries are hardest to locate?
The five Central Asian "stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), the small Persian Gulf states, and the countries of the Caucasus and mainland Southeast Asia.
What is the easiest way to learn the map of Asia?
Split it into five regions (the Middle East, Central, South, East and Southeast Asia), anchor on China, India and Japan, and drill the Central Asian "stans" as a group of their own.
Is the Asia map quiz free?
Yes. It runs free in your browser with no download and no sign up. Sign in with Google only if you want to save your score.
Made by Kashif Sulehria in Lahore, Pakistan. Updated .