The Asia-Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
The term may also include parts of Russia (on the North Pacific) and countries in the Americas which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru and the United States. Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia and Australasia as well as Pacific island nations (Asia-Pacific and Australian continent)--for example, when dividing the world into large regions for commercial purposes (e.g., into the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific).[1]Western and Central Asia are almost never included.
On the whole, there is no clear-cut definition of "Asia-Pacific", and the regions included change depending on the context. The term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce, finance, and politics. Despite the heterogeneity of the regions' economies, most individual nations within the zone are emerging markets experiencing rapid growth (compare the acronym APEJ or APeJ--Asia-Pacific excluding Japan).[2]
The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:
Country / Territory | Area (km2) |
Population | Pop. density (/km2) |
GDP millions of USD (2018) |
GDP per capita USD (2017)[3] |
Capital |
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652,230 | 38,042,000 | 58.3 | 19,900 | 577 | Kabul |
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199 | 55,689 | 259 | 711 | 11,398.8 | Pago Pago |
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7,692,024 | 25,553,000 | 2.8 | 1,500,000 | 59,655 | Canberra |
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147,570 | 156,594,962 | 1,033.5 | 287,630 | 1,359 | Dhaka |
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38,394 | 742,737 | 18.0 | 6,384 | 2,804 | Thimphu |
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54,400 | 3,000 | 58.3 | - | - | Camp Justice |
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5,765 | 415,717 | 67.3 | 17,426 | 26,939 | Bandar Seri Begawan |
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181,035 | 15,205,539 | 81.8 | 16,899 | 1,270 | Phnom Penh |
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9,596,961 | 1,357,380,000 | 145 | 10,355,350 | 8,123 | Beijing |
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135 | 1,843 | 10.39 | - | - | Flying Fish Cove |
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14 | 544 | 43 | - | - | West Island |
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236.7 | 17,379 | 42 | 311 | 15,002.5 | Avarua |
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702 | 104,937 | 158.1 | 383 | 3,058.4 | Palikir |
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18,274 | 909,389 | 46.4 | 8,330 | 5,153 | Suva |
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4,167 | 275,918 | 78 | 5,623 | 20,098 | Papeete |
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540 | 162,742 | 775 | 5,793 | 35,664.5 | Hagåtña |
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1,104 | 7,234,800 | 6,544 | 292,677 | 43,681 | Hong Kong |
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3,287,263 | 1,324,171,354 | 398.8 | 2,716,746 | 1,939 | New Delhi |
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1,904,569 | 252,164,800 | 124.66 | 856,066 | 3,570 | Jakarta |
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377,944 | 126,434,964 | 337 | 4,769,804 | 38,894 | Tokyo |
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811 | 110,136 | 152 | 187 | 1,625.3 | Tarawa |
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236,800 | 6,320,000 | 27 | 11,707 | 2,353 | Vientiane |
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29 | 541,200 | 18,662 | 36,428 | 73,187 | Macau |
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329,847 | 30,185,787 | 90 | 336,913 | 9,503 | Kuala Lumpur |
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298 | 341,356 | 1,102.5 | 4,920 | 8,602 | Malé |
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181.43 | 53,066 | 293 | 220 | 3,621.2 | Majuro |
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1,564,116 | 2,736,800 | 2 | 11,725 | 3,686 | Ulaanbaatar |
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676,578 | 50,496,000 | 74 | 65,291 | 1,275 | Naypyidaw |
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21 | 11,200 | 480 | 114 | 9,030.1 | Yaren |
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147,181 | 26,494,504 | 180 | 62,384 | 730 | Kathmandu |
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18,576 | 278,500 | 14.5 | 9,894 | 12,579.6 | Nouméa |
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268,021 | 4,357,437 | 16 | 201,028 | 39,427 | Wellington |
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261.46 | 1,624 | 5.35 | 10 | 5,800 | Alofi |
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34.6 | 1,748 | 61.9 | - | - | Kingston |
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120,540 | 24,895,000 | 198 | 27,820 | 583 | Pyongyang |
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464 | 55,144 | 113 | 1,242 | 28,163.8 | Saipan |
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803,940 | 226,174,380 | 234.4 | 312,570 | 1,468 | Islamabad |
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459 | 21,503 | 46.7 | 312 | 17,317.9 | Ngerulmud |
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462,840 | 6,732,000 | 15 | 16,096 | 2,183 | Port Moresby |
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343,448 | 110,071,000 | 307 | 289,686 | 2,951 | Manila |
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47 | 50 | 45 | - | - | Adamstown |
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17,098,246 | 147,003,104 | 8.4 | 1,630,659 | 11,288.9 | Moscow |
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2,842 | 195,843 | 68 | 861 | 4,392.5 | Apia |
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710 | 5,183,700 | 7,023 | 307,085 | 52,961 | Singapore |
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28,400 | 599,419 | 18.1 | 1,424 | 2,162.7 | Honiara |
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100,210 | 51,302,044 | 500 | 1,699,000 | 27,539 | Seoul |
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65,610 | 20,277,597 | 323 | 233,637 | 3,835 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
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36,191 | 23,119,772 | 639 | 505,452 | 31,900 | Taipei |
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513,120 | 67,764,000 | 132 | 380,491 | 5,908 | Bangkok |
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14,874 | 1,171,000 | 76 | 4,510 | 1,162 | Dili |
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10 | 1,499 | 115 | 10 | 6,275 | None |
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748 | 100,651 | 139 | 470 | 4,364 | Nuku?alofa |
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26 | 11,192 | 475.88 | 45 | 3,700.7 | Funafuti |
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12,189 | 272,459 | 19.7 | 957 | 3,033.4 | Port Vila |
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331,210 | 88,069,000 | 265 | 187,848 | 2,186 | Hanoi |
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142.42 | 11,558 | 83.55 | 188 | 12,640 | Mata Utu |
APEJ (Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan) and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) will grow their combined share of this figure from 17 percent to 22 percent during the same period, as North America's share adjusts from 53 percent to 46 percent.