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Map showing the general definition of Asia-Pacific. Dark green refers to the core Asia-Pacific countries, while light green refers to regions that may be included.

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]

Component areas

The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:

Asia

East Asia

North Asia-Russian Far East

South Asia

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)
Iran
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Australasia

Australia
New Zealand (also part of Polynesia)

Melanesia

Micronesia

Polynesia

Main countries and territories data

Country / Territory	Area (km²)	Population	Pop. density (/km²)	GDP millions of USD (2018)	GDP per capita USD (2017)^[3]	Capital
Afghanistan	652,230	38,042,000	58.3	19,900	577	Kabul
American Samoa	199	55,689	259	711	11,398.8	Pago Pago
Australia	7,692,024	25,553,000	2.8	1,500,000	59,655	Canberra
Bangladesh	147,570	156,594,962	1,033.5	287,630	1,359	Dhaka
Bhutan	38,394	742,737	18.0	6,384	2,804	Thimphu
British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400	3,000	58.3	-	-	Camp Justice
Brunei	5,765	415,717	67.3	17,426	26,939	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	181,035	15,205,539	81.8	16,899	1,270	Phnom Penh
China	9,596,961	1,357,380,000	145	10,355,350	8,123	Beijing
Christmas Island	135	1,843	10.39	-	-	Flying Fish Cove
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	544	43	-	-	West Island
Cook Islands	236.7	17,379	42	311	15,002.5	Avarua
Federated States of Micronesia	702	104,937	158.1	383	3,058.4	Palikir
Fiji	18,274	909,389	46.4	8,330	5,153	Suva
French Polynesia	4,167	275,918	78	5,623	20,098	Papeete
Guam	540	162,742	775	5,793	35,664.5	Hagåtña
Hong Kong	1,104	7,234,800	6,544	292,677	43,681	Hong Kong
India	3,287,263	1,324,171,354	398.8	2,716,746	1,939	New Delhi
Indonesia	1,904,569	252,164,800	124.66	856,066	3,570	Jakarta
Japan	377,944	126,434,964	337	4,769,804	38,894	Tokyo
Kiribati	811	110,136	152	187	1,625.3	Tarawa
Laos	236,800	6,320,000	27	11,707	2,353	Vientiane
Macau	29	541,200	18,662	36,428	73,187	Macau
Malaysia	329,847	30,185,787	90	336,913	9,503	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	298	341,356	1,102.5	4,920	8,602	Malé
Marshall Islands	181.43	53,066	293	220	3,621.2	Majuro
Mongolia	1,564,116	2,736,800	2	11,725	3,686	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	676,578	50,496,000	74	65,291	1,275	Naypyidaw
Nauru	21	11,200	480	114	9,030.1	Yaren
Nepal	147,181	26,494,504	180	62,384	730	Kathmandu
New Caledonia	18,576	278,500	14.5	9,894	12,579.6	Nouméa
New Zealand	268,021	4,357,437	16	201,028	39,427	Wellington
Niue	261.46	1,624	5.35	10	5,800	Alofi
Norfolk Island	34.6	1,748	61.9	-	-	Kingston
North Korea	120,540	24,895,000	198	27,820	583	Pyongyang
Northern Mariana Islands	464	55,144	113	1,242	28,163.8	Saipan
Pakistan	803,940	226,174,380	234.4	312,570	1,468	Islamabad
Palau	459	21,503	46.7	312	17,317.9	Ngerulmud
Papua New Guinea	462,840	6,732,000	15	16,096	2,183	Port Moresby
Philippines	343,448	110,071,000	307	289,686	2,951	Manila
Pitcairn Islands	47	50	45	-	-	Adamstown
Russia	17,098,246	147,003,104	8.4	1,630,659	11,288.9	Moscow
Samoa	2,842	195,843	68	861	4,392.5	Apia
Singapore	710	5,183,700	7,023	307,085	52,961	Singapore
Solomon Islands	28,400	599,419	18.1	1,424	2,162.7	Honiara
South Korea	100,210	51,302,044	500	1,699,000	27,539	Seoul
Sri Lanka	65,610	20,277,597	323	233,637	3,835	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Taiwan	36,191	23,119,772	639	505,452	31,900	Taipei
Thailand	513,120	67,764,000	132	380,491	5,908	Bangkok
Timor-Leste	14,874	1,171,000	76	4,510	1,162	Dili
Tokelau	10	1,499	115	10	6,275	None
Tonga	748	100,651	139	470	4,364	Nuku?alofa
Tuvalu	26	11,192	475.88	45	3,700.7	Funafuti
Vanuatu	12,189	272,459	19.7	957	3,033.4	Port Vila
Vietnam	331,210	88,069,000	265	187,848	2,186	Hanoi
Wallis and Futuna	142.42	11,558	83.55	188	12,640	Mata Utu

References

^ Member Economies - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
^ See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2 (10): 3. Retrieved . 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.
^ "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved .

External links

[apec.org-1] Member Economies - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

[2] See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2 (10): 3. Retrieved . 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.

[3] "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved .

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