Which country in Asia has the larger area?

Question

Which countries in Asia have the largest and smallest area? What is the size of countries by area in Asia?

Answer 1

Russia is the largest country in Asia; in fact, Russia is the largest country in the world by area. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia by both population and area.

Here is the list of Asian countries by area in square kilometers (sorted by area):

1. Russia (13,129,142) 
2. China (9,615,222) 
3. India (3,287,263) 
4. Kazakhstan (2,544,900)
5. Saudi Arabia (2,149,690)
6. Iran (1,648,195)
7. Mongolia (1,564,110)
8. Indonesia (1,502,029)
9. Pakistan (881,913)
10. Turkey (759,592)
11. Myanmar (676,578)
12. Afghanistan (652,230)
13. Yemen (527,968)
14. Thailand (513,120)
15. Turkmenistan (488,100)
16. Uzbekistan (447,400)
17. Iraq (438,317)
18. Japan (377,930)
19. Vietnam (331,212)
20. Malaysia (330,803)
21. Oman (309,500)
22. Philippines (300,000)
23. Laos (236,800)
24. Kyrgyzstan (199,951)
25. Syria (185,180)
26. Cambodia (181,035)
27. Bangladesh (147,570)
28. Nepal (147,516)
29. Tajikistan (143,100)
30. North Korea (120,538)
31. South Korea (100,210)
32. Jordan (89,342)
33. United Arab Emirates (83,600)
34. Azerbaijan (79,640)
35. Georgia (67,272)
36. Sri Lanka (65,610)
37. Egypt (60,000)
38. Bhutan (38,394)
39. Taiwan (36,193)
40. Armenia (29,843)
41. Israel (22,072)
42. Kuwait (17,818)
43. East Timor/ Timor-Leste (14,874)
44. Qatar (11,586)
45. Lebanon (10,452)
46. Cyprus (9,251)
47. Palestine (6,020)
48. Brunei (5,765)
49. Bahrain (780)
50. Singapore (753)
51. Maldives (300)

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