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The continent of Asia is defined by subtracting Europe and Africa from the great land mass of Africa-Eurasia. The boundaries are vague, especially between Asia and Europe: Asia and Africa meet somewhere near the Suez Canal. The boundary between Asia and Europe runs via the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus, the Black Sea, the ridges of the Caucasus (according to others, through the Kuma-Manych Depression), the Caspian Sea, the Ural River (according to others, the Emba River) and the Ural Mountains to Novaya Zemlya. About 60% of the world's population live in Asia.
The region of Asia is the continent of Asia plus nearby islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
-- CIA World Factbook |
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Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Saint Helena
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam