Which country in Asia has the largest area?

China has the largest area in Asia: 9,596,961 km². Next come India (3,287,263 km²) and Kazakhstan (2,724,900 km²).

What is the typical area of a country in Asia?

The median of the 48 countries in Asia is 183,108 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Asia by area

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. 48 countries in Asia, highest first. Wikidata

See it on the map

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Highest

9,596,961 km²

China

Median country

183,108 km²

half above, half below

Lowest

298 km²

Maldives

Countries in Asia by area, Wikidata
#	Country	Area	Region
1	China	9,596,961 km²	Eastern Asia
2	India	3,287,263 km²	Southern Asia
3	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²	Central Asia
4	Saudi Arabia	2,250,000 km²	Western Asia
5	Indonesia	1,904,570 km²	South-Eastern Asia
6	Iran	1,648,195 km²	Southern Asia
7	Mongolia	1,564,116 km²	Eastern Asia
8	Pakistan	881,913 km²	Southern Asia
9	Turkey	783,562 km²	Western Asia
10	Myanmar	676,577 km²	South-Eastern Asia
11	Afghanistan	652,230 km²	Southern Asia
12	Thailand	513,120 km²	South-Eastern Asia
13	Turkmenistan	491,210 km²	Central Asia
14	Yemen	455,503 km²	Western Asia
15	Uzbekistan	448,978 km²	Central Asia
16	Iraq	437,072 km²	Western Asia
17	Japan	377,972 km²	Eastern Asia
18	Philippines	343,448 km²	South-Eastern Asia
19	Vietnam	331,690 km²	South-Eastern Asia
20	Malaysia	330,803 km²	South-Eastern Asia
21	Oman	309,500 km²	Western Asia
22	Laos	236,800 km²	South-Eastern Asia
23	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 km²	Central Asia
24	Syria	185,180 km²	Western Asia
25	Cambodia	181,035 km²	South-Eastern Asia
26	Bangladesh	147,570 km²	Southern Asia
27	Nepal	147,181 km²	Southern Asia
28	Tajikistan	143,100 km²	Central Asia
29	North Korea	120,540 km²	Eastern Asia
30	South Korea	100,295 km²	Eastern Asia
31	Jordan	89,341 km²	Western Asia
32	Azerbaijan	86,600 km²	Western Asia
33	United Arab Emirates	83,600 km²	Western Asia
34	Georgia	69,700 km²	Western Asia
35	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²	Southern Asia
36	Bhutan	38,394 km²	Southern Asia
37	Taiwan	36,193 km²	Eastern Asia
38	Armenia	29,743 km²	Western Asia
39	Israel	20,770 km²	Western Asia
40	Kuwait	17,818 km²	Western Asia
41	Timor-Leste	14,919 km²	South-Eastern Asia
42	Qatar	11,437 km²	Western Asia
43	Lebanon	10,452 km²	Western Asia
44	Cyprus	9,242 km²	Western Asia
45	Brunei	5,765 km²	South-Eastern Asia
46	Bahrain	787 km²	Western Asia
47	Singapore	719 km²	South-Eastern Asia
48	Maldives	298 km²	Southern Asia

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Area	Status
Palestine	8,220 km²	Status disputed
Hong Kong	2,755 km²	Territory of China
Macao	115 km²	Territory of China

Questions

Which country in Asia has the largest area?: China has the largest area in Asia: 9,596,961 km². Next come India (3,287,263 km²) and Kazakhstan (2,724,900 km²).
Which country in Asia has the smallest area?: The Maldives, with 298 km².
What is the typical area of a country in Asia?: The median of the 48 countries in Asia is 183,108 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: Wikidata. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.