Other Asian Countries

List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia

A sovereign state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a population for whom it makes decisions in the national interest. According to the Montevideo convention, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states.

Recognized states

The 48 states in this list are all members of the United Nations.

Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Armenia Republic of Armenia
Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan	Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain
Bangladesh People’s Republic of Bangladesh	Bhutan Kingdom of Bhutan
Brunei Brunei Darussalam	Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia
China People’s Republic of China	Cyprus Republic of Cyprus
Georgia Georgia	India Republic of India
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia	Iran Islamic Republic of Iran

Dependent territories and other territories

The six entities in this list are either subject to a state they are not part of, or have a special political arrangement that was decided through an international agreement.