East Asia

Map of East Asia
Area 11,839,074 km2[1]
Population 1,575,784,500[2]
Density 133 per km2
Countries and Territories Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira àwọn Ará ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà P.R. China
Àdàkọ:HKG
 Japan
Àdàkọ:MAC
Àdàkọ:MGL
Àdàkọ:PRK
 Kòréà Gúúsù
Republic of China Taiwan (ROC)
Languages and language families Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many others
Nominal GDP (2009) $ 11.427 Trillion
GDP per capita (2009) $ 7,300
Time zones UTC +7:00 (Western Mongolia) to UTC +9:00 (Japan and Korean Peninsula)
Capital cities Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira àwọn Ará ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà Beijing
Kòréà Àríwá Pyongyang
Kòréà Gúúsù Seoul
Republic of China Taipei
Japan Tokyo
Mongolia Ulan Bator
Other major cities Kòréà Gúúsù Busan
Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira àwọn Ará ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà Guangzhou
Àdàkọ:HKG
Republic of China Kaohsiung
Àdàkọ:MAC
Japan Osaka
Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira àwọn Ará ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà Shanghai
Japan Yokohama
(see list)
Ìlàoòrùn Ásíà
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 東亞 or 東亞細亞
Simplified Chinese 东亚 or 东亚细亚
Japanese name
Kanji 東亜細亜(東アジア)/東亜
Kana ひがしアジア/とうあ
Kyūjitai 東亞細亞/東亞
Korean name
Hangul 동아시아/동아세아/동아
Hanja 東아시아/東亞細亞/東亞
Mongolian name
Mongolian Зүүн Ази
ᠵᠤᠨ ᠠᠵᠢ
Züün Azi
Russian name
Russian Восточная Азия
Romanization Vostochnaja Azija
Vietnamese name
Quốc ngữ Đông Á (Sino-Viet.)
Á Đông (native)
Hán-Nôm 東亞 (Sino-Viet.)
亞東 (native)

Ìlàoòrùn Ásíà je agbegbe ile ayé.




  1. The area figure is based on the combined areas of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong, Macau, Aksai Chin, and Trans-Karakoram Tract), Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) as listed at List of countries and outlying territories by total area.
  2. The population figure is the combined populations of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau), Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Republic of China (Taiwan) as listed at List of countries by population (last updated Feb 22, 2010).