East Asia

eastern region of Asia

East Asia or Eastern Asia is part of the continent Asia. East Asia covers about 6,640,000 km2 (2,560,000 sq mi), or 15% of the continent.

Geographic East Asia.

These are the countries and territories in East Asia:

Population

About 1,575,784,500 people live in East Asia (as of 2010).[source?]

Countries and territoriesArea km²PopulationPopulation density
per km²
HDI (2010)Capital
 China9,596,9611,339,724,8521380.663Beijing
 Hong Kong1,1047,061,2006,3900.862Hong Kong
 Japan377,930127,950,0003370.884Tokyo
 Macau30556,80018,662No DataMacau
 Mongolia1,564,1002,809,60020.622Ulaanbaatar
 North Korea120,53824,346,000198No DataPyongyang
 South Korea99,82848,988,8335000.877Seoul
 Republic of China (Taiwan)36,18823,174,5286390.868Taipei

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