Asia-Pacific

Map showing the general definition of Asia-Pacific. Dark green refers to the core Asia-Pacific countries, while light green refers to regions that may be included.

The Asia-Pacific (APAC^[1]) is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Australia, and Oceania.

Definition[]

The term may include parts of Russia (on the North Pacific) and countries in the Americas which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru and the United States. Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia and Australasia as well as Pacific island nations (Asia-Pacific and Australian continent)—for example, when dividing the world into large regions for commercial purposes (e.g., into the Americas/LAC, EMEA and Asia-Pacific).^[2] Western and Central Asia are almost never included.

On the whole, there is no clear-cut definition of "Asia-Pacific", and the regions included change depending on the context. The term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce, finance, and politics. Despite the heterogeneity of the regions' economies, most individual nations within the zone are emerging markets experiencing rapid growth (compare the acronym APEJ, "Asia-Pacific excluding Japan").^[3]

Component areas[]

The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:

Asia[]

East Asia

China
Hong Kong (China)
Japan
Macau (China)
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan

North Asia

Russia

South Asia

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Brunei
Cambodia
Christmas Island (Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam

Oceania[]

Australasia

Australia
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
New Zealand (also part of Polynesia)

Melanesia

Fiji
New Caledonia (France)
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu

Micronesia

Guam (United States)
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
Palau
Wake Island (United States)

Polynesia

American Samoa (United States)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Easter Island (Chile)
French Polynesia (France)
Hawaii (United States)
Niue (New Zealand)
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
Salas y Gómez Island (Chile)
Samoa
Tokelau (New Zealand)
Tonga
Tuvalu
Wallis and Futuna (France)

Main countries and territories data[]

Country / Territory	Area (km²)	Population	Pop. density (/km²)	GDP millions of USD (2018)	GDP per capita USD (2017)^[4]	Capital
Afghanistan	652,230	38,042,000	58.3	19,900	577	Kabul
American Samoa	199	55,689	259	711	11,398.8	Pago Pago
Australia	7,692,024	25,553,000	2.8	1,500,000	59,655	Canberra
Bangladesh	147,570	156,594,962	1,033.5	287,630	1,359	Dhaka
Bhutan	38,394	742,737	18.0	6,384	2,804	Thimphu
British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400	3,000	58.3	-	-	Camp Justice
Brunei	5,765	415,717	67.3	17,426	26,939	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	181,035	15,205,539	81.8	16,899	1,270	Phnom Penh
China	9,596,961	1,357,380,000	145	10,355,350	8,123	Beijing
Christmas Island	135	1,843	10.39	-	-	Flying Fish Cove
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	544	43	-	-	West Island
Cook Islands	236.7	17,379	42	311	15,002.5	Avarua
Federated States of Micronesia	702	104,937	158.1	383	3,058.4	Palikir
Fiji	18,274	909,389	46.4	8,330	5,153	Suva
French Polynesia	4,167	275,918	78	5,623	20,098	Papeete
Guam	540	162,742	775	5,793	35,664.5	Hagåtña
Hong Kong	1,104	7,234,800	6,544	292,677	43,681	Hong Kong
India	3,287,263	1,324,171,354	398.8	2,716,746	1,939	New Delhi
Indonesia	1,904,569	252,164,800	124.66	856,066	3,570	Jakarta
Japan	377,944	126,434,964	337	4,769,804	38,894	Tokyo
Kiribati	811	110,136	152	187	1,625.3	Tarawa
Laos	236,800	6,320,000	27	11,707	2,353	Vientiane
Macau	29	541,200	18,662	36,428	73,187	Macau
Malaysia	329,847	30,185,787	90	336,913	9,503	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	298	341,356	1,102.5	4,920	8,602	Malé
Marshall Islands	181.43	53,066	293	220	3,621.2	Majuro
Mongolia	1,564,116	2,736,800	2	11,725	3,686	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	676,578	50,496,000	74	65,291	1,275	Naypyidaw
Nauru	21	11,200	480	114	9,030.1	Yaren
Nepal	147,181	26,494,504	180	62,384	730	Kathmandu
New Caledonia	18,576	278,500	14.5	9,894	12,579.6	Nouméa
New Zealand	268,021	4,853,496	16	201,028	39,427	Wellington
Niue	261.46	1,624	5.35	10	5,800	Alofi
Norfolk Island	34.6	1,748	61.9	-	-	Kingston
North Korea	120,540	24,895,000	198	27,820	583	Pyongyang
Northern Mariana Islands	464	55,144	113	1,242	28,163.8	Saipan
Pakistan	881,913	226,174,380	234.4	312,570	1,468	Islamabad
Palau	459	21,503	46.7	312	17,317.9	Ngerulmud
Papua New Guinea	462,840	6,732,000	15	16,096	2,183	Port Moresby
Philippines	343,448	110,815,000	307	289,686	2,951	Manila
Pitcairn Islands	47	50	45	-	-	Adamstown
Russia	17,098,246	147,003,104	8.4	1,630,659	11,288.9	Moscow
Samoa	2,842	195,843	68	861	4,392.5	Apia
Singapore	710	5,183,700	7,023	307,085	52,961	Singapore
Solomon Islands	28,400	599,419	18.1	1,424	2,162.7	Honiara
South Korea	100,210	51,302,044	500	1,699,000	27,539	Seoul
Sri Lanka	65,610	20,277,597	323	233,637	3,835	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Taiwan	36,191	23,119,772	639	505,452	31,900	Taipei
Thailand	513,120	67,764,000	132	380,491	5,908	Bangkok
Timor-Leste	14,874	1,171,000	76	4,510	1,162	Dili
Tokelau	10	1,499	115	10	6,275	None
Tonga	748	100,651	139	470	4,364	Nukuʻalofa
Tuvalu	26	11,192	475.88	45	3,700.7	Funafuti
Vanuatu	12,189	272,459	19.7	957	3,033.4	Port Vila
Vietnam	331,210	88,069,000	265	187,848	2,186	Hanoi
Wallis and Futuna	142.42	11,558	83.55	188	12,640	Mata Utu

References[]

^ "Digital creativity and innovation lacking in kids in APAC: report – The regional UNESCO report includes recommendations for education policymakers"
^ Member Economies - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
^ See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2 (10): 3. Retrieved 2011-12-15. APEJ (Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan) and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) will grow their combined share of this figure from 17 percent to 22 percent during the same period, as North America's share adjusts from 53 percent to 46 percent.
^ "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

External links[]

[1] "Digital creativity and innovation lacking in kids in APAC: report – The regional UNESCO report includes recommendations for education policymakers"

[apec.org-2] Member Economies - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

[3] See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2 (10): 3. Retrieved 2011-12-15. APEJ (Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan) and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) will grow their combined share of this figure from 17 percent to 22 percent during the same period, as North America's share adjusts from 53 percent to 46 percent.

[4] "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

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Central (The 'stans)	Roof of the World Greater Middle East Aral Sea Aralkum Desert Caspian Sea Dead Sea Sea of Galilee Tartary Transoxiana Turan Greater Khorasan Ariana Arachosia Khwarazm Sistan Kazakhstania Kazakh Steppe Betpak-Dala Eurasian Steppe Kazakh Steppe Mongolian–Manchurian grassland Iranian Plateau Altai Mountains Pamir Mountains Tian Shan Badakhshan Wakhan Corridor Wakhjir Pass Mount Imeon Mongolian Plateau Western Regions Taklamakan Desert Karakoram Trans-Karakoram Tract Siachen Glacier Tibetan Plateau
East (Northeast)	Orient Japanese archipelago Northeastern Japan Arc Sakhalin Island Arc Korea Gobi Desert Taklamakan Desert Greater Khingan Mongolian Plateau Inner Asia Inner Mongolia Outer Mongolia China proper Manchuria Outer Manchuria Inner Manchuria Northeast China Plain Mongolian–Manchurian grassland North China Plain Yan Mountains Liaodong Peninsula High-mountain Asia Himalayas Tibetan Plateau Karakoram Kunlun Mountains Qilian Mountains Hengduan Mountains Tarim Basin Qinling Mountains Sichuan Basin Northern Silk Road Hexi Corridor Nanzhong Lingnan Liangguang Jiangnan Jianghuai Guanzhong Huizhou Wu Jiaozhou Zhongyuan Shaannan Ordos Loop Loess Plateau Shaanbei Hamgyong Mountains Central Mountain Range Japanese Alps Suzuka Mountains Leizhou Peninsula Gulf of Tonkin Yangtze Yangtze Delta Yellow River Pearl River Delta Yenisey Basin Altai Mountains Wakhan Corridor Wakhjir Pass Far East Ring of Fire Asia-Pacific Tropical Asia
North (Siberia)	Arctic Arctic Circle Inner Asia Northeast Ural Ural Mountains Far East Russian Far East Okhotsk–Manchurian taiga Beringia Chukchi Peninsula Kamchatka Peninsula Extreme North Tartary Siberia Baikalia (Lake Baikal) Baraba steppe Khatanga Gulf Transbaikal West Amur Basin Yenisey Gulf Yenisey Basin Sikhote-Alin Kolyma Bering Strait Ring of Fire Outer Manchuria Asia-Pacific
Southeast (Nanyang)	Orient Sundaland Mainland Indochina Northern Triangle temperate forests Maritime Peninsular Malaysia Sunda Islands Greater Sunda Islands Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesian Archipelago Wallacea Timor Philippine Archipelago Luzon Visayas Mindanao Leyte Gulf Gulf of Thailand East Indies Nanyang Alpide belt Far East Ring of Fire Asia-Pacific Tropical Asia
South (Indian subcontinent)	Orient Greater India Indian subcontinent Himalayas Hindu Kush Bactria Carnatic region Tamilakam Western Ghats Eastern Ghats Ganges Basin Ganges Delta Guzgan Pashtunistan Punjab Balochistan Gedrosia Makran Marathwada Kashmir Kashmir Valley Pir Panjal Range Thar Desert Indus Valley Indus River Delta Indus Valley Desert Indo-Gangetic Plain Eastern Coastal Plains Kalinga Western Coastal Plains Meghalaya subtropical forests MENASA Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Doab Bagar tract Great Rann of Kutch Little Rann of Kutch Deccan Plateau Coromandel Coast Konkan False Divi Point Hindi Belt Ladakh Aksai Chin Gilgit-Baltistan Baltistan Shigar Valley High-mountain Asia Karakoram Saltoro Mountains Siachen Glacier Bengal Bay of Bengal Gulf of Khambhat Gulf of Kutch Halar Gulf of Mannar Trans-Karakoram Tract Wakhan Corridor Wakhjir Pass Lakshadweep Laccadive Islands Aminidivi Paropamisadae Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Islands Nicobar Islands Maldives Alpide belt Asia-Pacific Tropical Asia Tibetan Plateau
West (Middle East)	Greater Middle East MENASA MENA Middle East Red Sea Hanish Islands Caspian Sea Mediterranean Sea Zagros Mountains Elam Persian Gulf Pirate Coast Strait of Hormuz Greater and Lesser Tunbs Al-Faw Peninsula Gulf of Oman Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Aden Balochistan Arabian Peninsula Najd Al-Yamama Hejaz Tihamah Eastern Arabia South Arabia Hadhramaut Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert Al-Sharat Tigris–Euphrates Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Sawad Nineveh Plains Akkad (region) Babylonia Suhum Eastern Mediterranean Mashriq Eber-Nari Kurdistan Levant (Syria region) Palestine region Transjordan Jordan Rift Valley Philistia Golan Heights Hula Valley Galilee Canaan Gilead Syrian Desert Judea Samaria Arabah Aram Aram-Naharaim Negev Phoenicia Retjenu Anti-Lebanon Mountains Bekaa valley Levantine Sea Sinai Peninsula Arabian Desert Fertile Crescent Azerbaijan Hauran Iranian Plateau Dasht-e Kavir Armenian Highlands Caucasus Caucasus Mountains Greater Caucasus Lesser Caucasus North Caucasus South Caucasus Shirvan Kur-Araz Lowland Lankaran Lowland Alborz Absheron Peninsula Kartli Anatolia Taurus Mountains Aeolis Paphlagonia Phasiane Isauria Ionia Bithynia Cilicia Cappadocia Caria Corduene Chaldia Doris Lycaonia Lycia Lydia Galatia Pisidia Pontus Mysia Arzawa Speri Sophene Biga Peninsula Troad Tuwana Alpide belt