Subregion · part of Asia
Western Asia
Country-by-country guide to Western Asia: capitals, flags, borders, area, and population for every nation in this UN subregion of Asia.
17 countries
301,836,418 people
4,821,980 km² total land area
Western Asia covers the Middle East and the Caucasus, from the Levant to the Persian Gulf and the Anatolian plateau. Its political and religious geography has shaped world history for thousands of years.
Use this page as an entry point into the subregion. Skim the table below for an at-a-glance comparison, then click any country to read the full editorial profile — capital, flag, official languages, currencies, bordering states, an embedded OpenStreetMap viewport, and links to high-resolution map services.
| 3,076,200 | |
| 10,241,722 | |
| 1,594,654 | |
| 4,000,921 | |
| 46,118,793 | |
| 10,134,800 | |
| 11,734,000 | |
| 4,881,254 | |
| 5,490,000 | |
| 5,343,630 | |
| 5,483,450 | |
| 3,173,024 | |
| 35,300,280 | |
| 25,620,000 | |
| 85,664,944 | |
| 11,294,243 | |
| 32,684,503 |
