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Asia is the largest of all continents with an an area of approximately 44,231,032 sq km or about 33% of the world's total land surface. It occupies the greater part of the Eurasian landmass; the border between Europe and Asia is usually drawn along the Ural Mountains in Russia, and through the Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea. Asia and Africa are separated along the Suez Canal, and the boundary between Asia and Australasia is usually placed between the island of New Guinea and Australia. Asia has by far the largest population of all continents, estimated at around 4 billion, or more than 60% of the world's total population.
The nations of Asia are usually grouped into five main geographical and political-cultural subdivisions:
1. Southwest Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, plus Asian Turkey and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
2. South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
3. East Asia: most of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
4. Southeast Asia: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
5. Central and North Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, plus Asian Russia (Siberia) and three of the five autonomous regions of China (Inner Mongolia, Sinkiang-Uighur and Tibet).
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