East Asia

Geographic East 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.

These are the countries in East Asia:

• People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau and excluding Tibet which is part of the Indian sub-continent of South Asia)
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Japan
• Mongolia
• Republic of China (Taiwan)

Population

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

Country	Area km²	Population	Population density per km²	HDI (2010)	Capital
China (PRC)	9,596,961	1,339,724,852	138	0.663	Beijing
Hong Kong, China	1,104	7,061,200	6,390	0.862	Hong Kong
Japan	377,930	127,950,000	337	0.884	Tokyo
Macau Macau, China	30	556,800	18,662	No Data	Macau
Template:MGL, Mongolia	1,564,100	2,809,600	2	0.622	Ulaanbaatar
North Korea North Korea	120,538	24,346,000	198	No Data	Pyongyang
South Korea South Korea	99,828	48,988,833	500	0.877	Seoul
Taiwan (ROC)	36,188	23,174,528	639	0.868	Taipei

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Category:East Asia

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