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Asia

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Asia is a continent. It contains 47 countries and 5 regions, with a total land area of 31,070,677 km² and a population of 4,730,333,984 people.

Key facts

  • number of countries: 47
  • number of regions: 5
  • population: 4,730,333,984 people
  • land area: 31,070,677 km²
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Extract data

Download datasets about Asia:

dataset Dataset of cities in Asia:

dataset Dataset of countries in Asia:

dataset Dataset of regions in Asia:

Asia is one of the 5 continents in our database.

Visualize data

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Evolution of historical methane emissions in Asia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Asia

Evolution of historical expense in Asia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Asia

Map of the density of countries in Asia

Map of the distribution of cities in Asia by population

Correlation of access to electricity and fertility rate by countries yearly in Asia

Correlation of methane emissions and rural population by countries yearly in Asia

Correlation of urban population and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Asia

Correlation of nitrous oxide emissions and urban land area by countries yearly in Asia

In literature

There are 1,160 books written about Asia in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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