List of participating nations at the Asian Games

This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Asian Games.

List of nations

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51   In the table headings, indicates the Games year
Participated in the specified Games
H Host nation for the specified Games

Asian Games

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Nation Code 51 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22
  Afghanistan AFG
  Bahrain BRN
  Bangladesh BAN
  Bhutan BHU
  Brunei BRU
  Cambodia CAM
  China CHN H H H
  Chinese Taipei TPE
  East Timor TLS
  Hong Kong HKG
  India IND H H
  Indonesia INA H H
  Iran IRI H
  Iraq IRQ
  Israel ISR
  Japan JPN H H
  Jordan JOR
  Kazakhstan KAZ
  Kuwait KUW
  Kyrgyzstan KGZ
  Laos LAO
  Lebanon LBN
  Macau MAC
  Malaysia MAS
  North Borneo NBO
  Sarawak SWK
  Maldives MDV
  Mongolia MGL
  Myanmar MYA
  Nepal NEP
  North Korea PRK
  Oman OMA
  Pakistan PAK
  Palestine PLE
  Philippines PHI H
  Qatar QAT H
  Saudi Arabia KSA
  Singapore SGP
  South Korea KOR H H H
  Sri Lanka SRI
  Syria SYR
  Tajikistan TJK
  Thailand THA H H H H
  Turkmenistan TKM
  United Arab Emirates UAE
  Uzbekistan UZB
  Vietnam VIE
  Yemen YEM
  North Yemen YAR
  South Yemen YMD
  Independent Athletes OCA
  Korea COR
Total 11 18 20 17 18 18 25 25 33 27 36 42 41 44 45 45 45 46 46
References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Asian Winter Games

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Nation Code 86 90 96 99 03 07 11 17
  Afghanistan AFG
  Australia AUS
  Bahrain BRN
  China CHN H H
  Chinese Taipei TPE
  East Timor TLS
  Hong Kong HKG
  India IND
  Indonesia INA
  Iran IRI
  Japan JPN H H H H
  Jordan JOR
  Kazakhstan KAZ H
  Kuwait KUW
  Kyrgyzstan KGZ
  Lebanon LBN
  Macau MAC
  Malaysia MAS
  Mongolia MGL
  Nepal NEP
  New Zealand NZL
  North Korea PRK
  Pakistan PAK
  Palestine PLE
  Philippines PHI
  Qatar QAT
  Singapore SGP
  South Korea KOR H
  Sri Lanka SRI
  Tajikistan TJK
  Thailand THA
  Turkmenistan TKM
  United Arab Emirates UAE
  Uzbekistan UZB
  Vietnam VIE
Total 7 9 15 14 17 25 26 32
References [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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Nation Code 05 07 09 09 13 17
  Afghanistan AFG
  American Samoa ASA
  Australia AUS
  Bahrain BRN
  Bangladesh BAN
  Bhutan BHU
  Brunei BRU
  Cambodia CAM
  China CHN
  Chinese Taipei TPE
  Cook Islands COK
  East Timor TLS
  Federated States of Micronesia FSM
  Fiji FIJ
  Guam GUM
  Hong Kong HKG
  India IND
  Indonesia INA
  Iran IRI
  Iraq IRQ
  Japan JPN
  Jordan JOR
  Kazakhstan KAZ
  Kiribati KIR
  Kuwait KUW
  Kyrgyzstan KGZ
  Laos LAO
  Lebanon LBN
  Macau MAC H
  Malaysia MAS
  Maldives MDV
  Marshall Islands MHL
  Mongolia MGL
  Myanmar MYA
  Nauru NRU
  Nepal NEP
  New Caledonia NCL
  North Korea PRK
  Oman OMA
  Pakistan PAK
  Palau PLW
  Palestine PLE
  Papua New Guinea PNG
  Philippines PHI
  Qatar QAT
  Samoa SAM
  Saudi Arabia KSA
  Singapore SGP
  Solomon Islands SOL
  South Korea KOR H
  Sri Lanka SRI
  Syria SYR
  Tahiti TAH
  Tajikistan TJK
  Thailand THA H H
  Tonga TGA
  Turkmenistan TKM H
  Tuvalu TUV
  United Arab Emirates UAE
  Uzbekistan UZB
  Vanuatu VAN
  Vietnam VIE H
  Yemen YEM
  Refugee Team ART
Total 37 44 37 42 43 64
References [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

Asian Beach Games

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Nation Code 08 10 12 14 16
  Afghanistan AFG
  Bahrain BRN
  Bangladesh BAN
  Bhutan BHU
  Brunei BRU
  Cambodia CAM
  China CHN H
  Chinese Taipei TPE
  East Timor TLS
  Hong Kong HKG
  India IND
  Indonesia INA H
  Iran IRI
  Iraq IRQ
  Japan JPN
  Jordan JOR
  Kazakhstan KAZ
  Kuwait KUW
  Kyrgyzstan KGZ
  Laos LAO
  Lebanon LBN
  Macau MAC
  Malaysia MAS
  Maldives MDV
  Mongolia MGL
  Myanmar MYA
  Nepal NEP
  North Korea PRK
  Oman OMA H
  Pakistan PAK
  Palestine PLE
  Philippines PHI
  Qatar QAT
  Saudi Arabia KSA
  Singapore SGP
  South Korea KOR
  Sri Lanka SRI
  Syria SYR
  Tajikistan TJK
  Thailand THA H
  Turkmenistan TKM
  United Arab Emirates UAE
  Uzbekistan UZB
  Vietnam VIE H
  Yemen YEM
Total 41 43 43 42 41
References [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

Asian Youth Games

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Nation Code 09 13
  Afghanistan AFG
  Bahrain BRN
  Bangladesh BAN
  Bhutan BHU
  Brunei BRU
  Cambodia CAM
  China CHN H
  Chinese Taipei TPE
  East Timor TLS
  Hong Kong HKG
  India IND
  Indonesia INA
  Iran IRI
  Iraq IRQ
  Japan JPN
  Jordan JOR
  Kazakhstan KAZ
  Kuwait KUW
  Kyrgyzstan KGZ
  Laos LAO
  Lebanon LBN
  Macau MAC
  Malaysia MAS
  Maldives MDV
  Mongolia MGL
  Myanmar MYA
  Nepal NEP
  North Korea PRK
  Oman OMA
  Pakistan PAK
  Palestine PLE
  Philippines PHI
  Qatar QAT
  Saudi Arabia KSA
  Singapore SGP H
  South Korea KOR
  Sri Lanka SRI
  Syria SYR
  Tajikistan TJK
  Thailand THA
  Turkmenistan TKM
  United Arab Emirates UAE
  Uzbekistan UZB
  Vietnam VIE
  Yemen YEM
Total 43 45
References [38] [39]

Notes

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  • CAM: Cambodia was known as Khmer Republic (KHM) between 1970 and 1974.
  • COR: A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea" in some sports at the 2018 Asian Games.
  • IND: Athletes from India competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (AOI) at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Asian Youth Games due to the suspension of the country's Olympic Committee. The Olympic flag was used in medal ceremonies.
  • ISR: Israel was excluded from the Olympic Council of Asia in 1981 for political reasons and could no longer participate.
  • KUW: Athletes from Kuwait competed as Athletes from Kuwait (IOC) at the 2010 Asian Games, 2010 Asian Beach Games and 2011 Asian Winter Games and as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) at the 2012 and 2016 Asian Beach Games, 2017 Asian Winter Games and 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games due to the suspension of the country's Olympic Committee. The Olympic flag was used in medal ceremonies.
  • MAS: Athletes from Malaya (MAL) and North Borneo (NBO) competed as independent teams at the 1954, 1958 and 1962 Games. and Sarawak (SWK) also competed at the 1962 Games, prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.
  • MYA: Myanmar was known as Burma (BIR) between 1951 and 1982.
  • OCA: Independent Athletes competed at the 2022 Asian Games as neutrals under the Olympic Council of Asia flag, consist of the Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team whose federation was suspended by the World Rugby.
  • SRI: Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon (CEY) between 1951 and 1970.
  • TPE: Chinese Taipei was known as Republic of China (ROC) between 1954 and 1970.
  • VIE: Vietnam first competed in the Asian Games in 1954 as State of Vietnam, after the Partition of Vietnam only South Vietnam (VNM) as the Republic of Vietnam competed from 1958 to 1974. Then after the reunification of Vietnam, they have competed under the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1982 onwards.
  • YEM: Prior to Yemenite unification in 1990, North Yemen participated as the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in 1982 and 1986 and South Yemen participated as the Yemen Democratic Republic (YMD) in the 1982 Games.

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