The word Asia entered English, via latin from Ancient Greek.This name is first attested in Herodotus (about 440 Bc).There are 48 independant countries in Asia according to United Nation.Asia is a home to around 2300 languages.They are spoken by 4.46 billion peoples. The most populated country in Asia is China with 1.3 billion population.We just talk about top 4 populated countries in Asia are China(1.37B)India,Indonesia and pakistan (191.78million) The capital city and state of Asia is Beijing(China).The oldest country in Asia is Japan.Asia cover an area of 44.58million km (square) about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the earth's total surface area.The wealthiest country in Asia with per_capita GDP of 107,690$. In top 13 poorest country in Asia...the top one in 2020 by GDP per_capita is Afghanistan 508.80$.The last independent country in Asia is Kyrgyzstan in 31August1991 got independence frome "Soviet Union". Asia is bounded by 3 oceans. The "pacific ocean" to the east, The "Artic ocean" to the north, The "indian ocean" to the south.The pacific ocean is the largest ocean covering approximately 63million square miles.All of the world's continents could fit in pacific basin.Nepal which comes at the top of beautiful country in Asia. Marine beach is the longest beach in Asia and second longest beach in the world. There are 50 Islamic countries is Asia where is mulsim population is over 90%.The largest muslim population in a country is in Indonesia(12.7%) of the world's Muslims followed by Pakistan(11.1%).The second largest religious in Asia is Islam(24.3%) population. Asia is the birth place of all the world's major religious(60%) of the world's population lives in Asia.
By Ali Sattar☆