Asia-Pacific

Short description: Geographical and geopolitical region in Asia and Oceania

A map of the Asia-Pacific areas taking into account its most generally included regions

Asia-Pacific (APAC^[1]) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depending on the context, but it often includes countries in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania that border the Pacific Ocean. South Asia, Mongolia, Myanmar, and the Russian Far East are generally included in a wider Asia-Pacific region (also known as Indo-Pacific).

Definition

The term may include countries in North America and South America that are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada , Chile , Mexico, Peru, and the United States . Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia except Central Asia and Western Asia, as well as Oceania—for example, when dividing the world into large regions for commercial purposes (e.g., into APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and NA).^[2] Central Asia and Western Asia are almost never included.^[3]

On the whole, there is no clear-cut definition of "Asia-Pacific", and the regions included change depending on the context. The term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce, finance, and politics. Despite the heterogeneity of the regions' economies, most individual nations within the zone are emerging markets experiencing rapid growth (compare the acronym APEJ, "Asia-Pacific excluding Japan").^[4]

Component areas

The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:

Asia

East Asia

China
- Hong Kong
- Macao
Japan
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan

North Asia

Russian Far East (Russia )

South Asia

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom )
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam

Oceania

Australasia

Australia
- Template:Country data Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Christmas Island
- Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Template:Country data Coral Sea Islands
- Template:Country data Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Norfolk Island
New Zealand

Melanesia

Fiji
- Template:Country data Rotuma
New Caledonia (France )
Papua New Guinea
- Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu

Micronesia

Guam (United States )
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands (United States )
Palau
Template:Country data Wake Island (United States )

Polynesia

American Samoa (United States )
Template:Country data Clipperton Island (France )
Cook Islands
Easter Island (Chile )
- Salas and Gómez Island
French Polynesia (France )
Hawaii (United States )
Niue
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom )
Samoa
Tokelau (New Zealand)
Tonga
Tuvalu
Template:Country data United States Minor Outlying Islands (United States )
Wallis and Futuna (France )

List of inhabited countries and territories

Country / Territory	Area (km²)	Population	Pop. density (/km²)	GDP millions of USD (2018)	GDP per capita USD (2017)^[5]	Capital
Afghanistan	652,230	38,042,000	58.3	19,900	577	Kabul
American Samoa	199	55,689	259	711	11,398.8	Pago Pago
Australia	7,692,024	25,553,000	2.8	1,500,000	59,655	Canberra
Bangladesh	147,570	156,594,962	1,033.5	287,630	1,359	Dhaka
Bhutan	38,394	742,737	18.0	6,384	2,804	Thimphu
British Indian Ocean Territory	54,400	3,000	58.3	–	–	Camp Thunder Cove
Brunei	5,765	415,717	67.3	17,426	26,939	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	181,035	15,205,539	81.8	16,899	1,270	Phnom Penh
China	9,596,961	1,357,380,000	145	10,355,350	8,123	Beijing
Christmas Island	135	1,843	10.39	–	–	Flying Fish Cove
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	544	43	–	–	West Island
Cook Islands	236.7	17,379	42	311	15,002.5	Avarua
Fiji	18,274	909,389	46.4	8,330	5,153	Suva
French Polynesia	4,167	275,918	78	5,623	20,098	Papeete
Guam	540	162,742	775	5,793	35,664.5	Hagåtña
Hong Kong	1,104	7,234,800	6,544	292,677	43,681	Hong Kong
India	3,287,263	1,324,171,354	398.8	2,716,746	1,939	New Delhi
Indonesia	1,904,569	252,164,800	124.66	856,066	3,570	Jakarta
Japan	377,944	126,434,964	337	4,769,804	38,894	Tokyo
Kiribati	811	110,136	152	187	1,625.3	Tarawa
Laos	236,800	6,320,000	27	11,707	2,353	Vientiane
Macao	29	541,200	18,662	36,428	73,187	Macau
Malaysia	329,847	30,185,787	90	336,913	9,503	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	298	341,356	1,102.5	4,920	8,602	Malé
Marshall Islands	181.43	53,066	293	220	3,621.2	Majuro
Micronesia	702	104,937	158.1	383	3,058.4	Palikir
Mongolia	1,564,116	3,369,768	2	11,725	3,686	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	676,578	50,496,000	74	65,291	1,275	Naypyidaw
Nauru	21	11,200	480	114	9,030.1	Yaren
Nepal	147,181	26,494,504	180	62,384	730	Kathmandu
New Caledonia	18,576	278,500	14.5	9,894	12,579.6	Nouméa
New Zealand	268,021	4,853,496	16	201,028	39,427	Wellington
Niue	261.46	1,624	5.35	10	5,800	Alofi
Norfolk Island	34.6	1,748	61.9	–	–	Kingston
North Korea	120,540	24,895,000	198	27,820	583	Pyongyang
Northern Mariana Islands	464	55,144	113	1,242	28,163.8	Saipan
Pakistan	881,913	226,174,380	234.4	312,570	1,468	Islamabad
Palau	459	21,503	46.7	312	17,317.9	Ngerulmud
Papua New Guinea	462,840	6,732,000	15	16,096	2,183	Port Moresby
Philippines	343,448	Template:Data Philippines	307	289,686	2,951	Manila
Pitcairn Islands	47	50	45	–	–	Adamstown
Russia	17,098,246	147,003,104	8.4	1,630,659	11,288.9	Moscow
Samoa	2,842	195,843	68	861	4,392.5	Apia
Singapore	710	5,183,700	7,023	307,085	52,961	Singapore
Solomon Islands	28,400	599,419	18.1	1,424	2,162.7	Honiara
South Korea	100,210	51,302,044	500	1,699,000	27,539	Seoul
Sri Lanka	65,610	20,277,597	323	233,637	3,835	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Taiwan	36,191	23,119,772	639	505,452	31,900	Taipei
Thailand	513,120	67,764,000	132	380,491	5,908	Bangkok
Timor-Leste	14,874	1,171,000	76	4,510	1,162	Dili
Tokelau	10	1,499	115	10	6,275	(none)
Tonga	748	100,651	139	470	4,364	Nukuʻalofa
Tuvalu	26	11,192	475.88	45	3,700.7	Funafuti
Vanuatu	12,189	272,459	19.7	957	3,033.4	Port Vila
Vietnam	331,210	88,069,000	265	187,848	2,186	Hanoi
Wallis and Futuna	142.42	11,558	83.55	188	12,640	Mata Utu

References

↑ "Digital creativity and innovation lacking in kids in APAC: report". May 10, 2019. https://govinsider.asia/connected-gov/digital-creativity-and-innovation-lacking-in-kids-in-apac-report/.
↑ Countries by region
↑ Member Economies – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
↑ See for examplePan, Hui, ed (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter (Information Gatekeepers Inc) 2 (10): 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAb52_IQIIMC. Retrieved 2011-12-15. "APEJ (Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan) and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) will grow their combined share of this figure from 17 percent to 22 percent during the same period, as North America's share adjusts from 53 percent to 46 percent.".
↑ "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data" (in en-us). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD.

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[1] "Digital creativity and innovation lacking in kids in APAC: report". May 10, 2019. https://govinsider.asia/connected-gov/digital-creativity-and-innovation-lacking-in-kids-in-apac-report/.

[2] Countries by region

[apec.org-3] Member Economies – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

[4] See for examplePan, Hui, ed (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter (Information Gatekeepers Inc) 2 (10): 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAb52_IQIIMC. Retrieved 2011-12-15. "APEJ (Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan) and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) will grow their combined share of this figure from 17 percent to 22 percent during the same period, as North America's share adjusts from 53 percent to 46 percent.".

[5] "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data" (in en-us). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD.

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