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).

## Contents

* 1 Definition
* 2 Component areas
* 2.1 Asia
* 2.1.1 East Asia
* 2.1.2 North Asia
* 2.1.3 South Asia
* 2.1.4 Southeast Asia
* 2.2 Oceania
* 2.2.1 Australasia
* 2.2.2 Melanesia
* 2.2.3 Micronesia
* 2.2.4 Polynesia
* 3 List of inhabited countries and territories
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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 )
* Template:Country data Baker Island
* Template:Country data Howland Island
* Template:Country data Jarvis Island
* Template:Country data Johnston Atoll
* Template:Country data Kingman Reef
* Template:Country data Midway Atoll
* Template:Country data Palmyra Atoll
* 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

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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

## See also

* Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
* Asia Pacific Forum
* Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
* Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
* Asia Society
* Asian Century
* East Asia Summit
* Eastern world
* East–West dichotomy
* Far East
* Free and Open Indo-Pacific
* Geography of Asia
* Indo-Pacific
* List of country groupings
* Oceania
* Orient
* Pacific Century
* Pacific coast
* Russian Far East
* Siberia
* South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
* Valeriepieris circle

## References

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
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.

## External links

* APEC official website
* The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
* Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN)
* BBC Asia-Pacific

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