Asian Countries: Complete List with ISO 3166 Codes

Asia is the largest and most populous continent, home to over 4.5 billion people across 49 sovereign states and several dependent territories. This reference lists every Asian country and territory recognized in ISO 3166, organized by UN M49 subregion.

Quick Access with Code


import { geography } from '@koshmoney/countries/geography';
import { country } from '@koshmoney/countries';
 
const asianCodes = geography.getCountriesByContinent('Asia');
// ['AE', 'AF', 'AM', 'AZ', 'BD', 'BH', 'BN', 'BT', 'CN', ...]
 
const asianCountries = asianCodes.map((code) => country.whereAlpha2(code));
console.log(asianCountries.length); // 51 (including territories)

Central Asia

Country	Alpha-2	Alpha-3	Numeric
Kazakhstan	KZ	KAZ	398
Kyrgyzstan	KG	KGZ	417
Tajikistan	TJ	TJK	762
Turkmenistan	TM	TKM	795
Uzbekistan	UZ	UZB	860

The five Central Asian republics, all former Soviet states, share similar ISO code patterns. Kazakhstan (KZ) is the largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world by land area.

Eastern Asia

Country	Alpha-2	Alpha-3	Numeric
China	CN	CHN	156
Hong Kong	HK	HKG	344
Japan	JP	JPN	392
Macau	MO	MAC	446
Mongolia	MN	MNG	496
North Korea	KP	PRK	408
South Korea	KR	KOR	410
Taiwan	TW	TWN	158

[!NOTE] Hong Kong (HK) and Macau (MO) have their own ISO 3166 codes despite being Special Administrative Regions of China. This is important for address validation, shipping, and payment processing — treat them as separate entries in forms and APIs.


import { geography } from '@koshmoney/countries/geography';
 
geography.getCountriesByRegion('Eastern Asia');
// ['CN', 'HK', 'JP', 'KP', 'KR', 'MN', 'MO', 'TW']

South-eastern Asia

Country	Alpha-2	Alpha-3	Numeric
Brunei Darussalam	BN	BRN	096
Cambodia	KH	KHM	116
East Timor	TL	TLS	626
Indonesia	ID	IDN	360
Laos	LA	LAO	418
Malaysia	MY	MYS	458
Myanmar	MM	MMR	104
Philippines	PH	PHL	608
Singapore	SG	SGP	702
Thailand	TH	THA	764
Viet Nam	VN	VNM	704

South-eastern Asia includes the ASEAN member states plus East Timor. Indonesia (ID) is the world’s fourth most populous country and the largest archipelagic state.

Southern Asia

Country	Alpha-2	Alpha-3	Numeric
Afghanistan	AF	AFG	004
Bangladesh	BD	BGD	050
Bhutan	BT	BTN	064
British Indian Ocean Territory	IO	IOT	086
India	IN	IND	356
Iran	IR	IRN	364
Maldives	MV	MDV	462
Nepal	NP	NPL	524
Pakistan	PK	PAK	586
Sri Lanka	LK	LKA	144

India (IN) is the world’s most populous country. The subcontinent region uses diverse postal code systems — India uses 6-digit PIN Codes while Pakistan uses 5-digit postal codes.


import { postalCode } from '@koshmoney/countries';
 
postalCode.getName('IN'); // 'PIN Code'
postalCode.getName('PK'); // 'Postal code'
postalCode.isValid('IN', '110001'); // true
postalCode.isValid('PK', '44000');  // true

Western Asia

Country	Alpha-2	Alpha-3	Numeric
Armenia	AM	ARM	051
Azerbaijan	AZ	AZE	031
Bahrain	BH	BHR	048
Cyprus	CY	CYP	196
Georgia	GE	GEO	268
Iraq	IQ	IRQ	368
Israel	IL	ISR	376
Jordan	JO	JOR	400
Kuwait	KW	KWT	414
Lebanon	LB	LBN	422
Oman	OM	OMN	512
Palestine	PS	PSE	275
Qatar	QA	QAT	634
Saudi Arabia	SA	SAU	682
Syria	SY	SYR	760
Turkey	TR	TUR	792
United Arab Emirates	AE	ARE	784
Yemen	YE	YEM	887

Western Asia is the largest subregion with 18 entries. Note that Cyprus (CY) is geographically in Western Asia per the UN classification but is politically part of the European Union — the membership module handles this distinction:


import { geography } from '@koshmoney/countries/geography';
import { membership } from '@koshmoney/countries/membership';
 
geography.getContinent('CY'); // 'Asia' (geographic)
membership.isEU('CY');       // true  (political)

Working with Asian Country Data

Get currencies for Asian countries


import { geography } from '@koshmoney/countries/geography';
import { currency } from '@koshmoney/countries/currency';
import { country } from '@koshmoney/countries';
 
const asianCodes = geography.getCountriesByContinent('Asia');
 
const currencies = asianCodes
  .map((code) => ({
    country: country.toName(code),
    ...currency.getCurrency(code),
  }))
  .filter((c) => c.code);
// [{ country: 'Afghanistan', code: 'AFN', symbol: '؋', name: 'Afghan Afghani' }, ...]

Get dial codes for Asian countries


import { geography } from '@koshmoney/countries/geography';
import { dialCode } from '@koshmoney/countries/dialCode';
import { country } from '@koshmoney/countries';
 
const asianCodes = geography.getCountriesByContinent('Asia');
 
const phoneCodes = asianCodes
  .map((code) => ({
    country: country.toName(code),
    code,
    dialCode: dialCode.getDialCode(code),
  }))
  .filter((c) => c.dialCode);
// [{ country: 'United Arab Emirates', code: 'AE', dialCode: '+971' }, ...]

Filter by region


import { geography } from '@koshmoney/countries/geography';
 
// Get only ASEAN-region countries
const southeastAsia = geography.getCountriesByRegion('South-eastern Asia');
// ['BN', 'ID', 'KH', 'LA', 'MM', 'MY', 'PH', 'SG', 'TH', 'TL', 'VN']
 
// Get Middle East / Gulf countries
const westernAsia = geography.getCountriesByRegion('Western Asia');
// ['AE', 'AM', 'AZ', 'BH', 'CY', 'GE', 'IL', 'IQ', 'JO', 'KW', 'LB', 'OM', 'PS', 'QA', 'SA', 'SY', 'TR', 'YE']

Summary

Asia has 51 entries in the ISO 3166 standard across 5 UN M49 subregions. The diversity of the continent is reflected in the variety of postal code systems, currencies, and dial codes — all accessible through the @koshmoney/countries library.

Geography API — Continent and region lookups
European Countries List — All European country codes
African Countries List — All African country codes
South American Countries List — South American country codes