Map Of East Asia Countries

China japan and korea represent the three core countries and civilizations of traditional east asia as they once shared a common written language culture as well as sharing confucian philosophical tenets and the confucian societal value system once instituted by imperial china.

Map of east asia countries. Thailand vietnam singapore philippines indonesia malaysia myanmar east timor brunei cambodia and laos. 11 countries make up southeast asia the region is bordered by east asia to the north bay of bengal and south asia to the west the pacific ocean to the east and the indian ocean to the south. Please refer to the nations online project. Southeast asia is bordered to the north by east asia to the west by south asia and the bay of bengal to the east by oceania and the pacific ocean and to the south by australia and the indian ocean.

Since many of the countries are so large it should not be too much trouble to find them on this map quiz game. Map of southeast asia click to see large. East asia or eastern asia the latter form preferred by the united nations is a subregion of asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. You are free to use the above map for educational and similar purposes fair use.

In common usage the term east asia typically refers to a region including greater china japan korea. Geographically and geo politically it covers about 12 000 000 km2 4 600 000 sq mi or about 28 percent of the asian continent about 15 percent bigger than the area of europe. This map shows governmental boundaries of countries in southeast asia. Countries of southeast asia.

It is worth reiterating that these regional borders are as porous as asia s continental borders and some countries can be organized differently. The map shows the countries and main regions of southeast asia with surrounding bodies of water international borders major volcanoes major islands main cities and capitals. In terms of territory asia is the largest region in the world. The countries of southeast asia include brunei cambodia indonesia laos malaysia myanmar or burma the philippines singapore thailand east timor or timor leste and vietnam.

Macao has east asia s smallest population but it is the most densely populated territory on earth. A map showing countries considered to be part of east asia. It is also the most populous with china and india leading the way. China is the most populous country in east asia and the world with more than 1 4 billion people.

Southeast asia or southeastern asia is the southeastern region of asia consisting of the regions that are geographically south of china east of the indian subcontinent and north west of australia. Go back to see more maps of asia.