Asia-Pacific






Map showing general definition of Asia-Pacific. Dark green refers to the core Asia-Pacific countries, light green refers to regions that may be included.


Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific (abbreviated as APAC, Asia-Pac, AsPac, APJ, JAPA or JAPAC) is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. The region varies in area depending on which context, but it typically includes much of East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.


The term may also include Russia (on the North Pacific) and countries in the Americas which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia and Australasia as well as Pacific island nations (Asia Pacific and Australian continent)—for example when dividing the world into large regions for commercial purposes (e.g. into the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific).[1] Despite being part of Asia, Western Asia is almost never included.


On the whole there appears to be no clear cut definition of "Asia Pacific" and the regions included change as per the context. Though imprecise, the term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce, finance and politics. In fact, despite the heterogeneity of the regions' economies, most individual nations within the zone are emerging markets experiencing rapid growth. (Compare the concept/acronym APEJ or APeJ—Asia-Pacific excluding Japan.)[2]




Contents






  • 1 Component areas


    • 1.1 Asia


    • 1.2 Oceania




  • 2 Main countries and territories data


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Component areas


The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:



Asia


East Asia




  •  China


    •  Hong Kong


    •  Macau




  •  Taiwan


  •  Japan


  •  North Korea


  •  South Korea


  •  Mongolia



North Asia



  • Russia Russian Far East

South Asia




  •  Bangladesh


  •  Bhutan


  •  British Indian Ocean Territory


  •  India


  •  Maldives


  •    Nepal


  •  Pakistan


  •  Sri Lanka


Southeast Asia




  •  Brunei


  •  Cambodia


  •  East Timor


  •  Indonesia


  •  Laos


  •  Malaysia


  •  Myanmar


  •  Philippines


  •  Singapore


  •  Thailand


  •  Vietnam



Oceania


Australasia




  •  Australia


    •  Ashmore and Cartier Islands


    •  Christmas Island


    •  Cocos (Keeling) Islands


    •  Coral Sea Islands


    •  Norfolk Island




  •  New Zealand


Melanesia




  •  Fiji


  •  New Caledonia


  •  Papua New Guinea


  •  Solomon Islands


  •  Vanuatu


Micronesia




  •  Guam


  •  Kiribati


  •  Marshall Islands


  •  Micronesia


  •  Nauru


  •  Northern Mariana Islands


  •  Palau


  •  Wake Island


Polynesia




  •  American Samoa


  •  Cook Islands


  •  Easter Island


  •  French Polynesia


  •  Hawaii


  •  Niue


  •  Pitcairn Islands


  •  Samoa


  •  Tokelau


  •  Tonga


  •  Tuvalu


  •  Wallis and Futuna



Main countries and territories data




































































































































































































































































































Country / Territory

Area
(km²)

Population

Pop. density
(/km²)

GDP
millions of USD (2017)

GDP per capita
USD (2017)[3]

Capital

 Australia
7,692,024 23,731,000 2.8 1,482,539 49,928

Canberra

 Bangladesh
147,570 156,594,962 1,033.5 205,715 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 -

Diego Garcia

 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

 Fiji
18,274 909,389 46.4 8,330 5,153

Suva

 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 2,690,000 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

 North Korea
120,540 24,895,000 198 27,820 583

Pyongyang

 South Korea
100,210 51,302,044 500 1,449,494 27,539

Seoul

 Laos
236,800 6,320,000 27 11,707 2,353

Vientiane

 Macau
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

 Mongolia
1,564,116 2,736,800 2 11,725 3,686

Ulan Bator

 Myanmar
676,578 50,496,000 74 65,291 1,275

Naypyidaw

   Nepal
147,181 26,494,504 180 62,384 730

Kathmandu

 New Zealand
268,021 4,357,437 16 201,028 39,427

Wellington

 Pakistan
803,940 226,174,380 234.4 269,971 1,468

Islamabad

 Papua New Guinea
462,840 6,732,000 15 16,096 2,183

Port Moresby

 Philippines
343,448 107,189,000 307 289,686 2,951

Manila

 Singapore
710 5,183,700 7,023 307,085 52,961

Singapore

 Sri Lanka
65,610 20,277,597 323 233,637 3,835

Colombo

 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

 Vietnam
331,210 88,069,000 265 187,848 2,186

Hanoi


See also



  • List of country groupings

  • Geography of Asia

  • Oceania


  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)


  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

  • East Asian Summit

  • Pacific Century

  • Asian Century

  • Asia Pacific Forum

  • Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre

  • Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

  • Asia Society

  • Indo-Pacific

  • Eastern World

  • The Orient



References





  1. ^ Member Economies - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.


  2. ^
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  3. ^ "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2018-07-19.




External links



  • APEC

  • The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

  • Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN)

  • BBC Asia-Pacific

  • ABC Radio Australia Asia Pacific


  • Australia Network (formerly "ABC Asia Pacific")


  • Apac Technology (APAC Technology Magazine)









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