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. ^
    See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2 (10): 3. 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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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