Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
The term may also include parts of 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, the EMEA and Asia-Pacific).[1] Western Asia is almost never included.[2][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 concept/acronym APEJ or APeJ—Asia-Pacific excluding Japan.)[4]
Component areas
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region[5] generally includes:
Asia
North Asia (aka Siberia)
Australasia
Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coral Sea Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands Norfolk Island
New Zealand (also a part of Polynesia)
Melanesia
Fiji New Caledonia (France) – also a part of Australasia Papua New Guinea (also a part of Australasia) Solomon Islands Vanuatu
Polynesia
American Samoa (United States) Cook Islands (New Zealand) Easter Island (Chile) French Polynesia (France) Hawaii (United States) Niue (New Zealand) Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Salas y Gómez Island (Chile) Samoa Tokelau (New Zealand) Tonga Tuvalu Wallis and Futuna (France)
List of countries and territories
Country / Territory | Area (km2) |
Population | Pop. density (/km2) |
GDP millions of USD (2018) |
GDP per capita USD (2017)[6] |
Capital |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
652,230 | 38,042,000 | 58.3 | 19,900 | 577 | Kabul | |
199 | 55,689 | 259 | 711 | 11,398.8 | Pago Pago | |
7,692,024 | 25,553,000 | 2.8 | 1,500,000 | 59,655 | Canberra | |
147,570 | 156,594,962 | 1,033.5 | 287,630 | 1,359 | Dhaka | |
38,394 | 742,737 | 18.0 | 6,384 | 2,804 | Thimphu | |
5,765 | 415,717 | 67.3 | 17,426 | 26,939 | Bandar Seri Begawan | |
181,035 | 15,205,539 | 81.8 | 16,899 | 1,270 | Phnom Penh | |
9,596,961 | 1,357,380,000 | 145 | 10,355,350 | 8,123 | Beijing | |
135 | 1,843 | 10.39 | - | - | Flying Fish Cove | |
14 | 544 | 43 | - | - | West Island | |
236.7 | 17,379 | 42 | 311 | 15,002.5 | Avarua | |
702 | 104,937 | 158.1 | 383 | 3,058.4 | Palikir | |
18,274 | 909,389 | 46.4 | 8,330 | 5,153 | Suva | |
4,167 | 275,918 | 78 | 5,623 | 20,098 | Papeete | |
540 | 162,742 | 775 | 5,793 | 35,664.5 | Hagåtña | |
1,104 | 7,234,800 | 6,544 | 292,677 | 43,681 | Hong Kong | |
3,287,263 | 1,324,171,354 | 398.8 | 2,716,746 | 1,939 | New Delhi | |
1,904,569 | 252,164,800 | 124.66 | 856,066 | 3,570 | Jakarta | |
377,944 | 126,434,964 | 337 | 4,769,804 | 38,894 | Tokyo | |
811 | 110,136 | 152 | 187 | 1,625.3 | Tarawa | |
236,800 | 6,320,000 | 27 | 11,707 | 2,353 | Vientiane | |
29 | 541,200 | 18,662 | 36,428 | 73,187 | Macau | |
329,847 | 30,185,787 | 90 | 336,913 | 9,503 | Kuala Lumpur | |
298 | 341,356 | 1,102.5 | 4,920 | 8,602 | Malé | |
181.43 | 53,066 | 293 | 220 | 3,621.2 | Majuro | |
1,564,116 | 2,736,800 | 2 | 11,725 | 3,686 | Ulaanbaatar | |
676,578 | 50,496,000 | 74 | 65,291 | 1,275 | Naypyidaw | |
21 | 11,200 | 480 | 114 | 9,030.1 | Yaren | |
147,181 | 26,494,504 | 180 | 62,384 | 730 | Kathmandu | |
18,576 | 278,500 | 14.5 | 9,894 | 12,579.6 | Nouméa | |
268,021 | 4,357,437 | 16 | 201,028 | 39,427 | Wellington | |
261.46 | 1,624 | 5.35 | 10 | 5,800 | Alofi | |
34.6 | 1,748 | 61.9 | - | - | Kingston | |
120,540 | 24,895,000 | 198 | 27,820 | 583 | Pyongyang | |
464 | 55,144 | 113 | 1,242 | 28,163.8 | Saipan | |
803,940 | 226,174,380 | 234.4 | 312,570 | 1,468 | Islamabad | |
459 | 21,503 | 46.7 | 312 | 17,317.9 | Ngerulmud | |
462,840 | 6,732,000 | 15 | 16,096 | 2,183 | Port Moresby | |
343,448 | 108,541,000 | 307 | 289,686 | 2,951 | Manila | |
47 | 50 | 45 | - | - | Adamstown | |
17,098,246 | 147,003,104 | 8.4 | 1,630,659 | 11,288.9 | Moscow | |
2,842 | 195,843 | 68 | 861 | 4,392.5 | Apia | |
710 | 5,183,700 | 7,023 | 307,085 | 52,961 | Singapore | |
28,400 | 599,419 | 18.1 | 1,424 | 2,162.7 | Honiara | |
100,210 | 51,302,044 | 500 | 1,699,000 | 27,539 | Seoul | |
65,610 | 20,277,597 | 323 | 233,637 | 3,835 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | |
36,191 | 23,119,772 | 639 | 505,452 | 31,900 | Taipei | |
513,120 | 67,764,000 | 132 | 380,491 | 5,908 | Bangkok | |
14,874 | 1,171,000 | 76 | 4,510 | 1,162 | Dili | |
10 | 1,499 | 115 | 10 | 6,275 | None | |
748 | 100,651 | 139 | 470 | 4,364 | Nukuʻalofa | |
26 | 11,192 | 475.88 | 45 | 3,700.7 | Funafuti | |
12,189 | 272,459 | 19.7 | 957 | 3,033.4 | Port Vila | |
331,210 | 88,069,000 | 265 | 187,848 | 2,186 | Hanoi | |
142.42 | 11,558 | 83.55 | 188 | 12,640 | Mata Utu |
See also
- List of country groupings
- Geography of Asia
- 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
- Far East
- East–West dichotomy
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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.
- UNSD Methodology – Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)
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