Asia Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific (abbreviated as Asia-Pac, Asia Pac, Apac, APAC, APNIC, APJ, JAPA or JAPAC) is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. The region varies in size. It typically includes much of East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and Oceania.

The term may also include Russia (on the North Pacific) and countries in North and South America which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.

The term sometimes includes all of Asia and Australasia as well as the many Pacific island nations.

Even though imprecise, the term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce, finance and politics. It is popular even though the economies within the region are not the same.^[1])

Areas

The Asia-Pacific region generally includes:

ASEAN+ / EAS  Brunei  Cambodia  East Timor  Indonesia  Laos  Malaysia  Myanmar  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand  Vietnam  China  Hong Kong  Japan  Macau  Mongolia  North Korea  South Korea  Taiwan

SAARC  Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Bhutan  India  Maldives    Nepal  Pakistan  Sri Lanka

PIF  American Samoa  Australia  Cook Islands  Federated States of Micronesia  French Polynesia  Fiji  Guam  Kiribati  Marshall Islands  Nauru  New Caledonia  New Zealand  Niue  Northern Mariana Islands  Samoa  Palau  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Tokelau  Tonga  Tuvalu  Vanuatu  Wallis and Futuna

Others  Bougainville  British Indian Ocean Territory  Christmas Island Template:Country data Chuuk State  Cocos Islands  Easter Island  Hawaii  Norfolk Island  Pitcairn Islands Template:Country data Torres Strait Islands  Wake Island  West Papua  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Israel  Jordan  Kurdistan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Oman  Palestine  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Syria  United Arab Emirates  Yemen

Main countries and territories data

Country or territory	Area km²	Population	Population density per km²	GDP millions of USD (2009)	GDP per capita USD (2009)	Capital
American Samoa	199	55,519	326	537	7,874	Pago Pago
Australia	7,617,930	22,462,842	3	920,000	41,500	Canberra
Brunei	5,765	407,000	70	14,700	36,700	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	181,035	14,805,000	82	10,900	800	Phnom Penh
China	9,671,018	1,339,530,000	138	4,911,000	3,700	Beijing
East Timor	14,874	1,171,000	76	599	500	Dili
Hong Kong	1,104	7,055,071	6,390	210,730	30,000	-
India	3,287,263	1,210,193,422	365	4,060,000	3,339	New Delhi
Indonesia	1,904,569	237,556,363	126	514,900	2,200	Jakarta
Japan	377,944	127,470,000	337	5,073,000	39,700	Tokyo
Laos	236,800	6,320,000	27	5,721	900	Vientiane
Macau	29	541,200	18,662	21,700	39,800	-
Malaysia	329,847	28,318,000	86	191,399	7,525	Kuala Lumpur
Mongolia	1,564,116	2,736,800	2	4,212	1,500	Ulan Bator
Myanmar	676,578	50,496,000	74	26,820	500	Naypyidaw
New Zealand	268,021	4,357,437	16	109,600	25,500	Wellington
North Korea	120,540	23,906,000	198	27,820	1,200	Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea	462,840	6,732,000	15	8,200	1,200	Port Moresby
Philippines	299,764	91,983,000	307	158,700	1,700	Manila
Singapore	710	4,987,600	7,023	177,133	35,500	City of Singapore
South Korea	100,140	50,062,000	500	800,300	20,000	Seoul
Taiwan	36,191	23,119,772	639	379,400	16,400	Taipei
Thailand	513,120	67,764,000	132	263,510	3,900	Bangkok
Vietnam	331,210	88,069,000	265	97,119	1,100	Hanoi
Nepal	147181	27,00,000	251	-	-	Kathmandu

References

1. See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. 2 (10). Information Gatekeepers Inc: 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.