Asia has almost exactly 30% of the earth's land area and 25% of the world's countries. Now that you know those numbers, how many countries are there in Asia?

As of 2020, Asia had 48 countries, starting with Afghanistan and ending with Yemen (in alphabetical order). It also has about 60% of the world's population in just those 48 countries. The smallest in size is Maldives and the largest is Russia.

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