Southeast Asia Map
Southeast Asia Map.
Southeast Asia is one of the twenty-two subregions in which the UN divides the world. It borders on the north with East Asia, on the east with the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, Micronesia and Melanesia, on the south with the Indian Ocean that separates it from Australia, on the west also with the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, and to the northwest with South Asia.
In contemporary definition, Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions:
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising parts of Northeast India (Part of India east of Siliguri Corridor), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and West Malaysia.
Maritime Southeast Asia, also known historically as Nusantara, the East Indies and Malay Archipelago, comprises the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Christmas Island, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Taiwan is also included in this grouping by many anthropologists.
Southeast Asia is one of the twenty-two subregions in which the UN divides the world. It borders on the north with East Asia, on the east with the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, Micronesia and Melanesia, on the south with the Indian Ocean that separates it from Australia, on the west also with the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, and to the northwest with South Asia.
In contemporary definition, Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions:
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising parts of Northeast India (Part of India east of Siliguri Corridor), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and West Malaysia.
Maritime Southeast Asia, also known historically as Nusantara, the East Indies and Malay Archipelago, comprises the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Christmas Island, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Taiwan is also included in this grouping by many anthropologists.
The term "Southeast Asia" has its origin from the term "South East Asia Command" in World War II, and is a postcolonial denomination of the territories known as Indochina (Southeast Asia continental) and the East Indies (Southeast Asia insular or Malay archipelago).
It usually includes the countries listed below to which sometimes are added Papua New Guinea (part of Oceania) and the island of Taiwan (part of East Asia).
From the political point of view all of Indonesia is part of Southeast Asia, but geographically its provinces located east of the Wallace line, like those of the island of New Guinea, belong to Oceania and not Asia.
| Country | Capital | Area | Population | Density |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 5,765 km² | 417,200 pop. (est 2015) | 72.11/km² |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 181,035 km² | 16,245,729 pop. (est. 2018) | 81.8/km² |
| East Timor | Dili | 15,410 km² | 1,167,242 pop. (census 2015) | 78/km² |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 1,904,569 km² | 261,115,456 pop. (est. 2016) | 138/km² |
| Laos | Vientiane | 237,955 km² | 6,758,353 pop. (est. 2016) | 26.7/km² |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 330,803 km² | 32,049,700 pop. (est. 2017) | 92/km² |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 676 578 km² | 51 486 253 pop. (est 2016) | 76.12/km² |
| Philippines | Manila | 300,000 km² | 100,981,437 pop. (census 2015) | 336/km² |
| Singapore | Singapore | 722.5 km² | 5,638,700 pop. (est. 2018) | 7,804/km² |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 513,120 km² | 68,863,514 pop. (est 2016) | 132.1/km² |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 331,212 km² | 94,569,072 pop. (est. 2016) | 276.03/km² |