Western Asia Map
Western Asia Map.
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia.
The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East - which describes geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than location within Asia, the main difference usually being the exclusion of the majority of Egypt (which would be counted as part of North Africa) and the inclusion of the Caucasus.
Due to this perceived Eurocentrism, international organizations such as the United Nations, have replaced Middle East and Near East with Western Asia, for example the purposes of grouping countries statistically, etc., it is sometimes used instead of the more geopolitical term "Middle East".
The total population of Western Asia is an estimated 300 million as of 2015. Map 2000.
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia.
The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East - which describes geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than location within Asia, the main difference usually being the exclusion of the majority of Egypt (which would be counted as part of North Africa) and the inclusion of the Caucasus.
Due to this perceived Eurocentrism, international organizations such as the United Nations, have replaced Middle East and Near East with Western Asia, for example the purposes of grouping countries statistically, etc., it is sometimes used instead of the more geopolitical term "Middle East".
The total population of Western Asia is an estimated 300 million as of 2015. Map 2000.
Western Asia is made up of eighteen countries, its largest cities being Istanbul and Ankara in Turkey and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. It covers a land area of 4,607,160 km².
Its boundaries are to the north with the Black Sea and Russia, the Northeast with the Caspian Sea that separates it from Central Asia, the East with South Asia, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, the South with the Indian Ocean, and the West with the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
List of countries in Western Asia with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.
| Country | Capital | Area | Population | Density |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 29,743 km² | 2,924,816 hab. (est. 2016) | 101.5/km² |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 86 600 km² | 9 981 457 hab. (est. 2018) | 115/km² |
| Bahrain | Manama | 778.3 km² | 1,425,171 hab. (est. 2016) | 1,831.1/km² |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 9 251 km² | 1 201 356 hab. (census 2018) | 120.70/km² |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 69,700 km² | 3,729,600 hab. (est. 2018) | 53.5/km² |
| Iran | Tehran | 1,648.195 km² | 81,672,300 hab. (est. 2018) | 48/km² |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 437,072 km² | 37,202,572 hab. (est. 2016) | 82.7/km² |
| Israel | Jerusalem/Tel Aviv | 20,770-22,072 km² | 8,998,370 hab. (est. 2019) | 408/km² |
| Jordan | Haman | 89,342 km² | 10,171,480 hab. (est. 2018) | 114/km² |
| Kuwait | Kuwait | 17,818 km² | 4,621,638 hab. (est. 2018) | 200.2/km² |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 10,452 km² | 6,006,668 hab. (est. 2016) | 560/km² |
| Oman | Muscat | 309,500 km² | 4,424,762 hab. (est. 2016) | 15/km² |
| Palestine | East Jerusalem/Ramallah | 6,020 km² | 4,816,503 hab. (est. 2016) | 731/km² |
| Qatar | Doha | 11,586 km² | 2 641 669 hab. (est. 2017) | 176/km² |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 2 149 690 km² | 32 275 687 hab. (census 2016) | 15.01/km² |
| Syria | Damascus | 185,180 km² | 18,284,407 hab. (est. 2018) | 118.3/km² |
| Turkey | Ankara | 783,356 km² | 82,003,882 hab. (est. 2018) | 105/km² |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 83 600 km² | 9 575 729 hab. (census 2018) | 114.54/km² |
| Yemen | Sana'a | 527,968 km² | 27,584,213 hab. (est. 2016) | 44.7/km² |