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Africa
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Government
Population
Democracy
Spratly Islands
none
administered from London; often regarded as being on Diego Garcia
India
New Delhi
federal parliamentary republic
1.42B
China
Beijing
communist party-led state
1.41B
Indonesia
Jakarta
presidential republic
283.6M
Pakistan
Islamabad
federal parliamentary republic
257.0M
Bangladesh
Dhaka
parliamentary republic
174.4M
Russia
Moscow
semi-presidential federation
140.1M
Japan
Tokyo
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
123.2M
Philippines
Manila
presidential republic
118.3M
Vietnam
Hanoi (Ha Noi)
communist party-led state
106.7M
Iran
Tehran
theocratic republic
89.2M
Turkey
Ankara
presidential republic
84.6M
Thailand
Bangkok
constitutional monarchy
70.0M
Burma
Rangoon (aka Yangon, continues to be recognized as the primary Burmese capital by the US Government); Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital
military regime
57.9M
South Korea
Seoul
presidential republic
51.5M
Afghanistan
Kabul
theocratic; the United States does not recognize the Taliban Government
49.5M
Iraq
Baghdad
federal parliamentary republic
42.9M
Uzbekistan
Tashkent (Toshkent)
presidential republic; highly authoritarian
37.0M
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
absolute monarchy
36.5M
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
34.9M
Yemen
Sanaa
in transition
34.5M
Nepal
Kathmandu
federal parliamentary republic
31.3M
North Korea
Pyongyang
dictatorship, single-party communist state
26.4M
Syria
Damascus
transitional presidential republic
24.3M
Taiwan
Taipei
semi-presidential republic
23.6M
Sri Lanka
Colombo (commercial capital); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
presidential republic
22.1M
Kazakhstan
Astana
presidential republic
20.4M
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
17.2M
Jordan
Amman
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
11.3M
Azerbaijan
Baku (Baki, Baky)
presidential republic
10.7M
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
presidential republic
10.6M
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
10.3M
Israel
Jerusalem
parliamentary democracy
9.4M
Laos
Vientiane (Viangchan)
communist party-led state
8.0M
Hong Kong
presidential limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
7.3M
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
parliamentary republic
6.2M
Singapore
Singapore
parliamentary republic
6.1M
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
presidential republic; authoritarian
5.7M
Lebanon
Beirut
parliamentary democratic republic
5.4M
Georgia
Tbilisi
semi-presidential republic
4.9M
Oman
Muscat
absolute monarchy
4.0M
West Bank
3.3M
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
semi-presidential republic
3.3M
Kuwait
Kuwait City
constitutional monarchy (emirate)
3.2M
Armenia
Yerevan
parliamentary democracy; note - constitutional changes adopted in December 2015 transformed the government to a parliamentary system
3.0M
Qatar
Doha
absolute monarchy
2.6M
Gaza, Gaza Strip
2.2M
Bahrain
Manama
constitutional monarchy
1.6M
Timor-Leste
Dili
semi-presidential republic
1.4M
Bhutan
Thimphu
constitutional monarchy
893K
Macau
executive-led limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
644K
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
absolute monarchy or sultanate
492K
Maldives
Malé
presidential republic
389K
Paracel Islands
2K