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CountryGovernmentPopulationDemocracy
Spratly Islands
noneadministered from London; often regarded as being on Diego Garcia
Flag of IN
IndiaNew Delhi
federal parliamentary republic1.42B
Flag of CN
ChinaBeijing
communist party-led state1.41B
Flag of ID
IndonesiaJakarta
presidential republic283.6M
Flag of PK
PakistanIslamabad
federal parliamentary republic257.0M
Flag of BD
BangladeshDhaka
parliamentary republic174.4M
Flag of RU
RussiaMoscow
semi-presidential federation140.1M
Flag of JP
JapanTokyo
parliamentary constitutional monarchy123.2M
Flag of PH
PhilippinesManila
presidential republic118.3M
Flag of VN
VietnamHanoi (Ha Noi)
communist party-led state106.7M
Flag of IR
IranTehran
theocratic republic89.2M
Flag of TR
TurkeyAnkara
presidential republic84.6M
Flag of TH
ThailandBangkok
constitutional monarchy70.0M
Flag of MM
BurmaRangoon (aka Yangon, continues to be recognized as the primary Burmese capital by the US Government); Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital
military regime57.9M
Flag of KR
South KoreaSeoul
presidential republic51.5M
Flag of AF
AfghanistanKabul
theocratic; the United States does not recognize the Taliban Government49.5M
Flag of IQ
IraqBaghdad
federal parliamentary republic42.9M
Flag of UZ
UzbekistanTashkent (Toshkent)
presidential republic; highly authoritarian37.0M
Flag of SA
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
absolute monarchy36.5M
Flag of MY
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy34.9M
Flag of YE
YemenSanaa
in transition34.5M
Flag of NP
NepalKathmandu
federal parliamentary republic31.3M
Flag of KP
North KoreaPyongyang
dictatorship, single-party communist state26.4M
Flag of SY
SyriaDamascus
transitional presidential republic24.3M
Flag of TW
TaiwanTaipei
semi-presidential republic23.6M
Flag of LK
Sri LankaColombo (commercial capital); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
presidential republic22.1M
Flag of KZ
KazakhstanAstana
presidential republic20.4M
Flag of KH
CambodiaPhnom Penh
parliamentary constitutional monarchy17.2M
Flag of JO
JordanAmman
parliamentary constitutional monarchy11.3M
Flag of AZ
AzerbaijanBaku (Baki, Baky)
presidential republic10.7M
Flag of TJ
TajikistanDushanbe
presidential republic10.6M
Flag of PG
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm10.3M
IsraelJerusalem
parliamentary democracy9.4M
Flag of LA
LaosVientiane (Viangchan)
communist party-led state8.0M
Hong Kong
presidential limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China7.3M
Flag of KG
KyrgyzstanBishkek
parliamentary republic6.2M
Flag of SG
SingaporeSingapore
parliamentary republic6.1M
Flag of TM
TurkmenistanAshgabat (Ashkhabad)
presidential republic; authoritarian5.7M
Flag of LB
LebanonBeirut
parliamentary democratic republic5.4M
Flag of GE
GeorgiaTbilisi
semi-presidential republic4.9M
Flag of OM
OmanMuscat
absolute monarchy4.0M
West Bank
3.3M
Flag of MN
MongoliaUlaanbaatar
semi-presidential republic3.3M
Flag of KW
KuwaitKuwait City
constitutional monarchy (emirate)3.2M
Flag of AM
ArmeniaYerevan
parliamentary democracy; note - constitutional changes adopted in December 2015 transformed the government to a parliamentary system3.0M
Flag of QA
QatarDoha
absolute monarchy2.6M
Gaza, Gaza Strip
2.2M
Flag of BH
BahrainManama
constitutional monarchy1.6M
Flag of TL
Timor-LesteDili
semi-presidential republic1.4M
Flag of BT
BhutanThimphu
constitutional monarchy893K
Macau
executive-led limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China644K
Flag of BN
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
absolute monarchy or sultanate492K
Flag of MV
MaldivesMalé
presidential republic389K
Paracel Islands
2K