Asia size quiz

Two countries, one question: which one is bigger? Flat maps stretch the far north and south, so some answers will surprise you.

How it works

Play it as a quiz or as Sudden death: one wrong answer and it's over. Very close pairs are left out, so every question has a clear answer.

Area of Asia, largest first

#	Country	Area	Square miles
1	China	9,706,961 km²	3,747,877 sq mi
2	India	3,287,590 km²	1,269,345 sq mi
3	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²	1,052,089 sq mi
4	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 km²	830,000 sq mi
5	Indonesia	1,904,569 km²	735,358 sq mi
6	Iran	1,648,195 km²	636,371 sq mi
7	Mongolia	1,564,110 km²	603,906 sq mi
8	Pakistan	881,912 km²	340,508 sq mi
9	Turkey	783,562 km²	302,535 sq mi
10	Myanmar	676,578 km²	261,228 sq mi
11	Afghanistan	652,230 km²	251,827 sq mi
12	Yemen	527,968 km²	203,850 sq mi
13	Thailand	513,120 km²	198,117 sq mi
14	Turkmenistan	488,100 km²	188,456 sq mi
15	Uzbekistan	447,400 km²	172,742 sq mi
16	Iraq	438,317 km²	169,235 sq mi
17	Japan	377,930 km²	145,920 sq mi
18	Philippines	342,353 km²	132,183 sq mi
19	Vietnam	331,212 km²	127,882 sq mi
20	Malaysia	330,803 km²	127,724 sq mi
21	Oman	309,500 km²	119,499 sq mi
22	Laos	236,800 km²	91,429 sq mi
23	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 km²	77,201 sq mi
24	Syria	185,180 km²	71,498 sq mi
25	Cambodia	181,035 km²	69,898 sq mi
26	Bangladesh	147,570 km²	56,977 sq mi
27	Nepal	147,181 km²	56,827 sq mi
28	Tajikistan	143,100 km²	55,251 sq mi
29	North Korea	120,538 km²	46,540 sq mi
30	South Korea	100,210 km²	38,691 sq mi
31	Jordan	89,342 km²	34,495 sq mi
32	Azerbaijan	86,600 km²	33,436 sq mi
33	United Arab Emirates	83,600 km²	32,278 sq mi
34	Georgia	69,700 km²	26,911 sq mi
35	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²	25,332 sq mi
36	Bhutan	38,394 km²	14,824 sq mi
37	Taiwan	36,193 km²	13,974 sq mi
38	Armenia	29,743 km²	11,484 sq mi
39	Israel	20,770 km²	8,019 sq mi
40	Kuwait	17,818 km²	6,880 sq mi
41	Timor-Leste	14,874 km²	5,743 sq mi
42	Qatar	11,586 km²	4,473 sq mi
43	Lebanon	10,452 km²	4,036 sq mi
44	Palestine	6,220 km²	2,402 sq mi
45	Brunei	5,765 km²	2,226 sq mi
46	Bahrain	765 km²	295 sq mi
47	Singapore	710 km²	274 sq mi
48	Maldives	300 km²	116 sq mi

Total area including lakes and rivers, rounded. Some countries are counted with or without overseas territories depending on the source.

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