Asia's Five UN-Defined Regions

The United Nations Statistics Division organizes Asia into five subregions:

1. Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
2. Eastern Asia: China, Japan, Mongolia, Koreas, Taiwan.
3. South-eastern Asia: ASEAN nations (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, etc.).
4. Southern Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives.
5. Western Asia: Middle East (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Gulf states, Levant, Caucasus).

These groupings facilitate demographic, economic, and environmental analysis.