General information

• Area 44.579.000 km2

• Population 3.879.000.000• Density 89 inhab/ km2

• Countries 48• Most populated cities Tokio        

Seúl         Bombay        New Delhi         Shanghai        Manila        Osaka

Economy• The economy of Asia comprises more than 4 billion people (60% of the world

population) living in 46 different states. Six further states lie partly in Asia, but are considered to belong to another region economically and politically.

• Wealth (if measured by GDP per capita) is mostly concentrated in east Asian territories such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, as well in oil rich Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. Asia, with the exception of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, is currently undergoing rapid growth and industrialization spearheaded by China and India - the two fastest growing major economies in the world. While east Asian and southeast Asian countries generally rely on manufacturing and trade for growth, countries in the Middle East depend more on the production of commodities, principally oil, for economic growth. Over the years, with rapid economic growth and large trade surplus with the rest of the world, Asia has accumulated over US$4 trillion of foreign exchange reserves - more than half of the world's total.

CHINA

• Population 1.300.000.000• Density 138 inhab/km2• Capital Pekin (Beijing)• Languages spoken Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu,

Hakka,Fuzhou, Hokien, Tibetan,Mongolian• GDP $7,5 • Ethnics groups Han Chinese 91,6%

Zuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao & others 8,4%

• Religions Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism• Politics Single Party Socialist Republic

Asia Spain

-Majority people ride bike. -Majority people move by

car and public transport.

-Only want boys. - Adopt girls.

-Boys are very sexists.

JAPAN

• Population 127,360,000• Density 336 inhab/km2• Capital Tokio• Languages spoken Japanese & Japanese dialects• GDP $33,828• Ethnics groups 98.5% Japanese 0.5% 

Korean

0.4%  Chinese0.6%  other

• Religions Shinto, Buddhism• Politics Parliamentary representative

democratic monarchy

INDIA• Population 1,192,277,000 • Density 355 inhab/km²• Capital New Delhi • Lenguages spoken Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali,

Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil,Telugu.

• GDP $3,176• Ethnics groups Indo-Aryan 72%

Dravidian 25% Mongoloid & others 3%

• Religions Hinduism, Islam, Shikism, Christianism,

Buddhism• Politics Federal republic with parliamentary

democracy.

NORTH KOREA

• Population 24,051,218• Density 187,6 inhab/km2• Capital Pyongyang • Languages spoken Korean • GDP $1.118 • Ethnics groups Korean

Chinese• Religions Confucianism, Buddhism,

Shamanism, Cheondoism • Politics Socialist republic (Civilian Dictatorship)

Leader: Kim Jong Il

SOUTH KOREA

• Population 48,875,000 • Density 480,0 inhab/km2• Capital Seoul • Languages spoken Korean• GDP $17,074 • Ethnics groups Korean

Chinese• Religions Confucianism, Buddhism,

Shamanism, Cheondoism, atheism • Politics fully functioning modern democracy

Leader: Lee Myung-bak

• Democracy Juche• High Tech IIWW Tech• High Studies Secondary Studies• Richness Famine• Freedom n' Human Rights Censorship • Classic President Badass Leader

• 'Cause having the coolest leader in the world is

priceless, for all the rest South Korea

Middle East

ARABIA SAUDITA

• Population 25,731,776 • Density 12 inhab/km2• Capital Riyadh • Languages spoken Arabic• GDP $23,701 • Ethnics groups Arabs 90%

Black Africans, Javanese, IndiansPakistanis and Egyptians 10%

• Religions Islam (85% Sunni Muslims, 14% Shiite Muslims)

Christians less than 1% • Politics Absolute Monarchy 

IRAQ• Population 31,234,000 • Density 71.5 inhab/km2 • Capital Baghdad • Languages spoken Arabic, English, Kurdish, Turkish &

Assyrian• GDP $3,570 • Ethnics groups Arabs 77%

Kurds 19%Turks, Persians, Lurs, Assyrians,

Armenians, Yazidis, Shabaks, Mandaeans &

Sarliyahs 5%• Religions Islam (Shiite Muslims 52%, Sunni

Muslims, which dominate the government and the

bureaucracy 42%) Christian and Jewish minorities.

• Politics Unitary Single-Party Republic 

ISRAEL

• Population 7,653,600 • Density 365.3 inhab/km2• Capital Jerusalem • Languages spoken Hebrew and Arabic • GDP $29,000 • Ethnics groups 75.5% Jewish

20.3% Arab4.2% others

• Religions Judaism, Islam, Christianism, Druze

• Politics Parliamentary democracy

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

• Population 4,975,593 • Density 97 inhab/km2  • Capital Abu Dhabi • Languages spoken Arabic, English• GDP $40,175 • Ethnics groups Arabs 87%

Indians and Pakistanis 9% Palestinians, Egyptians, Iraqis, Lebanese & others 4%

• Religions Islam (80% Sunni Muslims), Christianism

• Politics Federal presidential system andconstitutional monarchy

ACTUAL SITUATION

Right now, in middle east and the north of Africa there are revolts of the citizens in the most Islamic countries.The population is fed up with totalitarian regimes, economic inequalities and the restriction of freedom. They want democracy. Young people have been the precursors of these revolts with the influence of the social networks.

• EGYPT

• IRAN

• YEMEN

• BAHRAIN

• (TUNISIA)

• (LIBYA)

• (ALGERIA)

• (MOROCCO)