Territories and Regions Conventionally Included Under The Term Far East
| Name of region and territory, with flag |
Area (km²) |
Population (2008 est.) |
Population density (per km²) |
Capital | Government | Currency | Official languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Asia | |||||||
| People's Republic of China (PRC) |
9,598,094 |
1,370,536,875 | 161.0 | Beijing | Single-party led state, Socialist republic |
Yuan (Renminbi) | Chinese (Mandarin) |
| Hong Kong | 1,104 | 6,985,200 | 6,352.0 | Hong Kong | Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. |
Hong Kong dollar | Chinese (Cantonese), English |
| Macau | 28.6 | 520,400 | 17,310.0 | Macau | Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
Pataca | Chinese (Cantonese), Portuguese |
| Japan | 377,873 | 127,433,494 | 337.0 | Tokyo | Parliamentary democracy, Constitutional monarchy |
Yen | None (Japanese as de facto) |
| Mongolia | 1,564,116 | 2,951,786 | 1.7 | Ulaanbaatar | Parliamentary republic | Tögrög | Mongolian |
| North Korea | 120,540 | 23,301,725 | 190.0 | Pyongyang | Juche, Socialist Republic |
North Korean won | Korean |
| South Korea | 100,032 | 49,044,790 | 493.0 | Seoul | Presidential republic | Won | Korean |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | 36,188 | 22,911,292 | 633.12 | Taipei | Semi-presidential system | New Taiwan dollar | Chinese (Mandarin) |
| Southeast Asia | |||||||
| Brunei | 5,765 | 381,371 | 66.0 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Absolute Islamic Sultanate | Brunei dollar | Malay |
| Cambodia | 181,035 | 14,241,640 | 78.0 | Phnom Penh | Constitutional monarchy | Riel | Khmer |
| East Timor (Timor-Leste) | 15,410 | 1,115,000 | 64.0 | Dili | Parliamentary republic | U.S. Dollar / Centavo coins | Tetum and Portuguese |
| Indonesia | 1,919,588 | 237,512,355 | 123.8 | Jakarta | Presidential republic | Rupiah | Indonesian |
| Laos | 236,800 | 6,521,998 | 25.0 | Vientiane | Socialist Republic | Kip | Lao |
| Malaysia | 329,847 | 27,730,000 | 83.0 | Kuala Lumpur | Federal constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy |
Ringgit | Malay |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 676,578 | 55,390,000 | 75.0 | Naypyidaw | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Kyat | Burmese |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 6,732,000 | 14.5 | Port Morseby | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Kina | Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, and English |
| Philippines | 300,000 | 90,500,000 | 295.0 | Manila | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Peso (Piso) | Filipino and English |
| Singapore | 707.1 | 4,588,600 | 6,489.0 | Singapore | Parliamentary republic | Singapore dollar | Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), and Tamil |
| Thailand | 513,115 | 63,038,247 | 122.0 | Bangkok | Parliamentary democracy, Constitutional monarchy |
Baht | Thai |
| Vietnam | 331,690 | 86,116,559 | 253.0 | Hanoi | Socialist Republic | đồng | Vietnamese |
| North Asia | |||||||
| Russian Far East (Russia) | 6,215,900 | 6,692,865 | 3.0 | Moscow | Federal semi-presidential republic | Ruble | Russian and 27 other co-official languages |
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