📖 Country Facts

Capital City: Kabul

Population: 42M

Facts: Has beautiful mountain ranges — part of the Hindu Kush.

Capital City: Yerevan

Population: 3M

Facts: One of the oldest civilizations in the world!

Capital City: Baku

Population: 10M

Facts: Known as the 'Land of Fire' due to natural gas flames.

Capital City: Manama

Population: 1.5M

Facts: An archipelago of 33 islands in the Persian Gulf.

Capital City: Dhaka

Population: 173M

Facts: The Sundarbans has the largest mangrove forest in the world!

Capital City: Thimphu

Population: 788K

Facts: Measures Gross National Happiness instead of GDP!

Capital City: Bandar Seri Begawan

Population: 450K

Facts: One of the richest countries in the world per person.

Capital City: Phnom Penh

Population: 17M

Facts: Angkor Wat is the world's largest religious monument!

Capital City: Beijing

Population: 1.4B

Facts: The Great Wall is over 13,000 miles long!

Capital City: Nicosia

Population: 1.3M

Facts: The last divided capital city in the world.

Capital City: Tbilisi

Population: 3.7M

Facts: One of the oldest wine-making countries — 8,000 years!

Capital City: New Delhi

Population: 1.4B

Facts: Has the most languages spoken — over 780!

Capital City: Jakarta

Population: 278M

Facts: Made up of over 17,000 islands!

Capital City: Tehran

Population: 87M

Facts: Was once the center of the mighty Persian Empire.

Capital City: Baghdad

Population: 43M

Facts: Ancient Mesopotamia — the 'cradle of civilization' — was here.

Capital City: Jerusalem

Population: 9.4M

Facts: The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth!

Capital City: Tokyo

Population: 125M

Facts: Has more than 6,800 islands and invented sushi!

Capital City: Amman

Population: 11M

Facts: Petra is carved directly into pink sandstone cliffs!

Capital City: Astana

Population: 20M

Facts: The largest landlocked country in the world.

Capital City: Kuwait City

Population: 4.3M

Facts: Has some of the hottest summers on Earth!

Capital City: Bishkek

Population: 7M

Facts: Over 90% of the country is mountains.

Capital City: Vientiane

Population: 7.6M

Facts: Called the 'Land of a Million Elephants'.

Capital City: Beirut

Population: 5.5M

Facts: Home to some of the oldest cedars in the world.

Capital City: Kuala Lumpur

Population: 33M

Facts: The Petronas Towers were once the world's tallest buildings!

Capital City: Malé

Population: 520K

Facts: The lowest country on Earth — average elevation is just 1.5m!

Capital City: Ulaanbaatar

Population: 3.4M

Facts: The least densely populated country in the world.

Capital City: Naypyidaw

Population: 54M

Facts: Has over 2,000 ancient temples in Bagan!

Capital City: Kathmandu

Population: 30M

Facts: Home to Mount Everest — the tallest mountain on Earth!

Capital City: Pyongyang

Population: 26M

Facts: One of the most isolated countries in the world.

Capital City: Muscat

Population: 4.6M

Facts: Has stunning fjords and desert landscapes.

Capital City: Islamabad

Population: 231M

Facts: K2 — the second tallest mountain — is here!

Capital City: Ramallah (administrative)

Population: 5.4M

Facts: Made up of two separated areas — the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Capital City: Manila

Population: 115M

Facts: Made up of over 7,600 islands!

Capital City: Doha

Population: 2.7M

Facts: One of the richest countries per person in the world.

Capital City: Riyadh

Population: 36M

Facts: Has no permanent rivers — the largest country without one!

Capital City: Singapore

Population: 5.9M

Facts: A tiny city-state that's one of the cleanest in the world!

Capital City: Seoul

Population: 52M

Facts: Created K-pop and Taekwondo!

Capital City: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Population: 22M

Facts: Known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean'.

Capital City: Damascus

Population: 22M

Facts: Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities!

Capital City: Taipei

Population: 23.5M

Facts: An island famous for night markets, bubble tea, and Taipei 101 — once the world's tallest building.

Capital City: Dushanbe

Population: 10M

Facts: Over 90% of the country is mountainous!

Capital City: Bangkok

Population: 72M

Facts: Known as the 'Land of Smiles'!

Capital City: Dili

Population: 1.4M

Facts: One of the newest countries — independent since 2002.

Capital City: Ankara

Population: 85M

Facts: Straddles two continents — Europe and Asia!

Capital City: Ashgabat

Population: 6.4M

Facts: Has a flaming gas crater called 'The Door to Hell'!

Capital City: Abu Dhabi

Population: 10M

Facts: Has the world's tallest building — the Burj Khalifa!

Capital City: Tashkent

Population: 35M

Facts: Home to the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand.

Capital City: Hanoi

Population: 100M

Facts: Ha Long Bay has thousands of limestone islands!

Capital City: Sana'a

Population: 34M

Facts: Socotra Island has alien-looking dragon blood trees!