Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific (APAC), is the part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Not to be confused with Indo-Pacific.
Map showing Asia-Pacific in the world. Dark green indicates core Asia-Pacific countries; light green indicates regions that may be included.

The term may also include parts of Russia (Far Eastern Federal District) and countries in the Americas which are on the coast of the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), for example, includes Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Russia and the United States. Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia (except the Middle East) and Australasia as well as the Pacific island nations (Indo-Pacific and the Australian continent) — for example, when dividing the world into three large regions for commercial purposes: the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific.[1] Western Asia is almost never included.[2][3]

On the whole, there is no clear-cut definition of "Asia-Pacific", and the regions included change depending on the context. The term has become popular since the late 1980s in commerce, finance and politics. Despite the heterogeneity of the regions' economies, most individual nations within the zone are emerging markets experiencing rapid growth and burgeoning economic prosperity. (Compare the concept/acronym APEJ or APeJ—Asia-Pacific excluding Japan.)[4]

Component areas

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region[5] generally includes:

Asia

East Asia

North Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Australasia

Melanesia

Micronesia

Polynesia

List of countries and territories
Country / Territory ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 Area
(km2)		 Population Pop. density
(/km2)		 GDP
millions of USD (2018)		 GDP per capita
USD (2017)[6]		 Capital
 Afghanistan AFG652,23038,042,00058.319,900577 Kabul
 American Samoa ASM19955,68925971111,398.8 Pago Pago
 Australia AUS7,692,02425,553,0002.81,500,00059,655 Canberra
 Bangladesh BGD147,570156,594,9621,033.5287,6301,359 Dhaka
 Bhutan BTN38,394742,73718.06,3842,804 Thimphu
 Brunei Darussalam BRN5,765415,71767.317,42626,939 Bandar Seri Begawan
 Cambodia KHM181,03515,205,53981.816,8991,270 Phnom Penh
 China CHN9,596,9611,357,380,00014510,355,3508,123 Beijing
 Christmas Island CXR1351,84310.39–– Flying Fish Cove
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands CCK1454443–– West Island
 Cook Islands COK236.717,3794231115,002.5 Avarua
 Federated States of Micronesia FSM702104,937158.13833,058.4 Palikir
 Fiji FJI18,274909,38946.48,3305,153 Suva
 French Polynesia PYF4,167275,918785,62320,098 Papeete
 Guam GUM540162,7427755,79335,664.5 Hagåtña
 Hong Kong HKG1,1047,234,8006,544292,67743,681 Hong Kong
 India IND3,287,2631,324,171,354398.82,716,7461,939 New Delhi
 Indonesia IDN1,904,569252,164,800124.66856,0663,570 Jakarta
 Japan JPN377,944126,434,9643374,769,80438,894 Tokyo
 Kiribati KIR811110,1361521871,625.3 Tarawa
 Laos LAO236,8006,320,0002711,7072,353 Vientiane
 Macau MAC29541,20018,66236,42873,187 Macau
 Malaysia MYS329,84730,185,78790336,9139,503 Kuala Lumpur
 Maldives MDV298341,3561,102.54,9208,602 Malé
 Marshall Islands MHL181.4353,0662932203,621.2 Majuro
 Mongolia MNG1,564,1162,736,800211,7253,686 Ulaanbaatar
 Myanmar MMR676,57850,496,0007465,2911,275 Naypyidaw
 Nauru NRU2111,2004801149,030.1 Yaren
   Nepal NPL147,18126,494,50418062,384730 Kathmandu
 New Caledonia NCL18,576278,50014.59,89412,579.6 Nouméa
 New Zealand NZL268,0214,357,43716201,02839,427 Wellington
 Niue NIU261.461,6245.35105,800 Alofi
 Norfolk Island NFK34.61,74861.9–– Kingston
 North Korea PRK120,54024,895,00019827,820583 Pyongyang
 Northern Mariana Islands MNP46455,1441131,24228,163.8 Saipan
 Pakistan PAK803,940226,174,380234.4312,5701,468 Islamabad
 Palau PLW45921,50346.731217,317.9 Ngerulmud
 Papua New Guinea PNG462,8406,732,0001516,0962,183 Port Moresby
 Philippines PHL343,448109,022,000307289,6862,951 Manila
 Pitcairn Islands PCN475045–– Adamstown
 Russia[7][8] RUS17,125,2008,371,2571.21,630,65911,288.9 Moscow[9]
 Samoa WSM2,842195,843688614,392.5 Apia
 Singapore SGP7105,183,7007,023307,08552,961 Singapore
 Solomon Islands SLB28,400599,41918.11,4242,162.7 Honiara
 South Korea KOR100,21051,302,0445001,699,00027,539 Seoul
 Sri Lanka LKA65,61020,277,597323233,6373,835 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
 Taiwan TWN36,19123,119,772639505,45231,900 Taipei
 Thailand THA513,12067,764,000132380,4915,908 Bangkok
 Timor-Leste TLS14,8741,171,000764,5101,162 Dili
 Tokelau TKL101,499115106,275 None
 Tonga TON748100,6511394704,364 Nukuʻalofa
 Tuvalu TUV2611,192475.88453,700.7 Funafuti
 Vanuatu VUT12,189272,45919.79573,033.4 Port Vila
 Vietnam VNM331,21088,069,000265187,8482,186 Hanoi
 Wallis and Futuna WLF142.4211,55883.5518812,640 Mata Utu

Notes
  1. Geographically a part of Southeast Asia, but the United Nations geoscheme includes it as a part of Australia and New Zealand.
  2. Excluding  Navassa Island and  Wake Island. Geographically a part of Polynesia, but the United Nations geoscheme includes it as a part of Micronesia.

References
  1. Member Economies - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Archived 2018-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. Apec.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
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  4. See for example Pan, Hui, ed. (October 2004). "Vonage and Cisco to sell phone equipment". VoIP Monthly Newsletter. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2 (10): 3. Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2011-12-15. APEJ (Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan) and EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) will grow their combined share of this figure from 17 percent to 22 percent during the same period, as North America's share adjusts from 53 percent to 46 percent.
  5. UNSD Methodology – Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)
  6. "GDP per capita (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  7. Russia is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, but is considered European historically, culturally, ethnically, and politically, and the vast majority of its population (78%) lives within its European part.
  8. Only the Far Eastern Federal District.
  9. Moscow is located in Europe.
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