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Afghanistan  Short facts about Afghanistan: Location: Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran National capital: Kabul Afghanistan — Population: 31,889,923 (July 2007 est.)	Bangladesh   Short facts about Bangladesh: Capital: Dhaka Population: 144,319,628 (July 2005) Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India	Burma  Short facts about Burma (Myanmar): Capital: Rangoon (government refers to capital as Yangon) Population: 47,382,633 Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand.
Cambodia   Short facts about Cambodia: Capital: Phnom Penh Population: 13,607,069 (July 2005) Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos	China  Short facts about: China Capital: Beijing Population: 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.) Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam	India  Short facts about India: Capital: New Delhi 1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Indonesia  Short facts about Indonesia: Capital: Jakarta Indonesia — Population: 234,693,997 (July 2007 est.) Location: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean	Japan  Short facts about Japan: Capital: Tokyo Population: 127,433,494 (July 2007 est.) Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula.	Malaysia   Short facts about Malaysia: Capital: Kuala Lumpur Population: 24,821,286 (2007 est.) Location: Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam.
Maldives  Short facts about the Maldives: Maldives Capital: Male Population: 349,106 (July 2005) Location: Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India.	Nepal  Short facts about Nepal: Location: Southern Asia, between China and India National capital: Kathmandu Nepal — Population: 28,901,790 (July 2007 est.) Nepal — Population: 28,901,790 (July 2007 est.)	Pakistan   Short facts about Pakistan: Capital: Islamabad Population: 162,419,946 (July 2005) Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north.
Philippines  Short facts about the Philippines: Capital: Manila Population: 87,857,473 (July 2005) Location: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam.	Russia  Short facts about Russia: Capital: Moscow Russia — Population: 141,377,752 (July 2007 est.) Location: Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean.	Singapore  Short facts about Singapore: Capital: Singapore Population: 4,425,720 (July 2005) Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
South Korea   Short facts about South Korea: Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and the Yellow Sea National capital: Seoul Population: 49,044,790 (2007 est.)	Sri Lanka  Short facts about Sri Lanka: Capital: Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital Population: 20,064,776 (July 2005) Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India	Taiwan  Short facts about Taiwan : Capital: Taipei Population: 22,894,384 (July 2005) Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China.
Thailand   Shorts facts about Thailand: Capital: Bangkok Population: 65,444,371 (July 2005) Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma	Vietnam   Short facts about Vietnam : Capital: Hanoi Population: 83,535,576 (July 2005) Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia.