Asie
|
Aurie
| 44,579,000 km
2
(17,212,000 sq mi)
[1]
|
---|
Population
| 4,462,676,731 (
1st
)
[2]
|
---|
Population density
| 100/km
2
(260/sq mi)
|
---|
GDP (nominal)
| $27.2 trillion (2016,
1st
)
|
---|
GDP (PPP)
| $55.3 trillion (2016, 1st)
|
---|
GDP per capita
| $5,635 (2016,
5t
)
[3]
|
---|
Demonym
| Asie
|
---|
Kintras
| 49 UN members 6 ither states
|
---|
Dependencies
| |
---|
Non-UN states
| |
---|
Internet
TLD
| .asia
|
---|
Lairgest ceeties
| Metropolitan auries o Asie
Leet o ceeties in Asie
|
---|
Asie
is
Yird
's mucklest an maist populous
continent
, locatit primarily in the
Eastren
an
Northren
Hemispheres
. It shares the continental laundmass o
Eurasie
wi the continent o
Europe
an the continental laundmass o
Afro-Eurasie
wi baith Europe an
Africae
. Asie covers an aurie o 44,579,000 square kilometre (17,212,000 sq mi), aboot 30% o Yird's tot laund aurie an 8.7% o the Yird's tot surface aurie. The continent, that haes lang been hame tae the majority o the
human population
,
[5]
wis the steid o mony o the
first ceevilisations
. Asie is notable for nae anly its oweraw muckle size an population, but an aa dense an muckle settlements, as weel as vast barely populatit regions. Its 4.5 billion fowk constitute aboot 60% o the warld's population.
In general terms, Asie is boondit on the east bi the Paceefic Ocean, on the sooth bi the Indie Ocean an on the north bi the Arctic Ocean. The wastren boondar wi Europe is a historical an
cultural construct
, as thare is na clear pheesical an geografical separation atween them. The maist commonly acceptit boondaries place Asie tae the east o the
Suez Canal
, the
Ural River
, an the
Ural Moontains
, an sooth o the
Caucasus Moontains
an the
Caspian
an
Black Seas
.
[6]
Cheenae an Indie alternatit in bein the
lairgest economies in the warld
frae 1 tae 1800 CE. Cheenae wis a major economic pouer an attractit mony tae the east,
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
and for many the legendary wealth and prosperity of the ancient culture of India personified Asia,
[11]
attractin European commerce, exploration an colonialism. The accidental diskivery o Americae bi Columbus in sairch for Indie demonstrates this deep fascination. The
Silk Road
becam the main East-Wast treddin route in the Asie hinterlands while the
Straits o Malacca
stuid as a major sea route. Asie haes exhibited economic dynamism (pairteecularly East Asie) as weel as robust population growthe in the 20t century, but oweraw population growthe haes syne fawen.
[12]
Asie wis the birthplace o maist o the warld's mainstream releegions includin Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism,
Confucianism
, Taoism (or Daoism),
Jainism
,
Sikhism
,
Zoroastranism
, as weel as mony ither releegions.
Gien its size an diversity, the concept o Asie?a
name
datin back tae
clessical antiquity
?mey actually hae mair tae dae wi
human geografie
nor
pheesical geografie
.
[13]
Asie varies greatly athort an within
its regions
wi regaird tae ethnic groups, culturs, environments, economics, historical ties an govrenment seestems. It an aa haes a mix o mony different climates rangin frae the equatorial sooth via the het desert in the
Middle East
, temperate auries in the east an the continental centre tae vast subarctic an polar auries in
Siberie
.
- ↑
National Geographic Family Reference Atlas of the World
. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society (U.S.). 2006. p. 264.
- ↑
"World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision"
.
ESA.UN.org
(custom data acquired via website).
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
, Population Division
. Retrieved
10 September
2017
.
- ↑
"IMF (WEO April 2017 Edition) GDP nominal per capita - international dollar"
.
- ↑
World urban areas
- ↑
"The World at Six Billion"
. UN Population Division. Archived frae
the original
on 5 Mairch 2016.
,
Table 2
- ↑
National Geographic Atlas of the World
(7th ed.). Washington, DC:
National Geographic
. 1999.
ISBN
978-0-7922-7528-2
.
"Europe" (pp. 68?9); "Asia" (pp. 90?1): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles."
- ↑
"Professor M.D. Nalapat. Ensuring China's "Peaceful Rise". Accessed January 22, 2016"
. Archived frae
the original
on 10 Januar 2010.
"Archived copy"
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4 Februar
2018
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)
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"Dahlman, Carl J; Aubert, Jean-Eric. China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century. WBI Development Studies. World Bank Publications. Accessed January 22, 2016"
.
Eric.ed.gov
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the original
on 4 Mairch 2008
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9 November
2017
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"The Real Great Leap Forward. The Economist. Sept 30, 2004"
.
The Economist
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[1]
[
deid airtin
]
- ↑
[2]
Archived
20 November 2008 at the
Wayback Machine
- ↑
"Like herrings in a barrel"
.
The Economist
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the original
on 4 Januar 2010.
.
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"Asia"
.
AccessScience
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the original
on 27 November 2011
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26 Julie
2011
.
"Archived copy"
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4 Februar
2018
.
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