Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has 11 countries between India, China and Australia: the Indochinese peninsula and the archipelagos of Indonesia and the Philippines.

Countries
11
Population
700.3 million
Area
4.5 M km²
Most populous
Indonesia

All the countries of Southeast Asia

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 466,330 5,765 81
Cambodia Phnom Penh 17,847,982 181,035 99
Indonesia Jakarta 285,721,236 1,904,569 150
Laos Vientiane 7,873,046 236,800 33
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 35,977,838 330,803 109
Myanmar Naypyidaw 54,850,648 676,578 81
Philippines Manila 116,786,962 342,353 341
Singapore Singapore 6,111,175 710 8,607
Thailand Bangkok 71,619,863 513,120 140
Timor-Leste Dili 1,418,517 14,874 95
Vietnam Hanoi 101,598,527 331,212 307

Population: World Bank, latest available year. Click a header to sort.

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Good to know

  • Most populous: Indonesia (285.7 million people); largest: Indonesia (1,904,569 km²).
  • Indonesia, with more than 17,000 islands, is the largest archipelago in the world.
  • Thailand is the only country in the region never colonised by a European power.