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Size : 377,915 square kilometres Population : 126.9 million |
Size : 36,197 square kilometres Population : 23.8 million |
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Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of mainland Asia . The islands of Japan are located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the East China Sea to the north and south , respectively . The country includes about 6,852 islands , with |
its four main islands , or the “ Home Islands ”, being Hokkaido , Honshu , Shikoku , and Kyushu . Large parts of Japan are heavily forested and mountainous , while its densely populated settlements are mainly located in the coastal regions . |
An island state in East Asia , known historically as Formosa , Taiwan makes up 99 percent of the area controlled by the Republic of China , and lies just 180 kilometres across the Taiwan Strait from the southeastern coast of mainland China . The East China Sea lies to its |
north , the Philippine Sea to its east , the Luzon Strait directly to its south and the South China Sea to its southwest . Smaller islands include a number in the Taiwan Strait such as the Penghu archipelago , the Kinmen and Matsu Islands , and some of the South China Sea islands . |
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Size : 15,007 square kilometres Population : 1.3 million
East Timor , or Timor- Leste , is a sovereign nation occupying the eastern half of the island of Timor in Maritime Southeast Asia . To the north of the island are the Ombai Strait , Wetar Strait , and the greater Banda Sea . The Timor Sea separates the island from Australia to the south . Much of the country is mountainous .
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Size : 298 square kilometres Population : 530,953
The smallest country in Asia , the Maldives is an archipelago of far-flung , low-lying islands and atolls located in the Indian Ocean . This tropical archipelago comprises 1,190 coral islands , grouped into 26 atolls straddling the equator , about 900 kilometres southwest of Sri Lanka . Climate change is severely threatening the existence of the Maldives as well as diminishing existing human capabilities on these islands . According to the World Bank , with future sea levels projected to increase in the range of 10 to 100 centimetres by the year 2100 , the entire country could eventually be submerged .
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Size : 65,610 square kilometres Population : 21.4 million
Sri Lanka , formerly called Ceylon , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean , southeast of the Indian subcontinent , in a strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes . It is the 25th largest island in the world by area . There was once a land connection to the Indian mainland , which is now mostly submerged .
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Size : 780 square kilometres Population : 1.6 million
Bahrain is a generally flat and dry archipelago in the Persian Gulf . Often described as an archipelago of 33 islands , extensive land reclamation projects have changed this , and the number of islands and island groups has increased to 84 , with 161 kilometres of coastline . Bahrain ’ s largest islands are Bahrain Island , the Hawar Islands , Muharraq Island , Umm an Nasan , and Sitra Island . Bahrain is connected to Saudi Arabia by the 25-kilometre-long King Fahd Causeway .
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