Covering an area of 17,212,000 square miles, Asia is the largest continent of the earth. It has an estimated population of 3,879,000,000 inhabitants.
There are forty-seven countries that make up the continent of Asia. The major countries are:
- China
- India
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Singapore
- Bhutan
- Iran
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
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China is the largest country by area in Asia and the fourth-largest country in the world.
Asia is surrounded by a number of water bodies. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, on the east by the Bering Strait and the Pacific Ocean, and by the Red and Mediterranean seas on the southwest. Some of the major seas that make up the continent are:
- Yellow Sea
- South China Sea
- Philippine Sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Red Sea
- Black Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Aral Sea
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Asia is popular not only because of popular tourist spots (most of these
places are built in medieval era), but also because of Medical Tourism. It
has been a popular business in the continent comprising of the top country
destinations for different
cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, and other health-related surgeries. India and Thailand are
one of the top areas of Medical tourism because of the quaity of the
procedure and
the low cost of each treatment.