Countries of the Asia Pacific Region 1. Australia Capital City : Canberra Area : total: 7,686,850 sq km land: 7,617,930 sq km water: 68,920 sq km note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island Total Population : 20,434,176 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $674.6 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 2.7% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $33,300 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 3.5% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 25.4% (1994) Currency Code : Australian dollar (AUD) Languages : English 2. Indonesia Capital City : Jakarta Area : total: 1,919,440 sq km land: 1,826,440 sq km water: 93,000 sq km Total Population : 234,693,997 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $948.3 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 5.5% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $3,900 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 13.1% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002) Currency Code : Indonesian rupiah (IDR) Languages : Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
3. Korea (North) Capital City : Pyongyang Area : total: 120,540 sq km land: 120,410 sq km water: 130 sq km Total Population : 23,301,725 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $40 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 1.6% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $1,800 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : NA% Household Income : lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Currency Code : North Korean won (KPW) Languages : Korean 4. Korea (South) Capital City : Seoul Area : total: 98,480 sq km land: 98,190 sq km water: 290 sq km Total Population : 49,044,790 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $1.196 trillion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 5% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $24,500 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 2.2% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2.9 highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.) Currency Code : South Korean won (KRW) Languages : Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
5. Malaysia Capital City : Kuala Lumpur Area : total: 329,750 sq km land: 328,550 sq km water: 1,200 sq km Total Population : 24,821,286 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $313.2 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 5.9% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $12,800 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 3.6% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.) Currency Code : Ringgit (MYR) Languages : Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan 6. Philippines Capital City : Manila Area : total: 300,000 sq km land: 298,170 sq km water: 1,830 sq km Total Population : 91,077,287 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $449.8 billion (2005 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 5.4% (2005 est.) GDP (per capita) : $5,000 (2005 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 6.3% (2005 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 34.2% (2003) Currency Code : Philippine peso (PHP) Languages : two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
7. Singapore Capital City : Singapore Area : total: 692.7 sq km land: 682.7 sq km water: 10 sq km Total Population : 4,553,009 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $141.2 billion (2005 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 7.9% (2005 est.) GDP (per capita) : $31,400 (2005 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 0.4% (2005 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Currency Code : Singapore dollar (SGD) Languages : Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese, dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census) 8. Thailand Capital City : Bangkok Area : total: 514,000 sq km land: 511,770 sq km water: 2,230 sq km Total Population : 65,068,149 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $596.5 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 5% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $9,200 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 4.6% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2002) Currency Code : baht (THB) Languages : Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
Countries of the East Asia Region 1. Cambodia Capital City : Phnom Penh Area : total: 181,040 sq km land: 176,520 sq km water: 4,520 sq km Total Population : 13,995,904 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $38.89 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 10.5% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $2,800 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 5% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 34.8% (2004) Currency Code : riel (KHR) Languages : Khmer (official) 95%, French, English 2. India Capital City : New Delhi Area : total: 3,287,590 sq km land: 2,973,190 sq km water: 314,400 sq km Total Population : 1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $4.164 trillion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 9.4% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $3,800 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 4.2% (2005 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 31.1% (2004) Currency Code : Indian rupee (INR) Languages : English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi /Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language
3. Nepal Capital City : Kathmandu Area : total: 147,181 sq km land: 143,181 sq km water: 4,000 sq km Total Population : 28,901,790 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $41.18 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 1.9% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $1,500 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 8.6% (November 2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 40.6% (2004) Currency Code : Nepalese rupee (NPR) Languages : Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) note: many in government and business also speak English 4. Vietnam Capital City : Hanoi Area : total: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km Total Population : 85,262,356 (July 2007 est.) GDP (purchasing power parity) : $262.5 billion (2006 est.) GDP (real growth rate) : 8.2% (2006 est.) GDP (per capita) : $3,100 (2006 est.) Inflation Rate (consumer prices) : 7.5% (2006 est.) Household Income : lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 28.9% (2004) Currency Code : dong (VND) Languages : Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)