ಏಷ್ಯಾ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಅತಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಾಗೂ ಅತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಖಂಡವಾಗಿದೆ. ಭೂಗೋಳದ ಸುಮಾರು ೮.೭% ಪ್ರದೇಶವನ್ನು ಈ ಖಂಡ ಆವರಿಸಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಸುಮಾರು ೬೦% ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಪಾರಂಪರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಏಷ್ಯಾದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮದ ಪರಿಮಿತಿಯು ಸುಯೆಜ್ ಕಾಲುವೆ, ಯೂರಲ್ ಪರ್ವತ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಯೆಂದು ಹಾಗು ಉತ್ತರ ಪರಿಮಿತಿಯು ಕಾವ್ಕಸಸ್ ಪರ್ವತ ಶ್ರೇಣಿ ಹಾಗು ಕ್ಯಾಸ್ಪಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಕಪ್ಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ(ಬ್ಲ್ಯಕ್ ಸೀ)ಗಳೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.
↑Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
↑Russia is generally considered a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
↑Timor-Leste is sometimes considered a transcontinental country. It is geographically in Oceania (Melanesia), but has historical and sociopolitical connections with Southeastern Asia.
↑Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: geographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
↑ ೧೨.೦೧೨.೧Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Naxçivan is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
↑ The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), distinct from the de jure Republic of Cyprus in the south (with a predominantly Greek population), is recognised only by Turkey.
↑Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
↑Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.