Title: What Is Eurasia?
Headings: What Is Eurasia?
What Is Eurasia?
Defining the World's Largest Continent
Physical Geography of Eurasia
Number of Countries
Population of Eurasia
Capitals
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Content: This includes all 48 countries of Europe (including the island countries of Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom), 17 countries of the Middle East, 27 countries of Asia (including Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan), and one new country now often associated with Oceania—East Timor. Thus, nearly half of the world's 196 independent countries are in Eurasia. Population of Eurasia
As of 2012, the population of Eurasia was nearly five billion, about 71% of the planet's population. This includes about 4.2 billion people in Asia and 740 million people in Europe, as those subregions of Eurasia are commonly understood. The remainder of the world's population lives in Africa, North and South America, and Oceania. Capitals
To define the capital cities of Eurasia is challenging when the continent is divided up into 93 independent countries. However, some capital cities are simply much more powerful and well-placed among the capitals of the world than others. Therefore, there are four cities that stand out as capital cities in Eurasia: Beijing, Moscow, London, and Brussels. Beijing is the capital of Eurasia's most populous country, China.