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: The southern boundaries are the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, and the Indian Ocean. Southern border countries of Eurasia include Spain, Israel, Yemen, India, and continental Malaysia. Eurasia also commonly includes island countries associated with the Eurasian continent such as Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Japan, Philippines, island Malaysia, and perhaps even Indonesia. ( There is considerable confusion as to the division of the island of New Guinea between Asian Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, often considered part of Oceania.) Number of Countries
As of 2012, there were 93 independent countries in Eurasia. 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.