East Asia, the eastern region of the Asian continent. China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea (North Korea and South Korea), Far Eastern Russia, and sometimes covers the countries of Mongolia, Central Asia, but is usually covered by Mongolia.

With a population of one quarter of the total world population of 1.5 billion people living in East Asia, and the average population density due to the region’s population density is 131 people per km2, the world’s average population density three times larger.

The region’s capitals, Beijing (China), Taipei (Taiwan), Tokyo (Japan), Pyongyang (North Korea), Seoul (South Korea), Khabarovsk (Far East region of Russia) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia). Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo’s largest cities outside of East Asia, Osaka, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and cities of Nagoya.