The document provides an overview of Asia, its economy, and several countries within Asia. It notes that Asia has over 4 billion people and a total GDP of over $7.5 trillion. It then profiles several individual countries in Asia, including China, Japan, India, North Korea, and South Korea, covering their populations, languages, religions, and forms of government. The document also profiles several countries in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates, and notes ongoing political revolts in several Middle Eastern and North African countries.

1. ASIA

4. General information Area 44.579.000 km 2 Population 3.879.000.000 Density 89 inhab/ km 2 Countries 48 Most populated cities Tokio Seúl Bombay New Delhi Shanghai Manila Osaka

5. Economy The economy of Asia comprises more than 4 billion people (60% of the world population) living in 46 different states. Six further states lie partly in Asia, but are considered to belong to another region economically and politically. Wealth (if measured by GDP per capita) is mostly concentrated in east Asian territories such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, as well in oil rich Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. Asia, with the exception of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, is currently undergoing rapid growth and industrialization spearheaded by China and India - the two fastest growing major economies in the world. While east Asian and southeast Asian countries generally rely on manufacturing and trade for growth, countries in the Middle East depend more on the production of commodities, principally oil, for economic growth. Over the years, with rapid economic growth and large trade surplus with the rest of the world, Asia has accumulated over US$4 trillion of foreign exchange reserves - more than half of the world's total.

6. CHINA Population 1.300.000.000 Density 138 inhab/km2 Capital Pekin (Beijing) Languages spoken Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Hakka,Fuzhou, Hokien, Tibetan,Mongolian GDP $7,5 Ethnics groups Han Chinese 91,6% Zuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao & others 8,4% Religions Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism Politics Single Party Socialist Republic

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8. JAPAN Population 127,360,000 Density 336 inhab/km2 Capital Tokio Languages spoken Japanese & Japanese dialects GDP $33,828 Ethnics groups 98.5% Japanese 0.5% Korean 0.4% Chinese 0.6% other Religions Shinto, Buddhism Politics Parliamentary representative democratic monarchy

9. INDIA Population 1,192,277,000 Density 355 inhab/km² Capital New Delhi Lenguages spoken Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil,Telugu. GDP $3,176 Ethnics groups Indo-Aryan 72% Dravidian 25% Mongoloid & others 3% Religions Hinduism, Islam, Shikism, Christianism, Buddhism Politics Federal republic with parliamentary democracy.

10. NORTH KOREA Population 24,051,218 Density 187,6 inhab/km2 Capital Pyongyang Languages spoken Korean GDP $1.118 Ethnics groups Korean Chinese Religions Confucianism, Buddhism, Shamanism, Cheondoism Politics Socialist republic (Civilian Dictatorship) Leader: Kim Jong Il

11. SOUTH KOREA Population 48,875,000 Density 480,0 inhab/km2 Capital Seoul Languages spoken Korean GDP $17,074 Ethnics groups Korean Chinese Religions Confucianism, Buddhism, Shamanism, Cheondoism, atheism Politics fully functioning modern democracy Leader: Lee Myung-bak

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14. Middle East

15. ARABIA SAUDITA Population 25,731,776 Density 12 inhab/km2 Capital Riyadh Languages spoken Arabic GDP $23,701 Ethnics groups Arabs 90% Black Africans, Javanese, Indians Pakistanis and Egyptians 10% Religions Islam (85% Sunni Muslims, 14% Shiite Muslims) Christians less than 1% Politics Absolute Monarchy

16. IRAQ Population 31,234,000 Density 71.5 inhab/km2 Capital Baghdad Languages spoken Arabic, English, Kurdish, Turkish & Assyrian GDP $3,570 Ethnics groups Arabs 77% Kurds 19% Turks, Persians, Lurs, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, Shabaks, Mandaeans & Sarliyahs 5% Religions Islam (Shiite Muslims 52%, Sunni Muslims, which dominate the government and the bureaucracy 42%) Christian and Jewish minorities. Politics Unitary Single-Party Republic

17. ISRAEL Population 7,653,600 Density 365.3 inhab/km2 Capital Jerusalem Languages spoken Hebrew and Arabic GDP $29,000 Ethnics groups 75.5% Jewish 20.3% Arab 4.2% others Religions J udaism, Islam, Christianism, Druze Politics Parliamentary democracy

18. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Population 4,975,593 Density 97 inhab/km2 Capital Abu Dhabi Languages spoken Arabic, English GDP $40,175 Ethnics groups Arabs 87% Indians and Pakistanis 9% Palestinians, Egyptians, Iraqis, Lebanese & others 4% Religions Islam (80% Sunni Muslims), Christianism Politics Federal presidential system and constitutional monarchy

19. ACTUAL SITUATION Right now, in middle east and the north of Africa there are revolts of the citizens in the most Islamic countries. The population is fed up with totalitarian regimes, economic inequalities and the restriction of freedom. They want democracy. Young people have been the precursors of these revolts with the influence of the social networks.

20. EGYPT IRAN YEMEN BAHRAIN (TUNISIA) (LIBYA) (ALGERIA) (MOROCCO)