Check Out Some Interesting Facts: :bulletblue: There are 48 countries in Asia :bulletblue: Asia is the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population :bulletblue: There are approx 4 billion people who live in Asia :bulletblue: Asia‘s dominant religions are Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucian/Taoism and Islam :bulletblue: Asia is home to the highest (Mount Everest 8,848m) and lowest Dead Sea (-395m) points on Earth. :bulletblue: Asia’s three dominant financial centers are Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. :bulletblue: There isn’t any evidence, but it’s been said that birth of human civilization took place somewhere amid Euphrates and Tigris in Asia. :bulletblue: More than half of Asia’s population is in two countries in Asia – China (1.3 billion) and India (1.1 billion). India is guestimated to take over China in about 20 years or so. :bulletblue: Three of the top four economies in the world are in Asia – China, Japan and India. :bulletblue: Asia’s western most point is Cape Baba in Northwestern Turkey. :bulletblue: Asia‘s eastern most point is Cape Chelyuskin in Siberia. :bulletblue: Asia is 5,300 miles wide.