Wikipedia of Nations

  Iran  , also called  Persia , and officially the  Islamic Republic of Iran   , is a country in  Western Asia .  It is bordered to the northwest by  Armenia  and  Azerbaijan ,   to the north by the  Caspian Sea , to the northeast by  Turkmenistan , to the east by  Afghanistan  and  Pakistan , to the south by the  Persian Gulf  and the  Gulf of Oman , and to the west by  Turkey  and  Iraq . Its central location in  Eurasia  and proximity to the  Strait of Hormuz  give it significant  geostrategic  importance. Tehran  is the capital and largest city, as well as the leading economic and cultural hub; it is also the most populous city in Western Asia, with more than 8.8 million residents, and up to 15 million including the metropolitan area. With 83 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's  17th most populous country . Spanning 1,648,195...

  Iraq ,officially the  Republic of Iraq  is a country in  Western Asia , bordered by  Turkey  to  the north ,  Iran  to  the east ,  Kuwait  to  the southeast ,  Saudi Arabia  to  the south ,  Jordan  to  the southwest  and  Syria  to  the west . The capital and largest city is  Baghdad . Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including  Arabs ,  Kurds ,  Assyrians ,  Turkmen ,  Shabakis ,  Yazidis ,  Armenians ,  Mandeans ,  Circassians ,  Sabians  and  Kawliya .Around 99% of the country's 38 million citizens are  Muslims , with tiny minorities of  Christians ,  Yarsans ,  Yezidis  and  Mandeans  also present. The official languages of Iraq are  Arabic  and  Kurdish . Iraq has a coastline measuring 58 km (36 miles) on the northern  Persian Gulf ...

Qatar  officially the  State of Qatar  is a country located in  Western Asia , occupying the small  Qatar Peninsula  on the northeastern coast of the  Arabian Peninsula . Its sole land  border  is with neighbouring  Gulf Cooperation Council  (GCC) monarchy  Saudi Arabia  to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the  Persian Gulf . The  Gulf of Bahrain , an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby  Bahrain . In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million  expatriates .  Islam  is the  official religion  of Qatar. In terms of  income , country has the third  GDP (PPP) per capita  in the world, and the sixth  GNI per capita (Atlas method) .Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development, having the highest  HDI  in the  Arab world ...

Pakistan ,officially the  Islamic Republic of Pakistan ,is a country in  South Asia . It is the world's  fifth-most populous  country with a population exceeding 212.2 million. It is the  33rd-largest country  by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile)  coastline  along the  Arabian Sea  and  Gulf of Oman  in the south and is bordered by  India  to  the east ,  Afghanistan  to  the west ,  Iran  to  the southwest , and  China  to  the northeast . It is separated narrowly from  Tajikistan  by Afghanistan's  Wakhan Corridor  in the northwest, and also shares a  maritime border  with  Oman . The territory that now constitutes Pakistan was the site of several  ancient cultures  and intertwined with the history of the broader  Indian subcontinent . The ancien...

Bangladesh , officially the  People's Republic of Bangladesh , is a country in  South Asia . It is the  eighth-most populous  country in the world, with a population exceeding 162 million people.In terms of land mass, Bangladesh ranks  92nd , spanning 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi), making it one of the most  densely-populated  countries in the world. Bangladesh shares land borders with  India  to the west, north, and east,  Myanmar  to the southeast, and the  Bay of Bengal  to the south. It is narrowly separated from  Nepal  and  Bhutan  by the  Siliguri Corridor , and from  China  by  Sikkim , in the north, respectively.  Dhaka , the capital and largest city, is the nation's economic, political and cultural hub.  Chittagong , the  largest sea port , is the second-largest city. Bangladesh forms the larger and eastern part of the  Bengal  ...

Mongolia  is a  landlocked country  in  East Asia . Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of  Outer Mongolia , and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state. It is sandwiched between  Russia  to the north and  China  to the south, where it neighbours the  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region . Mongolia does not share a border with  Kazakhstan , although only 37 kilometres (23 mi) separate them. At 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 sq mi), Mongolia is the  18th-largest  and the  most sparsely populated   sovereign state  in the world, with a population of over 3.3 million people.It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country, behind  Kazakhstan , and the largest landlocked country that does not border a  closed sea . The country contains very little  arable land , as much of its area is covered by grassy  steppe , with mountain...