Country Profiles

Capital: Kabul
Official Languages:  Pashto, Dari Persian
Population:  32,225,560  (as of 2019)
Area: 652,230 km2
Currency: Afghani (AFN) (1 USD = 77 AFN in 2020) 
GDP Total: $21.657 billion
Per Capita: $601 (2018 estimate)

• Capital: Baku
• Official Languages: Azerbaijani Turkish
• Population: 10,127,874 (as of 2019)
• Area: 86,600 km2
• Currency: Manat (AZN) (1 USD = 1.70 AZN in 2021)
• GDP Total: $45.284 billion
• Per Capita: $4,498 (2019 estimate)

• Capital: Tehran
• Official Languages: Persian (There are also recognized regional languages)
• Religion: Islam (official) (99.4%), Christianity (0.15%), Zoroastrianism (0.03%)
• Ethnic Groups: Persian (61%), Azerbaijani (16%), Kurd (10%), Lur (incl. Bakhtiari) (6%), Turkmen and other Turkic peoples (2%), Baloch (2%), Arab (2%), Other (1%)
• Population: 83,183,741 (as of 2019)
• Area: 1,648,195 km2
• Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR) (1 USD = 42.1 IRR in 2021)
• GDP Total:  $1.007 trillion
• Per Capita:  $11,963 (2020 estimate)

Capital: Astana
Official languages: Kazakh, Russian
Ethnic groups (2023): 70.7% Kazakh, 15.2% Russian, 3.3% Uzbek, 1.9% Ukrainian, 1.5% Uyghur
Area: 2,724,900 km2 
Population (2024 estimate): 20,075,271
GDP (PPP) (2024 estimate): $693.415 billion
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $34,534
Currency: Tenge (₸) (KZT)
 

Capital: Bishkek
Official languages: Kyrgyz (state), Russian (official)[1]
Official script: Cyrillic
Spoken languages: Kyrgyz, Uzbek,  Russian
Population (2023 estimate): 7,037,590
Ethnic groups (2023):  77.7% Kyrgyz, 14.1% Uzbeks, 3.9% Russians
Area: 200,105 km2
GDP (PPP) 2024 estimate: $48.054 billion (129th)
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $6,790 (139th)
Currency: Kyrgyzstani som (KGS)

Capital: Islamabad
Official languages: Urdu, English
Area: 881,913 km2 
Population (2023): 241,499,431
GDP (PPP) (2024 estimate):  $1.643 trillion
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $6,955
Currency: Pakistani rupee (₨) (PKR)
 

Capital: Dushanbe
Official languages: Tajik (national), Russian (interethnic)
Spoken languages: Tajik, Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Area: 143,100 km2
Population (2023 estimate): 10,077,600
GDP (PPP) (2024 estimate):  $59.415 billion
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $5,832
Currency: Somoni (TJS)

Capital:Ankara
Official languages: Turkish 
Area: 783,562 km2
Population  (2023): 85,372,377
GDP (PPP) Total (2023): $3.613 trillion
GDP Per capita: $12,765
Currency: Turkish lira (₺) (TRY)
 

Capital: Ashgabat
Official language: Turkmen
Languages spoken: Turkmen, Russian
Area: 491,210 km2
Population: 7,057,841 
GDP (PPP) (2023 estimate): $126.132 billion
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $19,938
 

Capital: Tashkent
Official languages: Uzbek
Recognised regional languages: Karakalpak
Area: 447,400 km2
Population (2024 estimate): 36,799,000
GDP (PPP) (2024 estimate): $401.838 billion
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $10,936
 

Capital: North Nicosia (de facto)
Official languages: Turkish
Area: 3,355 km2
Population (2021 estimate): 382,836
GDP (PPP) (2016 estimate):   $3,735 billion
GDP (PPP) Per capita: $13.428
Currency: Turkish Lira (₺) (TRY)