Rank
|
Category
|
Countries
|
3
|
Latest to "change" name after independence
|
North Macedonia | Eswatini | D.R. Congo
|
2
|
Highest opium production
[1]
|
Afghanistan
|
6
|
Has lost the most forest area since 1990
|
Brazil | Indonesia | D.R. Congo | Angola | Tanzania
|
3
|
Highest % Buddhist population
|
Cambodia | Thailand
|
2
|
Most populous starting with M
|
Mexico
|
10
|
Longest coastline
* among countries smaller than 700 km2
|
Norway | Philippines | United Kingdom | Japan | France | Papua New Guinea | New Zealand | Greece | Sweden
|
3
|
Most recent to change capital
|
Burundi | Palau
|
2
|
Largest country to not use the metric system
|
United States
|
5
|
Has the most "vertical" shape in Asia
|
Israel | Qatar | Taiwan | Philippines
|
2
|
Highest Rohingya population
|
Bangladesh
|
3
|
Home country of the first UN leader
|
Norway | Sweden
|
5
|
Longest military dictatorship
[2]
|
Japan | El Salvador | Thailand | Bolivia
|
2 (t)
|
Has the most Y's in its name
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2
|
Shortest border with India
|
Bhutan
|
4
|
Least peaceful country in Asia
* excluding Muslim-majority countries
|
North Korea | Israel | India
|
2 (t)
|
Most recent to join ASEAN
|
Cambodia
|
7
|
Most recent coup d'état attempt
[3]
|
Sudan | Guinea | Mali | Jordan | Niger | Armenia
|
3
|
Site of the deadliest cyclone since 1900
|
Bangladesh | China
|