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The term rose to favor during the 1980s and is used most often in a political or commerce-related context. On occastion, the APAC region may be alternately ... WorldPopulationReviewContinentsCountriesWorldCitiesUSStatesUSCountiesUSCitiesZipsAPACCountries|Asia-PacificCountries2022WhatdoesAPACstandfor? APACcountriesarethoselocatedwithintheAPACgeographicalregion.TheAPACregionislooselydefinedbutgenerallyconsideredtoencompasstheareainandaroundthewesternPacificOcean.APACstandsforAsia-Pacific(A-siaPAC-ific).Thetermrosetofavorduringthe1980sandisusedmostofteninapoliticalorcommerce-relatedcontext.Onoccastion,theAPACregionmaybealternatelyreferredtoastheAsia-Pac,AsPac,orAPJ/APEJ(for"Asia-PacificandJapan"or"Asia-PacificExcludingJapan")region. WhichcountriesareAPACcountries? Asarule,mostcountrieslocatedthroughouteasternandsouthernAsia—particularlythosethattouchthePacificOcean—andOceaniaareusuallyconsideredAPACcountries.Thatsaid,becausethereisnoofficialdefinitionoftheAsiaPacificregionanditsboundaries,thelistofAPACcountriescanvarydependinguponthecontext. SomelistsincludeRussia,whichliestothenorthbutisnonethelesstechnicallypartofEastAsia;othersincludetheUnitedStates,Canada,Chile,andothercountriesintheAmericasthatliealongthePacificOcean'seasterncoast.SomeAPAClistsincludecountrieswithdependentterritoriesintheregion,suchastheU.S.(AmericanSamoa,thestateofHawaii,etc.),France(FrenchPolynesia,NewCaledonia),andtheU.K.(PitcairnIsland,BritishIndianOceanTerritory),whileothersincludeonlysovereignnationsandexcludedependentterritoriessuchasNiue(NewZealand),Guam(UnitedStates),andNorfolkIsland(Australia).OtherlistsleaveouttheU.S.andCanadabutincludeallofAsiaalongsideAustralasia,Oceania,andthePacificislandnations. WhatarethelargestandsmallestAPACcountries? Byarea,ChinaisthelargestcountryintheAPACregion(unlessone'slistalsoincludesCanada,Russia,ortheU.S.),followedbyAustralia,India,Indonesia,andMongolia.ThesmallestAPACcountry(notincludingdependentterritoriessuchasTokelau,whichisconsideredpartofNewZealand)isNauru,withanareaofbarely21km²(8mi²). TheAPACregionisalsohometosomeoftheworld'smostpopulouscountries.ChinaisthemostpopulousnationintheAsia-Pacificregionandtheworld,withabout1.44billionpeople.Indiafollowscloselybehind,with1.39billion.Thethird-mostpopulouscountryintheregionandthefourth-mostpopulousintheworldisIndonesia,withsome276.3millionpeople.Thesmallestcountrybypopulation(again,notcountingdependentterritories)iseitherTuvaluorNauru,whoseprojectedpopulationsvarydependinguponthesourceconsulted,butwhichalwaysfallbetween10,000-12,000people. ForacomparativelistofthecountriesthatvariousorganizationsconsiderpartofAPAC,scrolltothetablebelow.APACCountries|Asia-PacificCountries2022ShowSourcesCSVJSONCountryInAPCS?InAPEC?InESCAP?NiueNauruTuvaluCookIslandsPalauNorthernMarianaIslandsMarshallIslandsTongaMicronesiaKiribatiGuamSamoaFrenchPolynesiaNewCaledoniaVanuatuBruneiMaldivesMacauSolomonIslandsBhutanFijiTimorLesteArmeniaMongoliaGeorgiaNewZealandSingaporeTurkmenistanKyrgyzstanLaosHongKongPapuaNewGuineaTajikistanAzerbaijanCambodiaKazakhstanChileSriLankaNorthKoreaAustraliaNepalMalaysiaPeruUzbekistanCanadaAfghanistanSouthKoreaMyanmarThailandTurkeyIranVietnamPhilippinesJapanMexicoRussiaBangladeshPakistanIndonesiaUnitedStatesIndiaChinaAPACCountries|Asia-PacificCountries2022ShowSourcesCountrycomparison-UnitedNationsESCAPAsia-PacificEconomicCooperation-APECCountriesoftheAsia-PacificRegion-APCSSAsia-Pacific-WikiSources©2022WorldPopulationReview PrivacyPolicyTermsContactAboutCiteThis