Rank
|
Category
|
Country
|
3
|
Largest landlocked country in Asia
|
Kazakhstan | Mongolia
|
4
|
Receive the most net foreign aid [1]
|
Syria | Egypt | Bangladesh
|
7
|
Highest average elevation
|
Bhutan | Nepal | Tajikistan | Kyrgyzstan | Lesotho | Andorra
|
3
|
Most populous starting with A
|
Argentina | Algeria
|
3
|
Poorest country in Asia [2]
|
North Korea | Yemen
|
3 (t)
|
Longest one-word country name
|
Liechtenstein | Turkmenistan
|
4
|
Most populous capital starting with K
|
D.R. Congo | Malaysia | Sudan
|
4 (t)
|
Landlocked country bordering the most other nations
|
Austria | Serbia | Zambia
|
4
|
Shortest border with Iran
|
Armenia | Azerbaijan | Turkey
|
3
|
Source of most of the world's refugees [3]
|
Syria | Venezuela
|
4
|
Latest to become a Communist state
|
Ethiopia | Cambodia | Grenada
|
4
|
Most recent to defeat the UK in a one-on-one war
|
Iceland | Ireland | South Africa
|
2
|
Source of the most foreign-born residents in Turkey
[4]
|
Iraq
|
7
|
Most polluted capital city
[5]
|
India | Bangladesh | Nepal | Pakistan | Mongolia | China
|
4
|
Most recent that was site of the year's deadliest earthquake
|
Japan | Syria | Turkey
|
14 (t)
|
Most recent to win its first ever Olympic medal
|
Burkina Faso | San Marino | Turkmenistan | Fiji | Jordan | Kosovo | Bahrain | Botswana | Cyprus | Gabon | Grenada | Guatemala | Montenegro
|
4
|
Most recent in Asia to abolish its monarchy
|
Nepal | Iran | Laos
|
6
|
Most number of first-level provinces
|
Turkey | Thailand | Algeria | Vietnam | Indonesia
|
2
|
Whose flag has the highest % white
|
Cyprus
|