Countries in Southeast Asia

The region known as Southeast Asia, as its name implies, is located in the southeastern portion of the continent and covers the territories of countries such as Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. A good part of the population of this region lives on agriculture and live in rural areas. Therefore, the urban population in this region is smaller than the rural.

How Many Countries in Southeastern Asia

As a region of Asia, Southeastern Asia is composed of 11 independent countries (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam). See below for the full list of Southeastern Asian Countries by population.

1. Brunei

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan Territorial extension: 5,770 km² Language: Malay Currency: Brunei Dollar

2. Cambodia

Capital: Phnom Penh Territorial extent: 181,040 km² Language: Knmer Currency: Riel

3. Philippines

Capital: Manila Territorial extension: 300 km² Language: Filipino and English Currency: Philippine Peso

4. Indonesia

Capital: Jakarta Territorial extension: 1,904,570 km² Language: Indonesian Currency: Rupee

5. Laos

Capital: Vientiane Territorial extension: 236,800 km² Language: Laotian Currency: Quipe

6. Malaysia

Capital: Putrajava / Kuala Lumpur Territorial extent: 330,800 km² Language: Malay Currency: Ringgit

7. Myanmar

Capital: Naypyidaw / Yangon Territorial extension: 676,590 km² Language: Burmese Currency: Kiat

8. Singapore

Capital: Singapore City Territorial extension: 710 km² Language: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English Currency: Singapore Dollar

9. Thailand

Capital: Bangkok Territorial extension: 513.120 km² Language: Tai Currency: Baht

10. East Timor

Capital: Dili Territorial extension: 14.870 km² Language: Portuguese and Tetum Currency: US Dollar

11. Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi Territorial extension: 331.051 km² Language: Vietnamese Currency: Dongue

List of Countries in Southeastern Asia and Their Capitals

As noted above, there are eleven independent countries in the Southeast Asia. Among them, the largest country is Indonesia and the smallest is Brunei in term of population. The full list of Southeastern Asia countries with capitals is shown in the table below, ranked by latest total population and area.

Map of Southeastern Asian Countries