• Asia is the largest continent and is 17,176,102 square miles.
• Asia has the largest population with over 3 billion people.
• The highest point in Asia and in the world is 29,028 feet above sea level and is Mount Everest in China-Nepal.
• The lowest point in Asia and in the world is 1,312 feet below sea level and is the Dead Sea in Israel-Jordan.
• The largest country in Asia by area is Russia. Russia is 4,845,580 square miles.
• The largest country in Asia by population is China with more than 1 billion people.
• The longest river in Asia and the third longest river in the world is the Yangtze River in China. It is 3,964 feet.
• The largest desert in Asia is the Gobi desert. It is 500,005 square miles.
• The largest lake in Asia is the Caspian Sea in Asia-Europe. It is 143,244 square miles.

SOURCE: "National Geographic picture Atlas of Our World" National Geographic Society, 1993. p. 133