Population 23,953,100
Capital City Kuala Lumpur (1.5 mil) metro (3.8 mil)
Currency Ringgit (MYR)
Languages Bahasa Melayu (official), English, assorted Chinese dialects and other indigenous languages.
National Day August 31
Religions Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, others

Republic of Indonesia

Population 214,973,900
Capital City Jakarta (8.9 mil) metro (18.1 mil)
Currency Indonesian Rupee (IDR)
Languages Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch and many local dialects.
National Day August 17
Religions Muslim (88%), Protestant, others

Syrian Arab Republic

Population 18,448,800
Capital City Damascus (2.1 million)
Currency Syrian Pound (SYP)
Languages Arabic (official), Kurdish, many others
National Day August 9
Religions Sunni Muslim (74%), other Muslim sects (16%), Christian (10%), others

Russian Federation

Population 143,420,300
Capital City Moscow (10.9 million)
Currency Russian Ruble (RUR)
Languages Russian, numerous minority dialects
National Day June 12
Religions Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other

land 6,562,112 sq miles (16,995,800sq km)
water 30,657 sq miles (79,400 sq km)
TOTAL 6,592,769 sq miles (17,075,200 sq km)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Population 6,217,100
Capital City Vientiane (510,000)
Currency Kip (LAK)
Languages Lao (official), French, others
National Day December 2
Religions Buddhist (60%), Christian, others

Republic of the Philippines

Population 87,857,500
Capital City Manila (10.8) metro (14.9 mil)
Currency Philippine Peso (PHP)
Languages Filipino (official), English (official)
National Day June 12
Religions Catholic (81%), Muslim (5%), Christian (5%), and others

Democratic Socialist Rep. of Sri Lanka 

Name Sri Lanka
(long form) Democratic Socialist Rep. of Sri Lanka
Population 20,064,800
Capital City Colombo (710,000) metro (2.5 mil)
Currency Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Languages Sinhala (official), Tamil, others
National Day February 4
Religions Buddhist (70%), Muslim, Hindu, others

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Name Vietnam
(long form) Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Population 83,535,600
Capital City Hanoi (1.7 million)
Currency Dong (VND)
Languages Vietnamese (official), English, French, Chinese, Khmer, others
National Day September 2
Religions none (80%), Buddhist (9.3%), others

Kingdom of Thailand 

Name Thailand
(long form) Kingdom of Thailand
Population 65,444,371
Capital City Bangkok (6.8 mil) metro (9.2 mil)
Currency Baht (THB)
Languages Thai, English, local dialects
National Day December 5
Religions Buddhist (95%), Muslim (4.5%), others

Republic of India 

Name India
(long form) Republic of India
Population 1,080,264,400
Capital City New Delhi (10.8 million)
Currency Indian Rupee (INR)
Languages Hindi, Bengali and 13 other (official) languages, including Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit. Hindustani is widely spoken in the north, and English is, for the most part, the language of modern business.
National Day January 26
Religions Hindu (80%), Muslim (13%), others
Coastline 4,350 miles (7,000 km)
Land Areas (land) 1,147,955 sq miles (2,973,190 sq km)
(water) 121,390 sq miles (314,400 sq km)
(TOTAL) 1,269,345 sq miles (3,287,590 sq km)

Japan

Name Japan
Population 127,417,200
Capital City Tokyo (8.3 mil ) metro (31.8 mil)
Currency Yen (JPY)
Languages Japanese
National Day December 23
Religions Buddist and Shinto (85%), others

Kingdom of Cambodia

Name - Cambodia (long form) Kingdom of Cambodia
Population - 13,607,100
Capital City - Phnom Penh (1,75 million)
Currency - Riel (KHR)
Languages - Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
National Day - November 11
Religions - Therevada Buddhist (95%)