How many island nations are there in Asia?

Question

How many island nations are there in Asia?

Answer 1

Archipelago Nations:

1. Indonesia

2. Philippines

3. Japan

4. Maldives

Island Nations:

1. Taiwan

2. Sri Lanka

3. Cyprus

4. Bahrein

5. Singapore

Part of Island:

1. Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak of Borneo)

2. Brunei (Borneo)

3. Timor L'este (Timor)

Answer 2

Good, tough question.  Technically there are no island nations in Asia, as Asia is a continent. :)  However, island nations that are considered (culturally) Asian:

Bahrain

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Indonesia

Japan

Philippines

There are other nations whose inclusion is not so easily defined:

+ Brunei: since it only occupies a tiny part of an island I'm not sure you can categorize it as an "island nation"

+ East Timor - same argument as Brunei, though it can make a stronger case because it occupies about half the island of Timor

+ Cyprus is hard to say; though generally Cyprus (and Cypriots) consider themselves European and tend to identify culturally as European, it's geographically much closer to Asia.

+ Taiwan - though a _de facto_ island nation, it is not considered an independent nation by international standards

Other nations of note:

+ Malaysia would not count because part of it is on the Asian mainland.

+ Papua New Guinea is typically considered Polynesian/Oceania, not Asian, even though it shares an island with Indonesia.

So depending on what definitions you use, there are 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 island nations in Asia.

Answer 3

like what he said.

Answer 4

JAPAN, TAIWAN, PHILLIPINES, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, SRI LANKA, SINGAPORE, BRUNEI, BAHRAIN, AND THE MALDIVES.