Editing Asia (section)

== Society and population ==

Asia is the most populous continent and contains a large share of the world's population. Its population is unevenly distributed. Dense population regions include eastern China, the Indian subcontinent, parts of Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, river deltas, coastal plains, and major metropolitan corridors. Sparse population areas include deserts, high mountains, Arctic zones, and some interior regions.

The continent is highly diverse in language, religion, ethnicity, settlement pattern, and social organization. Major religious traditions with deep roots in Asia include Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Confucian traditions, Shinto, and many local religious systems. Languages belong to many families, including Sino-Tibetan, Indo-European, Turkic, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Semitic, Japonic, Koreanic, Mongolic, and others.

Urbanization has reshaped many Asian societies. Cities such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Delhi, Mumbai, Karachi, Dhaka, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Singapore, Dubai, Riyadh, Istanbul, Tehran, and Baghdad have served as political, economic, cultural, or transport centres.