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{{Short description|Subregion of the Asian continent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox continent
| title               = Southeast Asia
| image               = Southeast Asia (orthographic projection).svg
| area                = {{convert|4545792|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| elevation_max_ft    = 19,295
| elevation_max_point = [[Hkakabo Razi]]
| population          = {{IncreaseNeutral}} {{UN_Population|South-Eastern Asia}} ([[List of continents and continental subregions by population#Distribution of populations by the United Nations geoscheme|3rd]]){{UN_Population|ref}}
| density             = {{convert|135.6|/km2|abbr=on}}
| GDP_nominal         = $3.317 trillion ([[exchange rate]])<ref name="IMF">{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April/weo-report?c=516,522,536,544,548,518,566,576,578,537,582,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2022&ey=2022&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1|title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2023|date=April 2022 |publisher=International Monetary Fund|access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP             = $9.727 trillion<ref name=ACIF2013>{{cite book|title=ASEAN Community in Figures (ACIF) 2013|date=Feb 2014|publisher=ASEAN|location=Jakarta|isbn=978-602-7643-73-4|page=1|edition=6th|url=http://www.asean.org/images/resources/2014/May/2.%20Feb%202014%20-%20ASEAN%20Community%20in%20Figures%202013.pdf|access-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904103519/http://www.asean.org/images/resources/2014/May/2.%20Feb%202014%20-%20ASEAN%20Community%20in%20Figures%202013.pdf|archive-date=4 September 2015}}</ref>
| GDP_per_capita      = $5,017 (exchange rate)<ref name="IMF" />
| HDI                 = {{increase}} 0.723
| ethnic_groups       = '''[[List of Indigenous peoples#Southeast Asia|Indigenous (Southeast Asians)]]'''<br />{{hlist|[[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]]|[[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]]|[[Negrito]]|[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|[[Tai peoples|Tai]]}}
'''[[East Asian people|East Asians]]'''<br />'''[[South Asian ethnic groups|South Asians]]'''
| religions           =
* [[Islam in Southeast Asia|Islam]] (majority in [[Islam in Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[Islam in Malaysia|Malaysia]] and [[Islam in Brunei|Brunei]])
* [[Buddhism in Southeast Asia|Buddhism]] (majority in [[Buddhism in Thailand|Thailand]], [[Buddhism in Myanmar|Myanmar]], [[Buddhism in Cambodia|Cambodia]] and [[Buddhism in Laos|Laos]]; plurality in [[Buddhism in Singapore|Singapore]])
* [[Christianity]] (majority in the [[Christianity in the Philippines|Philippines]] and [[Catholic Church in Timor-Leste|Timor-Leste]])
* Other: [[Confucianism]], [[folk religion]],{{efn|Majority  [[Vietnamese folk religion|in]] Vietnam}} [[Hinduism in Southeast Asia|Hinduism]], [[irreligion]], [[Taoism]] 
|demonym             = [[Ethnic groups in Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]
|countries           = {{collapsible list
| list_style = text-align:left;
| title = [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia|11 countries]]
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| 1 = {{flag|Brunei}}
| 2 = {{flag|Cambodia}}
| 3 = {{flag|Indonesia}} (excluding [[Western New Guinea]])
| 4 = {{flag|Laos}}
| 5 = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| 6 = {{flag|Myanmar}}
| 7 = {{flag|Philippines}}
| 8 = {{flag|Singapore}}
| 9 = {{flag|Thailand}}
| 10 = {{flag|Timor-Leste}}
| 11 = {{flag|Vietnam}}
}}

|languages           = {{collapsible list
  | list_style = text-align:left;
  | title = Official languages
  | [[Burmese language|Burmese]]
  | [[English language|English]]
  | [[Filipino language|Filipino]]
  | [[Khmer language|Khmer]]
  | [[Lao language|Lao]]
  | [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
  | [[Malay language|Malay]]
  | [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]
  | [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
  | [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
  | [[Tetum language|Tetum]]
  | [[Thai language|Thai]]
  | [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
 }}
 {{collapsible list
  | title       = Other native languages
  | titlestyle  = text-align:left;padding-right:4em;font-weight:normal;background-color:whitesmoke;
  | bullets     = true
  | '''[[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]''':<br />[[Arabic language|Arabic]] ([[Indonesian Arabic]])
  | '''[[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Mon language|Mon]]
    | [[Khmer language|Khmer]]
    | [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
    | [[Aslian languages|Aslian]]
   }}
  | '''[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Javanese language|Javanese]]
    | [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]]
    | [[Madurese language|Madurese]]
    | [[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]]
    | [[Buginese language|Buginese]]
    | [[Acehnese language|Acehnese]]
    | [[Batak languages|Batak]]
    | [[Banjar language|Banjar]]
    | [[Balinese language|Balinese]]
    | [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]
    | [[Tetum language|Tetum]]
    | [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]
    | [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]]
    | [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]
    | [[Waray language|Waray]]
    | [[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]]
    | [[Pangasinan language|Pangasinan]]
    | [[Bikol languages|Bikol]]
    | [[Masbateño language|Masbateño]]
    | [[Cham language|Cham]]
    | [[Iban language|Iban]]
    | [[Bidayuh language|Bidayuh]]
    | [[Dusun language|Dusun]]
    | [[Kadazan language|Kadazan]]
    | [[Lun Bawang language|Lun Bawang/Lundayeh]]
    | [[Moken languages|Moken]]
   }}
  | '''[[Creole languages|Creoles]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Betawi language|Betawi]]
    | [[Ambonese Malay|Ambonese]]
    | [[Chavacano]]
    | [[Tok Pisin language|Tok Pisin]]
    | [[Kristang language|Kristang]]
   }}
  | '''[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
    | [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
    | [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
   }}
   | '''[[Great Andamanese languages|Great Andamanese]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Aka-Jeru language|Aka-Jeru (Present Great Andamanese)]]
   }}
  | '''[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
    | English
    | French
    | [[Persian language|Persian]]
    | [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
    | Spanish
    | [[Hindustani language|Hindi/Urdu]]
    | Dutch
    | [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]
    | [[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
 }}
   | '''[[Ongan languages|Ongan]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Onge language|Onge]]
    | [[Jarawa language (Andaman Islands)|Jarawa]]
    | [[Sentinelese language|Sentinelese]] ?
   }}
  | '''[[Tai–Kadai languages|Tai–Kadai]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Thai language|Thai]]
    | [[Lao language|Lao]]
    | [[Shan language|Shan]]
   }}
  | '''[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]]''':
   {{hlist
    | [[Burmese language|Burmese]]
    | [[Rakhine language|Rakhine]]
    | [[Karen languages|Karen]]
    | [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
    | [[Cantonese]]
    | [[Min Chinese|Min]]
    | [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]]
   }}
  |[[Languages of Asia]] – All of the languages of Asia
 }}
|time           = {{collapsible list
  | title       = {{nowrap|5 time zones}}
  | titlestyle  = text-align:left;padding-right:4em;font-weight:normal;background-color:whitesmoke;
  | {{bulleted list
     | [[UTC+5:30|'''UTC+5:30''': Andaman and Nicobar&nbsp;Islands]]
     | [[UTC+6:30|'''UTC+6:30''': Cocos&nbsp;(Keeling) Islands • Myanmar]]
     | [[UTC+7|'''UTC+7:00''': Cambodia • Christmas&nbsp;Island • Indonesia • Laos • Thailand • Vietnam]]
     | [[UTC+8|'''UTC+8:00''': Brunei • Indonesia • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore]]
     | [[UTC+9|'''UTC+9:00''': Indonesia • Timor-Leste]]
    }}
 }}
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|calling_code        = [[List of country calling codes|Zone 6, 8 & 9]]
|cities              = 
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 {{Collapsible list
  | title       = List
     | {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Bandung]]
     | {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]]
     | {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Cebu]]
     | {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Hanoi]]
     | {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Ho Chi Minh City]]
     | {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]]
     | {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Manila]]
     | {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Singapore]]
     | {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Surabaya]]
     | {{flagicon|Myanmar}} [[Yangon]]
}}
|m49                 = <code>035</code> – South-eastern Asia<br /><code>142</code> – [[Asia]]<br /><code>001</code> – [[World]]
|footnotes           = 
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|image_caption=Geopolitical map of Southeast Asia, including [[Western New Guinea]], which is geographically part of [[Oceania]]|dependencies={{flagicon|Christmas Island}} [[Christmas Island]]<br />{{flagicon|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}} [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]<br />{{Flagicon|India}} [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]}}

'''Southeast Asia'''{{Efn|Also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA}} is the geographical [[United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia|southeastern region]] of [[Asia]], consisting of the regions that are situated south of [[China]], east of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and northwest of [[mainland Australia]], which is part of [[Oceania]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map_of_southeast_asia.htm | title = Map of Southeast Asia Region | author = Klaus Kästle | date = 10 September 2013 | website = Nations Online Project | publisher = One World – Nations Online | access-date = 10 September 2013 | quote = Southeast Asia is a vast subregion of Asia, roughly described as geographically situated east of the Indian subcontinent, south of China, and northwest of Australia. The region is located between the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal in the west, the Philippine Sea, the South China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean in the east. | archive-date = 20 September 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130920020837/http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map_of_southeast_asia.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by [[East Asia]], to the west by [[South Asia]] and the [[Bay of Bengal]], to the east by Oceania and the [[Pacific Ocean]], and to the south by [[Australia (continent)|Australia]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. Apart from the [[British Indian Ocean Territory]] and two out of [[Atolls of the Maldives|26 atolls]] of the [[Maldives]] in South Asia, [[Maritime Southeast Asia]] is the only other subregion of Asia that lies partly within the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] is entirely in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. [[Timor-Leste]] and the southern portion of [[Indonesia]] are the parts of Southeast Asia that lie south of the [[equator]].

The region lies near the intersection of [[Plate tectonics|geological plates]], with both heavy seismic and volcanic activities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Whelley |first1=Patrick L. |last2=Newhall |first2=Christopher G. |last3=Bradley |first3=Kyle E. |date=2015 |title=The frequency of explosive volcanic eruptions in Southeast Asia |journal=Bulletin of Volcanology |volume=77 |issue=1 |article-number=1 |doi=10.1007/s00445-014-0893-8 |issn=0258-8900 |pmc=4470363 |pmid=26097277|bibcode=2015BVol...77....1W }}</ref> The [[Sunda plate]] is the main plate of the region, featuring almost all Southeast Asian countries except [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]], northern [[Laos]], northern [[Vietnam]], and northern [[Luzon]] of the [[Philippines]], while the Sunda plate only includes western Indonesia to as far east as the Indonesian province of [[Bali]]. The mountain ranges in Myanmar, Thailand, [[Peninsular Malaysia]], and the Indonesian islands of [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]], and [[Timor]] are part of the [[Alpide belt]], while the islands of the Philippines and Indonesia as well as [[Timor-Leste]] are part of the Pacific [[Ring of Fire]]. Both seismic belts meet in Indonesia, causing the region to have relatively high occurrences of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, particularly in the [[List of earthquakes in the Philippines|Philippines]] and [[List of earthquakes in Indonesia|Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chester|first1=Roy|title=Furnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction: A Journey to the Birthplace of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis|publisher=AMACOM|isbn=978-0-8144-0920-6|date=16 July 2008|url=https://archive.org/details/furnaceofcreatio00ches}}</ref>

It covers about {{cvt|4,500,000|km2}}, which is 8% of [[Eurasia]] and 3% of Earth's total land area. Its total population is more than {{#expr:floor({{replace|{{UN_Population|South-Eastern Asia}}|,||}}/1e6)}} million, about 8.5% of the world's population. It is the third most populous geographical region in Asia after South Asia and East Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/asia-population/|title=Population of Asia (2018)|website=worldometers.info|language=en|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106164745/http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/asia-population/|url-status=live}}</ref> The region is culturally and ethnically diverse, with hundreds of languages spoken by different ethnic groups.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zide; Baker|first1=Norman H.; Milton E.|title=Studies in comparative Austroasiatic linguistics|date=1966|publisher=Foreign Language Study}}</ref> The eleven countries in the region are members of the [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), a regional organisation established for economic, political, military, educational, and cultural integration among its members.<ref>{{Cite news |title=ASEAN Member States - ASEAN {{!}} ONE VISION ONE IDENTITY ONE COMMUNITY |url=https://asean.org/asean/asean-member-states/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810104747/https://asean.org/asean/asean-member-states/ |archive-date=2019-08-10 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=ASEAN {{!}} ONE VISION ONE IDENTITY ONE COMMUNITY |language=en-US}}</ref>

Southeast Asia is one of the most culturally diverse regions of the world. There are many different languages and ethnicities in the region. Historically, Southeast Asia was significantly influenced by [[Greater India|Indian]], [[East Asian cultural sphere|Chinese]], [[Islam in Southeast Asia|Muslim]], and [[European colonisation of Southeast Asia|colonial]] cultures, which became core components of the region's cultural and political institutions. Most modern Southeast Asian countries were colonised by European powers. European colonisation exploited natural resources and labour from the lands they conquered, and attempted to spread European institutions to the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-30 |title=The economic impact of colonialism |url=http://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/economic-impact-colonialism |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=CEPR |language=en}}</ref> Several Southeast Asian countries were also briefly occupied by the [[Empire of Japan]] during [[World War II]]. The [[aftermath of World War II]] saw most of the region decolonised. Today, Southeast Asia is predominantly governed by independent states.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paseng |first=Rohayati |title=Research Guides: Southeast Asia Research Guide: Imperialism, Colonialism, & Nationalism |url=https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=105536&p=687513 |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709151235/https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=105536&p=687513 }}</ref>

==Definition==
The region, together with part of South Asia, was well known by Europeans as the [[East Indies]] or simply the Indies until the 20th century. Chinese sources referred to the region as ''[[Nanyang (region)|Nanyang]]'' ("{{linktext|lang=zh|南洋}}"), which literally means the "Southern Ocean". The mainland section of Southeast Asia was referred to as [[Mainland Southeast Asia|Indochina]] by European geographers due to its location between China and the Indian subcontinent and its having cultural influences from both neighbouring regions. In the 20th century, however, the term became more restricted to territories of the former [[French Indochina]] (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam). The maritime section of Southeast Asia is also known as the [[Malay Archipelago]], a term derived from the European concept of a [[Malay race]].<ref name=Wallace>{{Cite book | last = Wallace | first = Alfred Russel | author-link = Alfred Russel Wallace | title = The Malay Archipelago | publisher = Macmillan | year = 1869 | location = London | page = 1 }}</ref> Another term for [[Maritime Southeast Asia]] is ''[[Malay Archipelago#Insulindia|Insulindia]]'' (Indian Islands), used to describe the region between Indochina and [[Australasia]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lach; Van Kley|first1=Donald F.; Edwin J|title=Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III|date=1998|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-0-226-46768-9}}</ref>

The term "Southeast Asia" was first used in 1839 by American pastor Howard Malcolm in his book ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia''. Malcolm only included the Mainland section and excluded the Maritime section in his definition of Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite book | date=1996 | first1=Joshua | last1=Eliot | title=Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore Handbook | publisher=Trade & Trade & Travel Publications | location=New York City | first2=Jane | first3=Sebastian | last2=Bickersteth | last3=Ballard}}</ref> The term was officially used in the midst of [[World War II]] by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]], through the formation of [[South East Asia Command]] (SEAC) in 1943.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Park; King|first1=Seung-Woo; Victor T.|title=The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond |date=2013 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-4414-58-6}}</ref> SEAC popularised the use of the term "Southeast Asia", although what constituted Southeast Asia was not fixed; for example, SEAC excluded the [[Philippines]] and a large part of [[Indonesia]] while including [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]]. However, by the late 1970s, a roughly standard usage of the term "Southeast Asia" and the territories it encompasses had emerged.<ref name="emmerson"/> Although from a cultural or linguistic perspective the definitions of "Southeast Asia" may vary, the most common definitions nowadays include the area represented by the countries (sovereign states and dependent territories) listed below.

All eleven states of Southeast Asia are members of the [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN). [[Papua New Guinea]] has stated that it might join ASEAN, and is currently an observer. Sovereignty issues exist over some [[South China Sea Islands|islands in the South China Sea]].

===Political divisions===
[[File:Southeast Asia Political Map World Factbook 2020.png|thumb|A political map of Southeast Asia]]
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====Sovereign states====
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! scope="col" | State
! scope="col" | Area<br />({{abbr|km<sup>2</sup>|square kilometres}})
! scope="col" | [[List of countries by population|Population]]<br />(2025)<ref name="Population">{{cite web |date=16 October 2025 |title=South-Eastern Asia Population (LIVE) |url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/south-eastern-asia-population/ |access-date=16 October 2025 |publisher=worldometer}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Density<br />({{abbr|/km<sup>2</sup>|per square kilometre}})
! scope="col" | HDI<br />(2021)<ref>"Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). [[United Nations Development Programme]]. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.</ref>
! scope="col" | Capital
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Brunei}}
| 5,765<ref name="CIAGov-BN">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Brunei – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/brunei/ |website=cia.gov |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721102115/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bx.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 455,500	
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Brunei Darussalam}}|R}}/5765 round 0}}
| 0.829
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Bandar Seri Begawan]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Cambodia}}
| 181,035<ref name="CIAGov-KH">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Cambodia – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/ |website=cia.gov |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610095311/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 17,577,760
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Cambodia}}|R}}/181035 round 0}}
| 0.593
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Phnom Penh]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Indonesia}}
| 1,904,569<ref name="CIAGov-ID">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Indonesia – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia/ |website=cia.gov |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413004319/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 284,438,782
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Indonesia}}|R}}/1904569 round 0}}
| 0.728
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Jakarta]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Laos}}
| 236,800<ref name="CIAGov-LA">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Laos – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/ |website=cia.gov |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307193820/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 7,647,000
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Lao People's Democratic Republic}}|R}}/236800 round 0}}
| 0.607
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Vientiane]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Malaysia}}
| 329,847<ref name="CIAGov-MY">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Malaysia – The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency  |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malaysia/ |website=cia.gov |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=15 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015225421/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malaysia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 34,231,700
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Malaysia}}|R}}/329847 round 0}}
| 0.803
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Kuala Lumpur]] {{anchor|Kuala Lumpur}}[[#Putrajaya|*]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Myanmar}}
| 676,578<ref name="CIAGov-MM">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Burma – The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency  |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |website=cia.gov |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201171209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 51,316,756
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Myanmar}}|R}}/676578 round 0}}
| 0.585
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Nay Pyi Taw]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Philippines}}
| 300,000<ref name="CIAGov-PH">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Philippines – The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency  |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines/ |website=cia.gov |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820022910/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 114,123,600
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Philippines}}|R}}/300000 round 0}}
| 0.710
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Manila]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Singapore}}
| 719.2<ref name="CIAGov-SG">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Singapore – The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency  |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/singapore/ |website=cia.gov |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320131051/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/singapore |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 6,110,200
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Singapore}}|R}}/719.200 round 0}}}}
| 0.939
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[Singapore]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Thailand}}
| 513,120<ref name="CiaGov-TH">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Thailand – The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency  |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/ |website=cia.gov |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610164345/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 65,859,640
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Thailand}}|R}}/513120 round 0}}
| 0.800
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Bangkok]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Timor-Leste}}
| 14,874<ref name="CIAGov-TL">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Timor-Leste – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/ |website=cia.gov |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110035005/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 1,391,221
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Timor-Leste}}|R}}/14874 round 0}}
| 0.607
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Dili]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{Country|Vietnam}}
| 331,210<ref name="CIA-Gov-VN">{{cite web |title=East Asia/Southeast Asia :: Vietnam – The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency  |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/vietnam/ |website=cia.gov |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610173010/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/vietnam/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 101,343,800
| {{#expr:{{formatnum:{{UN_Population|Viet Nam}}|R}}/331210 round 0}}
| 0.703
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hanoi]]
|}
{{small|{{anchor|Putrajaya}}[[#Kuala Lumpur|*]] Administrative centre in [[Putrajaya]].}}

[[File:Location-Asia-UNsubregions.png|thumb|upright=1.15|right|The [[United Nations Statistics Division|UN Statistics Division]] for Asia are based on convenience rather than implying any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49)|publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]|access-date=24 July 2010|date=6 May 2015|archive-date=13 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713041240/http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{legend|#E000E0|[[Central Asia]]}}
{{legend|#FFFF20|[[East Asia|Eastern Asia]]}}
{{legend|#0000E0|[[North Asia|Northern Asia]]}}
{{legend|#FFC000|'''South-eastern Asia'''}}
{{legend|#E00000|[[South Asia|Southern Asia]]}}
{{legend|#00E000|[[Western Asia]]}}]]

===Geographical divisions===
<!-- PLEASE DO NOT ADD BANGLADESH, NORTHEAST INDIA, CHRISTMAS ISLAND OR THE COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS TO THIS LIST. THE DEFINITION OR THE ADDITION OF THESE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES TO SOUTHEAST ASIA IS NOT A COMMONLY ACCEPTED DEFINITION/PRACTICE BY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CIA. BANGLADESH AND NORTHEAST INDIA ARE COMMONLY ACCEPTED AS PART OF SOUTH ASIA WHILE CHRISTMAS ISLAND OR THE COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS ARE COMMONLY ACCEPTED AS PART OF AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA. THE CURRENT COUNTRIES LISTED HERE (BRUNEI, CAMBODIA, EAST TIMOR/TIMOR-LESTE, INDONESIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR/BURMA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM) ARE THE MOST ACCEPTED DEFINITION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. PLEASE DISCUSS CHANGES REGARDING THE ADDITION OF ABOVE-MENTIONED ENTITIES IN THE TALK PAGE. PLEASE ALSO REFER TO THE CURRENT MAPS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA BEING USED FOR THIS ARTICLE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. -->
Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two subregions, namely [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] (or the Indochinese Peninsula) and [[Maritime Southeast Asia]].

'''Mainland Southeast Asia includes''':
{{Div col|colwidth=10em}}
* [[Cambodia]]
* [[Laos]]
* [[Myanmar]]
* [[Peninsular Malaysia]]
* [[Thailand]]
* [[Vietnam]]
{{Div col end}}

'''Maritime Southeast Asia includes''':
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* [[Brunei]]
* [[East Malaysia]]
* [[Indonesia]]
* [[Philippines]]
* [[Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=nationsonline.org |first=klaus kaestle- |title=Singapore - A Country Profile - Nations Online Project |url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/singapore.htm |access-date=12 September 2022 |website=www.nationsonline.org |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[Timor-Leste]]
{{Div col end}}

While [[Peninsular Malaysia]] is geographically situated in [[Mainland Southeast Asia]], it shares many similar cultural and ecological affinities with surrounding islands, thus it is often grouped with them as part of [[Maritime Southeast Asia]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Southeast Asia {{!}} Map, Islands, Countries, Culture, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Southeast-Asia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080510/https://www.britannica.com/place/Southeast-Asia |archive-date=2021-04-24 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> Geographically, the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] of India is also considered a part of Maritime Southeast Asia.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} Eastern [[Bangladesh]] and [[Northeast India]] have strong cultural ties with Mainland Southeast Asia and are sometimes considered transregional areas between South Asia and Southeast Asia (see also: [[Eastern South Asia]] and [[Asian relations with Northeast India#Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian relations with Northeast India]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Baruah|first1=Sanjib|title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> To the east, [[Hong Kong]] is sometimes regarded as part of Southeast Asia.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/aws/100_Upper_Air/kings-park-past-and-present.html|title=Centennial Upper Air Observation in Hong Kong cum 70th Anniversary of King's Park Meteorological Station|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119052321/https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/aws/100_Upper_Air/kings-park-past-and-present.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/doclib/showcasing_mrcc_e.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119052325/https://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/doclib/showcasing_mrcc_e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200611/14/P200611140143.htm|title=Hong Kong Cultural Centre Open House on Sunday|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902183024/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200611/14/P200611140143.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/counmtg/hansard/cm1106ti-translate-e.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119052255/https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/counmtg/hansard/cm1106ti-translate-e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emsd.gov.hk/minisites/voice/en/issue39/p_text.html|title=VoiceLink38|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119052304/https://www.emsd.gov.hk/minisites/voice/en/issue39/p_text.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199911/30/1130224.htm|title=Hong Kong Oratorio Society Holds Christmas Concert|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119052319/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199911/30/1130224.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/Files/movie/stanley_sewage_treatment_worksEN20140620065030.docx |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119052322/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/Files/movie/stanley_sewage_treatment_worksEN20140620065030.docx |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=July 2025}} Similarly, [[Christmas Island]] and the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] have strong cultural ties with Maritime Southeast Asia and are sometimes considered transregional areas between Southeast Asia and Australia/Oceania. On some occasions, [[Sri Lanka]] has been considered a part of Southeast Asia because of its cultural and religious ties to Mainland Southeast Asia.<ref name="emmerson">{{cite journal |last1=Emmerson |first1=Donald K |date=1984 |title=Southeast Asia: What's in a Name? |journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1017/S0022463400012182|jstor=20070562 |s2cid=162530182 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1= Friborg|first1=Bastian|title=Southeast Asia: Myth or Reality pg 4|date=2010}}</ref> The eastern half of the island of [[New Guinea]], which is not a part of Indonesia, namely, Papua New Guinea, is sometimes included as a part of Maritime Southeast Asia, and so are [[Guam]], the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], and [[Palau]], which were all parts of the [[Spanish East Indies]] with strong cultural and linguistic ties to the region, specifically, the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Inoue, Yukiko|title=Teaching with Educational Technology in the 21st Century: The Case of the Asia-Pacific Region: The Case of the Asia-Pacific Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nU-9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|year=2005|publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI)|isbn=978-1-59140-725-6|page=5|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729210244/https://books.google.com/books?id=nU-9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|url-status=live}}</ref>

Timor-Leste and the eastern half of Indonesia (east of the [[Wallace Line]] in the region of [[Wallacea]]) are considered to be geographically associated with Oceania due to their distinctive faunal features. Geologically, the island of [[New Guinea]] and its surrounding islands are considered as parts of the [[Australia (continent)|Australian continent]], connected via the [[Sahul Shelf]]. Both [[Christmas Island]] and the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] are located on the [[Australian plate]], south of the [[Sunda Trench]]. Even though they are geographically closer to Maritime Southeast Asia than [[mainland Australia]], these two [[states and territories of Australia|Australian external territories]] are not geologically associated with Asia as none of them is actually on the [[Sunda plate]]. The [[United Nations|UN]] [[United Nations Statistics Division|Statistics Division]]'s [[United Nations geoscheme|geoscheme]], which is a UN [[political geography]] tool created specifically for statistical purposes,<ref name="m49">{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Methodology |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> has classified both island territories as parts of [[Oceania]], under the [[United Nations geoscheme for Oceania#UNSD subregions|UNSD subregion "Australia and New Zealand"]] ([[Australasia]]).

Some definitions of Southeast Asia may include [[Taiwan]]. Taiwan has sometimes been included in Southeast Asia as well as East Asia but is not a member of [[ASEAN]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Nation Reborn? Taiwan's Belated Recognition of Its Southeast Asian Heritage |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/a-nation-reborn-taiwans-belated-recognition-of-its-southeast-asian-heritage/ |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Likewise, a similar argument could be applied to some [[South China|southern parts of mainland China]], as well as [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]], may also considered as part of Southeast Asia as well as East Asia but are not members of [[ASEAN]].<ref name=":5" />

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{{Oceans and seas in Southeast Asia}}

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| Southeast Asia
| width       = 600
| float       = center
| border      = #AAC6D5
| caption     = <div style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;">Islands in Southeast Asia</div>
| alt         = Location map of islands, island chains, and archipelagos in Southeast Asia
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| <!--first label/marker-->
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| lon2_deg    =  96
| lon2_min    =  5<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon2_sec    =  24<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon2_dir    =  E

| <!--third label/marker-->
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| lon3_sec    =  22<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon3_dir    =  E

| <!--fourth label/marker-->
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| position4   =  top
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| mark4size   =  5
| link4       =  Bangka Belitung Islands
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| lat4_min    =  8<!-- or: lat_min -->
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| lon4_min    =  7<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon4_sec    =  0<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon4_dir    =  E

| <!--fifth label/marker-->
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| link5       =  Riau Islands
| lat5_deg    =  3
| lat5_min    =  56<!-- or: lat_min -->
| lat5_sec    =  0<!-- or: lat_sec -->
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| lon5_deg    =  108
| lon5_min    =  9<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon5_sec    =  0<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon5_dir    =  E

| <!--sixth label/marker-->
| label6      =  Enggano
| label6_size =  60<!-- or: label_size -->
| position6   =  top
| background6 =  <!-- or: background, bg1, bg -->
| mark6       =  Blue pog.svg
| mark6size   =  5
| link6       =  Enggano Island
| lat6_deg    =  5
| lat6_min    =  24<!-- or: lat_min -->
| lat6_sec    =  4<!-- or: lat_sec -->
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| lon6_deg    =  102
| lon6_min    =  14<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon6_sec    =  42<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon6_dir    =  E

| <!--seventh label/marker-->
| label7      =  Mentawai Islands
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| mark7size   =  5
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| lat7_min    =  11<!-- or: lat_min -->
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| lon7_deg    =  99
| lon7_min    =  39<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon7_sec    =  0<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon7_dir    =  E

| <!--eighth label/marker-->
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| lat8_min    =  6<!-- or: lat_min -->
| lat8_sec    =  0<!-- or: lat_sec -->
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| lon8_deg    =  97
| lon8_min    =  32<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon8_sec    =  0<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon8_dir    =  E

| <!--Ninth label/marker-->
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| lat9_min    =  <!-- or: lat_min -->
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| lon9_min    =  <!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon9_sec    =  <!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon9_dir    =  E

| <!--Tenth label/marker-->
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| lon10_min    =  37<!-- or: lon_min -->
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| lon10_dir    =  E

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| lat11_min    =  3<!-- or: lat_min -->
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| lon11_min    =  24<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon11_sec    =  0<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon11_dir    =  E

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| lon12_min    =  0<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon12_sec    =  <!-- or: lon_sec -->
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| lon13_min    =  <!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon13_sec    =  <!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon13_dir    =  E

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| lat14_min    =  0<!-- or: lat_min -->
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| lon14_deg    =  125
| lon14_min    =  0<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon14_sec    =  <!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon14_dir    =  E

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| link15       =  Visayas
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| lat15_min    =  <!-- or: lat_min -->
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| lon15_deg    =  123
| lon15_min    =  30<!-- or: lon_min -->
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| lon15_dir    =  E

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| mark16size   =  5
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| lat16_deg    =  12
| lat16_min    =  55<!-- or: lat_min -->
| lat16_sec    =  49<!-- or: lat_sec -->
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| lon16_deg    =  121
| lon16_min    =  5<!-- or: lon_min -->
| lon16_sec    =  40<!-- or: lon_sec -->
| lon16_dir    =  E

| <!--Seventeenth label/marker-->
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| position17   =  top
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==History==
{{Main|History of Southeast Asia}}

===Prehistory===
[[File:Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave painting of Bull.jpg|thumb|The depiction of a bull found in the [[Lubang Jeriji Saleh]], [[Indonesia]], in 2018, is considered among the world's oldest known figurative paintings. The painting is estimated to have been created around 40,000 to 52,000 years ago, or even earlier.]]
[[File:Situs_Megalitikum_Gunung_Padang_Cianjur.jpg|thumb|[[Gunung Padang]], the largest megalithic site in Southeast Asia.]]

The region was already inhabited by ''[[Homo erectus]]'' from approximately 1,500,000 years ago during the [[Middle Pleistocene]] age.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=First Islanders: Prehistory and Human Migration in Island Southeast Asia|last=Bellwood|first=Peter|date=10 April 2017|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|isbn=978-1-119-25154-5|edition=1|language=en}}</ref> Distinct ''[[Human|Homo sapiens]]'' groups, ancestral to Eastern non-African (related to East Asians as well as Papuans) populations, reached the region by between 50,000BC to 70,000BC, with some arguing earlier.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lipson|first1=Mark|last2=Reich|first2=David|date=April 2017|title=A Working Model of the Deep Relationships of Diverse Modern Human Genetic Lineages Outside of Africa|journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution|volume=34|issue=4|pages=889–902|doi=10.1093/molbev/msw293|issn=0737-4038|pmc=5400393|pmid=28074030}}</ref><ref name="ncbi.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite journal|last1=Larena|first1=Maximilian|last2=Sanchez-Quinto|first2=Federico|last3=Sjödin|first3=Per|last4=McKenna|first4=James|last5=Ebeo|first5=Carlo|last6=Reyes|first6=Rebecca|last7=Casel|first7=Ophelia|last8=Huang|first8=Jin-Yuan|last9=Hagada|first9=Kim Pullupul|last10=Guilay|first10=Dennis|last11=Reyes|first11=Jennelyn|date=30 March 2021|title=Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=118|issue=13|article-number=e2026132118|doi=10.1073/pnas.2026132118|issn=0027-8424|pmc=8020671|pmid=33753512|bibcode=2021PNAS..11826132L |doi-access=free }}</ref> [[Rock art]] (parietal art) dating from 40,000 to 60,000 years ago (which is currently the world's oldest) has been discovered in the caves of [[Sulawesi]] and [[Borneo]] ([[Kalimantan]]).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aubert |first=M. |display-authors=et al. |date=11 December 2019 |title=Earliest hunting scene in prehistoric art. |journal=Nature |volume=576 |issue=7787 |pages=442–445 |bibcode=2019Natur.576..442A |doi=10.1038/s41586-019-1806-y |pmid=31827284 |hdl=10072/397337 |s2cid=209311825|hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Kiona N.|date=9 November 2018|title=The world's oldest figurative drawing depicts a wounded animal|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/the-worlds-oldest-figurative-drawing-depicts-a-wounded-animal/|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109201742/https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/the-worlds-oldest-figurative-drawing-depicts-a-wounded-animal/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Homo floresiensis]]'' also lived in the area up until at least 50,000 years ago, after which they became extinct.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Morwood, M. J. | author2=Brown, P.| author3= Jatmiko| author4= Sutikna, T.| author5= Wahyu Saptomo, E.| author6= Westaway, K. E.| author7= Rokus Awe Due| author8= Roberts, R. G.| author9= Maeda, T.| author10= Wasisto, S.| author11= Djubiantono, T. | date = 13 October 2005 | title = Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] | volume = 437 | pages = 1012–1017 | doi = 10.1038/nature04022 | pmid=16229067 | issue=7061| bibcode=2005Natur.437.1012M| s2cid=4302539}}</ref> During much of this time the present-day islands of [[Western Indonesia]] were joined into a single landmass with the [[Malay Peninsula]] known as [[Sundaland]] due to much lower sea levels. The [[Gulf of Thailand]] was dry land which connected Sundaland with [[Mainland Southeast Asia]].

Distinctive [[Ancient East Eurasians|Basal-East Eurasian]] (Eastern non-African) ancestry was recently found to have originated in Mainland Southeast Asia at ~50,000BC, and expanded through multiple migration waves southwards and northwards respectively, giving rise to both Oceanian (Papuan related) and basal East Asian ([[Onge]] and [[Tianyuan man|Tianyuan]] related) lineages.<ref name="ncbi.nlm.nih.gov" /> 

Ancient remains of hunter-gatherers in Maritime Southeast Asia, such as one Holocene hunter-gatherer from [[South Sulawesi]], had ancestry from both the Oceanian-related and East Asian-related branches of the Eastern non-African lineage. The hunter-gatherer individual had approximately ~50% "Basal-East Asian" ancestry, modeled as [[Onge]] or [[Tianyuan man|Tianyuan]]-like ancestry, and was positioned in between the Andamanese Onge and the Papuans of Oceania. The authors concluded that the presence of this ancestry in the Holocene hunter-gatherer suggests that East Asian-related admixture from [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] into [[Maritime Southeast Asia]] may have taken place long before the expansion of [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] societies. Geneflow of East Asian-related ancestry into [[Maritime Southeast Asia]] and [[Oceania]] could be estimated to ~25,000BC (possibly even earlier).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Carlhoff |first1=Selina |last2=Duli |first2=Akin |last3=Nägele |first3=Kathrin |last4=Nur |first4=Muhammad |last5=Skov |first5=Laurits |last6=Sumantri |first6=Iwan |last7=Oktaviana |first7=Adhi Agus |last8=Hakim |first8=Budianto |last9=Burhan |first9=Basran |last10=Syahdar |first10=Fardi Ali |last11=McGahan |first11=David P. |date=August 2021 |title=Genome of a middle Holocene hunter-gatherer from Wallacea |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=596 |issue=7873 |pages=543–547 |bibcode=2021Natur.596..543C |doi=10.1038/s41586-021-03823-6 |hdl=10072/407535 |issn=1476-4687 |pmc=8387238 |pmid=34433944 |s2cid=237305537 |quote=The [[qpGraph]] analysis confirmed this branching pattern, with the Leang Panninge individual branching off from the Near Oceanian clade after the Denisovan gene flow, although with the most supported topology indicating around 50% of a basal East Asian component contributing to the Leang Panninge genome (Fig. 3c, Supplementary Figs. 7–11). |hdl-access=free}}</ref> 

The pre-Neolithic Oceanian-related populations of Maritime Southeast Asia were largely replaced by the expansion of various East Asian-related populations, beginning about 50,000BC to 25,000BC years ago from Mainland Southeast Asia. East Asian-related ancestry was already widespread across Southeast Asia by 15,000BC, predating the expansion of [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] and [[Austronesian peoples]].<ref name="ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"/> 

Samples dated to {{circa|10,000}}–2000 BCE from the [[Hoabinhian]] hunter-gatherer lithic techno-complex in Mainland Southeast Asia, which predated the Austronesian and Austroasiatic expansions, display the closest genetic affinities to basal East Asian lineages related to the Upper Paleolithic [[Tianyuan man]] from northern China, as well as the prehistoric [[Jōmon people|Jōmon peoples]] of Japan. Compared to modern populations, they share the closest affinities to the [[Andamanese peoples|Andamanese]] [[Onge]] and [[Jarawas (Andaman Islands)|Jarawa]], and the [[Semang]] (also known as "Malaysian [[Negritos]]") and [[Maniq people|Maniq]] in the interior of the Malay Peninsula.<ref>the Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex from the late Pleistocene to Holocene, found in Mainland and Island Southeast Asia. {{harvcol|Zeitoun|Bourdon|Latsachack|Pierret|Singthong|Baills|Forestier|2019|p=143}}</ref><ref name="McColl20182">{{cite journal |last1=McColl |first1=Hugh |last2=Racimo |first2=Fernando |last3=Vinner |first3=Lasse |last4=Demeter |first4=Fabrice |last5=Gakuhari |first5=Takashi |last6=Moreno-Mayar |first6=J. Víctor |last7=van Driem |first7=George |last8=Gram Wilken |first8=Uffe |last9=Seguin-Orlando |first9=Andaine |last10=de la Fuente Castro |first10=Constanza |last11=Wasef |first11=Sally |last12=Shoocongdej |first12=Rasmi |last13=Souksavatdy |first13=Viengkeo |last14=Sayavongkhamdy |first14=Thongsa |last15=Saidin |first15=Mohd Mokhtar |display-authors=5 |year=2018 |title=The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia |url=https://researchmgt.monash.edu/ws/files/344873217/343042905_oa.pdf |journal=Science |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |volume=361 |issue=6397 |pages=88–92 |bibcode=2018Sci...361...88M |doi=10.1126/science.aat3628 |hdl=10072/383365 |issn=0036-8075 |pmid=29976827 |s2cid=206667111 |hdl-access=free |last16=Allentoft |first16=Morten E. |last17=Sato |first17=Takehiro |last18=Malaspinas |first18=Anna-Sapfo |last19=Aghakhanian |first19=Farhang A. |last20=Korneliussen |first20=Thorfinn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Dang |last2=Duong |first2=Nguyen Thuy |last3=Ton |first3=Nguyen Dang |last4=Van Phong |first4=Nguyen |last5=Pakendorf |first5=Brigitte |last6=Van Hai |first6=Nong |last7=Stoneking |first7=Mark |date=1 September 2020 |title=Extensive Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Vietnam Reflects Multiple Sources of Genetic Diversity |url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/37/9/2503/5821431?login=false |journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution |volume=37 |issue=9 |pages=2503–2519 |doi=10.1093/molbev/msaa099 |hdl=21.11116/0000-0006-4AD8-4 |issn=0737-4038 |pmc=7475039 |pmid=32344428 |hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Göllner |first1=Tobias |last2=Larena |first2=Maximilian |last3=Kutanan |first3=Wibhu |last4=Lukas |first4=Helmut |last5=Fieder |first5=Martin |last6=Schaschl |first6=Helmut |year=2022 |title=Unveiling the Genetic History of the Maniq, a Primary Hunter-Gatherer Society |journal=Genome Biology and Evolution |volume=14 |issue=4 |article-number=evac021 |doi=10.1093/gbe/evac021 |pmc=9005329 |pmid=35143674}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kusuma |first1=Pradiptajati |last2=Cox |first2=Murray P. |last3=Barker |first3=Graeme |last4=Sudoyo |first4=Herawati |last5=Lansing |first5=J. Stephen |last6=Jacobs |first6=Guy S. |date=28 November 2023 |title=Deep ancestry of Bornean hunter-gatherers supports long-term local ancestry dynamics |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/ef9e05b0-b0d3-423b-ae2f-2bba0a379aee/download |journal=Cell Reports |language=English |volume=42 |issue=11 |article-number=113346 |doi=10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113346 |issn=2211-1247 |pmid=37917587}}</ref>
[[File:The proposed route of Austroasiatic and Austronesian migration into Indonesia and the geographic distribution of sites that have produced red-slipped and cord-marked pottery.png|left|thumb|The [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] and [[Austronesian expansion]]s into Maritime Southeast Asia.]]
In the late [[Neolithic]], the [[Austronesian people]]s, who form the majority of the modern population in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste, migrated to Southeast Asia from [[Taiwan]] in the first seaborne human migration known as the [[Austronesian expansion|Austronesian Expansion]]. They arrived in the northern Philippines between 7,000 BC to 2,200 BC and rapidly spread further into the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] and [[Borneo]] by 1500 BC; [[Island Melanesia]] by 1300 BC; and to the rest of [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], southern [[Vietnam]], and [[Palau]] by 1000 BC.<ref name="Bellwood 1991">{{cite journal |last1=Bellwood |first1=Peter |title=The Austronesian Dispersal and the Origin of Languages |journal=Scientific American |date=1991 |volume=265 |issue=1 |pages=88–93 |jstor=24936983|bibcode=1991SciAm.265a..88B |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0791-88 }}</ref><ref name="hill&serjeanston1989">{{cite book|title=The Colonization of the Pacific: A Genetic Trail|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-857695-2|editor=Hill|editor-first=Adrian V.S.|series=Research Monographs on Human Population Biology No. 7|editor2=Serjeantson|editor-first2=Susan W.|editor-link2=Susan Serjeantson}}</ref> They often settled along coastal areas, replacing and assimilating the diverse preexisting peoples. The remainders of these preexisting populations, known as Negritos, form small minority groups in geographically isolated regions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Jean Gelman |title=Indonesia: Peoples and Histories |url=https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean |url-access=registration |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2003 |location= New Haven and London |isbn=978-0-300-10518-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean/page/5 5–7]}}</ref><ref name="Matsumura2018">{{cite journal | vauthors = Matsumura H, Shinoda KI, Shimanjuntak T, Oktaviana AA, Noerwidi S, Octavianus Sofian H, Prastiningtyas D, Nguyen LC, Kakuda T, Kanzawa-Kiriyama H, Adachi N, Hung HC, Fan X, Wu X, Willis A, Oxenham MF | display-authors = 6 | title = Cranio-morphometric and aDNA corroboration of the Austronesian dispersal model in ancient Island Southeast Asia: Support from Gua Harimau, Indonesia | journal = PLOS ONE| volume = 13 | issue = 6 | article-number = e0198689 | date = 22 June 2018 | pmid = 29933384 | pmc = 6014653 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0198689 | bibcode = 2018PLoSO..1398689M | s2cid = 49377747 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"/>

The [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] peoples of Southeast Asia have been [[sailor|seafarers]] for thousands of years. They spread eastwards to [[Micronesia]] and [[Polynesia]], as well as westwards to [[Madagascar]], becoming the ancestors of modern-day [[Malagasy peoples|Malagasy]], [[Micronesian people|Micronesians]], [[Melanesians]], and [[Polynesians]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite book|title=A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100–1500|last=Hall|first=Kenneth R.|date=16 January 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-7425-6761-0|location=Lanham|language=en}}</ref> Passage through the Indian Ocean aided the colonisation of Madagascar, as well as commerce between Western Asia, eastern coast of India and Chinese southern coast.<ref name=":22" /> Gold from [[Sumatra]] is thought to have reached as far west as Rome. [[Pliny the Elder]] wrote in his ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'' about [[Chryse and Argyre]], two legendary islands rich in gold and silver, located in the Indian Ocean. Their vessels, such as the [[vinta]], were capable to sail across the ocean. [[Ferdinand Magellan|Magellan]]'s voyage records how much more manoeuvrable their vessels were, as compared to the European ships.<ref name="Bergreen.L_Magellan">Laurence Bergreen, Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003, hardcover 480 pages, {{ISBN|978-0-06-621173-2}}</ref> A [[Enrique of Malacca|slave]] from the [[Sulu Sea]] was believed to have been used in the [[Magellan expedition]] as a translator.

Studies presented by the [[Human Genome Organisation]] (HUGO) through genetic studies of the various peoples of Asia show empirically that there was a single migration event from Africa, whereby the early people travelled along the south coast of Asia, first entered the Malay Peninsula 50,000–90,000 years ago. The Orang Asli, in particular the [[Semang]] who show Negrito characteristics, are the direct descendants of these earliest settlers of Southeast Asia. These early people diversified and travelled slowly northwards to China, and the populations of Southeast Asia show greater genetic diversity than the younger population of China.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8406506.stm | work=BBC News | title=Genetic 'map' of Asia's diversity | date=11 December 2009 | access-date=5 November 2010 | archive-date=29 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129232943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8406506.stm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-01-25 |title=Geneticist clarifies role of Proto-Malays in human origin |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/187435 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727181033/https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/187435 |archive-date=2018-07-27 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Malaysiakini |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Solheim and others have shown evidence for a ''Nusantao'' maritime trading network ranging from [[Vietnam]] to the rest of the archipelago as early as 5000 BC to 1 AD.<ref>Solheim, ''Journal of East Asian Archaeology'', 2000, '''2''':1–2, pp. 273–284(12)</ref> The [[Bronze Age]] [[Dong Son culture]] flourished in [[Northern Vietnam]] from about 1000 BC to 1 BC. Its influence spread to other parts Southeast Asia.<ref>Nola Cooke, Tana Li, James Anderson – The Tongking Gulf Through History – Page 46 2011 -"Nishimura actually suggested the Đông Sơn phase belonged in the late metal age, and some other Japanese scholars argued that, contrary to the conventional belief that the Han invasion ended Đông Sơn culture, Đông Sơn artifacts, ..."</ref><ref>Vietnam Fine Arts Museum 2000 "... the bronze cylindrical jars, drums, Weapons and tools which were sophistically carved and belonged to the World-famous Đông Sơn culture dating from thousands of years; the Sculptures in the round, the ornamental architectural Sculptures ..."</ref> The region entered the [[Iron Age]] era in 500 BC, when iron was forged also in northern Vietnam still under Dong Son, due to its frequent interactions with neighbouring [[China]].<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Vietnam, tamburo di song da, detto tamburo Moulié, cultura di Sông Dông Son II, I millennio ac. 01.JPG|thumb|Bronze drum from [[Sông Đà (Mường Lay)|Sông Đà]], northern Vietnam. Mid-1st millennium BC]]

Most Southeast Asian people were originally [[animism|animist]], engaged in ancestors, nature, and spirits worship. These belief systems were later supplanted by [[Hinduism]] and Buddhism after the region, especially coastal areas, came under contact with [[Indian subcontinent]] during the first century.<ref name="jgonda">[[Jan Gonda]], The Indian Religions in Pre-Islamic Indonesia and their survival in Bali, in {{Google books|X7YfAAAAIAAJ|Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia, Religions|page=1}}, pp. 1–54</ref> Indian Brahmins and traders brought Hinduism to the region and made contacts with local courts.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA587|title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor|last=Ooi|first=Keat Gin|date=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-770-2|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614174028/https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA587|url-status=live}}</ref> Local rulers converted to Hinduism or Buddhism and adopted Indian religious traditions to reinforce their legitimacy, elevate ritual status above their fellow chief counterparts and facilitate trade with South Asian states. They periodically invited Indian Brahmins into their realms and began a gradual process of [[Indianized kingdom|Indianisation]] in the region.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjsEn3w4TPgC|title=A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100–1500|last=Hall|first=Kenneth R.|date=2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-7425-6762-7|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201044039/https://books.google.com/books?id=fjsEn3w4TPgC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vanaik 1997">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYtKhu6rktAC&pg=PA147|title=The Furies of Indian Communalism: Religion, Modernity, and Secularization|last=Vanaik|first=Achin|date=1997|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-1-85984-016-0|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203937/https://books.google.com/books?id=WYtKhu6rktAC&pg=PA147|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Montgomery 2002">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkeOLTrPDI0C&pg=PA68|title=The Lopsided Spread of Christianity: Toward an Understanding of the Diffusion of Religions|last=Montgomery|first=Robert L.|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97361-2|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203801/https://books.google.com/books?id=RkeOLTrPDI0C&pg=PA68|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shaivism]] was the dominant religious tradition of many southern Indian Hindu kingdoms during the first century. It then spread into Southeast Asia via the [[Bay of Bengal]], Indochina, then Malay Archipelago, leading to thousands of Shiva temples on the islands of Indonesia as well as Cambodia and Vietnam, co-evolving with [[Buddhism]] in the region.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7YfAAAAIAAJ|title=Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia, Religions|author=Jan Gonda|publisher=BRILL Academic|year=1975|isbn=978-90-04-04330-5|pages=3–20, 35–36, 49–51|author-link=Jan Gonda|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205085012/https://books.google.com/books?id=X7YfAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bisschopoup2">{{cite web|title=Shaivism|url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195399318/obo-9780195399318-0051.xml|access-date=6 January 2022|website=obo|language=en|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102174639/http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195399318/obo-9780195399318-0051.xml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Theravada Buddhism]] entered the region during the third century, via maritime trade routes between the region and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2-TDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|title=Archaeology of Religion: Cultures and Their Beliefs in Worldwide Context|last=Steadman|first=Sharon R.|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-315-43388-2|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731153605/https://books.google.com/books?id=S2-TDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|url-status=live}}</ref> Buddhism later established a strong presence in [[Funan]] region in the fifth century. In present-day mainland Southeast Asia, Theravada is still the dominant branch of Buddhism, practised by the Thai, Burmese, and [[Buddhism in Cambodia|Cambodian Buddhists]]. This branch was fused with the Hindu-influenced Khmer culture. [[Mahayana|Mahayana Buddhism]] established presence in Maritime Southeast Asia, brought by Chinese monks during their transit in the region en route to [[Nalanda]].<ref name=":3" /> It is still the dominant branch of Buddhism practised by Indonesian and [[Buddhism in Malaysia|Malaysian Buddhists]].

The spread of these two Indian religions confined the adherents of Southeast Asian indigenous beliefs into remote inland areas. The [[Maluku Islands]] and New Guinea were never Indianised and its native people were predominantly animists until the 15th century when [[Islam]] began to spread in those areas.<ref>{{cite book|last=Timme|first=Elke|title=A Presença Portuguesa nas Ilhas das Moluccas 1511 – 1605|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QMCpUCxFrUC&pg=PA3|year=2005|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-638-43208-5|page=3|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203037/https://books.google.com/books?id=2QMCpUCxFrUC&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref> While in Vietnam, Buddhism never managed to develop strong institutional networks due to strong Chinese influence.<ref>{{cite book|last=Church|first=Peter|title=A Short History of South-East Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FW8wDgAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-06249-3|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729213629/https://books.google.com/books?id=FW8wDgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> In present-day Southeast Asia, Vietnam is the only country where [[Vietnamese folk religion|its folk religion]] makes up the plurality.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 December 2012|title=The Global Religious Landscape|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec/|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|language=en-US|archive-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719060225/http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://features.pewforum.org/grl/population-percentage.php|title=Global Religious Landscape|publisher=The Pew Forum|access-date=4 May 2014|archive-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101080244/http://features.pewforum.org/grl/population-percentage.php}}</ref> Recently, Vietnamese folk religion is undergoing a revival with the support of the government.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roszko|first=Edyta|date=1 March 2012|title=From Spiritual Homes to National Shrines: Religious Traditions and Nation-Building in Vietnam|journal=East Asia|language=en|volume=29|issue=1|pages=25–41|doi=10.1007/s12140-011-9156-x|issn=1096-6838|citeseerx=10.1.1.467.6835|s2cid=52084986}}</ref> Elsewhere, there are [[ethnic groups in Southeast Asia]] that resisted conversion and still retain their original animist beliefs, such as the [[Dayak people|Dayaks]] in [[Kalimantan]], the [[Igorot people|Igorots]] in Luzon, and the [[Shan people|Shans]] in eastern Myanmar.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ancient Religions of the Austronesian World: From Australasia to Taiwan|last=Baldick|first=Julian|date=15 June 2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-78076-366-8|location=London|language=en}}</ref>

=== Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms era ===
{{Main|Greater India|History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia}}
[[File:Hinduism_Expansion_in_Asia_2023.svg|thumb|Hinduism expansion in Asia, from its heartland in Indian Subcontinent, to the rest of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, started circa 1st century marked with the establishment of early Hindu settlements and polities in Southeast Asia.]]
After the region came under contact with the Indian subcontinent {{circa|400 BCE}}, it began a gradual process of [[Greater India|Indianisation]] where Indian ideas such as religions, cultures, architectures, and political administrations were brought by traders and religious figures and adopted by local rulers. In turn, Indian Brahmins and monks were invited by local rulers to live in their realms and help transforming local polities to become more Indianised, blending Indian and indigenous traditions.<ref name=":32">{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Kenneth R. |title=A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100–1500 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjsEn3w4TPgC |year=2010 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-7425-6762-7 |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=1 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201044039/https://books.google.com/books?id=fjsEn3w4TPgC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Vanaik 1997"/><ref name="Montgomery 2002"/> [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]] became the elite language of the region, which effectively made Southeast Asia part of the [[Indosphere]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mahbubani|first1=Kishore|last2=Sng|first2=Jeffery|title=The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IanWDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|year=2017|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=978-981-4722-49-0|page=19|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731130306/https://books.google.com/books?id=IanWDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the region had been Indianised during the first centuries, while the Philippines later Indianised {{circa|ninth century}} when [[Kingdom of Tondo]] was established in Luzon.<ref name="Postma">{{cite journal|last=Postma|first=Antoon|date=27 June 2008|title=The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: Text and Commentary|url=http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/download/1033/1018|journal=Philippine Studies|volume=40|issue=2|pages=182–203|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010144524/http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/download/1033/1018|url-status=live}}</ref> Vietnam, especially its northern part, was never fully Indianised due to the many periods of [[Vietnam under Chinese rule|Chinese domination]] it experienced.<ref>Viet Nam social sciences 2002 Page 42 Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam – 2002 "The first period of cultural disruption and transformation: in and around the first millennium CE (that is, the period of Bac thuoc) all of Southeast Asia shifted into strong cultural exchanges with the outside world, on the one hand with Chinese ..."</ref>

The first Indian-influenced polities established in the region were the [[Pyu city-states]] that already existed circa second century BCE, located in inland Myanmar. It served as an overland trading hub between India and China.<ref>{{cite book|last=Malik|first=Preet|title=My Myanmar Years: A Diplomat's Account of India's Relations with the Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7WqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|year=2015|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-93-5150-626-3|page=28|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729230331/https://books.google.com/books?id=M7WqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|url-status=live}}</ref> Theravada Buddhism was the predominant religion of these city states, while the presence of other Indian religions such as Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism were also widespread.<ref name="mat-31-34">Aung-Thwin 2005: 31–34</ref><ref name="mha-15-17">Htin Aung 1967: 15–17</ref> In the first century, the [[Funan]] states centered in [[Mekong Delta]] were established, encompassed modern-day Cambodia, southern Vietnam, Laos, and eastern Thailand. It became the dominant trading power in mainland Southeast Asia for about five centuries, provided passage for Indian and Chinese goods and assumed authority over the flow of commerce through Southeast Asia.<ref name=":22"/> In maritime Southeast Asia, the first recorded Indianised kingdom was [[Salakanagara]], established in western Java circa second century CE. This Hindu kingdom was known by the Greeks as ''Argyre'' (Land of Silver).<ref>{{cite book|last=Iguchi|first=Masatoshi|title=Java Essay: The History and Culture of a Southern Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFvsBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|year=2017|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-78462-885-7|page=116|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731145852/https://books.google.com/books?id=rFvsBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, 20220817 1028 8800.jpg|thumb|[[Borobudur]] temple in [[Central Java]], Indonesia]]
By the fifth century CE, trade networking between East and West was concentrated in the maritime route. Foreign traders were starting to use new routes such as [[Strait of Malacca|Malacca]] and [[Sunda Strait]] due to the development of maritime Southeast Asia. This change resulted in the decline of Funan, while new maritime powers such as [[Srivijaya]], [[Tarumanagara]], and [[Mataram Kingdom|Mataram]] emerged. Srivijaya especially became the dominant maritime power for more than 5 centuries, controlling both [[Strait of Malacca]] and [[Sunda Strait]].<ref name=":22" /> This dominance started to decline when Srivijaya were [[Chola invasion of Srivijaya|invaded by Chola Empire]], a dominant maritime power of Indian subcontinent, in 1025.<ref name="C. Majumdar 1961 pp. 338-342">[[R. C. Majumdar]] (1961), "The Overseas Expeditions of King Rājendra Cola", Artibus Asiae 24 (3/4), pp. 338–342, Artibus Asiae Publishers</ref> The invasion reshaped power and trade in the region, resulted in the rise of new regional powers such as the [[Khmer Empire]] and [[Kahuripan]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Mukherjee |first=Rila |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xeqhnYtrKcC&pg=PA76 |title=Pelagic Passageways: The Northern Bay of Bengal Before Colonialism |publisher=Primus Books |year=2011 |isbn=978-93-80607-20-7 |page=76 |author-link=Rila Mukherjee |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729231954/https://books.google.com/books?id=7xeqhnYtrKcC&pg=PA76 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Continued commercial contacts with the [[Mid-Imperial China|Chinese Empire]] enabled the Cholas to influence the local cultures. Many of the surviving examples of the [[Hinduism in Southeast Asia|Hindu cultural influence]] found today throughout Southeast Asia are the result of the Chola expeditions.{{NoteTag|The great temple complex at [[Prambanan]] in Indonesia exhibit a number of similarities with the South Indian architecture.<ref>Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. ''The CōĻas'', 1935, p.&nbsp;709.</ref>}}
[[File:Angkor Wat reflejado en un estanque 08.jpg|left|thumb|[[Angkor Wat]] in [[Siem Reap]], [[Cambodia]]]]
As Srivijaya influence in the region declined, The Hindu Khmer Empire experienced a golden age during the 11th to 13th century CE. The empire's capital [[Angkor]] hosts majestic monuments—such as [[Angkor Wat]] and [[Bayon]]. Satellite imaging has revealed that Angkor, during its peak, was the largest pre-industrial urban centre in the world.<ref name="Evans2007">{{cite journal |first1 = Damian |last1 = Evans |display-authors=etal |date=9 April 2009 |title=A comprehensive archaeological map of the world's largest preindustrial settlement complex at Angkor, Cambodia |journal=PNAS|volume=104|issue=36|pages=14277–82|doi=10.1073/pnas.0702525104|pmc=1964867|pmid=17717084|bibcode=2007PNAS..10414277E |doi-access = free }}</ref> The [[Champa]] civilisation was located in what is today central Vietnam, and was a highly Indianised Hindu Kingdom. The [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] launched a massive conquest against the [[Cham (Asia)|Cham people]] during the [[1471 Vietnamese invasion of Champa]], ransacking and burning Champa, slaughtering thousands of Cham people, and forcibly assimilating them into Vietnamese culture.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kiernan|first=Ben|title=Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur |url = https://archive.org/details/bloodan_kie_2007_00_0326 |url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-13793-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/bloodan_kie_2007_00_0326/page/110 110]}}</ref>
[[File:Bayon Angkor Relief1.jpg|thumb|[[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] army [[Khmer–Cham wars|waging war]] with [[war elephant]]s against the [[Champa|Cham]] in the 12th century, stone relief at the [[Bayon]]]]
During the 13th century CE, the region experienced [[Mongol invasions and conquests|Mongol invasions]], affected areas such as Vietnamese coast, inland Burma and [[Java]]. In 1258, 1285 and 1287, the Mongols tried to invade [[Đại Việt]] and [[Champa]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A history of Vietnam: from Hong Bang to Tu Duc|last=Chapuis|first=Oscar|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1995|isbn=978-0-313-29622-2|page=85}}</ref> The invasions were unsuccessful, yet both Dai Viet and Champa agreed to become tributary states to [[Yuan dynasty]] to avoid further conflicts.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bulliet|first1=Richard|last2=Crossley|first2=Pamela|last3=Headrick|first3=Daniel|last4=Hirsch|first4=Steven|last5=Johnson|first5=Lyman|title=The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8CiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA336|year=2014|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-285-96570-3|page=336|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731142610/https://books.google.com/books?id=h8CiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA336|url-status=live}}</ref> The Mongols also invaded [[Pagan Kingdom]] in Burma from 1277 to 1287, resulted in fragmentation of the Kingdom and rise of smaller [[Shan States]] ruled by local chieftains nominally submitted to Yuan dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteerupperb01hardgoog|title=Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States|last=Hardiman|first=John Percy|date=1900|publisher=superintendent, Government printing, Burma|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Bernice Koehler Johnson|title=The Shan: Refugees Without a Camp, an English Teacher in Thailand and Burma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLDRmhtWouQC&pg=PA11|year=2009|publisher=Trinity Matrix Publishing|isbn=978-0-9817833-0-7|page=11|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729195828/https://books.google.com/books?id=mLDRmhtWouQC&pg=PA11|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 1297, a new local power emerged. [[Myinsaing Kingdom]] became the real ruler of Central Burma and challenged the Mongol rule. This resulted in the second Mongol invasion of Burma in 1300, which was repulsed by Myinsaing.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kohn|first=George Childs|title=Dictionary of Wars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TLjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT446|year=2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-95501-4|page=446|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729192630/https://books.google.com/books?id=1TLjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT446|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Whiting |first=Marvin C. |title=Imperial Chinese Military History: 8000 BC-1912 AD |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJQiAz3qTCgC&pg=PA408 |year=2002 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-22134-9 |page=408 |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729192217/https://books.google.com/books?id=JJQiAz3qTCgC&pg=PA408 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Mongols would later in 1303 withdrawn from Burma.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hardiman |first=John Percy |url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteerupperb01hardgoog |title=Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States |publisher=superintendent, Government printing, Burma |year=1900}}</ref> In 1292, The Mongols sent envoys to [[Singhasari]] Kingdom in Java to ask for submission to Mongol rule. Singhasari rejected the proposal and injured the envoys, enraged the Mongols and made them sent a large invasion fleet to Java. Unbeknownst to them, Singhasari collapsed in 1293 due to a revolt by [[Kediri (historical kingdom)|Kadiri]], one of its vassals. When the Mongols arrived in Java, a local prince named [[Raden Wijaya]] offered his service to assist the Mongols in punishing Kadiri. After Kadiri was defeated, Wijaya turned on his Mongol allies, ambushed their invasion fleet and forced them to immediately leave Java.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjNWDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT60 |title=Southeast Asia: Past and Present |last=SarDesai |first=D. R. |year=2012 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-0-8133-4838-4 |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729194508/https://books.google.com/books?id=yjNWDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT60 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74seAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA214 |title=History of Asia |last=Rao |first=B. V. |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-207-9223-4 |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731153416/https://books.google.com/books?id=74seAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA214 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the departure of the Mongols, Wijaya established the [[Majapahit Empire]] in eastern Java in 1293. Majapahit would soon grow into a regional power. Its greatest ruler was [[Hayam Wuruk]], whose reign from 1350 to 1389 marked the empire's peak when other kingdoms in the southern [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], and [[Bali]] came under its influence. Various sources such as the Nagarakertagama also mention that its influence spanned over parts of [[Sulawesi]], [[Maluku Islands|Maluku]], and some areas of [[western New Guinea]] and southern [[Philippines]], making it one of the largest empire to ever exist in Southeast Asian history.<ref name="miksic2">{{cite book|author1-link=John N. Miksic |title = Ancient History |series = Indonesian Heritage Series |volume = 1 |first = John |last = Miksic |publisher = Archipelago Press / Editions Didier Millet |year=1999 |isbn=978-981-3018-26-6 }}</ref>{{rp|page=107}} By the 15th century CE however, Majapahit's influence began to wane due to many war of successions it experienced and the rise of new Islamic states such as [[Samudera Pasai Sultanate|Samudera Pasai]] and [[Malacca Sultanate]] around the strategic [[Strait of Malacca]]. Majapahit then collapsed around 1500. It was the last major Hindu kingdom and the last regional power in the region before the arrival of the [[Europeans]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtpkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA197|title=The Private Sector's Role in Poverty Reduction in Asia|last=Hipsher|first=Scott|year=2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-85709-449-0|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203939/https://books.google.com/books?id=jtpkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA197|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Qf39DpguysC&pg=PA28 |title=Sultans, Shamans, and Saints: Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia |last=Federspiel |first=Howard M. |year=2007 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3052-6 |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203803/https://books.google.com/books?id=5Qf39DpguysC&pg=PA28 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Spread of Islam===
{{Main|Spread of Islam in Southeast Asia|Islam in Southeast Asia}}

[[File:Masjid Tua Wapauwe Kaitetu.jpg|thumb|left|[[Wapauwe Old Mosque]] is the oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia, and the second oldest in Southeast Asia, built in 1414]]

[[Islam]] began to make contacts with Southeast Asia in the eighth-century CE, when the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyads]] established trade with the region via sea routes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDABDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT113|title=Who Was Muhammad?: An Analysis of the Prophet of Islam in Light of the Bible and the Quran|last=Hardt|first=Doug|date=2016|publisher=TEACH Services, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4796-0544-6|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203137/https://books.google.com/books?id=EDABDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT113|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ok5zuaeBtJcC&pg=PA73|title=Daily Life Through Trade: Buying and Selling in World History|last=Anderson|first=James|date=21 March 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-36325-2|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729202946/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ok5zuaeBtJcC&pg=PA73|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YjrAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|title=Islam: Faith and History|last=Ayoub|first=Mahmoud|date=2013|publisher=Oneworld Publications|isbn=978-1-78074-452-0|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203412/https://books.google.com/books?id=0YjrAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|url-status=live}}</ref> However its spread into the region happened centuries later. In the 11th century, a turbulent period occurred in the history of [[Maritime Southeast Asia]]. The Indian [[Chola]] navy crossed the ocean and attacked the [[Srivijaya]] kingdom of Sangrama Vijayatungavarman in Kadaram ([[Kedah Kingdom|Kedah]]); the capital of the powerful maritime kingdom was sacked and the king was taken captive. Along with Kadaram, Pannai in present-day [[Sumatra]] and Malaiyur and the Malayan peninsula were attacked too. Soon after that, the king of Kedah Phra Ong Mahawangsa became the first ruler to abandon the traditional [[Hindu]] faith, and converted to Islam with the [[Sultanate of Kedah]] established in 1136. [[Samudera Pasai]] converted to Islam in 1267, the King of Malacca [[Parameswara (sultan)|Parameswara]] married the princess of Pasai, and the son became the first sultan of Malacca. Soon, Malacca became the center of Islamic study and maritime trade, and other rulers followed suit. [[Indonesia]]n religious leader and Islamic scholar [[Hamka]] (1908–1981) wrote in 1961: "The development of Islam in Indonesia and [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] is intimately related to a Chinese Muslim, Admiral [[Zheng He]]."<ref>{{cite book|last=Wang Ma|first=Rosey|title=Chinese Muslims in Malaysia: History and Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jK8ltwAACAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academia Sinica|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904021807/https://books.google.com/books?id=jK8ltwAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are several theories to the [[Islamization]] process in Southeast Asia. Another theory is trade. The expansion of trade among West Asia, India, and Southeast Asia helped the spread of the religion as Muslim traders from South Arabia ([[Hadhramaut]]) brought Islam to the region with their large volume of trade. Many settled in [[Indonesia]], [[Singapore]], and [[Malaysia]]. This is evident in the Arab-Indonesian, [[Arab Singaporeans|Arab-Singaporean]], and Arab-Malay populations who were at one time very prominent in each of their countries. Finally, the ruling classes embraced Islam and that further aided the permeation of the religion throughout the region. The ruler of the region's most important port, [[Malacca Sultanate]], embraced Islam in the 15th century, heralding a period of accelerated conversion of Islam throughout the region as Islam provided a positive force among the ruling and trading classes. [[Gujarati Muslims]] played a pivotal role in establishing Islam in Southeast Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gujarat helped establish Islam in SE Asia {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ampnbspGujarat-helped-establish-Islam-in-SE-Asia/articleshow/11262585.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203230825/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ampnbspGujarat-helped-establish-Islam-in-SE-Asia/articleshow/11262585.cms |archive-date=2019-12-03 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

===Trade and colonization===
[[File:StraitOfMalacca2.jpg|thumb|[[Strait of Malacca]]]]

Trade among Southeast Asian countries has a long tradition. The consequences of colonial rule, struggle for independence, and in some cases war influenced the economic attitudes and policies of each country.<ref>{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg |title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=282|isbn=978-1-107-50718-0}}</ref>

====Chinese====
{{See also|List of tributaries of Imperial China|Bamboo network|Chinese Empire}}

From 111 BC to 938 AD, northern Vietnam was under Chinese rule. Vietnam was successfully governed by a series of Chinese dynasties including the [[Han dynasty|Han]], [[Eastern Han]], [[Eastern Wu]], [[Cao Wei]]<!-- After Cao Wei annexe Shu Han, Lu Xing 呂興 kill prefect and surrender Jiaozhi to Cao Wei -->, [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin]], [[Liu Song]], [[Southern Qi]], [[Liang dynasty|Liang]], [[Sui dynasty|Sui]], [[Tang dynasty|Tang]], and [[Southern Han]].

Records from Magellan's voyage show that [[Brunei]] possessed more [[cannon]] than European ships, so the Chinese must have been trading with them.<ref name="Bergreen.L_Magellan" />

Malaysian legend has it that a Chinese Ming emperor sent a princess, [[Hang Li Po]], to Malacca, with a retinue of 500, to marry [[Mansur Shah of Malacca|Sultan Mansur Shah]] after the emperor was impressed by the wisdom of the sultan. [[Hang Li Poh's Well]] (constructed 1459) is now a tourist attraction there, as is [[Bukit Cina]], where her retinue settled.

The strategic value of the [[Strait of Malacca]], which was controlled by [[Sultanate of Malacca]] in the 15th and early 16th century, did not go unnoticed by Portuguese writer [[Tomé Pires]], who wrote in the ''Suma Oriental'': "Whoever is lord of Malacca has his hand on the throat of [[Venice]]."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4QYAQAAMAAJ |title=The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires: an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515, and the book of Francisco Rodrigues, rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515 |date=1944 |publisher=The Hakluyt Society |location=London |page=287 |language=en |lccn=47018369 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716145456/https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/The_Suma_Oriental_of_Tome_Pires.html?id=H4QYAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=16 July 2024 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> (Venice was a major European trading partner, and goods were transported there via the Strait.)

====European====
{{See also|European colonisation of Southeast Asia}}

[[File:Fort Cornwallis Eck.JPG|thumb|[[Fort Cornwallis]] in [[George Town, Penang|George Town]] marks the spot where the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] first landed in [[Penang]] in 1786, thus heralding the [[British Empire|British colonisation]] of [[British Malaya|Malaya]]]]

Western influence started to enter in the 16th century, with the arrival of the Portuguese in Malacca, [[Maluku Islands|Maluku]], and the Philippines, the latter being settled by the Spaniards years later, which they used to [[Manila Galleons|trade between Asia and Latin America]]. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch established the [[Dutch East Indies]]; the [[French Indochina]]; and the British [[Straits Settlements|Strait Settlements]]. By the 19th century, all Southeast Asian countries were colonised except for [[Thailand]].

[[File:Kopparmynt, 1646-1667. 2 kas, 2 doit. Holländska Indien - Skoklosters slott - 108653.tif|thumb|upright|[[Duit]], a coin minted by the [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]], 1646–1667. 2 kas, 2 duit]]

[[Chronology of European exploration of Asia|European explorers]] were reaching Southeast Asia from the west and from the east. Regular trade between the ships sailing east from the Indian Ocean and south from mainland Asia provided goods in return for natural products, such as [[honey]] and [[hornbill]] beaks from the islands of the archipelago. Before the 18th and 19th centuries, the Europeans mostly were interested in expanding trade links. For the majority of the populations in each country, there was comparatively little interaction with Europeans and traditional social routines and relationships continued. For most, a life with subsistence-level agriculture, fishing and, in less developed civilisations, hunting and gathering was still hard.<ref>{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg |title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=286|isbn=978-1-107-50718-0}}</ref>

Europeans brought [[Christianity]] allowing Christian missionaries to become widespread. Thailand also allowed Western scientists to enter its country to develop its own education system as well as start sending royal members and Thai scholars to get higher education from [[Europe]] and [[Russia]].

====Japanese====
{{See also|Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere|Empire of Japan|Japanese war crimes}}

During World War II, [[Empire of Japan|Imperial Japan]] invaded most of the former western colonies under the concept of "[[Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere]]". However, the [[Shōwa period|Shōwa occupation regime]] committed violent actions against civilians such as live human experimentation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/vivisection-japan-philippines-a00304-20200723-lfrm|title=The Cruel Vivisections Japanese Performed on Filipinos in WWII}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/11/27/national/vivisection-on-filipinos-admitted/ | title=Vivisection on Filipinos admitted | date=27 November 2006 | access-date=15 April 2023 | archive-date=2 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602072725/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/11/27/national/vivisection-on-filipinos-admitted/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laguardia.edu/maus/files/ethics-ch-16.pdf|title=JAPANESE BIOMEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION DURING THE WORLD-WAR-II ERA|website=laguardia.edu|first=Sheldon H.|last=Harris|author-link=Sheldon H. Harris|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324223814/https://www.laguardia.edu/maus/files/ethics-ch-16.pdf}}</ref><ref>Gold, Hal (2011). Unit 731 Testimony (1st ed.). New York: Tuttle Pub. p. 97. ISBN 978-1462900824.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100210f3.html|title= - The Japan Times|website=japantimes.co.jp}} {{dead link|date=June 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/1796044.stm | title=Unit 731: Japan's biological force | date=February 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://apjjf.org/-Christopher-Reed/2177/article.html | title=The United States and the Japanese Mengele: Payoffs and Amnesty for Unit 731 | date=14 August 2006 }}</ref> sexual slavery under the brutal "[[comfort women]]" system,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/29/939811000/philippine-survivor-recounts-her-struggle-as-a-comfort-woman-for-wartime-japan|title=Philippine Survivor Recounts Her Struggle As A 'Comfort Woman' For Wartime Japan|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=NPR|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IsBB-RVTlQC&dq=comfort+gay+philippines+japan&pg=PR9|title=The Other Empire: Literary Views of Japan from the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia|year=2008|publisher=The University of the Philippines Press|isbn=978-971-542-562-9|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://verafiles.org/articles/mystery-missing-comfort-woman-statue|title=The mystery of the missing comfort woman statue|date=27 August 2019 |publisher=Vera Files|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mosbergen |first=Dominique |date=29 August 2017 |title=Harrowing Story Of Filipina Women Enslaved In Japan's Wartime Rape Camps |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/comfort-women-philippines-m-evelina-galang_us_57232d48e4b0f309baf08490 |work=Huffington Post |location=New York, New York |access-date=30 March 2018 }}<br/>{{cite news |agency=Kyodo News |date=20 November 2015 |title=Filipino 'comfort women' survivors stage rally in Manila |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/11/20/15/filipino-comfort-women-survivors-stage-rally-in-manila |work=ABS CBN News |access-date=30 March 2018 }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Whaley |first=Floyd |date=29 January 2016 |title=In Philippines, World War II's Lesser-Known Sex Slaves Speak Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/world/asia/japan-philippines-comfort-women-emperor-akihito.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=30 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://apjjf.org/2021/5/Shin.html | title=Voices of the "Comfort Women": The Power Politics Surrounding the UNESCO Documentary Heritage | date=March 2021 }}</ref> the [[Manila massacre]] and the implementation of a system of [[Unfree labour|forced labour]], such as the one involving four to ten million ''[[romusha]]'' in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+id0029)|access-date=6 January 2022|website=lcweb2.loc.gov|title=Archived copy|archive-date=30 October 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030225658/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+id0029%29|url-status=live}}</ref> A later UN report stated that four million people died in Indonesia as a result of famine and forced labour during the Japanese occupation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dower |first1=John W. |author-link=John W. Dower |title=War Without Mercy: Race And Power In The Pacific War |date=1986 |publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=978-0-394-75172-6 |edition=1st |location=New York |page=296 |quote=According to the U.N. Working Group for Asia and the Far East, "the total number who were killed by the Japanese, or who died from hunger, disease, and lack of medical attention is estimated at 3,000,000 for Java alone, and 1,000,000 for the Outer Islands."}}</ref> The Allied powers who then defeated Japan (and other allies of [[Axis powers|Axis]]) in the [[South-East Asian theatre of World War II]] then contended with nationalists to whom the occupation authorities had granted independence.

====Indian====
{{See also|British rule in Burma}}
[[Gujarat]], India had a flourishing trade relationship with Southeast Asia in the 15th and 16th centuries.<ref name="toi">{{cite news |last=Prabhune |first=Tushar |date=27 December 2011 |title=Gujarat helped establish Islam in SE Asia |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ampnbspGujarat-helped-establish-Islam-in-SE-Asia/articleshow/11262585.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203230825/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ampnbspGujarat-helped-establish-Islam-in-SE-Asia/articleshow/11262585.cms |archive-date=3 December 2019 |access-date=15 May 2018 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=[[Ahmedabad]]}}</ref> The trade relationship with Gujarat declined after the Portuguese invasion of Southeast Asia in the 17th century.<ref name=toi/>

====American====
{{See also|United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands|Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Commonwealth of the Philippines}}

The United States took the Philippines from Spain in 1898. Internal autonomy was granted in 1934, and independence in 1946.<ref>H. W. Brands, ''Bound to Empire: The United States and the Philippines: 1890-1990'' (1992)</ref>

===Contemporary history===
Most countries in the region maintain national autonomy. [[Democracy|Democratic forms of government]] are practised in most Southeast Asian countries and human rights is recognised but dependent on each nation state. Socialist or [[Communist state|communist countries]] in Southeast Asia include Vietnam and Laos. [[ASEAN]] provides a framework for the integration of commerce and regional responses to international concerns.

China has asserted broad claims over the [[South China Sea]], based on its [[nine-dash line]], and has [[Great Wall of Sand|built artificial islands]] in an attempt to bolster its claims. China also has asserted an [[exclusive economic zone]] based on the [[Spratly Islands]]. The [[Philippines]] challenged China in the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]] in [[The Hague]] in 2013, and in ''[[Philippines v. China]]'' (2016), the Court ruled in favour of the Philippines and rejected China's claims.<ref>{{cite web|last=Liow|first=Joseph Chinyong|date=12 July 2016|title=What does the South China Sea ruling mean, and what's next?|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/07/12/what-does-the-south-china-sea-ruling-mean-and-whats-next/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141104/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/07/12/what-does-the-south-china-sea-ruling-mean-and-whats-next/|archive-date=23 June 2018|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Euan Graham, [https://www.cfr.org/councilofcouncils/global_memos/p38227 The Hague Tribunal's South China Sea Ruling: Empty Provocation or Slow-Burning Influence?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135823/https://www.cfr.org/councilofcouncils/global_memos/p38227 |date=10 March 2018 }}, Lowy Institute for International Policy (18 August 2016).</ref>

====Indochina Wars====
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==Geography==
{{See also|Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|List of Southeast Asian mountains|Southeast Asian Massif}}

[[File:Southeast asia.svg|thumb|Relief map of Southeast Asia]]

Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia and is also the largest archipelago in the world by size (according to the [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]]). Geologically, the [[list of islands of Indonesia|Indonesian Archipelago]] is one of the most [[volcanology|volcanically]] active regions in the world. Geological [[Tectonic uplift|uplifts]] in the region have also produced some impressive mountains, culminating in [[Puncak Jaya]] in [[Papua (Indonesian province)|Papua]], Indonesia at {{convert|5030.|m|ft|abbr=off}}, on the island of [[New Guinea]]; it is the only place where ice glaciers can be found in Southeast Asia. The highest mountain in Southeast Asia is [[Hkakabo Razi]] at {{convert|5967.|m|ft|abbr=off}} and can be found in northern Burma sharing the same range of its parent peak, [[Mount Everest]].

The [[South China Sea]] is the major body of water within Southeast Asia. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Singapore, have integral rivers that flow into the South China Sea.

[[Mayon Volcano]], despite being dangerously [[list of active volcanoes in the Philippines|active]], holds the record of the world's most perfect cone which is built from past and continuous [[types of volcanic eruptions|eruption]].<ref name="Davis">Davis, Lee (1992). Natural disasters: from the Black Plague to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. New York, NY: Facts on File Inc.. pp. 300–301.</ref>

===Boundaries===
{{Further|Boundaries between the continents of Earth}}

Geographically, Southeast Asia is bounded to the southeast by the [[Australia (continent)|Australian continent]], the boundary between these two regions is most often considered to run through [[Wallacea]].<!--

[[Halmahera]], [[Seram]], [[Kai Islands]], [[Tanimbar Islands]] and [[Timor]] on the Asian side.

[[New Guinea]], the [[Aru Islands]] and [[Raja Ampat Islands]] on the Australian side.

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[[File:OutlineWorldMap-Ekert4WinkelTripel-Meridian127-EastHemisphere.svg|thumb|World Map in outline centred on Southeast Asia, [[Pacific Asia]], [[Melanesia]] and [[Australia]].]]
Geopolitically, the boundary lies between Papua New Guinea and the [[regions of Indonesia|Indonesian region]] of [[Western New Guinea]] (Papua and [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]]). Both countries share the island of [[New Guinea]].

Islands to the east of the Philippines make up the region of [[Micronesia]]. These islands are not biogeographically, geologically or historically linked to mainland Asia, and are considered part of Oceania by the [[United Nations]], ''[[The World Factbook]]'', and other organisations.<ref name="stats">{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ |title=Methodology: Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49) |website=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]}}</ref> The Oceania region is politically represented through the [[Pacific Islands Forum]], a governing body which, up until 2022, included Australia, [[New Zealand]] and all independent territories in [[Melanesia]], Micronesia, and [[Polynesia]]. Several countries of Maritime Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, are dialogue partners of the Pacific Islands Forum, but none have full membership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forumsec.org/who-we-arepacific-islands-forum/|title=The Pacific Islands Forum – Forum Sec}}</ref>

Maritime Southeast Asia was often grouped with Australia and Oceania in the mid to late 1800s, rather than with mainland Asia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Martin W. |last2=Wigen |first2=Kären E. |quote=As is explained in note 71 (this chapter), insular Southeast Asia was often grouped with Oceania instead of with Asia in the middle and late 1800s.| title=The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography |date=1997 |publisher=University of California Press |page=223 |isbn=978-0-520-20742-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLT8X5E3bZIC&dq=%22oceania%22+%22malay+archipelago%22+excluded&pg=PA223 |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> The term Oceania came into usage at the beginning of the 1800s, and the earlier definitions predated the advent of concepts such as Wallacea.

The non-continental Australian external territories of [[Christmas Island]] and [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] are sometimes considered part of Maritime Southeast Asia, as they lie in much closer proximity to western Indonesia than they do to mainland Australia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=M. Athyal |first1=Jesudas |title=Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures |date=2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=40 |isbn=978-1-61069-250-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RfYBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22christmas+island%22+%22in+southeast+asia%22&pg=PA40 |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/christmas-island-australias-gem-in-the-indian-ocean/|title=Christmas Island – Australia's Gem In The Indian Ocean}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://parksaustralia.gov.au/christmas/pub/bird-brochure.pdf|title=Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands Birding Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819191359/https://parksaustralia.gov.au/christmas/pub/bird-brochure.pdf|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> They have a [[multiculturalism|multicultural]] mix of inhabitants with Asian and [[European Australian]] ancestry, and were uninhabited when discovered by the British during the 17th century.<ref name="gov">{{cite web|url=https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/a05f7892-8f70-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6|title=BMR Cruise 107: Seabed Morphology and Offshore Resources around Christmas Island, Indian Ocean|website=Product catalogue}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://parksaustralia.gov.au/marine/pub/scientific-publications/archive/conservation-christmas-cocos.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305182602/https://parksaustralia.gov.au/marine/pub/scientific-publications/archive/conservation-christmas-cocos.pdf |url-status=live |title=Conservation values in Commonwealth waters of the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Island remote Australian territories |archive-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=CSIRO |date=August 2009 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> The islands lie within the bounds of the [[Australian Plate]], and are defined by ''The World Factbook'' as the westernmost extent of Oceania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cocos-keeling-islands/ |title=Cocos (Keeling) Islands - The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |date=24 June 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/christmas-island/|title=Christmas Island|date=24 June 2022|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|via=CIA.gov}}</ref> The United Nations also include these islands in their definition of Oceania, under the same subregion as Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="stats"/>

===Climate===
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map v2 Southeastern Asia 1991–2020.svg|thumb|Southeast Asia map of the [[Köppen climate classification]]]]

Most of Southeast Asia has a [[tropical climate]] that is hot and humid all year round with plentiful rainfall. The majority of Southeast Asia has a wet and dry season caused by seasonal shifts in winds or [[monsoon]]s. The [[tropical rain belt]] causes additional rainfall during the monsoon season. The rainforest is the second largest on Earth (with the [[Amazon rainforest]] being the largest). Exceptions to the typical tropical climate and forest vegetation are:
# Places such as [[Northern Vietnam]] with a [[subtropical climate]] that is sometimes influenced by [[cold waves]] which move from the northeast and the [[Siberian High]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddata.info/asia/vietnam/climate.php |title=Vietnam Climate |website=WorldData.info |access-date=2023-11-24}}</ref>
## the northern part of Central Vietnam also is occasionally influenced by cold waves
# mountain areas in the northern region and the higher islands, where high altitudes lead to milder temperatures
# the [[Dry Zone (Myanmar)|"dry zone"]] of central Myanmar in the [[rain shadow]] of the [[Arakan Mountains]], where annual rainfall can be as low as {{convert|600|mm|in|0|disp=or}}, which under the hot temperatures that prevail is dry enough to qualify as [[semi-arid climate|semi-arid]]. 
# Southern areas in [[South Central Coast]] of Vietnam is marked with hot [[semi-arid climate]] due to weak monsoon activities and high temperature throughout the year. Annual rainfall of this region varies between {{convert|400|mm|in|0|disp=or}} to {{convert|800|mm|in|0|disp=or}}, with an 8-month dry season. 

==== Climate change ====
{{Main|Climate change in Asia}}
[[File:Cheung 2023 fishery projections.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Under the highest-emission scenario, Southeast Asian countries would see substantial reductions in seafood available from their [[exclusive economic zone]]s by 2050<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cheung |first1=William W. L. |last2=Maire |first2=Eva |last3=Oyinlola |first3=Muhammed A. |last4=Robinson |first4=James P. W. |last5=Graham |first5=Nicholas A. J. |last6=Lam |first6=Vicky W. Y. |last7=MacNeil |first7=M. Aaron |last8=Hicks |first8=Christina C. |date=30 October 2023 |title=Climate change exacerbates nutrient disparities from seafood |journal=Nature Communications |volume=13 |issue=11 |pages=1242–1249 |doi=10.1038/s41558-023-01822-1 |doi-access=free|pmid=37927330 |pmc=10624626 |bibcode=2023NatCC..13.1242C }}</ref> ]]
Southeast Asia lags behind on [[climate change mitigation|mitigation measures]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Overland |first1=Indra |last2=Sagbakken |first2=Haakon Fossum |last3=Chan |first3=Hoy-Yen |last4=Merdekawati |first4=Monika |last5=Suryadi |first5=Beni |last6=Utama |first6=Nuki Agya |last7=Vakulchuk |first7=Roman |title=The ASEAN climate and energy paradox |journal=Energy and Climate Change |date=December 2021 |volume=2 |article-number=100019 |doi=10.1016/j.egycc.2020.100019|issn=2666-2787 |hdl=11250/2734506 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> even though it is one of the most [[Climate change vulnerability|vulnerable]] regions to [[climate change]] in the world.<ref name="Overland2020">{{Cite book|last=Overland|first=Indra|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320622312|title=Impact of Climate Change on ASEAN International Affairs: Risk and Opportunity Multiplier|date=6 November 2017|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728065717/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320622312_Impact_of_Climate_Change_on_ASEAN_International_Affairs_Risk_and_Opportunity_Multiplier|url-status=live}}</ref> Climate change has already caused an increase in ''heavy'' [[precipitation]] events (defined as 400&nbsp;mm or more in a day)<ref name="AR6_WGII_Chapter10" />{{rp|1464}} and greater increases are expected in this region. Changes in rainfall and runoff will also affect the quality of water supply used by the [[irrigation]] systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/41587621-d96e-4aed-8b22-e714bcecd58e|title=Climate Change Impacts - South East Asia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829205837/https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/41587621-d96e-4aed-8b22-e714bcecd58e|archive-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Under a high-warming scenario, heat-related deaths in the region could increase by 12.7% by 2100.<ref name="AR6_WGII_Chapter10" />{{rp|1508}} Among the elderly in [[Malaysia]], annual heat-related deaths may go from less than 1 per 100,000 to 45 per 100,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/926013/retrieve |title=Climate and Health Country Profile – 2015 Malaysia |publisher=World Health Organization |date=2015 |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>{{rp|1}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/15868-WB_Malaysia%20Country%20Profile-WEB.pdf |title=Climate Risk Country Profile: Malaysia (2021) |author1=World Bank Group |author2=Asian Development Bank |date=2021 |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>{{rp|23}}

[[Sea level rise]] is a serious threat. Along Philippine coasts, it occurs three times faster than the global average,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ines |first=Jezreel |date=2023-07-04 |title=In troubled waters: Rising sea levels threaten sinking town's survival |url=https://www.rappler.com/environment/in-troubled-waters-rising-sea-levels-threaten-sinking-town-survival/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}}</ref> while 199 out of 514 cities and districts in [[Indonesia]] could be affected by tidal flooding by 2050.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-03 |title=Photos: Where once were mangroves, Javan villages struggle to beat back the sea |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/photos-where-once-were-mangroves-javan-villages-struggle-to-beat-back-the-sea/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Mongabay Environmental News |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Bangkok]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]] and [[Jakarta]] are amongst the 20 coastal cities which would have the world's highest annual flood losses in the year 2050.<ref name="AR6_WGII_Chapter10" /> Due to [[land subsidence]], Jakarta is [[Flooding in Jakarta|sinking]] so much (up to {{cvt|28|cm|in|frac=2}} per year between 1982 and 2010 in some areas<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abidin |first1=Hasanuddin Z. |last2=Andreas |first2=Heri |last3=Gumilar |first3=Irwan |last4=Fukuda |first4=Yoichi |last5=Pohan |first5=Yusuf E. |last6=Deguchi |first6=T. |title=Land subsidence of Jakarta (Indonesia) and its relation with urban development |journal=Natural Hazards |date=11 June 2011 |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=1753–1771 |doi=10.1007/s11069-011-9866-9 |bibcode=2011NatHa..59.1753A |s2cid=129557182 }}</ref>) that by 2019, the government had committed to relocate the [[capital of Indonesia]] to another city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/03/seas-rise-indonesia-is-moving-its-capital-city-other-cities-should-take-note/|title=As seas rise, Indonesia is moving its capital city. Other cities should take note.|last=Englander|first=John|date=3 May 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

Climate change is also likely to pose a serious threat to the region's fisheries:<ref name="Overland2020" /> 
3.35 million fishers in the Southeast Asia are reliant on [[coral reef]]s,<ref name="AR6_WGII_Chapter10" />{{rp|1479}} and yet those reefs are highly vulnerable to even low-emission climate change and will likely be lost if global warming exceeds {{convert|1.5|C-change|F-change}}<ref name="ArmstrongMcKay2022">{{Cite journal |last1=Armstrong McKay |first1=David|last2=Abrams |first2=Jesse |last3=Winkelmann |first3=Ricarda |last4=Sakschewski |first4=Boris |last5=Loriani |first5=Sina |last6=Fetzer |first6=Ingo|last7=Cornell|first7=Sarah |last8=Rockström |first8=Johan |last9=Staal |first9=Arie |last10=Lenton |first10=Timothy |date=9 September 2022 |title=Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7950 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=377 |issue=6611 |article-number=eabn7950 |doi=10.1126/science.abn7950 |pmid=36074831 |hdl=10871/131584 |s2cid=252161375 |issn=0036-8075|hdl-access=free |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="ArmstrongMcKayExplainer">{{Cite web |last=Armstrong McKay |first=David |date=9 September 2022 |title=Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points – paper explainer |url=https://climatetippingpoints.info/2022/09/09/climate-tipping-points-reassessment-explainer/ |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=climatetippingpoints.info |language=en}}</ref> By 2050–2070, around 30% of the region's aquaculture area and 10–20% of aquaculture production may be lost.<ref name="AR6_WGII_Chapter10">Shaw, R., Y. Luo, T. S. Cheong, S. Abdul Halim, S. Chaturvedi, M. Hashizume, G. E. Insarov, Y. Ishikawa, M. Jafari, A. Kitoh, J. Pulhin, C. Singh, K. Vasant, and Z. Zhang, 2022: [https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_Chapter10.pdf Chapter 10: Asia]. In [https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability] [H.-O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E. S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, New York, US, pp. 1457–1579 |doi=10.1017/9781009325844.012.</ref>{{rp|1491}}

[[File:Spreading ridges volcanoes map-en.svg|thumb|Map showing the divergent plate boundaries (oceanic spreading ridges) and recent sub-aerial [[volcano]]es (mostly at convergent boundaries), with a high density of volcanoes situated in [[Indonesia]] and the [[Philippines]].]]

===Environment===
{{See also|Southeast Asian coral reefs|Wallace Line}}
[[File:Komodo dragon at Komodo National Park.jpg|thumb|Komodo dragon in [[Komodo National Park]], [[Indonesia]]]]
[[File:Pithecophaga jefferyi.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The [[Philippine eagle]]]]
[[File:The Mayon Volcano.jpg|thumb|The [[Mayon|Mayon Volcano]], Philippines]]

The vast majority of Southeast Asia falls within the warm, humid tropics, and its climate generally can be characterized as monsoonal. The animals of Southeast Asia are diverse; on the islands of [[Borneo]] and [[Sumatra]], the [[orangutan]], the [[Asian elephant]], the [[Malayan tapir]], the [[Sumatran rhinoceros]], and the [[Bornean clouded leopard]] can also be found. Six subspecies of the [[binturong]] or ''bearcat'' exist in the region, though the one endemic to the island of [[Palawan]] is now classed as vulnerable. Tigers of three different subspecies are found on the island of Sumatra (the [[Sumatran tiger]]), in peninsular Malaysia (the [[Malayan tiger]]), and in Indochina (the [[Indochinese tiger]]); all of which are endangered species. The [[Komodo dragon]] is the largest living species of lizard and inhabits the islands of [[Komodo (island)|Komodo]], [[Rinca]], [[Flores]], and [[Gili Motang]] in Indonesia. The [[Philippine eagle]] is the [[national bird]] of the Philippines. It is considered by scientists as the largest eagle in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Langne |first=Kaine |date=2023-04-02 |title=go8 |url=https://go8.ad |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=go8.ad}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=13 December 2012 |title=Climate Reality Watch Party 2016 |url=http://www.haribon.org.ph/index.php?view=article&id=223:the-largest-eagle-in-the-world&option=com_content&Itemid=119 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234906/http://www.haribon.org.ph/index.php?view=article&id=223%3Athe-largest-eagle-in-the-world&option=com_content&Itemid=119 |archive-date=20 August 2018 |access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> and is endemic to the Philippines' forests. The [[wild water buffalo]], and on various islands related dwarf species of ''[[Bubalus]]'' such as [[anoa]] were once widespread in Southeast Asia; nowadays the [[domestic Asian water buffalo]] is common across the region, but its remaining relatives are rare and endangered. The [[mouse deer]], a small tusked deer as large as a toy dog or cat, mostly can be found on Sumatra, Borneo (Indonesia), and in Palawan (Philippines). The [[gaur]], a gigantic wild ox larger than even wild water buffalo, is found mainly in Indochina. There is very little scientific information available regarding Southeast Asian amphibians.<ref>{{Cite book|page=68|title=Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis|author=Navjot S. Sodhi|author2=Barry W. Brook|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-521-83930-3}}</ref>

Birds such as the [[green peafowl]] and [[drongo]] live in this subregion as far east as Indonesia. The [[babirusa]], a four-tusked pig, can be found in Indonesia as well. The [[hornbill]] was prized for its beak and used in trade with China. The horn of the rhinoceros, not part of its skull, was prized in China as well.

The [[List of islands of Indonesia|Indonesian Archipelago]] is split by the [[Wallace Line]]. This line runs along what is now known to be a tectonic plate boundary, and separates Asian (Western) species from Australasian (Eastern) species. The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua form a mixed zone, where both types occur, known as Wallacea. As the pace of development accelerates and populations continue to expand in Southeast Asia, concern has increased regarding the impact of human activity on the region's environment. A significant portion of Southeast Asia, however, has not changed greatly and remains an unaltered home to wildlife. The nations of the region, with only a few exceptions, have become aware of the need to maintain forest cover not only to prevent [[soil erosion]] but to preserve the diversity of flora and fauna. Indonesia, for example, has created an extensive system of national parks and preserves for this purpose. Even so, such species as the [[Javan rhinoceros]] face extinction, with only a handful of the animals remaining in western Java.


The shallow waters of the [[Southeast Asian coral reefs]] have the highest levels of [[biodiversity]] for the world's marine ecosystems, where coral, fish, and molluscs abound. According to Conservation International, marine surveys suggest that the marine life diversity in the [[Raja Ampat]] (Indonesia) is the highest recorded on Earth. Diversity is considerably greater than any other area sampled in the Coral Triangle composed of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. The Coral Triangle is the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity, the Verde Passage is dubbed by Conservation International as the world's "center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity". The [[whale shark]], the world's largest species of fish and 6 species of [[sea turtle]]s can also be found in the [[South China Sea]] and the Pacific Ocean territories of the Philippines.

The trees and other plants of the region are tropical; in some countries where the mountains are tall enough, temperate-climate vegetation can be found. These rainforest areas are currently being logged-over, especially in Borneo.

While Southeast Asia is rich in flora and fauna, [[Deforestation in Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia is facing severe deforestation]] which causes habitat loss for various [[endangered species]] such as orangutan and the [[Sumatran tiger]]. Predictions have been made that more than 40% of the animal and [[Flora|plant species]] in Southeast Asia could be wiped out in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Young|first=Emma|title=Biodiversity wipeout facing South East Asia|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3973-biodiversity-wipeout-facing-south-east-asia/|access-date=6 January 2022|website=New Scientist|language=en-US}}</ref> At the same time, [[haze]] has been a regular occurrence. The two worst regional hazes were in [[1997 Southeast Asian haze|1997]] and [[2006 Southeast Asian haze|2006]] in which multiple countries were covered with thick haze, mostly caused by "[[slash and burn]]" activities in Sumatra and Borneo. In reaction, several countries in Southeast Asia signed the [[ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution]] to combat haze pollution.

The [[2013 Southeast Asian haze|2013 Southeast Asian Haze]] saw API levels reach a hazardous level in some countries. Muar experienced the highest [[Air pollution index|API]] level of 746 on 23 June 2013 at around 7 am.<ref>[[2013 Southeast Asian haze#Air Pollution Index readings]]</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:The port of Singapore.jpg|thumb|The [[Port of Singapore]] is the busiest [[transshipment]] and [[List of busiest container ports|container port]] in the world, and is an important transportation and shipping hub in Southeast Asia]]

Even prior to the penetration of European interests, Southeast Asia was a critical part of the world trading system. A wide range of commodities originated in the region, but especially important were spices such as pepper, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. The spice trade initially was developed by Indian and Arab merchants, but it also brought Europeans to the region. First, [[Spain|Spaniards]] ([[Manila galleon]]) who sailed from the Americas and [[Kingdom of Portugal]], then the Dutch, and finally the British and French became involved in this enterprise in various countries. The penetration of European commercial interests gradually evolved into annexation of territories, as traders lobbied for an extension of control to protect and expand their activities. As a result, the Dutch moved into Indonesia, the British into [[Malay Peninsula|Malaya]] and parts of Borneo, the French into [[Indochina]], and the Spanish and the US into the Philippines. An economic effect of this imperialism was the shift in the production of commodities. For example, the rubber plantations of Malaysia, Java, Vietnam, and Cambodia, the tin mining of Malaya, the rice fields of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, and the Irrawaddy River delta in Burma, were a response to the powerful market demands.<ref>{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg |title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=287|isbn=978-1-107-50718-0}}</ref>

The [[overseas Chinese]] community has played a large role in the development of the economies in the region. The origins of Chinese influence can be traced to the 16th century, when Chinese migrants from [[southern China]] settled in Indonesia, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries.<ref name="Weidenbaum2328">{{cite book |author=Murray L Weidenbaum |url=https://archive.org/details/bamboonetworkhow00weid/page/23 |title=The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=Martin Kessler Books, Free Press |isbn=978-0-684-82289-1 |pages=23–28 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Chinese populations in the region saw a rapid increase following the [[Communist Revolution]] in 1949, which forced many refugees to emigrate outside of China.<ref name="Weidenbaum">{{cite book|author=Murray L. Weidenbaum|title=The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia|url=https://archive.org/details/bamboonetworkhow00weid/page/4|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Martin Kessler Books, Free Press|isbn=978-0-684-82289-1|pages=4–8}}</ref> In 2022, Malaysian petroleum industry through its oil and gas company, [[Petronas]], was ranked eighth in the world by the Brandirectory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oil & Gas 50 2022 {{!}} Brand Value Ranking League Table {{!}} Brandirectory |url=https://brandirectory.com/rankings/oil-and-gas/table |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=brandirectory.com |language=en}}</ref> Seventeen telecommunications companies contracted to build the [[Asia-America Gateway]] submarine cable to connect Southeast Asia to the US<ref>{{cite web |author=Sean Yoong |title=17 Firms to Build $500M Undersea Cable |website=International Business Times |date=27 April 2007 |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070427/malaysia-undersea-cable.htm |access-date=28 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927042505/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070427/malaysia-undersea-cable.htm |archive-date =27 September 2007}}</ref> This is to avoid disruption of the kind caused by the cutting of the undersea cable from Taiwan to the US in the [[2006 Hengchun earthquakes]].[[File:2022 Proton Persona 1.6L Executive CVT.jpg|thumb|[[Proton Persona]] is one of the indigenously developed car model by Malaysian automobile manufacturer [[Proton Holdings|Proton]] ]]
Tourism has been a key factor in economic development for many Southeast Asian countries, especially Cambodia. According to UNESCO, "tourism, if correctly conceived, can be a tremendous development tool and an effective means of preserving the cultural diversity of our planet."<ref>[http://pub.unwto.org:81/WebRoot/Store/Shops/Infoshop/Products/1240/1240-1.pdf Background overview of The National Seminar on Sustainable Tourism Resource Management] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324004538/http://pub.unwto.org:81/WebRoot/Store/Shops/Infoshop/Products/1240/1240-1.pdf |date=24 March 2012 }}, Phnom Penh, 9–10 June 2003.</ref> Since the early 1990s, "even the non-ASEAN nations such as Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Burma, where the income derived from tourism is low, are attempting to expand their own tourism industries."<ref>Hitchcock, Michael, et al. Tourism in South-East Asia. New York: Routledge, 1993</ref> In 1995, Singapore was the regional leader in tourism receipts relative to GDP at over 8%. By 1998, those receipts had dropped to less than 6% of GDP while Thailand and Lao PDR increased receipts to over 7%. Since 2000, Cambodia has surpassed all other ASEAN countries and generated almost 15% of its GDP from tourism in 2006.<ref>WDI Online</ref> Furthermore, Vietnam is considered as a growing [[Power (international relations)|power]] in Southeast Asia due to its large foreign investment opportunities and the booming tourism sector.

By the early 21st century, [[Indonesia]] had grown to an [[emerging markets|emerging market]] economy, becoming the [[Economy of Indonesia|largest economy]] in the region. It was classified a [[newly industrialised country]] and is the region's singular member of the [[G20|G-20 major economies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.g20.org/en/il-g20.html|title=About the G20|publisher=[[G20]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111145853/https://www.g20.org/en/il-g20.html|archive-date=11 January 2021|language=en|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> Indonesia's estimated gross domestic product (GDP) for 2020 was US$1,088.8&nbsp;billion (nominal) or $3,328.3&nbsp;billion (PPP) with per capita GDP of US$4,038 (nominal) or $12,345 (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/IDN/WEO|title=Indonesia Datasets - World Economics Outlook (October 2020)|publisher=IMF|language=en|date=October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127134832/https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/IDN/WEO|archive-date=27 January 2021|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> By GDP per capita in 2023, Singapore is the leading nation in the region with US$84,500 (nominal) or US$140,280 (PPP), followed by Brunei with US$41,713 (nominal) or US$79,408 (PPP) and Malaysia with US$13,942 (nominal) or    US$33,353 (PPP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/October/weo-report |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=IMF |language=en}}</ref> Besides that, Malaysia has the lowest cost of living in the region, followed by Brunei and Vietnam.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Mercer's 2020 Cost of Living Survey {{!}} Mercer ASEAN |url=https://www.asean.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-2020-cost-of-living-survey-asean.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.asean.mercer.com |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214200327/https://www.asean.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-2020-cost-of-living-survey-asean.html }}</ref> On the contrary, Singapore is the costliest country in the region, followed by Thailand and the Philippines.<ref name="auto"/>

Stock markets in Southeast Asia have performed better than other bourses in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010, with the Philippines' [[PSE Composite Index|PSE]] leading the way with 22 per cent growth, followed by Thailand's [[SET Index|SET]] with 21 per cent and Indonesia's [[JSX Composite|JKSE]] with 19 per cent.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE68Q0BL20100927 | work=Reuters | title=SE Asia Stocks-Jakarta, Manila hit record highs, others firm | date=27 September 2010 | access-date=2 July 2017 | archive-date=2 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202012019/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE68Q0BL20100927 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/278869/bull-market-lifts-pse-index-top-rank-among-stock-exchanges-asia Bull Market Lifts PSE Index to Top Rank Among Stock Exchanges in Asia | Manila Bulletin]. Mb.com.ph (24 September 2010). Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref>

Southeast Asia's GDP per capita is US$4,685 according to a 2020 [[International Monetary Fund]] estimates, which is comparable to [[South Africa]], [[Iraq]], and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name=":12"/>

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|{{Country|Brunei}}
|'''B$''' [[Brunei dollar]]
| style="text-align:right" |437,479
| style="text-align:right" |$10.647
| style="text-align:right" |$23,117
| style="text-align:right" |0.1%
| style="text-align:right" |0.3%
|Petroleum, petrochemicals, fishing
|-
|{{Country|Cambodia}}
|'''៛''' [[Cambodian riel|Riel]] '''US$''' [[United States Dollar|US Dollar]]
| style="text-align:right" |16,718,965
| style="text-align:right" |$26.316
| style="text-align:right" |$1,572
| style="text-align:right" |-2.8%
| style="text-align:right" |2.5%
|Clothing, gold, agriculture
|-
|{{Country|Indonesia}}
|'''Rp''' [[Indonesian rupiah|Rupiah]]
| style="text-align:right" |270,203,917<ref name="2020census"/>
| style="text-align:right" |$1,088.768
| style="text-align:right" |$4,038
| style="text-align:right" |-1.5%
| style="text-align:right" |2.1%
|Coal, petroleum, palm oil
|-
|{{Country|Laos}}
|'''₭''' [[Lao kip|Kip]]
| style="text-align:right" |7,275,560
| style="text-align:right" |$18.653
| style="text-align:right" |$2,567
| style="text-align:right" |0.2%
| style="text-align:right" |6.5%
|Copper, electronics, Tin
|-
|{{Country|Malaysia}}
|'''RM''' [[Malaysian ringgit|Ringgit]]
| style="text-align:right" |32,365,999
| style="text-align:right" |$336.330
| style="text-align:right" |$10,192
| style="text-align:right" |-6%
| style="text-align:right" |-1.1%
|Electronics, petroleum, petrochemicals, palm oil, automotive
|-
|{{Country|Myanmar}}
|'''K''' [[Burmese kyat|Kyat]]
| style="text-align:right" |54,409,800
| style="text-align:right" |$70.890
| style="text-align:right" |$1,333
| style="text-align:right" |2%
| style="text-align:right" |6.1%
|Natural gas, agriculture, clothing
|-
|{{Country|Philippines}}
|'''₱''' [[Philippine peso|Peso]]
| style="text-align:right" |109,581,078
| style="text-align:right" |$367.362
| style="text-align:right" |$3,373
| style="text-align:right" |-8.3%
| style="text-align:right" |2.4%
|Electronics, timber, automotive
|-
|{{Country|Singapore}}
|'''S$''' [[Singapore dollar]]
| style="text-align:right" |5,850,342
| style="text-align:right" |$337.451
| style="text-align:right" |$58,484
| style="text-align:right" |-6%
| style="text-align:right" |-0.4%
|Electronics, petroleum, chemicals
|-
|{{Country|Thailand}}
|'''฿''' [[Thai baht|Baht]]
| style="text-align:right" |69,799,978
| style="text-align:right" |$509.200
| style="text-align:right" |$7,295
| style="text-align:right" |-7.1%
| style="text-align:right" |-0.4%
|Electronics, automotive, rubber
|-
|{{Country|Timor-Leste}}
|'''US$''' [[United States dollar|US dollar]]
| style="text-align:right" |1,318,445
| style="text-align:right" |$1.920
| style="text-align:right" |$1,456
| style="text-align:right" |-6.8%
| style="text-align:right" |0.9%
|Petroleum, coffee, electronics
|-
|{{Country|Vietnam}}
|'''₫''' [[Vietnamese đồng|Đồng]]
| style="text-align:right" |97,338,579
| style="text-align:right" |$340.602
| style="text-align:right" |$3,498
| style="text-align:right" |2.9%
| style="text-align:right" |3.8%
|Electronics, clothing, petroleum
|}

== Energy ==
Traditionally, the Southeast Asian economy has heavily relied on fossil fuels. However, it has begun transitioning towards clean energy. The region possesses significant renewable energy potential, including solar, wind, hydro, and pumped hydro energy storage. Modeling indicates that it could achieve a 97% share of solar and wind energy in the electricity mix at competitive costs ranging from $US 55 to $115 per megawatt-hour.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lu |first1=Bin |last2=Blakers |first2=Andrew |last3=Stocks |first3=Matthew |last4=Do |first4=Thang Nam |date=2021-12-01 |title=Low-cost, low-emission 100% renewable electricity in Southeast Asia supported by pumped hydro storage |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544221016352 |journal=Energy |volume=236 |article-number=121387 |doi=10.1016/j.energy.2021.121387 |bibcode=2021Ene...23621387L |issn=0360-5442|hdl=1885/296681 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

The energy transition in Southeast Asia can be characterized as demanding, doable, and dependent.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Do |first=Thang Nam |date=May 2024 |title=Insider perspectives on Southeast Asiaʼs clean energy transition |journal=Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies |language=en |volume=11 |issue=2 |article-number=e390 |doi=10.1002/app5.390 |issn=2050-2680|doi-access=free }}</ref> This implies the presence of substantial challenges, including financial, technical, and institutional barriers. However, it is feasible, as evidenced by Vietnam's remarkable achievement of installing about 20 GW of solar and wind power in just three years.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Do |first1=Thang Nam |last2=Burke |first2=Paul J. |last3=Nguyen |first3=Hoang Nam |last4=Overland |first4=Indra |last5=Suryadi |first5=Beni |last6=Swandaru |first6=Akbar |last7=Yurnaidi |first7=Zulfikar |date=2021-12-01 |title=Vietnam's solar and wind power success: Policy implications for the other ASEAN countries |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S097308262100096X |journal=Energy for Sustainable Development |volume=65 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1016/j.esd.2021.09.002 |bibcode=2021ESusD..65....1D |issn=0973-0826|hdl=1885/248804 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> International cooperation plays a crucial role in facilitating this transition.<ref name=":6" />

== Demographics ==
[[File:South Eastern Asia population pyramid 2023.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of South East Asia in 2023]]
[[File:Southeast Asia population distribution.png|thumb|Population distribution of the countries of Southeast Asia (with Indonesia split into its major islands).]]

Southeast Asia has an area of approximately {{convert|4500000|km2|mi2}}. As of {{UN_Population|Year}}, around {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|South-Eastern Asia}}|,||}}/1e6 round 0}} million people live in the region, more than a fifth live (143 million) on the Indonesian island of [[Java]], the most densely populated large island in the world. [[Indonesia]] is the most populous country with {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|Indonesia}}|,||}}/1e6 round 0}} million people (~40% of South East Asia), and also the fourth most populous country in the world. The distribution of the religions and people is diverse in Southeast Asia and varies by country. Some 30&nbsp;million [[overseas Chinese]] also live in Southeast Asia, most prominently in [[Christmas Island]], Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, and also as the [[Hoa people|Hoa]] in Vietnam. People of Southeast Asian origins are known as Southeast Asians or Aseanites.

===Ethnic groups===
{{Main|Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia}}

[[File:Ati woman.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ati (tribe)|Ati]] woman in [[Aklan]], [[Philippines]] {{spaced ndash}}the [[Negrito]]s were the earliest inhabitants of Southeast Asia.]]
[[File:Kecak in Pura Dalem Ubud 1.jpg|thumb|[[Balinese people]] of [[Indonesia]]]]
The peoples of Southeast Asia are mainly divided into four major ethnolinguistic groups: the [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]], Austroasiatic (or Mon-Khmers), [[Tai peoples|Tai]] (part of the wider [[Kra-Dai]] family) and Tibeto-Burman (part of greater [[Sino-Tibetan]] language family) peoples. There is also a smaller but significant number of [[Hmong–Mien]], [[Han Chinese|Chinese]], [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidians]], [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryans]], Eurasians and Papuans, which also contributes to the diversity of peoples in the region.

The [[Orang Asli|Aslians]] and [[Negrito]]s were believed to be one of the earliest inhabitants in the region. They are genetically related to [[Indigenous people of New Guinea|Papuans]] in Eastern Indonesia, Timor-Leste and [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal Australians]]. In modern times, the [[Javanese people|Javanese]] are the largest ethnic group in Southeast Asia, with more than 100 million people, mostly concentrated in [[Java]], Indonesia. The second-largest ethnic group in Southeast Asia are the [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] (Kinh people) with around 86 million people, mainly inhabiting Vietnam but also forming a significant minority in neighbouring Cambodia and Laos. The [[Thai people|Thais]] are the third largest with around 59 million people, forming the majority in Thailand.

[[Indonesia]] is politically and culturally dominated by the [[Javanese people|Javanese]] and [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]] ethnic groups (both native to Java), but the country also has hundreds of ethnic groups scattered throughout the archipelago, such as the [[Madurese people|Madurese]], [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]], [[Acehnese people|Acehnese]], [[Bugis]], [[Balinese people|Balinese]], [[Makassar people|Makassarese]], [[Dayak people|Dayak]], [[Minahasan people|Minahasan]], [[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]], [[Malay Indonesian|Malay]], [[Betawi people|Betawi]], [[Torajan people|Torajan]] and [[Ambonese people|Ambonese]] peoples.

In Malaysia, the country is demographically divided into [[Malaysian Malays|Malays]], who make up more than half of the country's population; the [[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]], at around 22%; other [[Bumiputera (Malaysia)|Bumiputera]]s, at 12%; and [[Malaysian Indians|Indians]], at around 6%. In [[East Malaysia]], the [[Dayaks]] (mainly [[Iban people|Ibans]] and [[Bidayuh]]s) make up the majority in the state of [[Sarawak]], while the [[Kadazan-Dusun]]s make up the majority in [[Sabah]]. In [[Labuan]], the [[Bruneian Malay people|Bruneian Malays]] and [[Kedayan]]s are the largest groups. Overall, the [[Ethnic Malay|Malays]] are the majority in Malaysia and Brunei and form a significant minority in Indonesia, [[Thai Malays|Southern Thailand]], [[Burmese Malays|Myanmar]], and [[Malay Singaporean|Singapore]]. In Singapore, the demographics of the country is similar to that of its West Malaysian counterparts but instead of Malays, it is the [[Chinese Singaporean|Chinese]] that are the majority, while the Malays are the second largest group and [[Indian Singaporean|Indians]] third largest.

Within the Philippines, the country has no majority ethnic groups; but the four largest ethnolinguistic groups in the country are the [[Visayan people|Visayans]] (mainly [[Cebuano people|Cebuanos]], [[Waray people|Warays]] and [[Hiligaynon people|Hiligaynons]]), [[Tagalog people|Tagalogs]], [[Ilocano people|Ilocanos]] and [[Bicolano people|Bicolanos]]. Besides the major four, there are also the [[Moro people]]s of [[Mindanao]], consisting of the [[Tausug people|Tausug]], [[Maranao people|Maranao]], [[Yakan people|Yakan]] and [[Maguindanao people|Maguindanao]]. Other regional groups in the country are the [[Kapampangan people|Kapampangans]], [[Pangasinan people|Pangasinans]], [[Surigaonon people|Surigaonons]], [[Ifugao people|Ifugao]], [[Kalinga people|Kalinga]], [[Kamayo people|Kamayo]], [[Cuyonon people|Cuyonon]] and [[Ivatan people|Ivatan]].

In mainland Southeast Asia, the [[Bamar|Burmese]] accounts for more than two-thirds of the population in Myanmar, but the country also has several regional ethnic groups which mainly live in [[Administrative Divisions of Myanmar#States|states]] that are specifically formed for ethnic minorities. The major regional ethnic groups in Myanmar are the Tai-speaking [[Shan people]], [[Karen people]], [[Rakhine people]], [[Chin people]], [[Kayah people]] and Indo-Aryan-speaking [[Rohingya people]] living on the westernmost part of the country near the border with [[Bangladesh]]. In neighbouring Thailand, the Thais are the largest ethnic group in the country but is divided into several regional Tai groups such as Central Thais, [[Northern Thai people|Northern Thais or Lanna]], [[Southern Thai|Southern Thais or Pak Thai]], and Northeastern Thai or [[Isan people]] (which is ethnically more closely related to [[Lao people]] than to Central Thais), each have their own unique dialects, history and culture. Besides the Thais, Thailand is also home to more than 70 ethnolinguistic groups of which the largest being Patani Malays, [[Northern Khmers]], Karen, [[Hmong people|Hmongs]] and [[Thai Chinese|Chinese]].

Cambodia is one of the most homogeneous countries in the area, with [[Khmer people|Khmers]] forming more than 90% of the population but the country also has a large number of ethnic [[Cham people|Chams]], [[Vietnamese Cambodians|Vietnamese]] and various inland tribes categorised under the term [[Khmer Loeu]] (Hill Khmers).

===Religion===
{{More citations needed section|date=June 2025}}{{See also|Buddhism in Southeast Asia|Hinduism in Southeast Asia|Islam in Southeast Asia|Shenism in Southeast Asia|Muslim Southeast Asia|Christianity in Asia}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Southeast Asia (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/2020/percent/all/|title=Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050|website=www.pewforum.org|date=18 May 2013 |access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221014350/https://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/2020/percent/all/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Islam]]
|value1 = 40.08
|color1 = Green
|label2 = [[Buddhism]]
|value2 = 28.41
|color2 = Gold
|label3 = [[Christianity]]
|value3 = 21.33
|color3 = Blue
|label4 = [[Chinese folk religion|Folk religion]]
|value4 = 4.16
|color4 = Red
|label5 = No religion
|value5 = 4.70
|color5 = Grey
|label6 = [[Hinduism]]
|value6 = 1.09
|color6 = Darkorange
|label7 = Other
|value7 = 0.23
|color7 = Purple
}}
Countries in Southeast Asia practice many different religions and the region is home to many world religions including Abrahamic, Indian, East Asian and Iranian religions. By population, [[Islam]] is the most practised faith with approximately 240 million adherents, or about 40% of the entire population, concentrated in [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]], [[Malaysia]], [[Southern Thailand]] and in the [[Southern Philippines]]. Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world. Meanwhile, Islam is constitutionally the official religion in Malaysia and Brunei.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaysia - Religion {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Malaysia/Religion |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bn/oman-muscat/SitePages/bruneiintroduction.aspx#:~:text=Islam%20is%20the%20official%20religion,been%20since%20the%2014th%20century. |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.mfa.gov.bn}}</ref> The 
majority of the Muslim population is Sunni, with very minority Shia population. A minority are Sufi or Ahmadiyya Muslims.{{Cn|date=June 2025}}

There are approximately 190–205 million Buddhists in Southeast Asia, making it the second-largest religion in the region. Approximately 28 to 35% of the world's Buddhists reside in Southeast Asia. [[Buddhism]] is predominant in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Singapore, and adherents may come from Theravada or Mahayana schools. Ancestor worship and [[Confucianism]] are also widely practised in Vietnam and Singapore. Taoism and Chinese folk religions such as Mazuism are also widely practised by the overseas Chinese community in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. In certain cases, they may include Chinese or local deities in their worshipping practises such as Tua Pek Kong, Datuk Keramat and many more.{{Full citation needed|date=June 2025}}

[[Christianity]] is predominant in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, East Malaysia, and Timor-Leste. The Philippines has the largest Roman Catholic population in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=5 facts about Catholicism in the Philippines|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/09/5-facts-about-catholicism-in-the-philippines/|access-date=5 July 2021|website=Pew Research Center|date=9 January 2015 |language=en-US|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625213623/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/09/5-facts-about-catholicism-in-the-philippines/|url-status=live}}</ref> Timor-Leste is also predominantly Roman Catholic due to a history of [[Indonesia]]n<ref name="Taylor, Jean Gelman 2003, p.381">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Jean Gelman|title=Indonesia: Peoples and Histories|url=https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean|url-access=registration|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean/page/381 381]|isbn=978-0-300-10518-6}}</ref> and Portuguese rule. In October 2019, the number of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, in Southeast Asia reached 156 million, of which 97 million came from the [[Philippines]], 29 million from [[Indonesia]], 11 million from [[Vietnam]], and the rest from [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Timor-Leste]], [[Singapore]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Brunei]]. In addition, Eastern Orthodox Christianity can also be found in the region. In addition, Judaism is practised in certain countries such as in the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia due to the presence of Jewish diaspora. There is a small population of Parsis in Singapore who practise [[Zoroastrianism]], and [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] is also practised by very small population in Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand.

No individual Southeast Asian country is religiously homogeneous. Some groups are protected ''de facto'' by their isolation from the rest of the world.<ref name=indigenous >{{cite news|first1=Euan|last1=McKirdy|first2=Sugam|last2=Pokharel|date=21 November 2018|title=North Sentinel Island tribespeople believed to have killed trespassing US 'missionary'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/asia/andaman-nicobar-us-missionary-killed-intl/index.html|access-date=6 January 2022|website=CNN|language=en|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112071854/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/asia/andaman-nicobar-us-missionary-killed-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the world's most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia, Hinduism is dominant on islands such as [[Bali]]. Christianity also predominates in the rest of the part of the Philippines, [[New Guinea]], [[Flores]] and [[Timor]]. Pockets of Hindu population can also be found around Southeast Asia in Singapore, Malaysia, etc. [[Garuda]], the [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] who is the mount (''vahanam'') of [[Vishnu]], is a national symbol in both Thailand and Indonesia; in the Philippines, gold images of Garuda have been found on [[Palawan]]; gold images of other Hindu gods and goddesses have also been found on [[Mindanao]]. [[Balinese Hinduism]] is somewhat different from Hinduism practised elsewhere, as [[animism]] and local culture is incorporated into it. Meanwhile, Hindu community in Malaysia and Singapore are mostly South Indian diaspora, hence the practices are closely related to the Indian Hinduism. Additionally, Sikhism is also practised by significant population especially in Malaysia and Singapore by North Indian diaspora specifically from Punjab region. Small population of the Indian diaspora in the region are Jains and can be found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Christians can also be found throughout Southeast Asia; they are in the majority in Timor-Leste and the Philippines, Asia's largest Christian nation. In addition, there are also older tribal religious practices in remote areas of [[Sarawak]] in East Malaysia, Highland Philippines, and Papua in eastern Indonesia. In Burma, Sakka ([[Indra]]) is revered as a ''[[nat (spirit)|Nat]]''. In Vietnam, Mahayana Buddhism is practised, which is influenced by native animism but with a strong emphasis on [[veneration of the dead|ancestor worship]]. Vietnamese folk religions are practised by majority of population in Vietnam. Caodaism, a monotheistic syncretic new religious movement, is also practised by less than one percent of the population in Vietnam. Due to the presence of Japanese diaspora in the region, the practice of  Shinto has growingly made appearance in certain countries such as in Thailand.

The religious composition for each country is as follows: Some values are taken from the ''[[CIA World Factbook]]'':<ref>{{cite web|title=Field Listing – Religions|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html|publisher=CIA Factbook|access-date=24 February 2007|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220203407/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"
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! width=175 | Country
! Religions
|-
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|'''Islam''' (81%), Buddhism, Christianity, others (indigenous beliefs, etc.)
|-
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|'''Buddhism''' (97%), Islam, Christianity, Animism, others
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|'''Islam''' (87%), Protestantism (7.6%), Roman Catholicism (3.12%), Hinduism (1.74%), Buddhism (0.77%), Confucianism (0.03%), others (0.4%)<ref name='indoCIA'>{{Citation|title=Indonesia|date=29 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413004319/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RELIGION">{{cite web|url=https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|title=Statistik Umat Menurut Agama di Indonesia|publisher=[[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia)|Ministry of Religious Affairs]]|date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903221250/https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|archive-date=3 September 2020|access-date=24 September 2020|language=id}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Laos}}
|'''Buddhism''' (67%), Animism, Christianity, others
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|'''Islam''' (61.3%), Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism
|-
|{{flag|Myanmar|name=Myanmar (Burma)}}
|'''Buddhism''' (89%), Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism, others
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|'''Roman Catholicism''' (80.6%), Islam (6.9%-11%),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmf.gov.ph|title=National Commission on Muslim Filipinos|website=ncmf.gov.ph|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119145842/http://www.ncmf.gov.ph/}}</ref> Evangelicals (2.7%), {{lang|tl|Iglesia ni Cristo|italic=no}} (Church of Christ) (2.4%), Members Church of God International (1.0%), Other Protestants (2.8%), Buddhism (0.05%-2%),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/country.php?country_id=55|title=World Buddhist Directory – Presented by BuddhaNet.Net|author=BuddhaNet|website=buddhanet.info|access-date=23 October 2014|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313170431/https://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js|url-status=live}}</ref> Animism (0.2%-1.25%), others (1.9%)<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Philippine Statistical Yearbook |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20PSY%20PDF.pdf |website=psa.gov.ph |publisher=Philippine Statistical Authority |access-date=26 July 2020 |date=Oct 2015 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011010131/https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20PSY%20PDF.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|'''Buddhism''' (31.1%), Christianity (18.9%), Islam (15.6%), Taoism (8.8%), Hinduism (5%), others (20.6%)
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|'''Buddhism''' (93.5%), Islam (5.4%), Christianity (1.13%), Hinduism (0.02%), others (0.003%)
|-
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|'''Roman Catholicism''' (97%), Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
| '''[[Vietnamese folk religion]]''' (45.3%), '''Buddhism''' (16.4%), Christianity (8.2%), Other (0.4%), Unaffiliated (29.6%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/table-religious-composition-by-country-in-percentages/|title=Table: Religious Composition by Country, in Percentages|date=18 December 2012|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518013537/http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/table-religious-composition-by-country-in-percentages/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Languages===
{{See also|Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages|Sino-Tibetan languages|Austroasiatic languages|Austronesian languages|Hmong–Mien languages|Tai–Kadai languages}}

Each of the languages has been influenced by cultural pressures due to trade, immigration, and historical colonisation as well. There are nearly 800 native languages in the region.

The language composition for each country is as follows (with official languages in '''bold'''):

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country/Region !! Languages
|-
|width=175| {{flag|Brunei}}
|'''Malay''', '''English''', Chinese, Tamil, Indonesian and indigenous Bornean dialects ([[Iban language|Iban]], [[Murutic language]], [[Lun Bawang language|Lun Bawang]].)<ref>{{Citation|title=Brunei|date=29 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/brunei/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721102115/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bx.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|'''Khmer''', English, French, Teochew, Vietnamese, Cham, Mandarin, others<ref>{{Citation|title=Cambodia|date=28 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610095311/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|'''Indonesian''', [[Javanese language|Javanese]], [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]], [[batak languages|Batak]], [[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]], [[Buginese language|Buginese]], [[Banjar language|Banjar]], [[Papuan languages|Papuan]], [[Dayak language|Dayak]], [[Acehnese language|Acehnese]], [[Ambonese language|Ambonese]], [[Balinese language|Balinese]], [[betawi language|Betawi]], [[Madurese language|Madurese]], [[Musi language|Musi]], [[Manado Malay|Manado]], [[Sasak language|Sasak]], [[makassarese language|Makassarese]], [[Batak Dairi]], [[Karo language (Indonesia)|Karo]], [[Mandailing language|Mandailing]], [[Jambi Malay]], [[mongondow language|Mongondow]], [[Gorontalo language|Gorontalo]], [[ngaju language|Ngaju]], [[kenyah language|Kenyah]], [[nias language|Nias]], [[North Moluccan Malay|North Moluccan]], [[Uab Meto]], [[Bima language|Bima]], [[Manggarainese language|Manggarai]], [[Toraja-Sa'dan language|Toraja-Sa'dan]], [[komering language|Komering]], [[tetum language|Tetum]], [[Rejang language (Indonesia)|Rejang]], [[Muna language|Muna]], [[Sumbawa language|Sumbawa]], [[Bangka Malay]], [[Osing dialect|Osing]], [[Gayo language|Gayo]], [[Bungku-Tolaki languages]], [[Moronene language|Moronene]], [[Bungku language|Bungku]], [[Bahonsuai language|Bahonsuai]], [[Kulisusu language|Kulisusu]], [[Wawonii language|Wawonii]], [[Mori Bawah language|Mori Bawah]], [[Mori Atas language|Mori Atas]], [[Padoe language|Padoe]], [[Tomadino language|Tomadino]], [[Lewotobi language|Lewotobi]], [[Tae' language|Tae']], [[mongondow language|Mongondow]], [[lampung language|Lampung]], [[Tolaki language|Tolaki]], [[Ma'anyan language|Ma'anyan]], [[Simeulue language|Simeulue]], [[gayo language|Gayo]], [[buginese language|Buginese]], [[mandar language|Mandar]], [[minahasan language|Minahasan]], [[Enggano language|Enggano]], [[ternate language|Ternate]], [[tidore language|Tidore]], [[mairasi language|Mairasi]], [[East Geelvink Bay languages|East Cenderawasih Language]], [[lakes plain languages|Lakes Plain Languages]], [[Tor-Kwerba languages|Tor-Kwerba]], [[Nimboran languages|Nimboran]], [[Skou languages|Skou/Sko]], [[Border languages (New Guinea)|Border languages]], [[Senagi languages|Senagi]], [[Pauwasi languages|Pauwasi]], [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Hokkien]], [[Cantonese]], [[Hakka]], [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], and [[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]].

Indonesia has over 700 languages in over 17,000 islands across the archipelago, making Indonesia the second most linguistically diverse country on the planet,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vistawide.com/languages/20_countries_most_languages.htm|title=Top 20 Countries by Number of Languages Spoken|website=vistawide.com|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230025452/http://www.vistawide.com/languages/20_countries_most_languages.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> slightly behind Papua New Guinea. The official language of Indonesia is Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), widely used in educational, political, economic, and other formal situations. In daily activities and informal situations, most Indonesians speak in their local language(s). For more details, ''see: [[Languages of Indonesia]]''.
|-
|{{flag|Laos}}
|'''Lao''', French, Thai, Vietnamese, Khmu, Hmong, Phuthai, Bru, Tai Lü, Akha, Iu Mien and others<ref>{{Citation|title=Laos|date=28 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307193820/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|'''Malaysian''', [[Malaysian English|'''English''']], [[Malaysian Mandarin|Mandarin]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Daro-Matu language|Daro-Matu]], [[Kedah Malay]], [[Sabah Malay]], [[Brunei Malay]], [[Kelantan-Pattani Malay|Kelantan Malay]], [[Pahang Malay]], [[Acehnese language|Acehnese]], [[Javanese language|Javanese]], [[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]], [[Banjar language|Banjar]], [[Buginese language|Buginese]], [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]], [[Cantonese]], [[Hokkien]], [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]], [[Fuzhou dialect|Fuzhounese]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], [[Malayalam]], [[Arabic]], [[Brunei Bisaya]], [[Okolod language|Okolod]], [[Kota Marudu Talantang language|Kota Marudu Talantang]], [[Kelabit language|Kelabit]], [[Lotud language|Lotud]], [[Terengganu Malay]], [[Semelai language|Semelai]], [[Southern Thai language|Thai]], [[Iban language|Iban]], [[Kadazan language|Kadazan]], [[Dusunic languages|Dusun]], [[Kristang language|Kristang]], [[Bajau language|Bajau]], [[Jakun language|Jakun]], [[Mah Meri language|Mah Meri]], [[Batek language|Batek]], [[Melanau language|Melanau]], [[Semai language|Semai]], [[Temuan language|Temuan]], [[Lun Bawang language|Lun Bawang]], [[Temiar language|Temiar]], [[Penan language|Penan]], [[Tausug language|Tausug]], [[Iranun language|Iranun]], [[Lundayeh language|Lundayeh/Lun Bawang]], and others<ref>{{Citation|title=Malaysia|date=28 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malaysia/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127015620/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malaysia/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''see: [[Languages of Malaysia]]''
|-
|{{flag|Myanmar|name=Myanmar (Burma)}}
|'''Burmese''', Shan, Kayin (Karen), Rakhine, Kachin, Chin, Mon, Kayah, Mandarin, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and other ethnic languages.<ref>{{Citation |title=Burma |date=2024-07-08 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718135404/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |url-status=live |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://joshuaproject.net/countries/BM |title=Country: Myanmar (Burma) |website=Joshua Project |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911195440/https://joshuaproject.net/countries/BM |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|'''Filipino''' ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]), [[Philippine English|'''English''']], [[Bisayan languages]] ([[Aklanon language|Aklanon]], [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]], [[Kinaray-a language|Kinaray-a]], [[Capiznon language|Capiznon]], [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]], [[Waray language|Waray]], [[Masbateño language|Masbateño]], [[Romblomanon language|Romblomanon]], [[Cuyonon language|Cuyonon]], [[Surigaonon language|Surigaonon]], [[Butuanon language|Butuanon]], [[Tausug language|Tausug]]), [[Ivatan language|Ivatan]], [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], [[Ibanag language|Ibanag]], [[Pangasinan language|Pangasinan]], [[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]], [[Bikol languages|Bikol]], [[Sama-Bajaw languages|Sama-Bajaw]], [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanao]], [[Maranao language|Maranao]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Chavacano]] and others<ref>{{Citation |title=Philippines |date=2024-07-10 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720134511/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines/ |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |url-status=live |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref>

''see: [[Languages of the Philippines]]''
|-
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|'''English''', '''Malay''', '''Mandarin Chinese''', '''Tamil''', Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Japanese, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Indonesian, Boyanese, Buginese, Javanese, Balinese, [[Singlish]] creole and others<ref>{{Citation |title=Singapore |date=2024-07-11 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/singapore/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720133151/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/singapore/ |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |url-status=live |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref>

''see: [[Languages of Singapore]]''
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|'''Thai''', Isan, Northern Khmer, Malay, Karen, Hmong, Teochew, Minnan, Hakka, Yuehai, Burmese, Iu Mien, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Shan, Tai Lü, Phuthai, Mon and others<ref>{{Citation|title=Thailand|date=28 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610164345/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|'''Portuguese''', '''Tetum''', Mambae, Makasae, Tukudede, Bunak, Galoli, Kemak, Fataluku, Baikeno, others<ref>{{Citation|title=Timor-Leste|date=29 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118042329/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|'''Vietnamese''', Cantonese, Khmer, Hmong, Tày, Cham and others<ref name="CIA-Gov-VN"/>
|}

===Cities===
{{See also|List of cities in ASEAN by population}}

* [[Bandar Seri Begawan|Brunei-Muara]] {{small|([[Bandar Seri Begawan]]/[[Muara, Brunei|Muara]])}}, {{flag|Brunei}}
* [[Phnom Penh|Phnom Penh City]] {{small|(Phnom Penh/[[Kandal Province|Kandal]])}}, {{Flag|Cambodia}}
* [[Dili]] {{small|([[Dili]])}}, {{flag|Timor-Leste}}
* [[Jabodetabekpunjur]] {{small|([[Jakarta]]/Bogor ([[Bogor|City]] and [[Bogor Regency|Regency]])/[[Depok]]/Tangerang ([[Tangerang|City]] and [[Tangerang Regency|Regency]])/[[South Tangerang]]/Bekasi ([[Bekasi|City]] and [[Bekasi Regency|Regency]])/small part of [[Cianjur Regency|Cianjur]])}}, {{flag|Indonesia}}
* [[Surabaya metropolitan area|Gerbangkertosusila]] {{small|([[Surabaya]]/[[Sidoarjo Regency|Sidoarjo]]/[[Gresik Regency|Gresik]]/[[Mojokerto]]/[[Lamongan Regency|Lamongan]]/[[Bangkalan Regency|Bangkalan]])}}, {{Flag|Indonesia}}
* [[Bandung Basin]] {{small|(Bandung ([[Bandung|City]] and [[Bandung Regency|Regency]])/[[Cimahi]]/[[West Bandung]]/small part of [[Sumedang]])}}, {{Flag|Indonesia}}
* [[Mebidangro]] {{small|([[Medan]]/[[Binjai]]/[[Deli Serdang]]/[[Karo Regency|Karo]])}}, {{Flag|Indonesia}}
* [[Vientiane|Vientiane Prefecture]] {{small|([[Vientiane]]/[[Tha Ngon]])}}, {{flag|Laos}}
* [[Greater Kuala Lumpur]]/[[Klang Valley]] {{small|([[Kuala Lumpur]]/[[Selangor]])}}, {{Flag|Malaysia}}
* [[George Town Conurbation]] {{small|([[Penang]]/[[Kedah]]/[[Perak]])}}, {{Flag|Malaysia}}
* [[Iskandar Malaysia]] {{small|([[Johor]])}}, {{Flag|Malaysia}}
* [[Greater Kota Kinabalu]] {{small|([[Sabah]])}}, {{Flag|Malaysia}}
* [[Yangon Region]] {{small|([[Yangon]]/[[Thanlyin]])}}, {{flag|Myanmar}}
* [[Metro Manila]] {{small|([[Manila]]/[[Quezon City]]/[[Makati]]/[[Taguig]]/[[Pasay]]/[[Caloocan]] and 11 others)}}, {{flag|Philippines}}
* [[Metro Davao]] {{small|([[Davao City]]/[[Digos]]/[[Tagum]]/[[Island Garden City of Samal]])}}, {{flag|Philippines}}
* [[Metro Cebu]] {{small|([[Cebu City]]/[[Mandaue]]/[[Lapu-Lapu City]]/[[Talisay, Cebu|Talisay City]] and 11 others)}}, {{flag|Philippines}}
* [[Singapore]], {{flag|Singapore}}
* [[Bangkok Metropolitan Region]] {{small|([[Bangkok]]/[[Nonthaburi (city)|Nonthaburi]]/[[Samut Prakan]]/[[Pathum Thani]]/[[Samut Sakhon]]/[[Nakhon Pathom]])}}, {{flag|Thailand}}
* [[Eastern Economic Corridor]] {{small|([[Chachoengsao]]/[[Chonburi]]/[[Rayong]])}}, {{flag|Thailand}}
* [[Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area]] {{small|([[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Vũng Tàu]]/[[Bình Dương]]/[[Đồng Nai Province|Đồng Nai]])}}, {{Flag|Vietnam}}
* [[Hanoi Capital Region]] {{small|([[Hanoi|Hà Nội]]/[[Haiphong|Hải Phòng]]/[[Hạ Long]])}}, {{Flag|Vietnam}}
* [[Da Nang|Da Nang City]] {{Small|([[Đà Nẵng]]/[[Hội An]]/[[Huế]])}}, {{Flag|Vietnam}}

<gallery mode="packed" style="margin-top:1.5rem; font-size:88%; line-height:130%" widths="150" heights="100" perrow="3" caption="Night skylines">
File:Moonrise over kuala lumpur.jpg|[[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
File:0008871 - Krung Thep Bridge 001.jpg|[[Bangkok]], Thailand
File:Skyline of the Central Business District of Singapore with Esplanade Bridge.jpg|[[Singapore]]
File:View from Grand Hyatt Manila overlooking Bonifacio Global City and Makati skylines at sunset.jpg|Manila, Philippines
File:Saigon skyline night view.jpg|[[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
File:SCBD, Jakarta.jpg|[[Jakarta]], Indonesia
</gallery>

{{Largest cities in Southeast Asia location map|align=center}}

==Culture==
{{See also|Southeast Asian cinema|Southeast Asian Games|Southeast Asian music}}

[[File:Burmese puppetry.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Burmese puppet performance]]

The culture in Southeast Asia is diverse: on mainland Southeast Asia, the culture is a mix of Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai ([[Greater India|Indian]]) and Vietnamese ([[East Asian cultural sphere|Chinese]]) cultures. While in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia the culture is a mix of indigenous [[Austronesian people|Austronesian]], Indian, Islamic, Western, and Chinese cultures. In addition, Brunei shows a strong influence from Arabia. Vietnam and Singapore show more Chinese influence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001478/147804eb.pdf |title=Introduction to Vietnamese culture |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=23 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=17 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617214630/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001478/147804eb.pdf }}</ref> in that Singapore, although being geographically a Southeast Asian nation, is home to a large Chinese majority and Vietnam was in [[East Asian cultural sphere|China's sphere of influence]] for much of its history. Indian influence in Singapore is most prominently evident through the Tamil migrants,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.microsite.nl.sg/PDFs/BiblioAsia/BIBA_0303Oct07a.pdf |title=Indian Migration into Malaya and Singapore During the British Period |first=Makeswary |last=Periasamy |magazine=biblioasia |issn=0219-8126 |volume=3 |issue=3 |date=October 2007 |pages=4–11 |access-date=22 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021102125/http://www.microsite.nl.sg/PDFs/BiblioAsia/BIBA_0303Oct07a.pdf |archive-date=21 October 2012 }}</ref> which influenced, to some extent, the [[cuisine of Singapore]]. Throughout Vietnam's history, it has had no direct influence from India – only through contact with the Thai, Khmer and Cham peoples. Moreover, Vietnam is also categorised under the [[East Asian cultural sphere]] along with China, Korea, and Japan due to a large amount of Chinese influence embedded in their culture and lifestyle.
[[File:Paddy field Viet Nam.jpg|thumb|[[Paddy field]] in Vietnam]]
[[Paddy field|Rice paddy]] agriculture has existed in Southeast Asia for millennia, ranging across the subregion. Some dramatic examples of these rice paddies populate the [[Banaue Rice Terraces]] in the mountains of Luzon in the [[Philippines]]. Maintenance of these paddies is very labour-intensive. The rice paddies are well-suited to the monsoon climate of the region.

[[Stilt house]]s can be found all over Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Vietnam to Borneo, to Luzon in the Philippines, to Papua New Guinea. The region has diverse metalworking, especially in Indonesia. This includes weaponry, such as the distinctive [[kris]], and musical instruments, such as the [[gamelan]].

===Influences===
The region's chief cultural influences have been from some combination of [[Islam]], [[Culture of India|India]], and [[Culture of China|China]]. Diverse cultural influence is pronounced in the Philippines, derived particularly from the period of Spanish and American rule, contact with Indian-influenced cultures, and the Chinese and Japanese trading era.

As a rule of thumb, the peoples who ate with their fingers were more likely influenced by the culture of India, for example, than the culture of China, where the peoples ate with [[chopstick]]s; tea, as a beverage, can be found across the region. The [[fish sauce]]s distinctive to the region tend to vary.

===Arts===
[[File:Royal Ballet Camboda Apsara Mera.jpg|thumb|The [[Royal Ballet of Cambodia]] (Paris, France 2010)]]The [[Southeast Asian arts|arts of Southeast Asia]] have an affinity with the arts of other areas. Dance in much of Southeast Asia includes movement of the hands as well as the feet, to express the dance's emotion and meaning of the story that the ballerina is going to tell the audience. Most of Southeast Asia introduced dance into their court; in particular, [[Khmer classical dance|Cambodian royal ballet]] represented them in the early seventh century before the [[Khmer Empire]], which was highly influenced by Indian Hinduism. The [[Apsara Dance]], famous for strong hand and feet movement, is a great example of Hindu symbolic dance.

Puppetry and shadow plays were also a favoured form of entertainment in past centuries, a famous one being the ''[[wayang]]'' from Indonesia. The arts and literature in some of Southeast Asia are quite influenced by Hinduism, which was brought to them centuries ago. Indonesia, despite large-scale conversion to Islam which opposes certain forms of art, has retained many forms of Hindu-influenced practices, culture, art, and literature. An example is the {{Lang|jv|[[wayang kulit]]}} (shadow puppet) and literature like the ''[[Ramayana]]''. The {{Lang|jv|wayang kulit}} show has been recognised by [[UNESCO]] on 7 November 2003 as a [[Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]].

It has been pointed out that Khmer and Indonesian classical arts were concerned with depicting the life of the gods, but to the Southeast Asian mind, the life of the gods was the life of the peoples themselves—joyous, earthy, yet divine. The [[Tai peoples|Tai]], coming late into Southeast Asia, brought with them some Chinese artistic traditions, but they soon shed them in favour of the Khmer and [[Mon people|Mon]] traditions, and the only indications of their earlier contact with [[culture of China|Chinese]] arts were in the style of their temples, especially the tapering roof, and in their [[lacquerware]].

====Music====
{{Main|Music of Southeast Asia}}

[[File:Angklung-arumba.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[angklung]]'', designated as a [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity|Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]]]]

Traditional music in Southeast Asia is as varied as its many ethnic and cultural divisions. The main styles of traditional music include court music, folk music, music styles of smaller ethnic groups, and music influenced by genres outside the geographic region.

Of the court and folk genres, [[gong chime]] ensembles and orchestras make up the majority (the exception being lowland areas of Vietnam). ''[[Gamelan]]'' and ''[[angklung]]'' orchestras from ''[[Indonesia]]''; ''[[piphat]]'' and ''[[pinpeat]]'' ensembles of Thailand and Cambodia; and the ''[[kulintang]]'' ensembles of the southern Philippines, [[Borneo]], [[Sulawesi]] and [[Timor]] are the three main distinct styles of musical genres that have influenced other traditional musical styles in the region. String instruments are also popular in the region.

On 18 November 2010, UNESCO officially recognised the ''angklung'' as a ''Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'', and encouraged the Indonesian people and government to safeguard, transmit, promote performances and to encourage the craftsmanship of ''angklung'' making.

====Writing====
{{Main|Writing systems of Southeast Asia|Baybayin|Jawi script|S.E.A. Write Award|Thai alphabet}}

[[File:Thai manuscript Jim Thompson Museum IMG 7170.jpg|thumb|[[Thai script|Thai]] manuscript from before the 19th-century writing system|left]]

The history of Southeast Asia has led to a wealth of different authors, from both within and without writing about the region.

Some of the earliest writing systems of Southeast Asia stem from those of [[Culture of India|India]]. This is shown through [[Brahmic family|Brahmic]] forms of writing present in the region, such as the [[Balinese script]] shown on split palm leaves called ''lontar'' (see image to the left – magnify the image to see the writing on the flat side, and the decoration on the reverse side).
[[File:Pura Puseh 05153.jpg|thumb|Sign in [[Balinese script|Balinese]] and [[Latin script|Latin]] script at a [[Hindu]] temple in [[Bali]]]]
The antiquity of this form of writing extends before the invention of paper around the year 100 in China. Note each palm leaf section was only several lines, written longitudinally across the leaf, and bound by twine to the other sections. The outer portion was decorated. The alphabets of Southeast Asia tended to be [[abugida]]s, until the arrival of the Europeans, who used words that also ended in consonants, not just vowels. Other forms of official documents, which did not use paper, included Javanese copperplate scrolls. This material would have been more durable than paper in the tropical climate of Southeast Asia.

In Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore, the Malay language is now generally written in the Latin script. The same phenomenon is present in Indonesian, although different spelling standards are utilised (e.g. 'Teksi' in Malay and 'Taksi' in Indonesian for the word 'Taxi').

The use of Chinese characters, in the past and present, is only evident in Vietnam and more recently, Singapore and Malaysia. The adoption of [[chữ Hán]] in Vietnam dates back to around 111 BC when it was occupied by the Chinese. A Vietnamese script called [[chữ Nôm]] used modified chữ Hán to express the Vietnamese language. Both chữ Hán and chữ Nôm were used up until the early 20th century.

[[Rapa Nui]] is an Austronesian language like those of Indonesian, Tagalog, and many other Southeast Asian languages. [[Rongorongo]] is presumed to be the script of Rapa Nui and if proven so, would place it as one of very few [[inventions of writing]] in human history.<ref>{{cite book | title=Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction | author=Robinson, Andrew | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2009 | section=The death of RongoRongo | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcXH52jICOEC| isbn=978-0-19-157916-5 }}</ref>

====Sports====
{{See also|SEA Games}}
[[Association football]] is the most popular sport in the region, with the [[ASEAN Football Federation]], the region's primary regulatory body, formed on 31 January 1984, in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia. The [[AFF Championship]] is the largest football competition in the region since its inaugural in [[1996 AFF Championship|1996]], with [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] holding the most titles in the competition with seven titles. The current reigning winner is [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]], who defeated Thailand in the [[2024 ASEAN Championship|2024]] final. Thailand has had the most numerous appearances in the [[AFC Asian Cup]] with 7 while the highest-ranked result in the Asian Cup for a Southeast Asian team is second place in the [[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]] by [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]] in [[Iran]]. [[Dutch East Indies national football team results|Indonesia]] is the only Southeast Asian team to have played in the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]] as the [[Dutch East Indies national football team results|Dutch East Indies]].

ASEAN has also committed to preserving [[traditional sports and games]] (TSG) in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Promoting and Safeguarding Traditional Sports and Games in ASEAN: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies |url=https://asean.org/book/promoting-and-safeguarding-traditional-sports-and-games-in-asean-challenges-opportunities-and-strategies/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=asean.org}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Geography|Asia|Cambodia|Indonesia|Laos|Malaysia|Myanmar|Philippines|Singapore|Thailand|Vietnam}}
* [[ASEAN|Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN)
* [[South Asia]]
** [[East and Southeast Asian relations with Northeast India]]
* [[List of current heads of state and government]]
* [[List of firsts in Southeast Asia]]
* [[Military build-up in Southeast Asia]]
* [[Pacific Asia]]
** [[Northeast Asia]]
* [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]]
* [[Southeast Asian Games]]
* [[Tiger Cub Economies]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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==Further reading==
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* Acharya, Amitav. ''The making of Southeast Asia: International relations of a region'' (Cornell UP, 2013).
* Ang, Cheng Guan. ''Southeast Asia After the Cold War: A Contemporary History'' (Singapore: NUS Press, 2019) [https://hdiplo.org/to/E291 online review]
* Ang, Cheng Guan. ''Southeast Asia's Cold War: An Interpretive History'' (University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2018).  [https://issforum.org/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-XX-39.pdf online review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707163420/https://issforum.org/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-XX-39.pdf |date=7 July 2021 }}
* Barwise, J. M., and Nicholas J. White. ''A traveller's history of Southeast Asia'' (2002) [https://archive.org/details/travellershistor00jmba online]
* Cady, John F. ''Southeast Asia: its historical development'' (McGraw-Hill, 1964) [https://archive.org/details/southeastasiaits0000cady online]
*  Cady, John F. ''The roots of French imperialism in Eastern Asia'' (1954) [https://archive.org/details/rootsoffrenchimp0000cady online]
* Coedes, George. ''The Making of South East Asia'' (2nd ed. U of California Press, 1983).
* Dutt, Ashok K. ''Southeast Asia: A Ten Nation Region'' (1996) [https://www.amazon.com/Southeast-Asia-Nation-Region-Aug-1996/dp/B0108E8D7Y/ref=sr_1_1?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0&dchild=1&qid=1602997636&refinements=p_28%3ASoutheast+Asia%3A+A+Ten+Nation+Region%2C&s=books&sr=1-1&unfiltered=1 excerpt]
* Embree, Ainslie T., ed. ''Encyclopedia of Asian history'' (1988)
** [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofas0003unse/page/n5/mode/2up vol. 1 online]; [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofas0002unse/page/n5/mode/2up vol 2 online]; [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofas0003unse_l9c1/page/n5/mode/2up vol 3 online]; [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofas0000embr vol 4 online]
* Heidhues, Mary Somers. ''Southeast Asia : a concise history'' (2000) [https://archive.org/details/southeastasiacon0000some/page/n3/mode/2up online]
* Leinbach, Thomas R., and Richard Ulack. ''Southeast Asia: diversity and development'' (Prentice Hall, 1999) [https://archive.org/details/southeastasiadiv00thom online].
* Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen, eds. ''Encyclopedia of Modern Asia''. (6 vol. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002).
* Osborne, Milton. ''Region of revolt: focus on Southeast Asia'' (Elsevier, 2013). [https://archive.org/details/regionofrevoltfo0000osbo online]
* Osborne, Milton (2010; first published in 1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=4fzDN4374JUC ''Southeast Asia: An Introductory History''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729195150/https://books.google.com/books?id=4fzDN4374JUC |date=29 July 2020 }} Allen & Unwin. {{ISBN|978-1-74237-302-7}} [https://archive.org/details/southeastasiaint0000osbo online]
* Osborne, Milton. ''River at risk: the Mekong and water politics of China and Southeast Asia'' (Longueville Media, 2004).
* Reid, Anthony (1999). ''Charting the Shape of Early Modern Southeast Asia'' Silkworm Books. {{ISBN|978-974-7551-06-8}}
* Swearer, Donald K. ''The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia'' (2nd ed. 2010) [https://archive.org/details/buddhistworldofsoutheastasiadonaldswearerk.sunny_883_t online]
* Ulack, Richard, and Gyula Pauer. ''Atlas of Southeast Asia'' (Macmillan, 1989) [https://archive.org/details/atlasofsoutheast00ulac online].
*  Williams, Lea E. ''Southeast Asia : a history'' (1976) [https://archive.org/details/southeastasiahis00will online]
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017052205/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/physical/pdf/southeast_asia.pdf Topography of Southeast Asia in detail] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]]) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120916231056/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/pdf/southeast_asia.pdf previous version])
* {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121212135345/http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/sasian.html|date=12 December 2012|title=Southeast Asian Archive at the University of California, Irvine}}
* [https://sea.lib.niu.edu/ Southeast Asia Digital Library] at Northern Illinois University
* {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20030225003006/http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/seaexhibit/|date=25 February 2003|title="Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience", exhibit at the University of California, Irvine, Library}}
* [https://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/ Southeast Asia Visions, a collection of historical travel narratives] Cornell University Library Digital Collection
* [https://aseanta.org/en Official website of the ASEAN Tourism Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926060345/https://aseanta.org/en |date=26 September 2023 }}
* [https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/42850 Art of Island Southeast Asia], a full text exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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