There are 0 Asian countries that start with Z. Search the standard English country names used by the United Nations and ISO 3166 and find no sovereign state in Asia whose common English name begins with the letter Z. Note that several Asian country names contain the letter Z (for example, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan), and some native or romanized names (for example, China as “Zhongguo” in pinyin) begin with Z, but no widely recognized Asian country’s English name starts with Z.

Consult the UN member list, the CIA World Factbook, and ISO country lists to verify that the absence is a matter of naming and standard English exonyms rather than a mapping or data error. Understand that Asian place names come from many scripts and languages; transliteration rules determine initial letters in Latin-alphabet English names, so a name that begins with Z in a local romanization may begin with a different letter in standard English usage.

Check related queries if the Z search was a starting point for other information. Look for “countries containing the letter Z” (Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, etc.), explore transcontinental country lists, or browse the A–Z country series for neighboring letters. Expect patterns: Z appears often inside names or in romanized native forms, but it does not appear as the first letter of any standard English name of an Asian sovereign state.