List of European colonial colonies in Asia
- British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937)
- Ceylon (now Sri Lanka):
- Portuguese Ceylon (1505–1658)
- Dutch Ceylon (1656–1796)
- British Ceylon (1815–1948)
- Portuguese Timor (1702–1975, now East Timor)
- British Hong Kong (1842–1997)
- Colonial India (includes the territory of present day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh):
- Portuguese India (1510–1961)
- French India (1769–1954)
- Dutch India (1605–1825)
- Danish India (1696–1869)
- British India (1613–1947)
- British East India Company (1757–1858)
- British Raj (1858–1947)
- French Indochina (1887–1953), including:
- Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) – Dutch colony from 1602–1949 (included Netherlands New Guinea until 1962)
- Macau – Portuguese colony, the first European colony in China (1557–1999), longest European occupation in Asia, 442 years.
- Malaya (now part of Malaysia):
- Portuguese Malacca (1511–1641)
- Dutch Malacca (1641–1824)
- British Malaya, included:
- Straits Settlements (1826–1946)
- Federated Malay States (1895–1946)
- Unfederated Malay States
- Federation of Malaya (under British rule, 1948–1963)
- British Borneo (now part of Malaysia), including:
- Labuan (1846–1963)
- British North Borneo (1882–1963)
- Colony of Sarawak (1946–1963)
- Outer Manchuria – ceded to Russian Empire through Treaty of Aigun (1858) and Treaty of Peking (1860)
- Philippines:
- Spanish Philippines (1565–1898, 2nd longest European occupation in Asia, 333 years),
- Commonwealth of the Philippines, United States colony (1898–1946, excluding the Japanese occupation during World War II)
- Spanish Formosa (1626–1642)
- Dutch Formosa (1624–1662
