South Asia
The most densely populated region on Earth, home to 1.9 billion people across 9 countries.
Countries
9
Population
19548.8B
Total Area
5.1M km²
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🕉️ Birthplace of four major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism
🏔️ Home to 8 of the world's 10 highest mountain peaks
🎬 India's Bollywood produces more films annually than Hollywood
📱 India has the world's largest youth population (600M under age 25)
Countries in South Asia
Afghanistan
📍 Kabul
👥 49,474,805
Bangladesh
📍 Dhaka
👥 174,370,536
Bhutan
📍 Thimphu
👥 892,877
British Indian Ocean Territory
📍 administered from London; often regarded as being on Diego Garcia
👥 no
India
📍 New Delhi
👥 1,419,316,933
Maldives
📍 Malé
👥 388,858
Nepal
📍 Kathmandu
👥 31,334,402
Pakistan
📍 Islamabad
👥 257,047,044
Sri Lanka
📍 Colombo (commercial capital); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
👥 22,050,561