South Asia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Population=== The population of South Asia is about 1.938 billion which makes it the [[List of continents by population#Regional and continental (sub)totals in 2013|most populated region]] in the world.<ref> United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, custom data acquired via website. http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404064129/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm |date=4 April 2013 }} </ref> It is socially very mixed, consisting of many language groups and religions, and social practices in one region that are vastly different from those in another.<ref>{{cite book|author=Baten, JΓΆrg |title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present.|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=249|isbn=978-1-107-50718-0}}</ref> {| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! rowspan="2" |Country ! rowspan="2" |[[List of countries by population|Population]] in thousands (2023)<ref name="UN WPP 2019">{{Cite web |title=World Population prospects β Population division |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205234912/https://population.un.org/wpp/ |archive-date=5 February 2019 |access-date=9 May 2023 |publisher=United Nations}}</ref><ref name="UN WPP 2019 2">{{Cite web|title=Overall total population|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2019_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx|access-date=16 July 2019|publisher=United Nations|format=xlsx}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" |% of South Asia ! rowspan="2" |% of world<ref>{{cite web|title=World Population Prospects 2017 Key Findings|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2017_KeyFindings.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216180720/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2017_KeyFindings.pdf|archive-date=16 December 2017|access-date=29 October 2019|publisher=United Nations}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" |[[List of countries by population density|Density]] (per km<sup>2</sup>) ! colspan="3" |Population growth rate<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=United Nations Population Div, World Population Prospects 2017, File: Population Growth Rate, retrieved 5/20/18|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927210437/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/|archive-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> ! colspan="7" |Population projection (in thousands)<ref name="UN WPP 2019" /><ref name="UN WPP 2019 2" /> |- !2005β10 !2010β15 !2015β20 !1950 !1975 !2000 !2025 !2050 !2075 !2100 |- | align="left" |{{AFG}} |42,240 |2.17% |0.525% |61.8 |2.78 |3.16 |2.41 |7,752 |12,689 |20,779 |44,516 |74,075 |98,732 |110,855 |- | align="left" |{{BAN}} |172,954 |8.92% |2.15% |1301 |1.18 |1.16 |1.04 |37,895 |70,066 |127,658 |170,937 |203,905 |201,891 |176,366 |- | align="left" |{{BHU}} |787 |0.04% |0.00978% |20.3 |2.05 |1.58 |1.18 |177 |348 |591 |797 |874 |803 |654 |- | align="left" |{{IND}} |1,428,628 |73.7% |17.5% |473.4 |1.46 |1.23 |1.10 |376,325 |623,103 |1,056,576 |1,454,607 |1,670,491 |1,676,035 |1,529,850 |- | align="left" |{{MDV}} |521 |0.03% |0.00647% |1738.2 |2.68 |2.76 |1.85 |74 |136 |279 |515 |570 |543 |469 |- | align="left" |{{NEP}} |30,897 |1.59% |0.384% |204.1 |1.05 |1.17 |1.09 |8,483 |13,420 |23,941 |31,577 |37,401 |38,189 |33,770 |- | align="left" |{{PAK}} |240,486 |12.4% |2.98% |300.2 |2.05 |2.09 |1.91 |37,542 |66,817 |142,344 |249,949 |367,808 |453,262 |487,017 |- | align="left" |{{SRI}} |21,894 |1.13% |0.272% |347.2 |0.68 |0.50 |0.35 |7,971 |13,755 |18,778 |22,000 |21,815 |19,000 |14,695 |- !South Asia !'''1,938,407''' !'''100%''' !24.094% !'''377.5''' !- !- !- !476,220 !800,335 !1,390,946 !1,974,898 !2,376,939 !2,488,455 !2,353,676 |- | colspan="15" |<small>Population of South Asian countries in 1950, 1975, 2000, 2025, 2050, 2075 and 2100 projection from the United Nations has been displayed in table. The given population projections are based on medium fertility index. With India and Bangladesh approaching [[Sub-replacement fertility|replacement rates]] fast, population growth in South Asia is facing steep decline and may turn negative in mid 21st century.<ref name="UN WPP 2019" /><ref name="UN WPP 2019 2" /></small> |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page