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South Asia has a total area of 5.2 million sq.km (2 million sq.mi), which is 10% of the Asian continent. [30] The population of South Asia is estimated to be 2.04 billion [8] or about one-fourth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world. [31]
The more common school follows historical convention and treats Europe and Asia as different continents, categorizing East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East as specific regions for more detailed analysis. Other schools equate the word "continent" to geographical "region" when referring to Europe and Asia in terms of physical geography.
Former countries in South Asia (13 C, 96 P) Geography of South Asia by country (9 C) History of South Asia by country (8 C, 3 P) Religion in South Asia by country (8 ...
The public domain map data set Natural Earth has metadata in the fields named "region_un" and "subregion" for Taiwan. The regional split recommended by Lloyd's of London for Eastern Asia (UN statistical divisions of Eastern Asia) contains Taiwan. [3] Based on the United Nations statistical divisions, the APRICOT (conference) includes Taiwan in ...
South Asia (22 C, 33 P) Southeast Asia (36 C, 30 P) West Asia (16 C, 23 P) + ... Countries of the Bay of Bengal; D. Dardistan; Daroma; E. East Asia; East Indies; F ...
Blue = Central Asia; Yellow = East Asia (China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan) Brown = West Asia/Middle East; Green = South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan) Red = South East Asia (10 ASEAN countries + East Timor) Date: 5 May 2007 (original upload date) Source: Own work based on the blank world map: Author
By far the largest country in Southeast Asia, Indonesia lies at the southern end of the region and consists of roughly 17,500 islands, including Sumatra and Bali. With so many islands, it’s no ...
South Asia, a geopolitical macroregion of the SAARC countries, comprising Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent Southern Asia (UN geoscheme) , the United Nations geoscheme's definition for a geographical subregion of Asia spanning the Indian Subcontinent and the Iranian Plateau, based on their close linguistic genetic relationships .