THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH ASIA

BANGLA-DESH

NEPAL PAKISTAN

AFGHANI-STAN

INDIA

SRI LANKA BHUTAN MALDIVES

COUNTRY POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH RATE

MIGRATION RATE LIFE EXPECTANCY(IN YEARS)

GENDERDISTRIBUTION

AFGHANISTAN 31 108 077 2.22 -2.51 49.72 1.03

BANGLADESH 163 654 860 1.576 -1.04 70.06 0.95

BHUTAN 725 296 1.175 0 67.88 1.1

INDIA 1 220 800 359 1.312 -0.05 67.14 1.08

DEMOGRAPHICS OF SOUTH ASIA

COUNTRY POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH RATE

MIGRATION RATE LIFE EXPECTANCY(IN YEARS)

GENDERDISTRIBUTION

MALDIVES 393 988 -0.127 -12.64 74.69 1.34

NEPAL 30 430 267 1.768 2.58 66.51 0.96

PAKISTAN 193 238 868 1.551 -2 66.35 1.06

SRI LANKA 21 675 648 0.913 -1.95 75.94 0.96

DEMOGRAPHICS OF SOUTH ASIA

COUNTRY CURRENCY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

LITERACY RATE( % )

EMPLOYMENT RATE( % )

UNEMPLOYME-NT RATE( % )

AFGHANISTAN AFGHANIS (AFA) 33.55 BILLION 28.1 45 35

BANGLADESH TAKA (BDT) 305.50 BILLION 56.8 68 5

BHUTAN NGULTRUM (BTN) 4.813 BILLION 47 69 4

INDIA INDIAN RUPEES (INR)

61 55 9.90

ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SOUTH ASIA

COUNTRY CURRENCY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

LITERACY RATE( % )

EMPLOYMENT RATE( % )

UNEMPLOYME-NT RATE( % )

MALDIVES RUFIYAA (MVR) 2.95 BILLION 93.8 58 28

NEPAL NEPALESE RUPEES (NPR)

40.49 BILLION 60.3 82 46

PAKISTAN PAKISTANI RUPEES (PKR)

514.60 BILLION 54.9 51 5.60

SRI LANKA SRI LANKAN RUPEES (LKR)

126.20 BILLIOB 91.2 53 5.10

ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SOUTH ASIA

COUNTRY NATIONALITY CULTURAL GROUP LANGUAGE RELIGION

AFGHANISTAN AFGHAN PASHTUN: 42TAJIK: 27

HAZARA: 9UZBEK:9

AFGHAN PERSIAN: 50PASHTO: 35

TURKIC LANGUAGE: 11

SUNNI ISLAM: 80SHIA ISLAM: 19

BANGLADESH BANGLADESHI BENGALI: 98 BANGLA: 98 ISLAM: 89.5HINDUISM: 9.6

BHUTAN BHUTANESE BHOTE: 50ETHNIC NAPALESE: 35MIGRANT TRIBES: 15

SHARCHHOPKA: 28DZONGKHA:24

LHOTSHAMKHA: 22

LAMAISM: 75HINDUISM: 25

INDIA INDIAN INDO-ARYAN: 72DRAVIDIAN: 25

HINDI: 41BENGALI: 8.1TELUGU: 7.2MARATHI 7TAMIL: 5.9URDU: 5

HINDUISM: 80.5ISLAM: 13.4

CHRISTIANITY: 2.3SIKHISM: 1.9

BASIC CULTURAL FACTS ABOUT SOUTH ASIA

COUNTRY NATIONALITY CULTURAL GROUP LANGUAGE RELIGION

MALDIVES MALDIVIAN SOUTH INDIANS*SINHALESE, ARABS*

DHIVEHI: 98 SUNNNI ISLAM: 93

NEPAL NEPALESE CHHETTRI: 15.5BRAHMAN-HILL: 12.5

MAGAR: 7THARU:6.6

TAMANG: 5.5

NEPALI:47.8MAITHALI: 12.1BHOJPURI: 7.4

THARU: 5.8TAMANG: 5.1

HINDUISM: 80.6BUDDHISM: 10.7

ISLAM: 4.2KIRANT: 3.6

PAKISTAN PAKISTANI PUNJABI: 44.68PASHTUN:15. 42

SINDHI:14.1SARIAKI:8.38

MUHAJIRS: 7.57

PUNJABI: 48SINDHI: 12SARAIKI: 10PASHTU: 8URDU: 8

ISLAM: 96.4OTHERS: 3.6

SRI LANKA SRI LANKAN SINHALESE: 73.8SRI LANKAN MOORS: 7.12

INDIAN TAMIL: 4.6SRI LANKAN TAMIL: 3.9

SINHALA: 74TAMIL: 18

BUDDHISM: 69.1ISLAM: 7.6

HINDUISM: 7.1CHRISTIANITY: 6.2

BASIC CULTURAL FACTS ABOUT SOUTH ASIA