Southern Asia

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Southern Asia is a region. It is located in Asia. It comprises 9 countries for a land area of 6,392,620 km² and a population of 2,042,148,542 people.

Key facts

continent: Asia
number of countries: 9
land area: 6,392,620 km²
population: 2,042,148,542 people

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central government debt: 59.21 % of GDP
expense: 20.47 % of GDP
GDP: 4,899,492,073,042.03 current US$
self-employed workers: 58.38 % of total employment
tax revenue: 10.91 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.78 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 55.96 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 5,493,000 people
democracy score: 39.06
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 5,261,002 people
individuals using the Internet: 56.13 % of population
military expenditure: 1.84 % of GDP
net migration: -3,375,947 people
press freedom: 17.67
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 16.62 %
birth rate: 18.81 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.39 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 220.56 current US$
health expenditure: 6.57 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.87 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 71.78
suicide mortality rate: 7.21 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 3,176,915.15 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.74 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 4,111.31 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 96.69 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 18.50 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 31.77 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 31.95 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.53 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 14.58 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.64 % of total
net energy imports: 18.14 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.29 births per woman
forest area: 1,010,022 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 46.75 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 6,075.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 22.84
methane emissions: 1,476.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 397.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 997,500,516 people
male population: 1,044,648,026 people
renewable energy consumption: 36.51 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 6,335,567.37 km²
rural population: 1,263,186,723 people
urban land area: 294,814.71 km²
urban population: 778,961,819 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.22 % of total population

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Southern Asia is one of the regions in Asia and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical population in Southern Asia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Southern Asia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Southern Asia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Southern Asia

Map of the distribution of cities in Southern Asia by population

Map of the density of countries in Southern Asia

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population by countries yearly in Southern Asia

Correlation of birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers by countries yearly in Southern Asia

Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in Southern Asia

Correlation of fertility rate and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Southern Asia

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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