Largest urban areas ranked by 2010 populationRankCityRegion1Tokyo–YokohamaEast Asia2JakartaSoutheast Asia3ManilaSoutheast Asia4Seoul–IncheonEast Asia34 more rows
India. India is the largest country of South Asia and the seventh-largest country in the world by area.
2. South Asia has the second largest concentration of people. The region comprises India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. More than 20% 0f the world's population lives in South Asia and India, the world's second most populous country contains more than three-fourths of the people in this region.
India and Pakistan account for 86 percent of the region's total population and, along with Bangladesh, rank among the world's ten largest countries by population. Bangladesh is especially dense, with over 160 million people living in an area the size of Iowa.
Countries in Southern Asia The current population of Southern Asia is 1,983,461,057 as of Thursday, June 16, 2022, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Southern Asia population is equivalent to 24.89% of the total world population.
Asia is the largest of the world's continents, covering approximately 30 percent of the Earth's land area. It is also the world's most populous continent, with roughly 60 percent of the total population.
ChinaChina is the most populous country in Asia, followed by India. The other five countries with a total number of humans above 100 mn are Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, and the Philippines.
Indonesia is the most populated country.
The population of South Asia is about 1.891 billion 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.
Large populations are a product of large family sizes and a high fertility rate. The rural population of South Asia has traditionally had large families. Religious traditions do not necessarily support anything other than a high fertility rate.
According to the World Bank, the aging population and low fertility rates are to blame for the increase in population as 36 percent of the world's population over 65 currently live in East Asia. The World Bank projects that the 211 million people living in East Asia will rise over time.
South Asia has a high agricultural density. In developed countries, commercial agriculture and technological innovations have allowed relatively few people to be farmers and agricultural densities are generally low. Geographers can also examine how a population is growing and changing over time.