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Pakistan
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| Population: |
159,196,336 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Punjabi
Sindhi
Pashtun
Baloch
Muhajir |
| Religions: |
Muslim 97%
(Sunni 77%, Shi’a 20%)
Christian, Hindu and other 3% |
| Languages: |
Punjabi
Sindhi
Siraiki
Pashtu
Urdu (official)
Balochi
Hindko
Brahui
English (official) |
| Capital: |
Islamabad |
Bangladesh
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| Population: |
141,340,476 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Bengali 98%
Tribal groups
Non-Bengali Muslims |
| Religions: |
Muslim 83%
Hindu 16%
Other 1% |
| Languages: |
Banglia
(official, also known as Bengali)
English |
| Capital: |
Dhaka |
India
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| Population: |
1,065,070,607 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Indo-Aryan 72%
Dravidian 25%
Mongoloid and other 3% |
| Religions: |
Hindu 81%
Muslim 12%
Christian 2%
Sikh 2%
Other groups 3% |
| Languages: |
English
Hindi (national language)
Bengali (official)
Telugu (official)
Marathi (official)
Tamil (official)
Urdu (official)
Gujurati (official)
Malayalam (official)
Kannada (official)
Oriya (official)
Punjabi (official)
Assamese (official)
Kashmiri (official)
Sindhi (official)
Sanskrit (official)
Hindustani |
| Capital: |
New Delhi |
Bhutan
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| Population: |
2,185,569 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Bhote 50%
Ethnic Nepalese 35%
Indigenous / migrant tribes 15% |
| Religions: |
Lamaistic Buddhist 75%
Indian and Nepalese influence Hinduism 25% |
| Languages: |
Dzongkha (official)
Tibetan and Nepalese dialects |
| Capital: |
Thimphu |
Nepal
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| Population: |
27,070,666 |
| Ethnic groups: |
Brahman
Chetri
Newar
Gurung
Magar
Tamang
Rai
Limbu
Sherpa
Tharu
Others (1995) |
| Religions: |
Hinduism 86%
(only official Hindu state in the world)
Buddhism 8%
Muslim 4%
Other 2% |
| Languages: |
Nepali
(official; spoken by majority)
Approximately a dozen other
languages and about 30 major
dialects.
English |
| Capital: |
Kathmandu |
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