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Q89 (IAS/2009) Geography › World Human & Economic Geography › World population patterns Answer Verified

Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density ?

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Explanation

The provided sources indicate India has a substantially higher average population density than the other listed South Asian countries. A textbook figure gives India’s density as 382 persons per sq. km (2011) and notes that only Bangladesh and Japan exceed India’s average density, implying India is the densest among typical South Asian peers [1]. A regional report similarly characterises India’s density as “almost 400 people/sq km” while listing Nepal at about 193.9 people/sq km, which is well below India’s level [2]. Therefore, among the options (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), India has the highest population density.

Sources

  1. [1] CONTEMPORARY INDIA-I ,Geography, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 6: Population > India's Population Distribution by Density > p. 49
  2. [2] https://www.orfonline.org/public/uploads/posts/pdf/20230713144241.pdf
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