Southern Asia

9Countries
2,081MPopulation
$5.36TGDP
6.87M km²Area

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9 countries sorted by GDP

#CountryCapitalPopulationGDPArea
1 IndiaNew Delhi1,464M$3.96T3.29M km²
2 BangladeshDhaka176M$456B147,570 km²
3 PakistanIslamabad255M$407B881,913 km²
4 IranTehran92.4M$363B1.65M km²
5 Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte21.8M$109B65,610 km²
6 NepalKathmandu29.6M$45.5B147,181 km²
7 AfghanistanKabul41.1M$14.3B652,230 km²
8 MaldivesMale530K$7.74B300 km²
9 BhutanThimphu800K$3.58B38,394 km²

Key Insights

Largest Economies & Populations

India leads Southern Asia with a GDP of $3.96T, followed by Bangladesh ($456B) and Pakistan ($407B). The most populous country is India with 1,464M people, while India covers the largest area at 3.29M km².

GDP
India
$3.96T
Bangladesh
$456B
Pakistan
$407B
Iran
$363B
Sri Lanka
$109B
Population
India
1,464M
Pakistan
255M
Bangladesh
176M
Iran
92.4M
Afghanistan
41.1M

GDP per Capita

Maldives has the highest GDP per capita at $14,615, which is 9.5x higher than Nepal ($1,536), the lowest in the group.

Maldives
$14,615
Sri Lanka
$5,002
Bhutan
$4,493
Iran
$3,924
India
$2,702
Bangladesh
$2,597
Pakistan
$1,596
Nepal
$1,536

GDP Growth

The fastest-growing economy is Bhutan at +8.01%, followed by India (+7.57%) and Maldives (+6.31%). The slowest growth is Iran at -2.83%.

Bhutan
+8.01%
India
+7.57%
Maldives
+6.31%
Sri Lanka
+4.95%
Nepal
+4.43%
Pakistan
+3.70%
Bangladesh
+3.49%
Iran
-2.83%