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AFGHANISTAN
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a unitary presidential
Islamic republic
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Pashto & Dari
Kabul
251,830 sq miles
32 million (2019)
$73 billion (2018)
Afghani
Sunni Islam 90%
Shia Islam 10%
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President
since 2014
ASHRAF GHANI
Born 1949
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BANGLADESH
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional republic
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Bengali
Dhaka
57,000 sq miles
161 million (2018)
$838 billion (2019)
Taka
Islam 90%
Hindu 9%
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President Since 2013
MOHAMMAD ABDUL
HAMID
Born 1944
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Prime Minister
Since 2009
SHEIKH HASINA
Born 1947
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BHUTAN
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Dzongkha
Thimphu
15,000 sq miles
742,000 (2019)
$7.7 billion (2018)
Ngultrum
Buddhist 77%
Hinduism 23%
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Monarch since 2006
KING JIGME
WANGCHUCK
Born 1980
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Prime Minister
Since 2018
LOTAY TSHERING
Born 1969
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INDIA
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a Federal parliamentary
constitutional republic
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Hindi & English
New Delhi
1,720,000 sq miles
1.352 billion (2018)
$11 trillion (2019)
Indian rupee
Hinduism 80%
Islam 14%
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President
since 2017
RAM NATH KOVIND
Born 1945
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Prime Minister
since 2014
NARENDRA MODI
Born 1950
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NEPAL
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a federal parliamentary
republic
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Nepali
Kathmandu
56,827 sq miles
28 million (2018)
$84 billion (2018)
Nepalese rupee
Hinduism 81%
Buddhism 9%
Islam 4.4%
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President
since 2015
BIDHYA DEVI BHANDARI
Born 1961
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Prime Minister
since 2018
KP SHARMA OLI
Born 1952
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PAKISTAN
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a Federal parliamentary
constitutional republic
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English & Urdu
Islamabad
340,509 sq miles
213 miliion (2017)
$1.2 trillion (2019)
Pakistani rupee
Islam 96%
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President
since 2018
ARIF ALVI
Born 1949
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Prime Minister
since 2018
IMRAN KHAN
Born 1952
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SRI LANKA
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a unitary
semi-presidential
constitutional republic
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Sinhala & Tamil
Kotte
25,330 sq miles
21.7 million (2018)
$305 billion (2019)
Sri Lankan rupee
Buddhism 70%
Hinduism 13%
Islam 10%
Christian 7%
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President
since 2019
GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA
Born 1949
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Prime Minister
since 2019
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA
Born 1945
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