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The World Factbook South Asia. Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; British Indian Ocean Territory; India; Maldives
The countries of South Asia include Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Maldives. The Himalayas, separating South Asia from East Asia along the border of China’s autonomous region of Tibet, are the highest mountains in the world and the dominant physical feature of the northern rim of South Asia.
India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.