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India's neighbouring countries

Neighbouring countries of India with population and area cover-



India has land borders with seven countries and maritime borders with two countries. These are as follows- 
Countries with land borders-       
1. Pakistan
2. Afghanistan
3. China
4. Nepal
5. Bhutan
6. Bangladesh
7. Myanmar

Countries with sea borders-
1. Maldives
2. Sri Lanka

We will discuss about area, population, capital, form of government and currency of each neighbouring country.

First , we will discuss about countries that share land borders with India.

1. Pakistan

Pakistan covers area of 881,913 square kilometers and area wise it is the 33rd largest country in the world.
It is one of the populous countries with 212.2 million population.
Capital- Islamabad
Currency- Pakistani rupee
Form of government- Federal Republic

2. Afghanistan

Afghanistan shares shortest land border with India in Jammu & Kashmir (POK part).
It covers an area of about 652,230 square kilometers and has population of 3.72 crores.
Capital- Kabul
Currency- Afghan Afghani
Form of government- Islamic Republic

3. China

China covers an area of 9.597 million square kilometers and therefore, is the third largest country in the world according to area.
According to population it is the world's most populous country with 139.27 crores of population.
Capital- Beijing 
Currency- Renminbi
Form of government- Unitary one-party socialist republic.


4. Nepal

Nepal has an area of 147,516 square kilometers and 2.81 crores of population.
Capital- Kathmandu
Currency- Nepalese Rupee
Form of government- Federal Democratic Republic.

5. Bhutan

Bhutan has an area of 38,394 square kilometers and 7.54 lakh of population.
Capital- Thimphu
Currency- Bhutanese ngultrum
Form of government-  Democratic, Constitutional Monarchy.

6. Bangladesh 
 Bangladesh covers an area of 147,570 square kilometers and 16.14 crores of population.
Cqpital- Dhaka
Currency- Bangladeshi Taka
Form of government- Parliamentary Democracy

7. Myanmar

Myanmar covers an area of 676,575 square kilometers and 5.37 crores of population.
Capital- Naypyitaw
Currency- Burmese Kyat
Form of government- Unitary Parliamentary Republic .


Now, we will discuss about countries which has maritime borders with India-

1. Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka covers an area of 65,610 square kilometers and has population of 2.17 crores.
Capital- Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Currency- Sri Lankan Rupee
Form of government-  Semi-Presidential

2. Maldives

Maldives covers an area of 297.8 square kilometers and 5.16 lakhs of population.
Capital- Male
Currency- Maldivian rufiyaa
Form of government- Presidential Republic





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