3,473,970,357
(3 billion 4 hundred and 73 million 9 hundred and 70 thousand 3 hundred and 57 people) approximately 3 1/2 billion people.
East Asia 1,514,755,835 44%
South Asia 1,400,557,630 40%
South East Asia 558,656,892 16%
Total: 3,473,970,357 100%
The population sizes of different countries in Monsoon Asia vary alot. Six of the worlds most populated countries are found in Monsoon Asia: China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan, Bangladesh.
1.3 Key characteristics of Monsoon Asia
- 21 countries
- has seasonal monsoons – influence population distribution patterns, influences how people live
- varied cultural environments – rural village; world’s largest cities; tiny island states; most populated countries; desperate poverty; wealth of Japan
- climate - lies in the Tropics; high temperatures; April-June summer
- mountains – orographic rainfall; NE India: wettest place on earth
- Rivers – has world’s greatest rivers; used for - transport, irrigation, water supply; cause flooding in lowlands
- Soils – floods create fertile soil
- Population distribution – dense - along rivers, coastal plains, where there is water and fertile soil; sparse – in deserts and forested mountain ranges
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