TERMS Populations Malthus British East India Co Independence movement Mohandas Gandhi Mahatma Amritsar Satyagraha Salt March Indian Home Rule 1947 Pakistan All India Muslim League Muhammad Ali Jinnah Bangladesh Liberation War Sri Lanka Ceylon Sinhalese Tamils May 1 2014 Asia An Asian world World Population current Asia Africa Europe Latin Am Carib US Canada Oceana 60 of the world s population lives in Asia POPULATIONS China India Nigeria Cities population Shanghai 19 400 0000 Manila Sao Paolo NYC 22 200 000 Mumbai Delhi Mexico City 23 400 000 Guangzhou Seoul 24 400 000 Tokyo 34 000 000 Cities population density Shanghai 13 400 per km2 Bogota Chennai Taipei Seoul 16 700 per km2 Shenzhen Lagos Karachi 18 900 per km2 Kolkata Mumbai 29 650 per km2 GDP per capita China 93rd India 133rd USA 6th Indonesia 125 Brazil 79 Pakistan 140 Nigeria 143 Bangladesh 155 Russia 58 Japan 22 Mexico 66 Philippines 130 Vietnam 134 INDEPENDENT INDIA India under British Rule Gandhi Satyagraha Salt satyagraha 1930 Gandhi during salt satyagraha Gandhi spinning wheel India s flag Ghandi s current PAKISTAN Partition of 1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah Modern Islamabad Islamabad Shah Faisal Mosque Sikhism Golden Temple Golden Temple in Amritsar BANGLADESH Bangladesh post 1971 Waterfront of Dhaka SRI LANKA Sri Lanka Lion s Rock Tea plantation