Publication Name

Hindu Kush Himalayan region population and area

AFGHANISTAN

390

1 648

CHINA

17%

NEPAL

100%

147

60%

PAKISTAN

?

404

BHUTAN

100%

38

BANGLADESH

9%

51%

INDIA

13

MYANMAR

482

14%

317

47%

Population

Area

Country area in the HKH region (thousand square kilometres) 147

= 1 million people Country population outside HKH Country population inside HKH

Proportion of total area of each country falling in the HKH

People living under the poverty line inside HKH

47%

Source: Sharma, P; Pratap, T (1994) Population, poverty and development issues in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Development of poor mountain areas . Kathmandu: ICIMOD; Gerlitz, J et al. (2014) Poverty and vulnerability assessment: A survey instrument for the Hindu Kush Himalayas . Kathmandu: ICIMOD; World Bank Open Data. http://data.world- bank.org/

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