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is huge not only in terms of sheer land
area but also in terms of the region's
population and cultural impact on our
world
currently seven different countries
exist in the region india
pakistan bangladesh nepal sri lanka
bhutan
and the maldives so what would it look
like if all seven of these modern
countries
united overnight to form a new and
larger country that we'll be calling for
simplicity greater india
well for starters the new country's
population would be gargantuan
1 billion 728 million 904
000 people or about 23 of the entire
world's population
almost one out of every four people that
is more
people than live in north america south
america the caribbean
and europe combined india alone has more
people
living there than the entire continent
of africa does
and that's only going to increase as
time goes on
this can also be seen by taking a glance
at the biggest cities across the new
country
the top three being delhi karachi and
mumbai all of which have
higher populations than even new york
city does in the u.s
of the country's top 10 largest cities
seven of them would be located in india
while two would be in pakistan and only
one in bangladesh
from this it's obvious that india is
basically the jupiter of the indian
subcontinent
dominating the region's gravity and the
smaller countries that orbit it by its
sheer size
but what happens when we quit looking at
the subcontinent divided by current
political reality
if we look at an ethnic map of the area
it's confusing to say the least
there are over 2 000 different and
unique ethnic groups present inside of
india
alone in addition to 22 different major
languages
only the continent of africa has a
higher diversity of cultures genetics
and languages than india does
but most of these indian ethnic groups
can be divided between two major
families
indo-aryans which account for 73 of
hypothetical greater india's population
and dravidians which account for 19 with
remaining eight percent
being a mix of other smaller groups to
expand on that the region's linguistic
diversity is every
bit as diverse as you would expect about
one third of the population would be
able to speak hindi
fifteen percent would speak bengali
another 12 percent would understand urdu
while the punjabi
marathi talugu tamil and gujarati
languages would all have significant
representation as well
four of the world's most significant
religions were born inside
india hinduism buddhism sikhism and
jainism
all of which continue to have a
significant presence hinduism would make
up the vast majority of hypothetical
greater india
at 63.6 percent of the population while
islam would be a significant minority at
31.4 percent christians would only make
up 2
buddhists would be represented by 1.7
percent and 6
would make up the final 1.3 percent with
other religions only having a tiny
following
about 34 of greater india's population
would be living in cities with the
remaining majority of the hypothetical
country residing in the countryside
perhaps the most challenging problem for
the new country would be the region's
economy
hypothetical greater india would have a
combined nominal gdp
of 3.4 trillion us dollars which would
make it the world's
fifth largest economy but considering
that india alone
is already the world's sixth largest
economy all of the additional countries
added in would only make it surpass the
united kingdom's economy while remaining
just behind
germany and japan in terms of gdp per
capita measured in purchasing power
parity the average citizen of this
country would be earning seven thousand
two hundred sixty-five dollars per year
far below the global average of
seventeen thousand three hundred dollars
per year
citizens on average would be earning
more than citizens of uzbekistan or
vietnam but earning less than those of
bolivia or the philippines
the economy would however be capable of
supporting a very large military budget
of 83.8 billion us dollars the third
highest budget in the world but
significantly behind the budgets of both
china and the united states
adding in the soldiers from all seven
modern countries the hypothetical
greater indian army would have an
active duty force of 2.6 million
soldiers
the largest standing army in the world
with an additional 2.1 million in the
reserves
which combined would give the new
country the world's fourth largest total
military size
behind vietnam and the two koreas in the
event of a war however
greater india would have the largest
manpower reserves in the world to pull
from
some of the new nation's greatest
problems would be its high unemployment
rate
currently hovering around 10 percent and
the very young
age of the average citizen just 27.6
years old
this might not be a huge problem now but
as india and the rest of the region
develops further it's almost
a guarantee that the country will face
the same kind of demographic problems
currently plaguing places like japan
where the average age is a very high
47.3
years somewhere around 50 years from now
when india's population has likely begun
to stabilize around 1.7 billion people
their population will thereafter begin
to shrink just like it is in japan and
other developed countries around the
world perhaps india and the entire
region at large can learn from how
currently developed countries are
handling their demographic issues to
prepare for their own future
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