OVERVIEW GRAPHS - POPULATION


YearPakistanBangladeshBritish IndiaIndiaSri Lanka
1861  858  
1871   82458
1881   998 
1891   171972
1901  1784 110
1911  1588 99
1921  1527 116
1933  1522 128
1947  1742  
1954380  3114798
1961395  30941721
1971388  78825288
197641656 110778945
1981535200 124179493
1986763310 1437711811
19911280495 1923818763
19961720883 2390723176
200127421393 3026326411
200645512944 5197231220

Notes

• Pakistan came into existence in 1947 after the Indian Empire became independent and split into India and Pakistan.

• Between 1947 and1971 Pakistan included the region ‘East Pakistan’, which then became the independent Bangladesh.

• Ceylon became independent from Britain in 1948, and changed its name to Sri Lanka in 1972.


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