World Facts and Geography

India is the first country in the world to have adopted an official policy favouring family planning. Before it did so in 1951, a number of social reformers, thinkers and voluntary organisations had desired the government to adopt a policy of population control as a measure to protect the health of the mother.

 A developed country  is a term used  to describe an industrialized country with a highly developed economy. Developed countries consume far more natural resources than people in developing or underdeveloped countries.

China has the world's largest population (1.4 billion), followed by India (1.3 billion). The next most-populous nations are – the United States, Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan.

Asia is the most populous continent on earth. It leads the ranking of the global population by continent in mid 2013. The continenet of Africa has the second highest population.

 A high population density implies that the population is high relative to the size of the country. Some countries have large populations living in a small area. In Bangladesh, people are packed more closely together. Countries like this have a high population density or a dense population. The area of a high density of population are:

Asia is the most populous continent and has the highest population density due to the concentration of people in regions like East, South, and Southeast Asia.

India has the largest tribal population in the world, with a diverse range of indigenous groups recognized as Scheduled Tribes.

The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

The term Red Indians historically refers to the indigenous peoples of North America. They are the original inhabitants of the continent.

Canada is the largest country in North America by land area, surpassing the United States and Mexico.

The Canadian Shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks, is also known as the Laurentian Shield.

The Appalachian region is historically famous for its vast coal deposits. While other minerals exist in the region, coal is the most defining and significant resource associated with the area.

Canada is a leading global producer of barley due to its favorable climate and vast agricultural plains.