Looking at the most populated region on Earth
| This animation shows the estimated population for eastern and southeastern Asia, the major rivers, and country boundaries. Notice the dense populations in Northern India and Bangladesh, just to the east of Calcutta. The Indonesian island of Java (where the capital Jakarta is found) is also heavily populated, as is the coastal region of China, and the main island of Japan, Honshu. |
Credit: Animation - Dylan Prentiss, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara. Data source - SEDAC, CIESIN, Columbia University
For more info: http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~dylan/mtpe/biosphere/topics/pop/population.html