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Background Stats: compare key data on India & Indonesia

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  • First human settlement > Date: Date or period of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For further descriptions, please refer to notes.
  • First human settlement > Notes: Description of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For the date or period of the described settlement, please refer to the according date stat.
  • Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
  • Independence day date: Date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • National tree: Name of tree.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT India Indonesia
First human settlement > Date 70,000 BP 45,000 BP
First human settlement > Notes Recent finds of stone tools in Jwalapuram before and after the Toba supereruption , may have been made by modern humans, but this is disputed. Early humans travelled by sea and spread from mainland Asia eastward to New Guinea and Australia
Full name Republic of India Republic of Indonesia
Independence day date August 15 August 17
Land border length 14,103.1 km
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Indonesia
2,830 km
Ranked 64th.
National anthems Jana Gana Mana ( Hail the ruler of all minds ) Indonesia Raya ( Great Indonesia )
National tree Banyan Tree Teak
Neighboring countries and territories Afghanistan (L) Bangladesh Bhutan (L) Burma China (L) Indonesia (M) Maldives (M) Nepal (L) Pakistan Sri Lanka (M) Thailand (M) Australia (M) East Timor India (M) Malaysia Palau (M) Papua New Guinea Philippines (M) Singapore (M) Thailand (M) Vietnam (M) Ashmore and Cartier Islands ( Australia ) (M) Christmas Island ( Australia ) (M)
Overview <p>The world&#039;s largest democracy and second most populous country emerged as a major power in the 1990s. It is militarily strong, has major cultural influence and a fast-growing and powerful economy. </p> <p>A nuclear-armed state, it carried out tests in the 1970s and again in the 1990s in defiance of world opinion. However, India is still tackling huge social, economic and environmental problems. </p> <p>The vast and diverse Indian sub-continent - from the mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma - was under foreign rule from the early 1800s until the demise of the British Raj in 1947. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557384">Full Article</a> <p>Spread across a chain of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia, Indonesia has the world&#039;s largest Muslim population and Southeast Asia&#039;s biggest economy. </p> <p>Ethnically it is highly diverse, with more than 300 local languages. The people range from rural hunter-gatherers to a modern urban elite. </p> <p>Sophisticated kingdoms existed before the arrival of the Dutch, who consolidated their hold over two centuries, eventually uniting the archipelago in around 1900. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14921238">Full Article</a>

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