The Empire of India, commonly referred to as India, is a large nation situated on the Indian subcontinent. It is amongst the ten largest countries in the world, and with about 1.35 billion inhabitants, has the largest population of any country in the world following Sino-Japan. India is bordered by Sino-Japan to the North, Burma to the East, and Russia to the West. The Brazilian colony of Goa is situated on India's Western coast, and the Icelandic outposts Tranquibar and Matara are situated in the Western and Ceylonese coasts respectively.