Asia Population Pyramid (1950–2100)
Asia in 2026
As of 2026, Asia counts an estimated 4,863,327,398 inhabitants. That is 7.4% more than in 2016, when the population stood at 4,528,415,183. With a median age of 33.8 years, Asia has a youth dependency ratio of 32.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 15.5 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
Asia population pyramids by year: 1950 · 1960 · 1970 · 1980 · 1990 · 2000 · 2010 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 · 2030 · 2040 · 2050 · 2060 · 2070 · 2080 · 2090 · 2100





