Central Asia Population Pyramid 1998
Year
1998Central Asia in 1998
The population of Central Asia in 1998 was 55,277,408. A decade earlier, in 1988, the population was 49,224,167; it has grown by 12.3% since.
The median age was 22.2 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 61.4 children under 15 and 8.6 people aged 65 or over. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
3,721,620 immigrants live in Central Asia.
| Russian Federation | 1,834,377 |
| Uzbekistan | 827,101 |
| Ukraine | 232,130 |
| China | 196,700 |
| Turkmenistan | 119,267 |
6,331,874 people born in Central Asia live in other countries.
| Russian Federation | 2,935,970 |
| Kazakhstan | 989,442 |
| Germany | 896,268 |
| Ukraine | 536,540 |
| Turkey | 388,541 |





