Central Asia Population Pyramid 2008
Year
2008Central Asia in 2008
The population of Central Asia in 2008 was 61,947,251. A decade earlier, in 1998, the population was 55,277,408; it has grown by 12.1% since.
With a median age of 24.5 years, Central Asia had a youth dependency ratio of 45.5 and an old-age dependency ratio of 8.0 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
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 |





