Eastern Asia Population Pyramid 2021

Eastern Asia
2021
Population: 1,665,274,546

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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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Eastern Asia in 2021

The population of Eastern Asia in 2021 was 1,665,274,546. A decade earlier, in 2011, the population was 1,596,309,473; it has grown by 4.3% since. The median age was 40.0 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 24.7 children under 15 and 21.2 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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