Less developed regions, excluding China Population Pyramid 2012
Year
2012Less developed regions, excluding China in 2012
As of 2012, Less developed regions, excluding China counted 4,552,731,412 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2002, the population was 3,822,116,696; it has grown by 19.1% since.
Half of the population was younger than 24.2 years; 32.5% were children under 15 and 5.0% were 65 or older. 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.
121,858,603 immigrants live in Less developed regions, excluding China.
| India | 11,223,084 |
| Bangladesh | 7,635,130 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 7,088,821 |
| Venezuela | 6,808,426 |
| Afghanistan | 6,243,077 |
200,222,062 people born in Less developed regions, excluding China live in other countries.
| United States of America | 39,505,807 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13,394,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,847,130 |
| Spain | 5,823,989 |
| France | 5,569,885 |





