South-Eastern Asia Population Pyramid 1970
Year
1970South-Eastern Asia in 1970
In 1970, South-Eastern Asia had a total population of 280,169,804 people. A decade earlier, in 1960, the population was 215,005,361; it has grown by 30.3% since.
With a median age of 18.2 years, South-Eastern Asia had a youth dependency ratio of 82.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 6.3 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
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.
10,188,681 immigrants live in South-Eastern Asia.
| Myanmar | 2,022,111 |
| Indonesia | 1,953,317 |
| Malaysia | 1,770,892 |
| China | 900,647 |
| India | 648,154 |
24,202,972 people born in South-Eastern Asia live in other countries.
| United States of America | 4,553,622 |
| Malaysia | 2,492,653 |
| Thailand | 2,411,537 |
| Bangladesh | 1,936,329 |
| Singapore | 1,733,686 |





