South-Eastern Asia Population Pyramid 1979
Year
1979South-Eastern Asia in 1979
The population of South-Eastern Asia in 1979 was 345,087,302. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 26.3%, up from 273,205,669 in 1969.
Half of the population was younger than 19.1 years; 40.9% were children under 15 and 3.7% were 65 or older. 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 |





