South-Eastern Asia Population Pyramid 1998
Year
1998South-Eastern Asia in 1998
The population of South-Eastern Asia in 1998 was 511,067,380. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 21.0%, up from 422,509,788 in 1988.
With a median age of 23.5 years, South-Eastern Asia had a youth dependency ratio of 53.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 7.5 per 100 people of working age. 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.
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 |





