Southern Asia Population Pyramid 2000

Southern Asia
2000
Population: 1,478,613,594

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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Southern Asia in 2000

In 2000, Southern Asia had a total population of 1,478,613,594 people. That is 23.2% more than in 1990, when the population stood at 1,199,878,345. With a median age of 21.5 years, Southern Asia had a youth dependency ratio of 61.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 7.1 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.

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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