Southern Asia Population Pyramid 2017

Southern Asia
2017
Population: 1,917,144,604

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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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Southern Asia in 2017

In 2017, Southern Asia had a total population of 1,917,144,604 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 14.7%, up from 1,671,955,186 in 2007. The median age was 26.0 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 45.3 children under 15 and 8.6 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.

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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