Southern Asia Population Pyramid 2021

Southern Asia
2021
Population: 2,003,263,427

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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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Southern Asia in 2021

The population of Southern Asia in 2021 was 2,003,263,428. A decade earlier, in 2011, the population was 1,775,849,994; it has grown by 12.8% since. Half of the population was younger than 27.2 years; 27.8% were children under 15 and 6.2% were 65 or older. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.

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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