Southern Asia Population Pyramid 2026
Year
2026Southern Asia in 2026
In 2026, Southern Asia has an estimated population of 2,106,270,434 people. A decade earlier, in 2016, the population was 1,894,465,345; it has grown by 11.2% since.
With a median age of 28.8 years, Southern Asia has a youth dependency ratio of 38.6 and an old-age dependency ratio of 10.7 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
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.
14,857,548 immigrants live in Southern Asia.
| Afghanistan | 5,693,549 |
| Bangladesh | 2,338,190 |
| India | 2,131,118 |
| Myanmar | 1,381,635 |
| Pakistan | 853,388 |
47,612,838 people born in Southern Asia live in other countries.
| Saudi Arabia | 6,787,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5,352,371 |
| United States of America | 4,870,541 |
| India | 4,006,069 |
| Iran | 3,765,139 |





