Western Asia Population Pyramid 2025
Western Asia in 2025
The population of Western Asia in 2025 was 314,297,232. That is 18.6% more than in 2015, when the population stood at 264,901,431.
With a median age of 28.5 years, Western Asia had a youth dependency ratio of 41.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 9.4 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.
47,180,132 immigrants live in Western Asia.
| India | 8,327,502 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 6,841,578 |
| Bangladesh | 4,967,051 |
| Egypt | 4,048,148 |
| Pakistan | 3,881,526 |
25,439,115 people born in Western Asia live in other countries.
| Turkey | 4,324,628 |
| Jordan | 4,231,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,895,909 |
| Germany | 2,629,358 |
| Lebanon | 1,280,621 |





