Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — South Asia

Population aged 15–64 in South Asia in 2025 — 1,151,750,389 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 305.1%.

2025 1.15B people +1.17% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.15B people2025
Period minimum 284M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — South Asia, 1960–20250500M1B1.5B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 284,346,030 people1962: 295,208,674 people1964: 306,573,242 people1966: 319,993,210 people1968: 334,798,843 people1970: 350,587,952 people1972: 366,986,318 people1974: 385,472,726 people1976: 405,937,514 people1978: 427,446,092 people1980: 449,986,098 people1982: 473,080,872 people1984: 497,387,321 people1986: 522,669,052 people1988: 549,386,876 people1990: 577,799,987 people1992: 607,561,404 people1994: 638,536,325 people1996: 671,360,297 people1998: 705,948,088 people2000: 741,756,448 people2002: 777,381,346 people2004: 812,381,552 people2006: 847,461,883 people2008: 881,995,533 people2010: 917,219,143 people2012: 953,029,849 people2014: 988,044,044 people2016: 1,022,306,680 people2018: 1,054,920,453 people2020: 1,084,892,530 people2022: 1,111,741,384 people2024: 1,138,375,451 people2025: 1,151,750,389 people
Change over the period: +867M (+305.05%) Average annual rate: 2.18 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia

South Asia 1.15B people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.15B +13.37M +1.17%
2024 1.14B +13.42M +1.19%
2023 1.12B +13.22M +1.19%
2022 1.11B +12.99M +1.18%
2021 1.1B +13.86M +1.28%
2020 1.08B +14.87M +1.39%
2019 1.07B +15.11M +1.43%
2018 1.05B +15.78M +1.52%
2017 1.04B +16.83M +1.65%
2016 1.02B +17.2M +1.71%
2015 1.01B +17.07M +1.73%
2014 988M +17.58M +1.81%
2013 970M +17.43M +1.83%
2012 953M +17.9M +1.91%
2011 935M +17.91M +1.95%
2010 917M +17.84M +1.98%
2009 899M +17.38M +1.97%
2008 882M +17.08M +1.97%
2007 865M +17.45M +2.06%
2006 847M +17.51M +2.11%
2005 830M +17.57M +2.16%
2004 812M +17.66M +2.22%
2003 795M +17.34M +2.23%
2002 777M +17.61M +2.32%
2001 760M +18.01M +2.43%
2000 742M +18M +2.49%
1999 724M +17.8M +2.52%
1998 706M +17.47M +2.54%
1997 688M +17.12M +2.55%
1996 671M +16.73M +2.56%
1995 655M +16.09M +2.52%
1994 639M +15.57M +2.5%
1993 623M +15.4M +2.54%
1992 608M +15.09M +2.55%
1991 592M +14.67M +2.54%
1990 578M +14.38M +2.55%
1989 563M +14.03M +2.55%
1988 549M +13.56M +2.53%
1987 536M +13.16M +2.52%
1986 523M +12.81M +2.51%
1985 510M +12.47M +2.51%
1984 497M +12.27M +2.53%
1983 485M +12.04M +2.54%
1982 473M +11.69M +2.53%
1981 461M +11.41M +2.54%
1980 450M +11.46M +2.61%
1979 439M +11.08M +2.59%
1978 427M +10.78M +2.59%
1977 417M +10.73M +2.64%
1976 406M +10.38M +2.62%
1975 396M +10.09M +2.62%
1974 385M +9.47M +2.52%
1973 376M +9.02M +2.46%
1972 367M +8.22M +2.29%
1971 359M +8.18M +2.33%
1970 351M +8.28M +2.42%
1969 342M +7.51M +2.24%
1968 335M +7.53M +2.3%
1967 327M +7.28M +2.27%
1966 320M +6.79M +2.17%
1965 313M +6.63M +2.16%
1964 307M +5.99M +1.99%
1963 301M +5.38M +1.82%
1962 295M +5.42M +1.87%
1961 290M +5.44M +1.91%
1960 284M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.