Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Southern Asia

Population aged 15–64 in Southern Asia in 2025 — 1,391,590,972 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 326.5%.

2025 1.39B people +1.32% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.39B people2025
Period minimum 326M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Southern Asia, 1960–20250500M1B1.5B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 326,298,228 people1962: 339,093,947 people1964: 352,445,403 people1966: 368,065,391 people1968: 385,286,160 people1970: 403,800,230 people1972: 423,168,409 people1974: 445,092,337 people1976: 469,324,394 people1978: 494,902,303 people1980: 522,049,751 people1982: 550,564,626 people1984: 579,545,383 people1986: 609,698,360 people1988: 641,651,716 people1990: 675,598,829 people1992: 711,169,407 people1994: 747,376,392 people1996: 787,277,551 people1998: 830,236,365 people2000: 875,163,729 people2002: 920,004,044 people2004: 964,951,203 people2006: 1,010,736,077 people2008: 1,055,355,335 people2010: 1,099,920,992 people2012: 1,143,755,964 people2014: 1,185,302,788 people2016: 1,225,529,432 people2018: 1,265,033,341 people2020: 1,302,860,648 people2022: 1,338,342,437 people2024: 1,373,519,027 people2025: 1,391,590,972 people
Change over the period: +1.07B (+326.48%) Average annual rate: 2.26 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Asia 1.39B people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.39B +18.07M +1.32%
2024 1.37B +17.82M +1.31%
2023 1.36B +17.35M +1.3%
2022 1.34B +17.26M +1.31%
2021 1.32B +18.22M +1.4%
2020 1.3B +18.93M +1.47%
2019 1.28B +18.9M +1.49%
2018 1.27B +19.42M +1.56%
2017 1.25B +20.08M +1.64%
2016 1.23B +20.1M +1.67%
2015 1.21B +20.12M +1.7%
2014 1.19B +20.81M +1.79%
2013 1.16B +20.74M +1.81%
2012 1.14B +21.69M +1.93%
2011 1.12B +22.15M +2.01%
2010 1.1B +22.38M +2.08%
2009 1.08B +22.18M +2.1%
2008 1.06B +22.01M +2.13%
2007 1.03B +22.61M +2.24%
2006 1.01B +22.87M +2.32%
2005 988M +22.91M +2.37%
2004 965M +22.93M +2.43%
2003 942M +22.01M +2.39%
2002 920M +22.08M +2.46%
2001 898M +22.76M +2.6%
2000 875M +22.61M +2.65%
1999 853M +22.32M +2.69%
1998 830M +21.81M +2.7%
1997 808M +21.15M +2.69%
1996 787M +20.43M +2.66%
1995 767M +19.47M +2.6%
1994 747M +18.31M +2.51%
1993 729M +17.9M +2.52%
1992 711M +17.92M +2.58%
1991 693M +17.65M +2.61%
1990 676M +17.25M +2.62%
1989 658M +16.7M +2.6%
1988 642M +16.19M +2.59%
1987 625M +15.77M +2.59%
1986 610M +15.33M +2.58%
1985 594M +14.82M +2.56%
1984 580M +14.56M +2.58%
1983 565M +14.42M +2.62%
1982 551M +14.36M +2.68%
1981 536M +14.16M +2.71%
1980 522M +13.87M +2.73%
1979 508M +13.27M +2.68%
1978 495M +12.86M +2.67%
1977 482M +12.72M +2.71%
1976 469M +12.29M +2.69%
1975 457M +11.95M +2.68%
1974 445M +11.23M +2.59%
1973 434M +10.69M +2.53%
1972 423M +9.75M +2.36%
1971 413M +9.62M +2.38%
1970 404M +9.69M +2.46%
1969 394M +8.83M +2.29%
1968 385M +8.77M +2.33%
1967 377M +8.45M +2.3%
1966 368M +7.92M +2.2%
1965 360M +7.7M +2.18%
1964 352M +6.99M +2.02%
1963 345M +6.36M +1.87%
1962 339M +6.39M +1.92%
1961 333M +6.4M +1.96%
1960 326M

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.