Population — all countries

Population — Southern Asia

Population in Southern Asia in 2025 — 2,083,734,246 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 256.7%.

2025 2.08B people +1.01% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.08B people2025
Period minimum 584M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — Southern Asia, 1960–202501B2B3B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 584,134,105 people1962: 613,530,985 people1964: 644,238,586 people1966: 675,155,350 people1968: 707,176,725 people1970: 740,680,156 people1972: 774,741,266 people1974: 812,928,460 people1976: 853,735,011 people1978: 896,374,464 people1980: 941,672,420 people1982: 989,702,117 people1984: 1,040,043,654 people1986: 1,092,119,072 people1988: 1,145,364,882 people1990: 1,199,878,346 people1992: 1,255,085,375 people1994: 1,309,824,992 people1996: 1,365,200,306 people1998: 1,421,608,141 people2000: 1,478,613,595 people2002: 1,535,196,779 people2004: 1,591,053,557 people2006: 1,645,686,880 people2008: 1,697,543,103 people2010: 1,749,910,988 people2012: 1,801,150,812 people2014: 1,848,398,461 people2016: 1,893,763,573 people2018: 1,938,954,643 people2020: 1,982,867,585 people2022: 2,021,813,320 people2024: 2,062,868,926 people2025: 2,083,734,246 people
Change over the period: +1.5B (+256.72%) Average annual rate: 1.98 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Asia 2.08B people
World 8.22B people
Population — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.08B +20.87M +1.01%
2024 2.06B +20.72M +1.01%
2023 2.04B +20.34M +1.01%
2022 2.02B +19.09M +0.95%
2021 2B +19.85M +1%
2020 1.98B +21.75M +1.11%
2019 1.96B +22.17M +1.14%
2018 1.94B +22.44M +1.17%
2017 1.92B +22.75M +1.2%
2016 1.89B +22.65M +1.21%
2015 1.87B +22.71M +1.23%
2014 1.85B +23.63M +1.29%
2013 1.82B +23.62M +1.31%
2012 1.8B +25.3M +1.42%
2011 1.78B +25.94M +1.48%
2010 1.75B +26.24M +1.52%
2009 1.72B +26.13M +1.54%
2008 1.7B +25.59M +1.53%
2007 1.67B +26.27M +1.6%
2006 1.65B +27.11M +1.68%
2005 1.62B +27.52M +1.73%
2004 1.59B +28.09M +1.8%
2003 1.56B +27.76M +1.81%
2002 1.54B +28.04M +1.86%
2001 1.51B +28.54M +1.93%
2000 1.48B +28.45M +1.96%
1999 1.45B +28.55M +2.01%
1998 1.42B +28.36M +2.04%
1997 1.39B +28.05M +2.05%
1996 1.37B +27.83M +2.08%
1995 1.34B +27.54M +2.1%
1994 1.31B +27.2M +2.12%
1993 1.28B +27.54M +2.19%
1992 1.26B +27.74M +2.26%
1991 1.23B +27.47M +2.29%
1990 1.2B +27.39M +2.34%
1989 1.17B +27.12M +2.37%
1988 1.15B +26.72M +2.39%
1987 1.12B +26.53M +2.43%
1986 1.09B +26.26M +2.46%
1985 1.07B +25.82M +2.48%
1984 1.04B +25.43M +2.51%
1983 1.01B +24.92M +2.52%
1982 990M +24.33M +2.52%
1981 965M +23.7M +2.52%
1980 942M +23.15M +2.52%
1979 919M +22.14M +2.47%
1978 896M +21.44M +2.45%
1977 875M +21.2M +2.48%
1976 854M +20.6M +2.47%
1975 833M +20.2M +2.49%
1974 813M +19.47M +2.45%
1973 793M +18.72M +2.42%
1972 775M +17.22M +2.27%
1971 758M +16.85M +2.27%
1970 741M +17.15M +2.37%
1969 724M +16.35M +2.31%
1968 707M +16.21M +2.35%
1967 691M +15.81M +2.34%
1966 675M +15.38M +2.33%
1965 660M +15.54M +2.41%
1964 644M +15.56M +2.47%
1963 629M +15.15M +2.47%
1962 614M +14.85M +2.48%
1961 599M +14.54M +2.49%
1960 584M

About the indicator

Total population counts all residents of a country regardless of legal status or citizenship, as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN: national censuses and population registers are harmonized to a single de facto definition of population, so the figures may diverge from the official data of countries that count resident population instead.

Important: Values for the years after the latest census are estimates; for countries with heavy migration the gap with national statistics can reach several percent.

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