Population — all countries

Population — Western Asia

Population in Western Asia in 2025 — 315,259,626 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 393.2%.

2025 315M people +2.1% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 315M people2025
Period minimum 63.92M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — Western Asia, 1960–20250100M200M300M400M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63,919,712 people1962: 67,661,091 people1964: 71,651,155 people1966: 75,788,328 people1968: 80,220,797 people1970: 84,822,229 people1972: 89,653,953 people1974: 94,696,057 people1976: 99,774,437 people1978: 105,354,842 people1980: 111,182,086 people1982: 117,284,079 people1984: 124,103,899 people1986: 131,088,474 people1988: 138,362,186 people1990: 147,179,570 people1992: 154,826,155 people1994: 163,258,027 people1996: 170,843,310 people1998: 178,472,676 people2000: 186,524,690 people2002: 195,102,028 people2004: 203,803,779 people2006: 213,307,952 people2008: 223,776,116 people2010: 233,580,577 people2012: 245,327,527 people2014: 256,733,138 people2016: 268,192,782 people2018: 275,688,423 people2020: 285,493,820 people2022: 295,244,301 people2024: 308,785,893 people2025: 315,259,626 people
Change over the period: +251M (+393.21%) Average annual rate: 2.49 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 315M people
World 8.22B people
Population — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 315M +6.47M +2.1%
2024 309M +6.67M +2.21%
2023 302M +6.87M +2.33%
2022 295M +6.82M +2.37%
2021 288M +2.93M +1.03%
2020 285M +5.39M +1.93%
2019 280M +4.41M +1.6%
2018 276M +3.4M +1.25%
2017 272M +4.09M +1.53%
2016 268M +5.51M +2.1%
2015 263M +5.95M +2.32%
2014 257M +5.28M +2.1%
2013 251M +6.12M +2.5%
2012 245M +5.93M +2.48%
2011 239M +5.82M +2.49%
2010 234M +4.14M +1.8%
2009 229M +5.66M +2.53%
2008 224M +5.74M +2.63%
2007 218M +4.73M +2.22%
2006 213M +4.9M +2.35%
2005 208M +4.6M +2.26%
2004 204M +4.38M +2.2%
2003 199M +4.32M +2.21%
2002 195M +4.32M +2.26%
2001 191M +4.26M +2.28%
2000 187M +4.17M +2.29%
1999 182M +3.88M +2.17%
1998 178M +3.81M +2.18%
1997 175M +3.82M +2.23%
1996 171M +3.79M +2.27%
1995 167M +3.79M +2.32%
1994 163M +4.17M +2.62%
1993 159M +4.26M +2.75%
1992 155M +4.19M +2.78%
1991 151M +3.46M +2.35%
1990 147M +5.07M +3.57%
1989 142M +3.75M +2.71%
1988 138M +3.62M +2.68%
1987 135M +3.66M +2.79%
1986 131M +3.54M +2.77%
1985 128M +3.45M +2.78%
1984 124M +3.47M +2.87%
1983 121M +3.35M +2.86%
1982 117M +3.11M +2.72%
1981 114M +2.99M +2.69%
1980 111M +2.94M +2.72%
1979 108M +2.88M +2.74%
1978 105M +2.84M +2.78%
1977 103M +2.74M +2.74%
1976 99.77M +2.58M +2.65%
1975 97.19M +2.5M +2.64%
1974 94.7M +2.52M +2.73%
1973 92.18M +2.53M +2.82%
1972 89.65M +2.45M +2.81%
1971 87.21M +2.38M +2.81%
1970 84.82M +2.32M +2.81%
1969 82.51M +2.29M +2.85%
1968 80.22M +2.21M +2.84%
1967 78.01M +2.22M +2.93%
1966 75.79M +2.09M +2.84%
1965 73.69M +2.04M +2.85%
1964 71.65M +2.03M +2.92%
1963 69.62M +1.96M +2.9%
1962 67.66M +1.91M +2.9%
1961 65.75M +1.83M +2.87%
1960 63.92M

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.