Population aged 0 to 14 in South Asia
24.6% of the population of South Asia was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025
24.6%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
24.4%
Population aged 0 to 14 in South Asia over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.6% | 24.4% |
| 2024 | 25.0% | 24.7% |
| 2023 | 25.4% | 25.0% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | 25.3% |
| 2021 | 26.3% | 25.6% |
| 2020 | 26.7% | 25.8% |
| 2019 | 27.1% | 26.0% |
| 2018 | 27.6% | 26.2% |
| 2017 | 28.1% | 26.4% |
| 2016 | 28.6% | 26.5% |
| 2015 | 29.2% | 26.6% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 30.2% | 26.9% |
| 2012 | 30.7% | 27.0% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | 27.1% |
| 2010 | 31.6% | 27.3% |
| 2009 | 32.1% | 27.5% |
| 2008 | 32.5% | 27.6% |
| 2007 | 32.9% | 27.9% |
| 2006 | 33.4% | 28.1% |
| 2005 | 33.8% | 28.5% |
| 2004 | 34.2% | 28.8% |
| 2003 | 34.6% | 29.2% |
| 2002 | 35.0% | 29.6% |
| 2001 | 35.3% | 30.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 25.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.2%, the figure has changed by −4.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.
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Population aged 65 and over
7.4%
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Fertility rate
1.98 births per woman
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Population
1,692,252,900 people
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Population growth
0.88%
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Crude birth rate
16.4 per 1,000 people
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Crude death rate
6.5 per 1,000 people
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