Population growth in South Asia
The population of South Asia changed by 0.88% in 2025.
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
0.88%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
0.91%
Population growth in South Asia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.88% | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 0.89% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 0.88% | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 0.81% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 0.84% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 0.97% | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 1.02% | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 1.05% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 1.11% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 1.15% | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 1.15% | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 1.20% | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 1.21% | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 1.30% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 1.33% | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 1.37% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 1.36% | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 1.37% | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 1.44% | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 1.50% | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 1.57% | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 1.64% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 1.68% | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 1.76% | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 1.84% | 1.34% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.89% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.15%, the figure has changed by −0.26 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.
More for South Asia
All statistics for South Asia
Population
1,692,252,900 people
2025 · World Bank
Net migration
-1,295,104 people
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
7.4%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
24.6%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.98 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
16.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank