Population in South Asia
The population of South Asia was 1,692,252,900 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest 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
1,692,252,900
Change from 2024
+0.9%
World, 2025
8,215,424,893 people
Population 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.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,692,252,900 people | 8,215,424,893 people |
| 2024 | 1,677,384,532 people | 8,140,897,523 people |
| 2023 | 1,662,580,579 people | 8,062,923,417 people |
| 2022 | 1,648,009,565 people | 7,988,550,201 people |
| 2021 | 1,634,785,356 people | 7,919,567,995 people |
| 2020 | 1,621,073,417 people | 7,853,863,139 people |
| 2019 | 1,605,412,986 people | 7,777,162,476 people |
| 2018 | 1,589,164,714 people | 7,696,159,728 people |
| 2017 | 1,572,520,427 people | 7,613,788,655 people |
| 2016 | 1,555,111,864 people | 7,528,221,579 people |
| 2015 | 1,537,370,078 people | 7,441,084,771 people |
| 2014 | 1,519,839,246 people | 7,353,532,223 people |
| 2013 | 1,501,661,991 people | 7,265,404,737 people |
| 2012 | 1,483,553,073 people | 7,176,482,165 people |
| 2011 | 1,464,372,623 people | 7,086,704,141 people |
| 2010 | 1,444,967,010 people | 7,000,860,073 people |
| 2009 | 1,425,370,200 people | 6,916,168,196 people |
| 2008 | 1,406,047,164 people | 6,830,080,867 people |
| 2007 | 1,386,949,456 people | 6,744,049,498 people |
| 2006 | 1,367,187,349 people | 6,659,536,021 people |
| 2005 | 1,346,886,384 people | 6,575,410,029 people |
| 2004 | 1,325,950,587 people | 6,492,354,627 people |
| 2003 | 1,304,347,790 people | 6,409,352,386 people |
| 2002 | 1,282,584,796 people | 6,327,171,255 people |
| 2001 | 1,260,149,056 people | 6,244,739,668 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9% from 1,677,384,532 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,537,370,078 people, the figure has changed by +10.1%.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.
More for South Asia
All statistics for South Asia
Population growth
0.88%
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
Crude death rate
6.5 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank