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Population in South Asia: how the countries rank

How many people live where, how fast populations grow and how old they are. 12 indicators for the 6 economies of South Asia, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Population1.7bnSouth Asia, 2025 · world 8.2bnPopulation growth0.88%South Asia, 2025 · world 0.91%Urban share35.8%South Asia, 2025 · world 57.8%Density496.8South Asia, 2023 · world 62.1Fertility1.98South Asia, 2024 · world 2.19Birth rate16.4South Asia, 2024 · world 16.3Death rate6.5South Asia, 2024 · world 7.6Aged 0–1424.6%South Asia, 2025 · world 24.4%
Population
South AsiaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
02.5bn5.0bn7.5bn10.0bn1995200020052010201520202025South Asia1.7bnWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
Population growth
South AsiaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
-1.0%0%1.0%2.0%1995200020052010201520202025South Asia0.88%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
countries

All 6 economies, population

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its population profile.

6 shown
CountryPopulationPopulation growthUrban shareDensityFertilityBirth rateDeath rateAged 0–14
India1.5bn#1 · 20250.89%#2 · 202535.7%#4 · 2025488.0#3 · 20241.96#2 · 202416.0#3 · 20246.6#3 · 202424.2%#3 · 2025
Bangladesh176m#2 · 20251.22%#1 · 202533.2%#5 · 20251,333.4#2 · 20242.14#1 · 202420.0#1 · 20245.1#5 · 202427.6%#2 · 2025
Nepal29.6m#3 · 2025-0.11%#5 · 202567.0%#1 · 2025206.8#5 · 20241.96#3 · 202419.0#2 · 20247.0#2 · 202428.1%#1 · 2025
Sri Lanka21.8m#4 · 2025-0.73%#6 · 202520.5%#6 · 2025354.3#4 · 20241.95#4 · 202410.1#6 · 20247.8#1 · 202421.7%#4 · 2025
Bhutan796,682#5 · 20250.65%#3 · 202543.4%#2 · 202520.8#6 · 20241.45#6 · 202412.5#4 · 20246.1#4 · 202420.4%#5 · 2025
Maldives529,676#6 · 20250.35%#4 · 202542.5%#3 · 20251,771.1#1 · 20241.56#5 · 202410.6#5 · 20242.4#6 · 202419.0%#6 · 2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Population6 countries
  1. 1India1.5bn2025
  2. 2Bangladesh176m2025
  3. 3Nepal29.6m2025
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives529,6762025
  2. 5Bhutan796,6822025
  3. 4Sri Lanka21.8m2025
Median country 25.7m · group 1.7bn
Population growth6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh1.22%2025
  2. 2India0.89%2025
  3. 3Bhutan0.65%2025
Lowest
  1. 6Sri Lanka-0.73%2025
  2. 5Nepal-0.11%2025
  3. 4Maldives0.35%2025
Median country 0.50% · group 0.88%
Urban share6 countries
  1. 1Nepal67.0%2025
  2. 2Bhutan43.4%2025
  3. 3Maldives42.5%2025
Lowest
  1. 6Sri Lanka20.5%2025
  2. 5Bangladesh33.2%2025
  3. 4India35.7%2025
Median country 39.1% · group 35.8%
Density6 countries
  1. 1Maldives1,771.12024
  2. 2Bangladesh1,333.42024
  3. 3India488.02024
Lowest
  1. 6Bhutan20.82024
  2. 5Nepal206.82024
  3. 4Sri Lanka354.32024
Median country 421.1 · group 496.8
Fertility6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh2.142024
  2. 2India1.962024
  3. 3Nepal1.962024
Lowest
  1. 6Bhutan1.452024
  2. 5Maldives1.562024
  3. 4Sri Lanka1.952024
Median country 1.96 · group 1.98
Birth rate6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh20.02024
  2. 2Nepal19.02024
  3. 3India16.02024
Lowest
  1. 6Sri Lanka10.12024
  2. 5Maldives10.62024
  3. 4Bhutan12.52024
Median country 14.3 · group 16.4
Death rate6 countries
  1. 1Sri Lanka7.82024
  2. 2Nepal7.02024
  3. 3India6.62024
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives2.42024
  2. 5Bangladesh5.12024
  3. 4Bhutan6.12024
Median country 6.3 · group 6.5
Aged 0–146 countries
  1. 1Nepal28.1%2025
  2. 2Bangladesh27.6%2025
  3. 3India24.2%2025
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives19.0%2025
  2. 5Bhutan20.4%2025
  3. 4Sri Lanka21.7%2025
Median country 22.9% · group 24.6%
Aged 65+6 countries
  1. 1Sri Lanka12.5%2025
  2. 2India7.4%2025
  3. 3Bangladesh6.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives5.0%2025
  2. 5Nepal6.6%2025
  3. 4Bhutan6.6%2025
Median country 6.6% · group 7.4%
Dependency ratio6 countries
  1. 1Nepal53.1%2025
  2. 2Bangladesh52.2%2025
  3. 3Sri Lanka51.9%2025
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives31.6%2025
  2. 5Bhutan37.0%2025
  3. 4India46.1%2025
Median country 49.0% · group 47.0%
Net migration6 countries
  1. 1Bhutan4552025
  2. 2Maldives-2,2832025
  3. 3Sri Lanka-30,7242025
Lowest
  1. 6India-495,7532025
  2. 5Bangladesh-402,1002025
  3. 4Nepal-364,6992025
Median country -197,712 · group -1.3m
Adolescent births6 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh70.82024
  2. 2Nepal66.52024
  3. 3Sri Lanka14.72024
Lowest
  1. 6Maldives5.02024
  2. 5Bhutan8.72024
  3. 4India13.02024
Median country 13.9 · group 21.0
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