Southern Asia

Largest Countries:: India, Iran
Number of Countries:: 9
Land Area:: 6.9M km² (4.61%)

Southern Asia is a sub-continent located in Asia. Southern Asia comprises 4.61% of the world's land area, along with 25.38% of the world's current population. The estimated population for Southern Asia is 2,106,270,433.

Southern Asia Population by Country

< 1M

1M - 10M

10M - 50M

50M - 100M

100M - 300M

> 300M

9 countries

Country	Population ↓	Density /km²
India	1,476,625,576	449
Pakistan	259,299,791	294
Bangladesh	177,818,044	1,205
Iran	93,168,497	57
Afghanistan	45,047,069	69
Nepal	29,629,410	201
Sri Lanka	23,348,315	356
Bhutan	802,214	21
Maldives	531,517	1,772

Southern Asia's Population Growth

Southern Asia Population

Historical

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Year ↓	Population	Change	Density /km²
2026	2,106,270,433	1.01%	307
2025	2,085,207,716	1.01%	304
2020	1,983,510,392	1.17%	289
2015	1,871,872,058	1.36%	273
2010	1,749,910,988	1.57%	255
2005	1,618,572,618	1.83%	236
2000	1,478,613,595	2.03%	215
1995	1,337,369,215	2.19%	195
1990	1,199,878,346	2.4%	175
1985	1,065,860,451	2.51%	155
1980	941,672,420	2.48%	137
1975	833,130,616	2.38%	121
1970	740,680,156	2.34%	108
1965	659,780,339	2.47%	96
1960	584,134,105	2.4%	85
1955	518,752,079	2.25%	76
1950	464,073,746	-0.42%	68
1945	473,954,394	-0.05%	69
1940	475,093,520	1.23%	69
1935	446,864,901	1.38%	65
1930	417,284,572	0.98%	61
1925	397,520,786	0.81%	58
1920	381,873,137	0.37%	56
1915	374,800,613	0.28%	55
1910	369,681,963	0.54%	54
1905	359,807,551	0.54%	52
1900	350,169,928	0%	51

Year ↑	Population	Change	Density /km²
2026	2,106,270,433	1.01%	307
2030	2,189,258,884	0.97%	319
2035	2,286,184,435	0.87%	333
2040	2,371,842,475	0.74%	345
2045	2,444,998,837	0.61%	356
2050	2,505,837,296	0.49%	365
2055	2,554,540,499	0.39%	372
2060	2,591,631,877	0.29%	377
2065	2,616,199,753	0.19%	381
2070	2,628,060,912	0.09%	383
2075	2,627,148,225	-0.01%	382
2080	2,614,706,492	-0.09%	381
2085	2,592,735,781	-0.17%	377
2090	2,563,368,350	-0.23%	373
2095	2,528,575,409	-0.27%	368