Western Asia Population Pyramid 2015
Western Asia in 2015
The population of Western Asia in 2015 was 264,901,431. A decade earlier, in 2005, the population was 208,672,640; it has grown by 26.9% since.
The median age was 26.3 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 46.1 children under 15 and 7.7 people aged 65 or over. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
47,180,132 immigrants live in Western Asia.
| India | 8,327,502 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 6,841,578 |
| Bangladesh | 4,967,051 |
| Egypt | 4,048,148 |
| Pakistan | 3,881,526 |
25,439,115 people born in Western Asia live in other countries.
| Turkey | 4,324,628 |
| Jordan | 4,231,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,895,909 |
| Germany | 2,629,358 |
| Lebanon | 1,280,621 |





