Central Asian countries are experiencing a demographic transition due to
the shrinking fertility and mortality rates and are at the stage of getting
benefits from the demographic tailwinds with an increased working-age
population share. This potential may convert the transition into economic
growth and poverty reduction. Although all countries' economies grow,
poverty reduction stagnated. The main question is whether this stagnation
is due to an increase in the working-age population and whether the region
can utilize this benefit to reduce poverty through accumulating human
recourses. This paper analyzes the main channels that impact demographic
change with the human capital in the socio-economic situation and the
poverty rate of Central Asian countries by using cross-section data from
the period 2000 to 2019 using the fixed effects method. The results suggest
that the share of working-age population, human capital, GDP per capita,
and female labor force participation rate will reduce poverty in the
region.