Population ages 65 and above, female (% of total population) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of total population) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Mauritius4.21
2Tunisia3.56
3Morocco2.92
4Cape Verde2.85
5Lesotho2.74
6South Africa2.67
7North Africa2.62
8Algeria2.54
9Egypt2.46
10Gabon2.36
11Sao Tome and Principe2.28
12Zimbabwe2.26
13Botswana2.20
14Central African Republic2.17
15Republic of the Congo2.08
16Libya2.07
17Namibia2.05
18Togo1.96
19Cameroon1.93
20Swaziland1.93
21Sudan1.92
22Benin1.91
23Guinea-Bissau1.89
24Mozambique1.87
25Ghana1.87
26Africa1.87
27Guinea1.81
28Ivory Coast1.81
29Djibouti1.76
30Comoros1.72
31Sub-Saharan Africa1.72
32Burundi1.71
33Liberia1.71
34Ethiopia1.71
35Tanzania1.70
36Nigeria1.68
37Malawi1.66
38Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa1.66
39Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria1.65
40Equatorial Guinea1.64
41Zambia1.64
42Madagascar1.62
43Chad1.59
44Mauritania1.56
45Gambia1.52
46Rwanda1.52
47Somalia1.50
48Eritrea1.50
49Democratic Republic of the Congo1.50
50Kenya1.43
51Uganda1.41
52Angola1.38
53Senegal1.28
54Mali1.24
55Burkina Faso1.21
56Niger1.08
57Sierra Leone0.95
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