Population ages 15-64, total - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Total population between the ages 15 to 64 is the number of people who could potentially be economically active. 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 15-64, total - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa550,267,450
2Sub-Saharan Africa443,774,669
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa412,191,463
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria330,163,545
5North Africa106,492,781
6Nigeria82,027,918
7Egypt51,367,414
8Ethiopia42,770,267
9Democratic Republic of the Congo32,357,488
10South Africa31,583,207
11Sudan23,524,309
12Algeria23,242,140
13Tanzania22,200,872
14Kenya21,033,337
15Morocco20,573,594
16Uganda15,333,713
17Ghana13,472,683
18Mozambique11,477,880
19Ivory Coast11,396,173
20Cameroon10,460,458
21Madagascar10,255,213
22Angola9,416,064
23Burkina Faso7,879,517
24Malawi7,209,715
25Tunisia7,184,748
26Niger7,088,075
27Zimbabwe6,945,523
28Mali6,792,157
29Senegal6,570,551
30Zambia6,403,213
31Chad5,680,712
32Rwanda5,373,390
33Guinea5,295,012
34Burundi4,701,251
35Somalia4,692,817
36Benin4,640,188
37Libya4,124,885
38Togo3,634,240
39Sierra Leone3,051,636
40Eritrea2,799,878
41Central African Republic2,442,349
42Liberia2,047,586
43Republic of the Congo2,006,833
44Mauritania1,842,982
45Namibia1,248,090
46Botswana1,192,101
47Lesotho1,131,174
48Gambia908,215
49Mauritius885,365
50Gabon853,150
51Guinea-Bissau849,246
52Swaziland662,644
53Djibouti510,263
54Comoros377,985
55Equatorial Guinea367,869
56Cape Verde292,913
57Sao Tome and Principe88,445
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