Population ages 65 and above, female - 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 - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa18,341,433
2Sub-Saharan Africa14,058,085
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa12,756,579
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria10,216,396
5North Africa4,283,348
6Nigeria2,540,183
7Egypt2,002,879
8Ethiopia1,377,428
9South Africa1,301,506
10Democratic Republic of the Congo964,591
11Morocco911,260
12Algeria871,488
13Sudan795,076
14Tanzania722,449
15Kenya551,673
16Uganda445,421
17Ghana437,524
18Mozambique406,914
19Ivory Coast372,339
20Tunisia367,513
21Cameroon365,375
22Madagascar308,855
23Zimbabwe281,848
24Angola248,215
25Malawi236,387
26Zambia207,577
27Burkina Faso183,495
28Guinea177,848
29Chad176,118
30Benin165,668
31Niger157,737
32Mali157,448
33Senegal156,596
34Rwanda147,339
35Burundi138,023
36Somalia134,166
37Libya130,208
38Togo126,415
39Central African Republic95,827
40Republic of the Congo75,239
41Eritrea74,853
42Liberia65,003
43Lesotho55,322
44Mauritius53,476
45Sierra Leone52,619
46Mauritania49,869
47Namibia43,434
48Botswana41,929
49Gabon34,174
50Guinea-Bissau29,710
51Gambia25,287
52Swaziland22,509
53Djibouti14,911
54Cape Verde14,201
55Comoros11,039
56Equatorial Guinea10,806
57Sao Tome and Principe3,665
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