Population ages 15-64, female - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 54,872,480.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 32,600,200.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Egypt | 30,782,470.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 23,044,590.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | South Africa | 19,666,310.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 16,112,680.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Kenya | 15,982,400.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Algeria | 13,584,230.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Sudan | 12,474,070.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Morocco | 12,295,310.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Uganda | 12,219,260.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Ghana | 9,148,330.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Mozambique | 8,642,016.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Angola | 8,616,194.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 7,916,662.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 7,335,743.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,270,410.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Niger | 5,809,993.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 5,598,264.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Malawi | 5,313,130.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Mali | 5,145,266.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 5,033,425.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Senegal | 4,751,305.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 4,380,879.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Chad | 4,200,400.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Somalia | 4,087,052.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Tunisia | 3,988,719.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 3,801,197.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Guinea | 3,731,155.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Benin | 3,336,519.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Burundi | 3,163,000.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Togo | 2,351,771.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Libya | 2,302,734.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 2,255,686.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Congo | 1,546,225.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Liberia | 1,421,384.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Mauritania | 1,322,363.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 1,308,627.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 902,550.00 | 2011 |
| 40 | Namibia | 783,351.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Botswana | 760,631.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Lesotho | 672,249.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | The Gambia | 660,589.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Gabon | 638,284.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 560,592.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Mauritius | 447,132.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 350,614.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Eswatini | 344,464.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 307,586.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Comoros | 249,637.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 182,706.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 60,470.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 32,071.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.
