Population ages 0-14, female - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Female population between the ages 0 to 14. 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 | 43,820,700.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 22,650,860.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 20,328,700.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Egypt | 16,843,470.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Tanzania | 12,861,430.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Uganda | 10,428,840.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Kenya | 10,288,210.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Sudan | 8,605,091.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | South Africa | 8,444,602.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Angola | 7,590,076.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Mozambique | 6,866,946.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Algeria | 6,608,900.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Niger | 5,905,441.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Ghana | 5,647,100.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 5,533,911.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Madagascar | 5,493,932.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,447,329.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Morocco | 4,810,164.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Mali | 4,679,393.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 4,554,844.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Malawi | 4,079,098.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 4,008,980.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Chad | 3,801,202.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Somalia | 3,642,679.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Senegal | 3,518,326.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 3,102,450.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Guinea | 2,807,031.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Burundi | 2,670,454.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Rwanda | 2,547,236.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Benin | 2,505,800.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Togo | 1,677,012.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 1,605,850.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Tunisia | 1,391,749.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Congo | 1,128,317.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 1,045,376.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Liberia | 1,000,615.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Libya | 929,232.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 907,701.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 633,319.00 | 2011 |
| 40 | The Gambia | 526,078.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Namibia | 468,084.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Gabon | 410,857.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 409,750.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Botswana | 388,272.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Lesotho | 344,969.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 254,562.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Eswatini | 215,822.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Comoros | 166,604.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 137,294.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Mauritius | 104,182.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 77,095.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 45,264.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 11,384.00 | 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.
