Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Female population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 49.06 | 2020 |
| 2 | Mali | 46.30 | 2020 |
| 3 | Chad | 46.21 | 2020 |
| 4 | Somalia | 45.71 | 2020 |
| 5 | Angola | 45.71 | 2020 |
| 6 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 45.32 | 2020 |
| 7 | Uganda | 44.96 | 2020 |
| 8 | Burundi | 44.58 | 2020 |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 43.55 | 2020 |
| 10 | Zambia | 43.20 | 2020 |
| 11 | The Gambia | 43.19 | 2020 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 43.10 | 2020 |
| 13 | Tanzania | 43.04 | 2020 |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 42.92 | 2020 |
| 15 | Mozambique | 42.74 | 2020 |
| 16 | Malawi | 42.07 | 2020 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 41.71 | 2020 |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.65 | 2020 |
| 19 | Guinea | 41.40 | 2020 |
| 20 | São Tomé and Principe | 41.34 | 2020 |
| 21 | Benin | 41.29 | 2020 |
| 22 | Senegal | 41.04 | 2020 |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.89 | 2020 |
| 24 | Congo | 40.86 | 2020 |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.76 | 2020 |
| 26 | Togo | 40.32 | 2020 |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 40.19 | 2020 |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 39.92 | 2020 |
| 29 | Liberia | 39.78 | 2020 |
| 30 | Madagascar | 39.59 | 2020 |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 39.43 | 2020 |
| 32 | Eritrea | 39.40 | 2011 |
| 33 | Sudan | 39.22 | 2020 |
| 34 | Mauritania | 39.21 | 2020 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 38.68 | 2020 |
| 36 | Comoros | 38.66 | 2020 |
| 37 | Kenya | 38.03 | 2020 |
| 38 | Gabon | 37.59 | 2020 |
| 39 | Ghana | 36.85 | 2020 |
| 40 | Eswatini | 36.58 | 2020 |
| 41 | Namibia | 35.75 | 2020 |
| 42 | Egypt | 33.27 | 2020 |
| 43 | Botswana | 32.02 | 2020 |
| 44 | Lesotho | 31.79 | 2020 |
| 45 | Algeria | 30.46 | 2020 |
| 46 | Djibouti | 29.27 | 2020 |
| 47 | South Africa | 28.06 | 2020 |
| 48 | Cabo Verde | 27.85 | 2020 |
| 49 | Libya | 27.31 | 2020 |
| 50 | Morocco | 25.87 | 2020 |
| 51 | Seychelles | 23.74 | 2020 |
| 52 | Tunisia | 23.36 | 2020 |
| 53 | Mauritius | 16.25 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
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.
