Population ages 0-14, total - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Total 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 | 89,645,180.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 45,890,740.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 41,014,820.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Egypt | 34,712,880.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Tanzania | 26,016,900.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Uganda | 21,048,120.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Kenya | 20,750,130.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Sudan | 17,451,730.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | South Africa | 17,081,570.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Angola | 15,248,420.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Mozambique | 13,772,020.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Algeria | 13,498,890.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Niger | 12,023,910.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Ghana | 11,537,740.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 11,166,230.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Madagascar | 11,093,730.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10,949,220.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Morocco | 9,880,215.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Mali | 9,519,370.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 9,274,847.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Malawi | 8,224,361.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 8,092,137.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Chad | 7,636,431.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Somalia | 7,334,706.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Senegal | 7,131,501.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 6,229,216.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Guinea | 5,653,530.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Burundi | 5,380,807.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Rwanda | 5,112,785.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Benin | 5,085,024.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Togo | 3,364,175.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 3,218,205.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Tunisia | 2,870,823.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Congo | 2,277,331.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 2,102,963.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Liberia | 2,041,896.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Libya | 1,909,172.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 1,845,222.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 1,291,398.00 | 2011 |
| 40 | The Gambia | 1,062,124.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Namibia | 936,105.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Gabon | 829,393.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 825,127.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Botswana | 785,530.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Lesotho | 690,620.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 516,007.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Eswatini | 434,399.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Comoros | 339,315.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 285,654.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Mauritius | 212,451.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 156,130.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 91,517.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 23,401.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual