Population ages 15-64, total - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Total 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
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 110,850,200.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 65,006,700.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Egypt | 62,165,380.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 45,843,020.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | South Africa | 38,959,540.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 32,138,190.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Kenya | 31,671,950.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Algeria | 27,395,310.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Sudan | 24,786,460.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Morocco | 24,222,690.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Uganda | 23,784,600.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Ghana | 18,559,400.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Angola | 16,897,590.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 16,588,940.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 15,738,680.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14,668,680.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 14,658,600.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Niger | 11,554,300.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 11,124,450.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Malawi | 10,400,270.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Mali | 10,229,820.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 9,899,869.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Senegal | 9,092,003.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Chad | 8,379,015.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 8,185,716.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Somalia | 8,097,270.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Tunisia | 7,899,135.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 7,435,405.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Guinea | 7,091,540.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Benin | 6,640,719.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Burundi | 6,226,957.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Togo | 4,674,062.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Libya | 4,651,134.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 4,525,267.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Congo | 3,088,310.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Liberia | 2,847,943.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Mauritania | 2,656,678.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 2,591,658.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 1,791,317.00 | 2011 |
| 40 | Namibia | 1,513,698.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Botswana | 1,459,985.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Lesotho | 1,345,616.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Gabon | 1,317,793.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | The Gambia | 1,293,364.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,086,079.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Mauritius | 894,816.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 853,567.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Eswatini | 679,215.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 655,848.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Comoros | 503,273.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 373,250.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 121,051.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 67,118.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
