Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Male population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total male population. 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 based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Mauritius 10.98 2020
2 Tunisia 8.04 2020
3 Morocco 7.20 2020
4 Seychelles 6.81 2020
5 Algeria 6.56 2020
6 Egypt 4.74 2020
7 South Africa 4.40 2020
8 Djibouti 4.31 2020
9 Libya 4.05 2020
10 Botswana 3.73 2020
11 Eritrea 3.72 2011
12 Lesotho 3.59 2020
13 Cabo Verde 3.42 2020
14 Sudan 3.42 2020
15 Ethiopia 3.25 2020
16 Gabon 3.07 2020
17 Côte d'Ivoire 3.01 2020
18 Eswatini 2.97 2020
19 Liberia 2.94 2020
20 Ghana 2.85 2020
21 Madagascar 2.84 2020
22 Benin 2.82 2020
23 Comoros 2.80 2020
24 Somalia 2.80 2020
25 Dem. Rep. Congo 2.74 2020
26 Namibia 2.71 2020
27 Mauritania 2.70 2020
28 Togo 2.67 2020
29 Senegal 2.65 2020
30 Rwanda 2.63 2020
31 São Tomé and Principe 2.59 2020
32 Nigeria 2.55 2020
33 Niger 2.53 2020
34 Sierra Leone 2.49 2020
35 The Gambia 2.48 2020
36 Cameroon 2.42 2020
37 Congo 2.38 2020
38 Guinea 2.30 2020
39 Chad 2.27 2020
40 Guinea-Bissau 2.27 2020
41 Zimbabwe 2.26 2020
42 Tanzania 2.24 2020
43 Central African Republic 2.23 2020
44 Mozambique 2.21 2020
45 Mali 2.17 2020
46 Malawi 2.14 2020
47 Burundi 2.13 2020
48 Kenya 2.12 2020
49 Equatorial Guinea 2.05 2020
50 Angola 1.97 2020
51 Burkina Faso 1.90 2020
52 Zambia 1.69 2020
53 Uganda 1.61 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual