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.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| 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