Population ages 65 and above, total - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Total population 65 years of age or older. 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 | 5,644,234.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Egypt | 5,456,144.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 4,066,140.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | South Africa | 3,267,576.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Algeria | 2,956,844.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Morocco | 2,807,655.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 2,703,564.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Sudan | 1,611,075.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 1,579,127.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Kenya | 1,349,222.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 1,048,660.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Ghana | 975,799.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Uganda | 908,279.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 894,476.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 858,614.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 760,372.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 721,027.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Angola | 720,252.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Niger | 628,427.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Senegal | 520,426.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Malawi | 505,326.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 503,984.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Mali | 501,644.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Somalia | 461,243.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 447,995.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Chad | 410,413.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Rwanda | 404,019.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Benin | 397,455.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Zambia | 391,950.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Guinea | 387,722.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Libya | 310,982.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Burundi | 283,017.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Togo | 240,499.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 233,513.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Liberia | 167,838.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Mauritius | 158,472.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Congo | 152,451.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 147,760.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 135,143.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Eritrea | 131,254.00 | 2011 |
| 41 | Botswana | 106,110.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Lesotho | 106,016.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Namibia | 91,113.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Gabon | 78,542.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | The Gambia | 61,176.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 56,792.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Eswatini | 46,550.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Djibouti | 46,500.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 33,411.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Comoros | 27,008.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 26,608.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Seychelles | 7,942.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | São Tomé and Principe | 6,593.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
