Africa Population Pyramid 1970

Africa
1970
Population: 365,551,873

Year

-5 -1   1970  +1 +5

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Africa in 1970

As of 1970, Africa counted 365,551,874 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 28.8%, up from 283,921,952 in 1960. With a median age of 17.8 years, Africa had a youth dependency ratio of 84.5 and an old-age dependency ratio of 6.1 per 100 people of working age. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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