Eastern Africa Population Pyramid 1970

Eastern Africa
1970
Population: 109,784,398

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-5 -1   1970  +1 +5

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Eastern Africa in 1970

The population of Eastern Africa in 1970 was 109,784,398. A decade earlier, in 1960, the population was 82,990,189; it has grown by 32.3% since. With a median age of 17.0 years, Eastern Africa had a youth dependency ratio of 89.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.5 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.

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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