Eastern Africa Population Pyramid 1971
Eastern Africa in 1971
In 1971, Eastern Africa had a total population of 112,989,678 people. A decade earlier, in 1961, the population was 85,217,376; it has grown by 32.6% since.
With a median age of 16.9 years, Eastern Africa had a youth dependency ratio of 90.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.5 per 100 people of working age. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
7,783,278 immigrants live in Eastern Africa.
| South Sudan | 1,483,453 |
| D.R. Congo | 1,421,580 |
| Somalia | 961,177 |
| Sudan | 849,309 |
| Uganda | 530,911 |
13,218,610 people born in Eastern Africa live in other countries.
| Sudan | 2,023,501 |
| South Africa | 1,916,549 |
| Uganda | 1,208,054 |
| Ethiopia | 1,016,925 |
| Kenya | 876,427 |





