Eastern Africa Population Pyramid 2022
Eastern Africa in 2022
In 2022, Eastern Africa had a total population of 475,299,910 people. A decade earlier, in 2012, the population was 364,896,603; it has grown by 30.3% since.
The median age was 18.8 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 74.2 children under 15 and 5.3 people aged 65 or over. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
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 |





