Eastern Africa Population Pyramid 2026

Eastern Africa
2026
Population: 526,382,562

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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Eastern Africa in 2026

In 2026, Eastern Africa has an estimated population of 526,382,563 people. That is 29.7% more than in 2016, when the population stood at 405,752,451. With a median age of 19.6 years, Eastern Africa has a youth dependency ratio of 70.0 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.4 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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