Southern Africa Population Pyramid 1979
Year
1979Southern Africa in 1979
As of 1979, Southern Africa counted 32,442,098 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1969, the population was 24,350,938; it has grown by 33.2% since.
The median age was 19.0 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 76.4 children under 15 and 6.9 people aged 65 or over. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid 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.
2,829,624 immigrants live in Southern Africa.
| Zimbabwe | 1,156,709 |
| Mozambique | 423,035 |
| Lesotho | 238,375 |
| Malawi | 222,490 |
| Ethiopia | 104,663 |
1,320,086 people born in Southern Africa live in other countries.
| South Africa | 289,297 |
| United Kingdom | 245,446 |
| Australia | 217,589 |
| United States of America | 161,507 |
| New Zealand | 101,970 |





