Southern Africa Population Pyramid 2010

Southern Africa
2010
Population: 59,594,873

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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Southern Africa in 2010

The population of Southern Africa in 2010 was 59,594,873. That is 11.0% more than in 2000, when the population stood at 53,701,074. With a median age of 24.2 years, Southern Africa had a youth dependency ratio of 46.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 7.8 per 100 people of working age. 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.

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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