Southern Africa Population Pyramid 2017

Southern Africa
2017
Population: 65,724,066

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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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Southern Africa in 2017

In 2017, Southern Africa had a total population of 65,724,067 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 14.3%, up from 57,502,358 in 2007. With a median age of 26.4 years, Southern Africa had a youth dependency ratio of 44.6 and an old-age dependency ratio of 8.2 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.

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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