Southern Africa Population Pyramid 2018
Year
2018Southern Africa in 2018
As of 2018, Southern Africa counted 66,842,000 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2008, the population was 58,176,257; it has grown by 14.9% since.
The median age was 26.8 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 43.9 children under 15 and 8.4 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
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 |





