Southern Africa Population Pyramid 2022
Year
2022Southern Africa in 2022
The population of Southern Africa in 2022 was 71,212,991. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 16.3%, up from 61,244,055 in 2012.
The median age was 28.1 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 41.2 children under 15 and 9.1 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 |





