Western Africa Population Pyramid 1971
Western Africa in 1971
In 1971, Western Africa had a total population of 110,140,305 people. A decade earlier, in 1961, the population was 87,748,712; it has grown by 25.5% since.
The median age was 18.4 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 81.3 children under 15 and 6.0 people aged 65 or over. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population 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.
7,706,726 immigrants live in Western Africa.
| Burkina Faso | 2,026,281 |
| Mali | 1,000,882 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 948,444 |
| Benin | 615,742 |
| Togo | 541,509 |
11,328,034 people born in Western Africa live in other countries.
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2,811,282 |
| Nigeria | 1,172,502 |
| United States of America | 823,411 |
| Burkina Faso | 690,598 |
| France | 625,072 |





