Table 13 - Demographic Indicator

 

Total Population (thousands)

Urban Population (% of total)

Sex ratio (males per 100 females)

Population Growth rate (%)

Infant mortality rate (per 1000)

Total fertility rate (per woman)

Mortality under age 5 (per 1000)

Distribution by age (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-14

15-64

65+

 

2012

2012

2012

2005

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

Algeria

36 486

67.7

101.9

1.5

1.4

21.7

2.2

27.6

26.6

68.7

4.7

Angola

20 163

60.2

98.2

3.3

2.7

96.8

5.2

156.6

45.9

51.6

2.5

Benin

9 352

43.0

97.5

3.1

2.7

77.6

5.1

122.5

43.4

53.5

3.0

Botswana

2 053

62.5

102.2

1.3

1.1

35.0

2.6

46.4

32.0

63.8

4.2

Burkina Faso

17 482

27.4

98.8

2.9

3.0

71.8

5.8

149.6

45.2

52.5

2.3

Burundi

8 749

11.7

96.6

3.0

2.0

94.8

4.1

153.1

37.5

59.6

2.9

Cameroon

20 469

59.9

99.7

2.2

2.2

86.1

4.3

137.8

40.4

56.1

3.5

Cape Verde

 505

62.5

98.6

1.3

0.9

18.4

2.3

21.6

30.2

64.2

5.6

Central Afr. Rep.

4 576

39.5

97.1

1.6

2.0

96.8

4.5

157.0

39.9

56.2

4.0

Chad

11 831

28.7

99.0

3.2

2.6

124.9

5.8

197.3

45.2

51.9

2.8

Comoros

 773

28.5

101.5

2.7

2.5

64.0

4.8

87.3

42.6

54.7

2.7

Congo 

4 233

62.9

100.2

2.5

2.2

67.4

4.5

104.8

40.5

55.8

3.7

Congo Dem. Rep.

69 575

36.5

99.0

2.9

2.6

110.2

5.5

181.5

45.8

51.5

2.7

Côte d´Ivoire

20 595

52.1

103.5

1.6

2.2

69.7

4.3

108.7

40.3

55.8

3.9

Djibouti

 923

76.4

100.1

1.8

1.9

75.6

3.6

105.2

35.1

61.4

3.5

Egypt

83 958

43.7

100.8

1.8

1.7

22.2

2.7

25.4

31.0

63.6

5.3

Equatorial Guinea

 740

40.2

105.0

3.0

2.8

94.3

5.0

152.3

39.0

58.2

2.8

Eritrea

5 581

22.6

97.3

3.8

3.0

48.0

4.3

62.8

41.5

55.9

2.5

Ethiopia

86 539

17.0

99.1

2.4

2.1

63.6

3.9

97.5

40.2

56.4

3.4

Gabon

1 564

86.8

100.8

2.0

1.9

44.5

3.2

65.0

34.6

61.0

4.4

Gambia

1 825

59.7

97.5

2.9

2.7

67.2

4.7

94.1

43.4

54.4

2.2

Ghana

25 546

52.9

103.6

2.4

2.3

44.1

4.0

63.8

38.2

57.8

3.9

Guinea 

10 481

36.4

102.2

1.7

2.5

85.0

5.1

135.4

42.6

54.1

3.3

Guinea-Bissau

1 580

30.3

98.3

2.0

2.1

110.8

4.9

182.7

41.0

55.7

3.3

Kenya

42 749

22.9

99.8

2.6

2.7

58.9

4.6

90.3

42.4

54.9

2.7

Lesotho

2 217

28.4

97.4

0.9

1.0

63.8

3.1

92.1

36.6

59.1

4.3

Liberia

4 245

48.6

101.2

2.9

2.8

77.2

5.1

108.0

43.5

53.7

2.8

Libya

6 469

78.3

99.6

2.0

0.7

13.4

2.4

15.1

30.9

64.5

4.6

Madagascar

21 929

31.0

99.4

3.0

2.8

40.8

4.5

57.2

42.4

54.4

3.1

Malawi

15 883

20.8

100.4

2.8

3.2

86.8

6.0

119.9

45.9

50.9

3.1

Mali

16 319

37.4

100.1

3.1

3.0

93.1

6.2

175.0

47.1

50.7

2.2

Mauritania

3 623

42.0

101.1

2.8

2.3

71.1

4.4

107.8

39.5

57.8

2.7

Mauritius*

1 314

41.9

97.4

0.9

0.6

12.2

1.6

14.7

20.9

71.6

7.5

Morocco

32 599

59.4

95.9

1.0

1.0

29.0

2.2

31.9

27.3

67.0

5.7

Mozambique

24 475

40.0

95.2

2.6

2.3

78.8

4.8

124.9

43.7

52.9

3.4

Namibia

2 364

39.2

98.9

1.8

1.7

30.4

3.1

40.6

35.5

60.7

3.8

Niger

16 644

17.4

101.3

3.5

3.5

86.5

7.0

145.1

48.9

48.8

2.3

Nigeria

166 629

51.2

102.6

2.5

2.5

88.3

5.5

141.9

42.8

53.7

3.4

Rwanda

11 272

19.5

96.6

2.1

3.0

93.6

5.3

115.0

43.0

54.3

2.7

São Tomé & Príncipe

 172

63.7

98.2

1.5

2.0

47.9

3.5

69.6

39.4

56.9

3.7

Senegal

13 108

43.0

98.4

2.7

2.6

50.4

4.7

85.9

43.3

54.3

2.4

Seychelles

 88

...

...

0.5

1.0

10.3

2.4

...

0.0

0.0

0.0

Sierra Leone

6 126

39.1

95.7

4.0

2.1

104.0

4.8

157.9

42.8

55.3

1.9

Somalia

9 797

38.4

98.4

2.3

2.5

100.9

6.3

163.3

44.9

52.3

2.7

South Africa

50 738

62.7

98.3

1.2

0.5

47.0

2.4

65.6

29.7

65.4

4.9

South Sudan

10 386

...

104.6

...

4.8

...

4.9

...

...

...

...

Sudan

35 336

41.6

101.5

2.4

2.4

57.9

4.3

88.2

39.5

56.8

3.7

Swaziland

1 220

21.3

97.1

0.9

1.4

65.8

3.2

94.5

37.5

59.0

3.5

Tanzania

47 656

27.3

99.9

2.7

3.1

54.6

5.5

83.1

44.9

51.9

3.2

Togo

6 283

44.8

98.1

2.2

2.1

68.1

3.9

105.8

38.9

57.6

3.5

Tunisia

10 705

68.1

99.9

1.0

1.0

18.6

1.9

22.8

23.1

69.8

7.0

Uganda

35 621

13.7

100.1

3.3

3.2

72.7

6.0

114.5

48.3

49.2

2.5

Zambia

13 884

36.1

100.6

2.4

3.0

82.6

6.3

133.4

46.7

50.2

3.1

Zimbabwe

13 014

39.3

97.6

-0.2

2.0

48.6

3.1

73.8

37.6

58.3

4.2

Africa

1 068 444

40.8

100.0

2.3

2.3

71.5

4.4

111.3

40.0

56.4

3.6
  • Note: * Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
  • Source: AfDB Statistics Department, Various domestic authorities and AfDB estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects, The 2010 Revision.
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