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Mali
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Chad
Comoros
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Eritrea
Gambia, the
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
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Angola
Population by sex (Male/Female and total)
Indicator
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Population - Female (thousands)
12,771
13,253
13,746
14,249
14,765
15,293
15,828
16,371
16,911
17,452
17,998
18,549
Population - Male (thousands)
12,418
12,894
13,382
13,879
14,390
14,915
15,445
15,983
16,517
17,051
17,591
18,136
Population - Total (thousands)
25,188
26,147
27,128
28,128
29,155
30,209
31,274
32,354
33,428
34,504
35,589
36,684
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Population - Female (thousands)
Country
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Algeria
18,265
18,630
19,004
19,391
19,783
20,175
20,564
20,948
21,319
21,681
22,041
22,389
Angola
12,771
13,253
13,746
14,249
14,765
15,293
15,828
16,371
16,911
17,452
17,998
18,549
Benin
5,018
5,163
5,313
5,470
5,631
5,797
5,966
6,138
6,312
6,487
6,664
6,842
Botswana
1,105
1,126
1,148
1,170
1,194
1,218
1,243
1,266
1,290
1,311
1,331
1,354
Burkina Faso
8,616
8,876
9,141
9,413
9,688
9,965
10,242
10,520
10,804
11,090
11,375
11,663
Burundi
4,943
5,120
5,291
5,407
5,495
5,621
5,790
5,981
6,154
6,319
6,489
6,663
Cabo Verde
268
271
274
277
281
284
287
290
293
296
298
301
Cameroon
10,563
10,861
11,193
11,549
11,897
12,235
12,576
12,927
13,280
13,634
13,992
14,358
Central African Republic
2,380
2,395
2,394
2,406
2,449
2,496
2,546
2,603
2,671
2,729
2,791
2,873
Chad
6,361
6,590
6,828
7,047
7,271
7,515
7,772
8,032
8,290
8,556
8,827
9,104
Comoros
342
349
357
364
372
380
387
394
401
409
416
424
Congo
2,363
2,420
2,478
2,537
2,598
2,661
2,724
2,789
2,855
2,921
2,989
3,057
Cote d'Ivoire
10,846
11,078
11,343
11,646
11,957
12,276
12,601
12,929
13,264
13,601
13,945
14,304
Democratic Republic of the Congo
35,816
37,051
38,344
39,660
41,053
42,484
43,890
45,306
46,787
48,319
49,892
51,530
Djibouti
479
488
497
506
514
523
532
540
549
557
565
573
Egypt
45,031
46,093
47,193
48,251
49,274
50,274
51,250
52,189
53,108
54,002
54,866
55,729
Equatorial Guinea
569
591
614
637
661
684
708
731
752
771
791
811
Eritrea
1,652
1,674
1,687
1,695
1,708
1,723
1,747
1,774
1,802
1,834
1,866
1,898
Eswatini
569
571
573
576
579
583
586
590
595
600
606
611
Ethiopia
46,911
48,222
49,550
50,911
52,325
53,779
55,246
56,745
58,284
59,840
61,400
62,981
Gabon
903
933
963
992
1,020
1,047
1,073
1,098
1,124
1,149
1,173
1,198
Gambia, the
1,040
1,071
1,103
1,135
1,167
1,198
1,230
1,262
1,294
1,327
1,360
1,393
Ghana
13,470
13,803
14,137
14,474
14,815
15,149
15,473
15,799
16,129
16,457
16,781
17,105
Guinea
5,496
5,630
5,769
5,914
6,064
6,216
6,370
6,528
6,687
6,846
7,005
7,167
Guinea-Bissau
841
864
886
909
931
954
976
999
1,021
1,044
1,066
1,088
Kenya
21,992
22,533
23,062
23,583
24,115
24,652
25,169
25,679
26,205
26,726
27,250
27,796
Lesotho
1,045
1,054
1,064
1,075
1,088
1,101
1,114
1,128
1,142
1,156
1,168
1,181
Liberia
2,185
2,232
2,278
2,323
2,369
2,413
2,459
2,506
2,556
2,608
2,662
2,719
Libya
2,882
2,940
2,997
3,047
3,095
3,144
3,193
3,240
3,284
3,326
3,365
3,405
Madagascar
11,438
11,750
12,066
12,384
12,710
13,045
13,384
13,729
14,077
14,425
14,775
15,135
Malawi
8,031
8,255
8,486
8,720
8,957
9,198
9,445
9,699
9,958
10,219
10,480
10,747
Mali
8,172
8,414
8,685
8,963
9,254
9,557
9,866
10,180
10,506
10,844
11,187
11,535
Mauritania
1,862
1,918
1,968
2,020
2,073
2,127
2,182
2,239
2,296
2,354
2,415
2,478
Mauritius
650
651
652
653
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
Morocco
16,594
16,813
17,028
17,236
17,442
17,647
17,840
18,023
18,214
18,411
18,606
18,802
Mozambique
12,546
12,926
13,316
13,715
14,135
14,567
14,997
15,434
15,885
16,340
16,793
17,263
Namibia
1,119
1,139
1,159
1,179
1,201
1,222
1,244
1,265
1,287
1,309
1,328
1,348
Niger
8,859
9,202
9,554
9,925
10,315
10,716
11,128
11,554
11,991
12,444
12,915
13,406
Nigeria
84,362
86,645
88,929
91,192
93,475
95,833
98,223
100,624
103,084
105,574
108,093
110,672
Rwanda
5,585
5,713
5,844
5,979
6,121
6,270
6,419
6,569
6,723
6,880
7,036
7,193
Sao Tome and Principe
95.1
97.0
98.9
101
102
104
106
107
110
112
114
116
Senegal
6,732
6,919
7,111
7,308
7,509
7,715
7,925
8,140
8,359
8,580
8,800
9,026
Seychelles
45.8
46.3
46.8
47.4
47.9
48.4
48.9
49.5
49.9
50.4
50.7
51.1
Sierra Leone
3,394
3,481
3,568
3,654
3,742
3,833
3,924
4,016
4,109
4,202
4,294
4,385
Somalia
6,205
6,411
6,638
6,865
7,128
7,413
7,686
7,970
8,247
8,510
8,775
9,047
South Africa
27,494
27,837
28,229
28,721
29,004
29,176
29,517
29,879
30,221
30,498
30,726
30,963
South Sudan
5,414
5,615
5,668
5,658
5,593
5,389
5,256
5,281
5,358
5,428
5,509
5,595
Sudan
17,566
17,986
18,497
19,084
19,690
20,344
21,006
21,624
22,231
22,842
23,454
24,075
Togo
3,455
3,543
3,632
3,723
3,815
3,909
4,004
4,101
4,200
4,300
4,400
4,502
Tunisia
5,617
5,684
5,753
5,822
5,890
5,958
6,023
6,087
6,149
6,206
6,258
6,313
Uganda
17,387
17,886
18,416
18,984
19,617
20,304
20,994
21,707
22,432
23,153
23,848
24,512
United Republic of Tanzania
24,303
25,044
25,829
26,682
27,589
28,504
29,411
30,309
31,229
32,171
33,127
34,101
Zambia
7,499
7,743
7,993
8,248
8,507
8,772
9,041
9,314
9,589
9,864
10,140
10,421
Zimbabwe
7,042
7,192
7,348
7,502
7,656
7,810
7,966
8,123
8,284
8,450
8,615
8,786
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