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Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
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Libya
Mali
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Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
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Tunisia
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
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Angola
Population by sex (Male/Female and total)
Indicator
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Population - Female (number)
13,252,938
13,746,372
14,248,799
14,764,575
15,293,335
15,828,040
16,370,553
16,910,990
17,452,283
17,998,221
18,548,657
19,111,481
Population - Male (number)
12,894,065
13,381,965
13,878,923
14,390,171
14,915,293
15,445,494
15,983,035
16,517,497
17,051,491
17,590,767
18,135,546
18,693,153
Population - Total (number)
26,147,002
27,128,337
28,127,721
29,154,746
30,208,628
31,273,533
32,353,588
33,428,486
34,503,774
35,588,987
36,684,203
37,804,634
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2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Algeria
18,264,572
18,629,532
19,004,434
19,390,923
19,783,015
20,175,234
20,564,404
20,948,466
21,318,767
21,680,725
22,040,988
22,389,320
Angola
12,770,743
13,252,938
13,746,372
14,248,799
14,764,575
15,293,335
15,828,040
16,370,553
16,910,990
17,452,283
17,998,221
18,548,657
Benin
5,018,491
5,163,111
5,313,454
5,469,780
5,630,820
5,796,573
5,965,949
6,138,319
6,312,347
6,487,184
6,663,569
6,842,109
Botswana
1,105,424
1,126,330
1,147,989
1,170,371
1,193,829
1,218,334
1,242,730
1,266,500
1,289,694
1,310,688
1,331,489
1,353,691
Burkina Faso
8,615,633
8,875,716
9,140,912
9,412,600
9,688,281
9,965,204
10,241,740
10,520,378
10,804,025
11,089,986
11,374,607
11,662,741
Burundi
4,943,285
5,119,502
5,291,412
5,407,379
5,495,462
5,621,203
5,789,861
5,980,560
6,153,628
6,319,427
6,488,650
6,663,240
Cabo Verde
268,138
271,223
274,372
277,489
280,659
283,971
287,117
290,056
292,895
295,581
298,239
301,037
Cameroon
10,562,805
10,861,379
11,193,372
11,548,795
11,896,708
12,235,344
12,575,513
12,926,852
13,280,461
13,634,397
13,992,015
14,357,596
Central African Republic
2,379,753
2,394,914
2,394,233
2,405,515
2,448,502
2,495,603
2,545,524
2,603,473
2,670,940
2,728,875
2,790,791
2,872,986
Chad
6,361,207
6,589,647
6,827,550
7,047,152
7,270,988
7,515,149
7,772,311
8,032,044
8,289,666
8,556,210
8,827,313
9,104,070
Comoros
341,836
349,095
356,576
364,283
372,233
379,781
386,817
393,860
401,263
408,923
416,417
423,944
Congo
2,363,092
2,419,983
2,478,002
2,537,274
2,598,046
2,660,503
2,724,475
2,788,980
2,854,622
2,921,372
2,988,625
3,056,928
Cote d'Ivoire
10,845,584
11,077,831
11,343,487
11,646,214
11,956,537
12,275,634
12,600,637
12,929,424
13,264,169
13,600,535
13,944,973
14,304,003
Democratic Republic of the Congo
35,816,345
37,051,204
38,343,735
39,659,606
41,052,552
42,483,740
43,890,310
45,306,479
46,787,187
48,319,268
49,892,177
51,530,331
Djibouti
479,398
488,225
497,024
505,777
514,429
523,091
531,774
540,368
548,686
556,667
564,584
572,631
Egypt
45,030,881
46,092,575
47,193,391
48,251,206
49,274,300
50,273,865
51,250,007
52,189,268
53,107,733
54,001,891
54,865,512
55,728,922
Equatorial Guinea
569,136
591,454
614,281
637,483
660,879
684,340
707,784
731,150
751,896
771,091
790,983
810,713
Eritrea
1,652,055
1,673,718
1,687,077
1,695,227
1,707,716
1,723,370
1,747,412
1,773,958
1,802,355
1,834,472
1,866,154
1,898,379
Eswatini
569,036
571,047
573,494
576,287
579,406
582,740
586,224
589,812
594,739
600,440
605,503
610,772
Ethiopia
46,910,795
48,222,340
49,550,413
50,911,434
52,324,690
53,779,101
55,246,462
56,745,161
58,284,362
59,839,621
61,399,750
62,981,355
Gabon
902,939
933,066
963,066
992,215
1,020,095
1,046,815
1,072,844
1,098,462
1,123,751
1,148,768
1,173,488
1,197,990
Gambia, the
1,039,815
1,071,377
1,103,078
1,134,792
1,166,502
1,198,214
1,229,801
1,261,541
1,293,962
1,326,797
1,359,657
1,393,073
Ghana
13,470,314
13,802,694
14,136,988
14,473,575
14,814,793
15,148,680
15,472,614
15,798,612
16,129,087
16,457,496
16,780,756
17,105,458
Guinea
5,495,816
5,630,110
5,769,149
5,914,257
6,064,194
6,216,323
6,370,216
6,527,548
6,687,118
6,846,006
7,005,321
7,167,023
Guinea-Bissau
841,146
863,505
886,107
908,728
931,364
953,800
976,164
998,712
1,021,222
1,043,505
1,065,706
1,088,102
Kenya
21,992,229
22,533,108
23,061,827
23,582,948
24,114,618
24,652,005
25,168,523
25,679,257
26,205,082
26,726,430
27,249,938
27,796,386
Lesotho
1,045,364
1,054,158
1,064,118
1,075,264
1,087,578
1,100,655
1,114,109
1,127,746
1,141,915
1,155,757
1,168,329
1,181,094
Liberia
2,185,460
2,232,393
2,277,509
2,323,065
2,369,046
2,413,339
2,458,808
2,505,847
2,556,131
2,608,243
2,661,979
2,718,891
Libya
2,881,548
2,939,742
2,997,221
3,046,855
3,094,517
3,143,706
3,193,469
3,240,076
3,283,984
3,325,769
3,365,279
3,404,637
Madagascar
11,438,461
11,750,494
12,065,787
12,383,941
12,710,056
13,044,650
13,384,012
13,728,597
14,076,752
14,424,717
14,775,496
15,135,033
Malawi
8,030,996
8,255,437
8,485,580
8,719,776
8,956,545
9,197,987
9,445,207
9,698,995
9,958,304
10,218,942
10,480,456
10,747,253
Mali
8,171,646
8,413,823
8,685,277
8,963,346
9,254,197
9,556,880
9,865,821
10,179,843
10,505,701
10,844,240
11,186,771
11,534,926
Mauritania
1,861,625
1,917,938
1,968,143
2,019,734
2,072,630
2,126,733
2,182,110
2,238,719
2,296,186
2,354,385
2,414,911
2,478,273
Mauritius
649,530
650,826
651,886
652,753
653,488
654,271
654,943
655,756
656,956
657,969
658,718
659,732
Morocco
16,594,445
16,812,736
17,027,787
17,235,856
17,442,227
17,646,668
17,840,191
18,022,621
18,213,816
18,410,922
18,605,603
18,802,069
Mozambique
12,545,887
12,925,694
13,315,954
13,714,918
14,135,272
14,567,003
14,996,993
15,433,809
15,884,940
16,339,849
16,793,302
17,262,683
Namibia
1,119,087
1,138,565
1,158,729
1,179,466
1,200,715
1,222,272
1,243,822
1,265,267
1,287,438
1,308,985
1,328,449
1,347,919
Niger
8,859,465
9,201,607
9,553,826
9,925,014
10,315,083
10,716,126
11,128,131
11,553,632
11,991,269
12,443,587
12,914,594
13,405,554
Nigeria
84,362,132
86,645,192
88,929,440
91,192,351
93,474,951
95,832,952
98,222,505
100,623,653
103,084,231
105,574,310
108,093,075
110,671,742
Rwanda
5,584,599
5,712,630
5,843,900
5,979,182
6,121,446
6,269,800
6,418,989
6,568,936
6,723,217
6,879,649
7,035,659
7,193,422
Sao Tome and Principe
95,131
97,039
98,903
100,714
102,465
104,172
105,837
107,476
109,529
111,802
113,973
116,255
Senegal
6,731,567
6,918,883
7,111,154
7,307,890
7,508,739
7,714,564
7,925,155
8,140,164
8,359,195
8,579,664
8,800,406
9,025,674
Seychelles
45,821
46,345
46,847
47,353
47,877
48,415
48,943
49,454
49,943
50,371
50,724
51,086
Sierra Leone
3,394,265
3,481,154
3,567,901
3,653,843
3,742,430
3,833,302
3,924,338
4,016,375
4,109,203
4,201,801
4,293,526
4,385,407
Somalia
6,205,382
6,410,507
6,637,951
6,864,502
7,128,282
7,413,310
7,685,954
7,969,926
8,246,545
8,509,953
8,775,069
9,046,859
South Africa
27,493,644
27,837,495
28,228,866
28,721,087
29,004,109
29,175,940
29,517,287
29,879,107
30,221,143
30,497,647
30,725,880
30,962,519
South Sudan
5,414,203
5,614,589
5,667,728
5,658,104
5,593,169
5,388,642
5,256,107
5,280,527
5,358,156
5,427,688
5,508,626
5,594,896
Sudan
17,566,190
17,985,616
18,496,684
19,084,493
19,690,357
20,344,125
21,005,857
21,624,451
22,231,053
22,842,483
23,454,199
24,074,537
Togo
3,455,284
3,543,083
3,632,229
3,722,767
3,814,990
3,908,949
4,004,288
4,101,080
4,199,518
4,299,551
4,400,474
4,501,907
Tunisia
5,617,270
5,684,301
5,752,827
5,821,555
5,890,058
5,957,666
6,023,338
6,086,590
6,148,895
6,205,902
6,257,745
6,313,196
Uganda
17,387,117
17,886,355
18,416,102
18,983,798
19,617,063
20,303,726
20,994,287
21,707,475
22,431,521
23,153,140
23,848,254
24,511,532
United Republic of Tanzania
24,302,653
25,043,538
25,829,041
26,682,282
27,588,579
28,504,127
29,411,111
30,309,141
31,229,064
32,170,682
33,126,817
34,100,897
Zambia
7,499,173
7,743,343
7,993,413
8,247,892
8,507,289
8,772,120
9,041,177
9,314,079
9,589,102
9,864,121
10,140,033
10,420,876
Zimbabwe
7,041,528
7,192,280
7,347,527
7,502,101
7,656,047
7,810,471
7,966,182
8,122,618
8,284,447
8,449,834
8,614,936
8,786,155
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