Population aged 0 to 14 in Sub-Saharan Africa
40.4% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
40.4%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
World, 2025
24.4%
Population aged 0 to 14 in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.4% | 24.4% |
| 2024 | 40.7% | 24.7% |
| 2023 | 41.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022 | 41.4% | 25.3% |
| 2021 | 41.7% | 25.6% |
| 2020 | 42.0% | 25.8% |
| 2019 | 42.3% | 26.0% |
| 2018 | 42.6% | 26.2% |
| 2017 | 42.8% | 26.4% |
| 2016 | 43.1% | 26.5% |
| 2015 | 43.3% | 26.6% |
| 2014 | 43.4% | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 43.6% | 26.9% |
| 2012 | 43.7% | 27.0% |
| 2011 | 43.8% | 27.1% |
| 2010 | 43.9% | 27.3% |
| 2009 | 44.0% | 27.5% |
| 2008 | 44.1% | 27.6% |
| 2007 | 44.2% | 27.9% |
| 2006 | 44.2% | 28.1% |
| 2005 | 44.3% | 28.5% |
| 2004 | 44.3% | 28.8% |
| 2003 | 44.4% | 29.2% |
| 2002 | 44.5% | 29.6% |
| 2001 | 44.6% | 30.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 40.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 43.3%, the figure has changed by −2.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.
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Population aged 65 and over
3.2%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
4.26 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Population
1,321,654,217 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
2.43%
2025 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
32.8 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Crude death rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
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