Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population ages 0-14, male
Somalia
47.1%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
41.0%
in 2025
Somalia rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th
Population ages 0-14, male over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 47.1% against 41.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 6.1%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 5 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.3% | 44.0% | 1.3% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 44.9% | 45.6% | 0.7% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 46.1% | 46.2% | 0.2% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 47.7% | 45.9% | 1.8% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 48.8% | 45.1% | 3.7% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 48.4% | 43.9% | 4.4% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 47.4% | 41.8% | 5.6% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population ages 0-14, male, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 47.1% against 41.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population ages 0-14, male between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 6.1%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for population ages 0-14, male?
- Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Male population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.