Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population ages 0-14, total, per capita

Somalia
0.4655 units per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.4038 units per person
in 2025
Somalia rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th

Population ages 0-14, total, per capita over time

  • Somalia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.4655 units per person against 0.4038 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0617 units per person.

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 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 6 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4481 units per person 0.4355 units per person 0.0126 units per person Somalia
1970s 0.4442 units per person 0.4496 units per person 0.0054 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 0.4554 units per person 0.4553 units per person 0.0001 units per person Somalia
1990s 0.4683 units per person 0.4513 units per person 0.0171 units per person Somalia
2000s 0.4813 units per person 0.4433 units per person 0.0381 units per person Somalia
2010s 0.4774 units per person 0.4325 units per person 0.0449 units per person Somalia
2020s 0.4677 units per person 0.412 units per person 0.0557 units per person Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 0-14, total, per capita, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Somalia, at 0.4655 units per person against 0.4038 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 0-14, total, per capita between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0617 units per person, 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, total, per capita?
Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population ages 0-14, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
265 places, 17,460 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.