Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population ages 00-04, male
Somalia
18.5%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
15.0%
in 2025
Somalia rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th
Population ages 00-04, male over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 18.5% against 15.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 3.5%.
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 | 18.3% | 18.4% | 0.1% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1970s | 18.2% | 18.8% | 0.6% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 19.4% | 18.8% | 0.6% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 19.7% | 18.1% | 1.6% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 17.7% | 2.7% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 16.8% | 2.6% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 18.9% | 15.4% | 3.5% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population ages 00-04, male, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 18.5% against 15.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population ages 00-04, male between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 3.5%, 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 00-04, 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 00-04, 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 4 as a percentage of the total male population.