Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population ages 05-09, male
Somalia
15.7%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
13.6%
in 2025
Somalia rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th
Population ages 05-09, male over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 15.7% against 13.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 2.1%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 4 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 | 14.7% | 14.0% | 0.7% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 14.4% | 14.6% | 0.2% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 14.7% | 15.0% | 0.3% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 15.1% | 15.0% | 0.2% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 16.0% | 14.7% | 1.2% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 14.6% | 1.0% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 13.9% | 1.9% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population ages 05-09, male, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 15.7% against 13.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population ages 05-09, male between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 2.1%, 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 05-09, 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 05-09, 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 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total male population.