Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population ages 0-14, total, per capita was 0.4038 units per person in 2025. ▬ Flat
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.4038 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.4557 units per person in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.4038 units per person, in 2025.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.4293 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.4303 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1962 | 0.4315 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.433 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.4346 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.4362 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.4378 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.4394 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.4409 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.4423 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.4438 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.4453 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4469 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4483 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4494 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.4504 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.4515 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4526 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.4533 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.454 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4546 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4552 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.4555 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.4557 units per person | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.4557 units per person | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4557 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.4555 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.4553 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.455 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.4546 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.454 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.4533 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4528 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4522 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4512 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4505 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.4506 units per person | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4506 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4495 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4482 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.447 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4459 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4449 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.444 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4432 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4425 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4421 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4417 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4411 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4403 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4394 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.4383 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4371 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4358 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.4343 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4326 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4307 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4284 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.4257 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4228 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4199 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4168 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4137 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.4105 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.4071 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 0.4038 units per person | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4355 units per person | 0.4293 units per person | 0.4423 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4496 units per person | 0.4438 units per person | 0.454 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4553 units per person | 0.4546 units per person | 0.4557 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4513 units per person | 0.4482 units per person | 0.454 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4433 units per person | 0.4403 units per person | 0.447 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4325 units per person | 0.4228 units per person | 0.4394 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.412 units per person | 0.4038 units per person | 0.4199 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 2 Somalia 0.4655 units per person compare
- 3 Niger 0.4623 units per person compare
- 4 Chad 0.4596 units per person compare
- 5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4595 units per person compare
- 6 Mali 0.4579 units per person compare
- 7 Mozambique 0.4417 units per person compare
- 8 Angola 0.441 units per person compare
More health data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, male, annual growth rate 3.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per capita 0.0125 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0147 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate 3.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per capita 0.0156 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.4038 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4557 units per person in 1984.
- What is the lowest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4038 units per person in 2025.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for population ages 0-14, total, per capita?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 0-14, total, per capita rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population ages 0-14, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
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.
Population ages 0-14, total ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population ages 0-14, total Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.