Age distribution of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa 2010-2022

In 2022, around 55 percent of the total population of Sub-Saharan Africa was aged 15 to 64 years. Moreover, children younger than 15 years constituted a large 42 percent of the inhabitants. Overall, Africa has a young population. Only three percent of the individuals in the Sub-Saharan region were aged 65 years and older. As of 2023, Niger, Uganda, Angola, and Mali had a median age below 16.5 years, the lowest on the continent.

截至2022年，撒哈拉以南非洲的总人口中，约55%处于15至64岁年龄段。此外，15岁以下的儿童占据了人口的42%。总体而言，非洲地区人口年轻化趋势明显。在撒哈拉以南地区，仅有3%的人口年龄达到65岁及以上。截至2023年，尼日尔、乌干达、安哥拉和马里等国家的中位年龄低于16.5岁，创下非洲大陆最低纪录。