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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

Statistics and indicators on women and men

 
Table 1b - Composition of the population

Country

Year

Population (%)

 

 

under 15

aged 60+

 

 

 

W

M

Africa

Algeria

2005

30

7

6

Angola

2005

46

4

4

Benin

2005

44

5

4

Botswana

2005

38

6

4

Burkina Faso

2005

47

5

4

Burundi

2005

45

5

3

Cameroon

2005

41

6

5

Cape Verde

2005

40

7

4

Central African Republic

2005

43

7

5

Chad

2005

47

5

4

Comoros

2005

42

5

4

Congo

2005

47

5

4

Cote d'Ivoire

2005

42

5

5

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2005

47

5

4

Djibouti

2005

41

5

4

Egypt

2005

34

8

7

Equatorial Guinea

2005

44

6

5

Eritrea

2005

45

5

3

Ethiopia

2005

45

5

4

Gabon

2005

40

7

6

Gambia

2005

40

6

6

Ghana

2005

39

6

5

Guinea

2005

44

6

5

Guinea-Bissau

2005

48

5

4

Kenya

2005

43

4

4

Lesotho

2005

39

8

7

Liberia

2005

47

4

3

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

2005

30

6

7

Madagascar

2005

44

5

4

Malawi

2005

47

5

4

Mali

2005

48

5

4

Mauritania

2005

43

6

5

Mauritius

2005

25

11

8

Morocco

2005

31

8

6

Mozambique

2005

44

6

5

Namibia

2005

42

6

5

Niger

2005

49

4

3

Nigeria

2005

44

5

4

Réunion

2005

27

11

8

Rwanda

2005

43

4

4

Sao Tome and Principe

2005

39

6

5

Senegal

2005

43

5

4

Sierra Leone

2005

43

6

5

Seychelles

1998

28

12

8

Somalia

2005

44

4

4

South Africa

2005

33

8

6

Sudan

2005

39

6

5