Editing Sub-Saharan Africa (section)

===Population===
{{Further|List of African countries by population}}
[[File:Africa population density.PNG|thumb|upright|[[Population density]] in Africa, 2006]]
[[File:Fertility Rates and Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa.png|thumb|left|upright|Fertility rates and life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa]]
According to {{UN_Population|source}}, the population of sub-Saharan Africa was 1.1 billion in 2019. The current growth rate is 2.3%. The UN predicts for the region a population between 2 and 2.5&nbsp;billion by 2050<ref>{{cite web |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/ |title=World Population Prospects 2019 – Population Division |publisher=Esa.un.org |date=28 August 2019 |access-date=22 December 2019 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615001511/https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with a population density of 80 per km<sup>2</sup> compared to 170 for Western Europe, 140 for Asia and 30 for the Americas.

Sub-Saharan African countries top the [[list of countries and territories by fertility rate]] with 40 of the highest 50, all with [[Total fertility rate|TFR]] greater than 4 in 2008. All are above the world average except [[South Africa]] and [[Seychelles]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?order=wbapi_data_value_2014+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc |title=Fertility rate, total (births per woman) {{!}} Data |website=data.worldbank.org |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-date=8 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708214110/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?order=wbapi_data_value_2014+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc |url-status=live }}</ref> More than 40% of the population in sub-Saharan countries is [[Demographics of Nigeria|younger]] than 15 years old, as well as in [[Sudan]], with the exception of South Africa.<ref>According to the [http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2008/index.html CIA Factbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805191139/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2008/index.html |date=5 August 2012 }}: Angola, Benin, Burundi, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia</ref>

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!Country!! [[List of countries by population|Population]]!! [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|Area&nbsp;(km<sup>2</sup>)]] !! Literacy&nbsp;(M/F)<ref name="Database AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS p. 28">(2009). Africa Development Indicators 2008/2009: From the World Bank Africa Database African Development Indicators. World Bank Publications, p. 28, {{ISBN|978-0-8213-7787-1}}.</ref>!! GDP per Capita (PPP)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/211rank.html |title=Country Comparison :: GDP - per capita (PPP) — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency |website=www.cia.gov |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=14 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114032309/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/211rank.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>!!Trans&nbsp;(Rank/Score)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table |title=Research – CPI – Overview |publisher=Transparency.org |access-date=29 September 2015 |archive-date=12 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112022807/https://www.transparency.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || Life&nbsp;(Exp.)<ref name="Database AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS p. 28"/> || [[List of countries by Human Development Index|HDI]] || [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/?direction=Asc&sort=2 EODBR/SAB]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rankings - Doing Business |url=http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/?direction=Asc&sort=2 |date=2010 |website=The Doing Business Project |publisher=World Bank |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407152649/http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/?direction=Asc&sort=2 |archive-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |language=en }}</ref> || [https://web.archive.org/web/20150930230930/http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2009%2C1001.html PFI]&nbsp;(RANK/MARK)
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| {{flagg|unc|Angola}} || 18,498,000 || 1,246,700 || 82.9%/54.2% || 6,800 || 168/2 || 42.4 || 0.486 || 172/171 || 132/58,43
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| {{flagg|unc|Burundi}} || 8,988,091 || 27,830 || 67.3%/52.2% || 700 || 168/1.8 || 49 || 0.316 || 176/130 || 103/29,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} || 68,692,542 || 2,345,410 || 80.9%/54.1% || 800 || 162/11.9 || 46.1 || 0.286 || 182/152 || 146/53,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Cameroon}} || 18,879,301 || 475,440 || 77%/59.8% || 3,700 || 146/2.2 || 50.3 || 0.482 || 171/174 || 109/30,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Central African Republic}} || 4,511,488 || 622,984 || 64.8%/33.5% || 700 || 158/2.8 || 44.4 || 0.343 || 183/159 || 80/17,75
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| {{flagg|unc|Chad}} || 10,329,208 || 1,284,000 || 40.8%/12.8% || 2,300 || 175/1.6 || 50.6 || 0.328 || 178/182 || 132/44,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Republic of the Congo}} || 3,700,000 || 342,000 || 90.5%/79.0% ||800 || 162/1.9 || 54.8 || 0.533 || N/A || 116/34,25
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| {{flagg|unc|Equatorial Guinea}} || 1,110,000 || 28,051 || 93.4%/80.3% || 37,400 || 168/1.8 || 51.1 || 0.537 || 170/178 || 158/65,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Gabon}} || 1,514,993 || 267,667 || 88.5%/79.7% || 18,100 || 106/2.9 || 56.7 || 0.674 || 158/152 || 129/43,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Kenya}} || 39,002,772 || 582,650 || 77.7%/70.2% || 3,500 || 146/2.2 || 57.8 || 0.519 || 95/124 || 96/25,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Nigeria}} ||174,507,539 || 923,768 || 84.4%/72.7%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/pages/download/43 |title=National Literacy Survey |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |date=June 2010 |access-date=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917115717/https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/pages/download/43 |archive-date=17 September 2015 }}</ref> || 5,900 || 136/2.7 || 57 || 0.504 || 131/120 || 112/34,24
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| {{flagg|unc|Rwanda}} || 10,473,282 || 26,338 || 71.4%/59.8% || 2,100 || 89/3.3 || 46.8 || 0.429 || 67/11 || 157/64,67
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| {{flagg|unc|São Tomé and Príncipe}} || 212,679 || 1,001 || 92.2%/77.9%|| 3,200 || 111/2.8 || 65.2 || 0.509 || 180/140 || NA
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| {{flagg|unc|Tanzania}} || 44,928,923 || 945,087 || 77.5%/62.2% || 3,200 || 126/2.6 || 51.9 || 0.466 || 131/120 || NA/15,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Uganda}} || 32,369,558 || 236,040 || 76.8%/57.7% || 2,400 || 130/2.5 || 50.7 || 0.446 || 112/129 || 86/21,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Sudan}} || 31,894,000 || 1,886,068 || 79.6%/60.8% || 4,300|| 176/1.5 || 62.57<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html |title=The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=29 September 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528191952/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 0.408 || 154/118 || 148/54,00
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| {{flagg|unc|South Sudan}} || 8,260,490 || 619,745 || || 1,600|| || || || ||
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| {{flagg|unc|Djibouti}} || 516,055 || 23,000 || N/A || 3,600 || 111/2.8 || 54.5 || 0.430 || 163/177 || 110/31,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Eritrea}} || 5,647,168 || 121,320 || N/A || 1,600 || 126/2.6 || 57.3 || 0.349 || 175/181 || 175/115,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Ethiopia}} || 85,237,338 || 1,127,127 || 50%/28.8% || 2,200 || 120/2.7 || 52.5 || 0.363 || 107/93 || 140/49,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Somalia}} || 9,832,017 || 637,657 || N/A || N/A || 180/1.1 || 47.7 || N/A || N/A || 164/77,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Botswana}} || 1,990,876 || 600,370 || 80.4%/81.8% || 17,000 || 37/5.6 || 49.8 || 0.633 || 45/83 || 62/15,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Comoros}} || 752,438 || 2,170 || N/A || 1,600 || 143/2.3 || 63.2 || 0.433 || 162/168 || 82/19,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Lesotho}} || 2,130,819 || 30,355 || 73.7%/90.3% || 3,300 || 89/3.3 || 42.9 || 0.450 || 130/131 || 99/27,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Madagascar}} || 19,625,000 || 587,041 || 76.5%/65.3% || 1,600 || 99/3.0 || 59 || 0.480 || 134/12 || 134/45,83
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| {{flagg|unc|Malawi}} || 14,268,711 || 118,480 || N/A || 1,200 || 89/3.3 || 47.6 || 0.400 || 132/128 || 62/15,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Mauritius}} || 1,284,264 || 2,040 || 88.2%/80.5% || 22,300 || 42/5.4 || 73.2 || 0.728 || 17/10 || 51/14,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Mozambique}} || 21,669,278 || 801,590 || N/A || 1,300 || 130/2.5 || 42.5 || 0.322 || 135/96 || 82/19,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Namibia}} || 2,108,665 || 825,418 || 86.8%/83.6% || 11,200 || 56/4.5 || 52.5 || 0.625 || 66/123 || 35/9,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Seychelles}} || 87,476 || 455 || 91.4%/92.3% || 29,300 || 54/4.8 || 72.2 || 0.773 || 111/81 || 72/16,00
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| {{flagg|unc|South Africa}} || 59,899,991|| 1,219,912 || N/A || 13,600 || 55/4.7 || 50.7 || 0.619 || 34/67 || 33/8,50
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| {{flagg|unc| Eswatini}} || 1,123,913 || 17,363 || 80.9%/78.3% || 11,089 || 79/3.6 || 40.8 || 0.608 || 115/158 || 144/52,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Zambia}} || 11,862,740 || 752,614 || N/A || 4,000 || 99/3.0 || 41.7 || 0.430 || 90/94 || 97/26,75
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| {{flagg|unc|Zimbabwe}} || 11,392,629 || 390,580 || 92.7%/86.2% || 2,300 || 146/2.2 || 42.7 || 0.376 || 159/155 || 136/46,50
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| {{flagg|unc|Benin}} || 8,791,832 || 112,620 || 47.9%/42.3% || 2,300 || 106/2.9 || 56.2 || 0.427 || 172/155 || 97/26,75
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| {{flagg|unc|Mali}} || 12,666,987 || 1,240,000 || 32.7%/15.9% || 2,200 || 111/2.8 || 53.8 || 0.359 || 156/139 || 38/8,00
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| {{flagg|unc|Burkina Faso}} ||15,730,977 ||274,200 ||25.3% ||1,900 ||79/3.6 ||51 ||0.331 ||150/116 ||N/A
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| {{flagg|unc|Cape Verde}} ||499,000 ||322,462 || ||7,000
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| {{flagg|unc|Ivory Coast}} ||20,617,068 || 322,463 || ||3,900
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| {{flagg|unc|Gambia}} ||1,782,893 || 11,295 || ||2,600
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| {{flagg|unc|Ghana}} ||24,200,000 || 238,535 || ||4,700
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| {{flagg|unc|Guinea}} ||10,057,975 || 245,857 || || 2,200|| || || || ||
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| {{flagg|unc|Guinea-Bissau}} ||1,647,000 || 36,125 || || 1,900|| || || || ||
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| {{flagg|unc|Liberia}} ||4,128,572 || 111,369 || ||1,300
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| {{flagg|unc|Mauritania}} ||3,359,185 || 1,030,700 || ||4,500
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| {{flagg|unc|Niger}} ||17,129,076 || 1,267,000 || ||1,200
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| {{flagg|unc|Senegal}} ||12,855,153 || 196,712 || ||3,500
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| {{flagg|unc|Sierra Leone}} ||6,190,280 || 71,740 || || 1,600|| || || || ||
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| {{flagg|unc|Togo}} ||7,154,237 || 56,785 || ||1,700
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'''GDP per Capita (PPP)''' ''(2016, 2017 (PPP, US$))'', '''Life (Exp.)''' ''(Life Expectancy 2006)'', '''Literacy (Male/Female 2006)''', '''Trans''' ''(Transparency 2009)'', '''HDI''' ''(Human Development Index)'', '''EODBR''' ''(Ease of Doing Business Rank June 2008 through May 2009)'', '''SAB''' (''Starting a Business June 2008 through May 2009)'', '''PFI''' ''(Press Freedom Index 2009)''