Southern Africa Population Pyramid 2015
Year
2015Southern Africa in 2015
In 2015, Southern Africa had a total population of 64,548,533 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 14.6%, up from 56,328,589 in 2005.
The median age was 25.8 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 44.6 children under 15 and 7.9 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
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2,829,624 immigrants live in Southern Africa.
| Zimbabwe | 1,156,709 |
| Mozambique | 423,035 |
| Lesotho | 238,375 |
| Malawi | 222,490 |
| Ethiopia | 104,663 |
1,320,086 people born in Southern Africa live in other countries.
| South Africa | 289,297 |
| United Kingdom | 245,446 |
| Australia | 217,589 |
| United States of America | 161,507 |
| New Zealand | 101,970 |





