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Years
2020-25 forecast
Rank
1
Country
Central African Rep.
Result
54.4
Rank
2
Country
Chad
Result
55.2
Rank
3
Country
Lesotho
Result
55.6
Rank
4
Country
Nigeria
Result
55.8
Rank
5
Country
Sierra Leone
Result
55.9
Rank
6
Country
Somalia
Result
58.3
Rank
7
Country
South Sudan
Result
58.7
Rank
8
Country
Ivory Coast
Result
58.8
Rank
9
Country
Guinea-Bissau
Result
59.4
Rank
10
Country
Equatorial Guinea
Result
59.8
Rank
11
Country
Cameroon
Result
60.3
Rank
12
Country
Mali
Result
60.5
Rank
13
Country
Eswatini
Result
61.0
Rank
14
Country
Congo-Kinshasa
Result
61.6
Rank
15
Country
Mozambique
Result
62.1
Rank
Country
Togo
Result
62.1
Rank
17
Country
Angola
Result
62.2
Rank
Country
Zimbabwe
Result
62.2
Rank
19
Country
Guinea
Result
62.6
Rank
20
Country
Burundi
Result
62.7
Rank
21
Country
Benin
Result
62.8
Rank
22
Country
Burkina Faso
Result
63.0
Rank
23
Country
Gambia, The
Result
63.3
Rank
24
Country
Niger
Result
63.6
Rank
25
Country
Uganda
Result
64.4
Rank
26
Country
Zambia
Result
64.7
Rank
27
Country
Ghana
Result
64.9
Rank
Country
Namibia
Result
64.9
Rank
Country
South Africa
Result
64.9
Rank
30
Country
Haiti
Result
65.0
Rank
Country
Liberia
Result
65.0
Rank
32
Country
Papua New Guinea
Result
65.2
Rank
Country
Congo-Brazzaville
Result
65.2
Rank
34
Country
Malawi
Result
65.6
Rank
Country
Mauritania
Result
65.6
Rank
36
Country
Afghanistan
Result
66.0
Rank
37
Country
Sudan
Result
66.1
Rank
38
Country
Yemen
Result
66.4
Rank
Country
Tanzania
Result
66.4
Rank
40
Country
Gabon
Result
67.0
Rank
41
Country
Eritrea
Result
67.5
Rank
Country
Kenya
Result
67.5
Rank
43
Country
Pakistan
Result
67.8
Rank
Country
Myanmar
Result
67.8
Rank
Country
Ethiopia
Result
67.8
Rank
46
Country
Fiji
Result
67.9
Rank
47
Country
Madagascar
Result
68.2
Rank
48
Country
Turkmenistan
Result
68.6
Rank
49
Country
Laos
Result
68.9
Rank
Country
Senegal
Result
68.9
Index key & notes
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Sources: UN World Population Prospects; CIA World Factbook