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Middle Africa — statistics

All indicators in the section for Middle Africa — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

280 indicators ISO: SR_MAF
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 220M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 62.3 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 5.48 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 39 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 8.1 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 3.06 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 50.9 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 112M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 49.1 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 31.7 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 2.9 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 44.7 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 91.1 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -182,730 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.31 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 109M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 110M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 98.02M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 115M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 6.41M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 60.11 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 64.48 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 115.6 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 20.5 2000 UN DESA
Rural population people 108M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 4.85M 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 2.29 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 2.36M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 1.91M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 1,108 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 33.5 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 315 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.27 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 1.89M 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.55 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 50,300 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 669,410 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 98,400 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 118,179 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 66.07 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 24.7 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 48.5 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 77.3 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 386 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 8.2 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 32.1 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 30,617 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 198.4 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 55 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.17 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 53.2 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 290.7 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 218.9 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 348B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 1,586 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 3.62 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 995B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 4,534 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 1,458 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 7.97 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 9.19 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 32 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 10.1 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 17.6 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 47.4 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 58.5 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 14.4 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 24.2 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 558.2 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 4.21 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 4,677 2025 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 7.76 2025 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 276B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,255 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 0.65 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.492 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 335B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 111B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 31.02B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 61.17B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 165B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 132B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 32.6B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 54.6B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 22.2 2015 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 3.79 2025 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 1,740 2025 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 957B 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 46.9 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 9.48 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 16.83 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 11.35 2021 World Bank
Budget balance % -2.47 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 105B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 5.67B 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 477M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.86 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.45 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 42,510 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 14.41M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,043 2023 FAO
Food production index index 121.6 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 123.9 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 24.63 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 5.31 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1674 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 6.8 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 1.6M 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 34.51M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 13.82M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 118.2 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 43.41 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 2.82M 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 15.66 2023 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 0.19 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 36.3 2023 WHO
Land area km² 6.5M 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 6.61M 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 1,891 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 9,469 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 4 2022 FAO
Population in cities over 1 million people 52.55M 2025 UN DESA
Population living in slums % 66.3 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0.81 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.863 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 4.1 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 4.872 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 17.22 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 1,789.5 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Cobalt production t 200,779 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 3.11M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 36,660 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 73.8 2019 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 2.25M 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.25 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 28.07 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 71 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.2 2023 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.11 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 19 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 3.81 2015 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 141M 2015 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 146M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 343,482 2023 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 92.8 2015 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 2,862 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.543 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.884 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.585 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 23 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.36 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.