Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Western Africa
Western Africa: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 446,039 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 446,039 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Western Africa peaked at 446,039 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 320,513 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Western Africa 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 320,513 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 329,604 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 338,848 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 348,178 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 357,766 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 367,495 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 377,341 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 387,268 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 397,042 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 406,675 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 416,316 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 426,037 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 435,932 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 446,039 1000 No | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 363,073 1000 No | 320,513 1000 No | 406,675 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 431,081 1000 No | 416,316 1000 No | 446,039 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Western Africa?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Western Africa was 446,039 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 446,039 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 320,513 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Western Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.