With an annual growth rate of 2.25%, Malawi’s population will grow from 14 million in 2010, to an estimated 26 million in 2040.
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Child Marriage in Darfur: Abu Shouk: (left to right) Sisters Nana and Zakia Abdulrahman Mohamed Ahmed. Nana, got married when she was only 13 years old, and had to stop going to the school.
Zakia, was married in 2010, when she was only 17 years old. (Photo/Albert González Farran – UNAMID).
Average Marriage Age For Women In Selected African Countries, 2007
Women’s average age of marriage correlates roughly with national wealth – it is in the late twenties in rich countries like South Africa, Botswana and Tunisia, and in the late teens in Mozambique, Mali and Chad.
Men As Percentage Of African Countries’ Populations
The numbers as at 2010. Gender imbalance may arise as a consequence of various factors including natural factors, exposure to environmental contaminants, war casualties, gender-selective abortions and infanticides, and aging