Resident population
EstimateBeginning of 2026
[22]Official statistics portray a population still growing in aggregate but with low recent fertility and substantial differences by age, place and sex.
Two annual observations from the official birth series.
Births · 2015 and 2025 · two endpoints
These are annual registered births, not fertility rates. Intermediate years are not plotted; no continuous path is implied.
Data and sourcesBeginning of 2026
[22]2025
[30]2015–2025
[25]Beginning of 2026
[20]2025
[1]2023 estimate; WHO 2025 publication
[113]2023 MICS; UNESCO 2026 synthesis
[114][111]2023 MICS survey; retrospective histories
[111]2022; UNFPA November 2023 factsheet
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