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Africa · Population 1900-2100

Africa · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1900-2100 (millions) De facto population in Africa as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1], [2].

What was the Africa population at your birthday?*

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Current Africa population *

700000000

Today This year
Population growth Today
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Changes every 1.056 sec.		 Population growth This year
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Births Today
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Changes every 0.767 sec.		 Births This year
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Deaths Today
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Changes every 2.806 sec.		 Deaths This year
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Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Africa population map

City and population density Africa map. Smallest red point means city with population of minimum 5000. Red circles are cities with population from 50.000 up to 10+ millions. You can zoom/move the map to see the details.

Africa Demography

Current Africa population by age and sex for 2025-07-05*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 779 425 ⇐+2.9% 109 562 989
5-9 102 313 919 ⇐+3.5% 98 894 331
10-14 88 387 473 ⇐+2.2% 86 466 123
15-19 75 771 729 ⇐+2.2% 74 163 633
20-24 65 368 143 ⇐+3.3% 63 253 649
25-29 58 009 313 ⇐+2.1% 56 814 369
30-34 52 726 590 ⇐+0.7% 52 369 981
35-39 45 009 790 +1.5%⇒ 45 678 611
40-44 36 046 066 +1.3%⇒ 36 531 573
45-49 28 061 513 +1.7%⇒ 28 540 207
50-54 22 519 591 +3%⇒ 23 184 230
55-59 18 486 450 +5.2%⇒ 19 445 879
60-64 14 248 408 +10.4%⇒ 15 730 928
65-69 10 345 453 +14%⇒ 11 793 493
70-74 6 709 141 +21.4%⇒ 8 143 549
75-79 3 957 101 +27.8%⇒ 5 057 326
80-84 2 283 218 +32.1%⇒ 3 016 496
85-89 1 124 940 +40.2%⇒ 1 576 712
90-94 411 709 +49.9%⇒ 617 117
95-99 39 240 +65.1%⇒ 64 781
100+ 2 587 +99.5%⇒ 5 161

Source: [1]

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Population Growth rate (2015)

  • 81835 / day
  • 3409.8 / hour
  • 56.83 / minute
  • 0.947 / seconds

Births Growth rate**

  • 112625 / day
  • 4692.7 / hour
  • 78.21 / minute
  • 1.303 / seconds

Deaths Growth rate

  • 30790 / day
  • 1282.9 / hour
  • 21.38 / minute
  • 0.356 / seconds

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] Population for years before 1950: UN report – 2004 data. Downloaded 2015-11-15. (PDF)