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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 2025-10-27*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 366 012 ⇐+2.9% 110 136 549
5-9 102 963 268 ⇐+3.5% 99 505 050
10-14 88 936 026 ⇐+2.2% 87 006 680
15-19 76 204 238 ⇐+2.2% 74 599 881
20-24 65 717 903 ⇐+3.4% 63 562 756
25-29 58 330 493 ⇐+2.1% 57 105 848
30-34 53 105 954 ⇐+0.7% 52 728 049
35-39 45 381 791 +1.5%⇒ 46 061 477
40-44 36 340 304 +1.4%⇒ 36 833 101
45-49 28 263 263 +1.7%⇒ 28 741 709
50-54 22 666 534 +2.9%⇒ 23 330 604
55-59 18 620 715 +5.1%⇒ 19 575 471
60-64 14 353 779 +10.4%⇒ 15 844 507
65-69 10 423 853 +13.9%⇒ 11 876 765
70-74 6 755 641 +21.4%⇒ 8 198 946
75-79 3 981 002 +27.8%⇒ 5 087 769
80-84 2 304 350 +32%⇒ 3 042 391
85-89 1 141 408 +40%⇒ 1 598 530
90-94 420 703 +49.7%⇒ 629 708
95-99 39 942 +64.6%⇒ 65 753
100+ 2 629 +98.5%⇒ 5 218

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)