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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 2026-01-25*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 828 455 ⇐+2.9% 110 588 721
5-9 103 475 191 ⇐+3.5% 99 986 518
10-14 89 368 485 ⇐+2.2% 87 432 835
15-19 76 545 212 ⇐+2.1% 74 943 802
20-24 65 993 640 ⇐+3.4% 63 806 445
25-29 58 583 700 ⇐+2.2% 57 335 639
30-34 53 405 030 ⇐+0.7% 53 010 336
35-39 45 675 063 +1.5%⇒ 46 363 314
40-44 36 572 270 +1.4%⇒ 37 070 814
45-49 28 422 316 +1.7%⇒ 28 900 566
50-54 22 782 379 +2.9%⇒ 23 446 000
55-59 18 726 564 +5.1%⇒ 19 677 636
60-64 14 436 849 +10.4%⇒ 15 934 049
65-69 10 485 660 +13.9%⇒ 11 942 414
70-74 6 792 300 +21.4%⇒ 8 242 619
75-79 3 999 846 +27.8%⇒ 5 111 769
80-84 2 321 009 +32%⇒ 3 062 806
85-89 1 154 392 +40%⇒ 1 615 731
90-94 427 794 +49.5%⇒ 639 634
95-99 40 496 +64.3%⇒ 66 519
100+ 2 662 +97.7%⇒ 5 263

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)