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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 2025-09-18*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 162 567 ⇐+2.9% 109 937 622
5-9 102 738 056 ⇐+3.5% 99 293 235
10-14 88 745 773 ⇐+2.2% 86 819 200
15-19 76 054 232 ⇐+2.2% 74 448 578
20-24 65 596 596 ⇐+3.4% 63 455 549
25-29 58 219 099 ⇐+2.1% 57 004 755
30-34 52 974 380 ⇐+0.7% 52 603 861
35-39 45 252 771 +1.5%⇒ 45 928 688
40-44 36 238 254 +1.4%⇒ 36 728 523
45-49 28 193 291 +1.7%⇒ 28 671 823
50-54 22 615 570 +2.9%⇒ 23 279 837
55-59 18 574 148 +5.1%⇒ 19 530 525
60-64 14 317 234 +10.4%⇒ 15 805 115
65-69 10 396 661 +14%⇒ 11 847 884
70-74 6 739 513 +21.4%⇒ 8 179 733
75-79 3 972 713 +27.8%⇒ 5 077 211
80-84 2 297 021 +32.1%⇒ 3 033 410
85-89 1 135 697 +40.1%⇒ 1 590 963
90-94 417 584 +49.8%⇒ 625 341
95-99 39 699 +64.8%⇒ 65 416
100+ 2 614 +98.9%⇒ 5 198

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)