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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 2026-07-24*

  Male % Female
0-4 114 753 262 ⇐+2.9% 111 492 990
5-9 104 498 949 ⇐+3.5% 100 949 372
10-14 90 233 329 ⇐+2.2% 88 285 072
15-19 77 227 102 ⇐+2.1% 75 631 585
20-24 66 545 068 ⇐+3.5% 64 293 781
25-29 59 090 069 ⇐+2.2% 57 795 182
30-34 54 003 130 ⇐+0.8% 53 574 861
35-39 46 261 557 +1.5%⇒ 46 966 937
40-44 37 036 162 +1.4%⇒ 37 546 200
45-49 28 740 393 +1.7%⇒ 29 218 254
50-54 23 014 049 +2.9%⇒ 23 676 772
55-59 18 938 244 +5%⇒ 19 881 950
60-64 14 602 975 +10.3%⇒ 16 113 117
65-69 10 609 264 +13.8%⇒ 12 073 701
70-74 6 865 612 +21.3%⇒ 8 329 958
75-79 4 037 529 +27.8%⇒ 5 159 764
80-84 2 354 325 +31.8%⇒ 3 103 632
85-89 1 180 357 +39.8%⇒ 1 650 129
90-94 441 975 +49.2%⇒ 659 486
95-99 41 602 +63.6%⇒ 68 050
100+ 2 728 +96.2%⇒ 5 353

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)