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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 2025-06-01*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 600 751 ⇐+2.9% 109 388 283
5-9 102 116 127 ⇐+3.5% 98 708 306
10-14 88 220 384 ⇐+2.2% 86 301 470
15-19 75 639 987 ⇐+2.2% 74 030 753
20-24 65 261 606 ⇐+3.3% 63 159 495
25-29 57 911 482 ⇐+2.1% 56 725 584
30-34 52 611 037 ⇐+0.7% 52 260 914
35-39 44 896 478 +1.5%⇒ 45 561 990
40-44 35 956 442 +1.3%⇒ 36 439 728
45-49 28 000 060 +1.7%⇒ 28 478 829
50-54 22 474 832 +3%⇒ 23 139 644
55-59 18 445 553 +5.2%⇒ 19 406 406
60-64 14 216 313 +10.4%⇒ 15 696 332
65-69 10 321 573 +14%⇒ 11 768 128
70-74 6 694 977 +21.4%⇒ 8 126 675
75-79 3 949 820 +27.8%⇒ 5 048 054
80-84 2 276 782 +32.1%⇒ 3 008 609
85-89 1 119 923 +40.2%⇒ 1 570 066
90-94 408 969 +50%⇒ 613 281
95-99 39 027 +65.2%⇒ 64 485
100+ 2 574 +99.8%⇒ 5 144

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)