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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 2025-12-31*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 695 702 ⇐+2.9% 110 458 917
5-9 103 328 234 ⇐+3.5% 99 848 304
10-14 89 244 340 ⇐+2.2% 87 310 500
15-19 76 447 329 ⇐+2.1% 74 845 073
20-24 65 914 485 ⇐+3.4% 63 736 490
25-29 58 511 012 ⇐+2.2% 57 269 673
30-34 53 319 174 ⇐+0.7% 52 929 300
35-39 45 590 874 +1.5%⇒ 46 276 666
40-44 36 505 680 +1.4%⇒ 37 002 575
45-49 28 376 657 +1.7%⇒ 28 854 964
50-54 22 749 124 +2.9%⇒ 23 412 873
55-59 18 696 178 +5.1%⇒ 19 648 308
60-64 14 413 002 +10.4%⇒ 15 908 344
65-69 10 467 917 +13.9%⇒ 11 923 569
70-74 6 781 776 +21.4%⇒ 8 230 082
75-79 3 994 436 +27.8%⇒ 5 104 879
80-84 2 316 227 +32%⇒ 3 056 946
85-89 1 150 665 +40%⇒ 1 610 793
90-94 425 759 +49.6%⇒ 636 785
95-99 40 337 +64.4%⇒ 66 299
100+ 2 652 +98%⇒ 5 250

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)