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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 2025-04-01*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 291 878 ⇐+2.9% 109 086 270
5-9 101 774 206 ⇐+3.4% 98 386 725
10-14 87 931 537 ⇐+2.2% 86 016 834
15-19 75 412 244 ⇐+2.2% 73 801 042
20-24 65 077 437 ⇐+3.3% 62 996 731
25-29 57 742 362 ⇐+2.1% 56 572 103
30-34 52 411 279 ⇐+0.7% 52 072 370
35-39 44 700 597 +1.5%⇒ 45 360 388
40-44 35 801 508 +1.3%⇒ 36 280 956
45-49 27 893 826 +1.7%⇒ 28 372 726
50-54 22 397 457 +3%⇒ 23 062 569
55-59 18 374 854 +5.2%⇒ 19 338 168
60-64 14 160 829 +10.4%⇒ 15 636 525
65-69 10 280 290 +14%⇒ 11 724 280
70-74 6 670 492 +21.4%⇒ 8 097 505
75-79 3 937 235 +27.8%⇒ 5 032 024
80-84 2 265 655 +32.2%⇒ 2 994 973
85-89 1 111 251 +40.3%⇒ 1 558 578
90-94 404 233 +50.1%⇒ 606 651
95-99 38 657 +65.5%⇒ 63 974
100+ 2 552 +100.4%⇒ 5 113

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)