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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 2025-04-19*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 382 167 ⇐+2.9% 109 174 553
5-9 101 874 155 ⇐+3.4% 98 480 729
10-14 88 015 972 ⇐+2.2% 86 100 038
15-19 75 478 817 ⇐+2.2% 73 868 190
20-24 65 131 272 ⇐+3.3% 63 044 310
25-29 57 791 798 ⇐+2.1% 56 616 968
30-34 52 469 671 ⇐+0.7% 52 127 484
35-39 44 757 856 +1.5%⇒ 45 419 319
40-44 35 846 798 +1.3%⇒ 36 327 368
45-49 27 924 880 +1.7%⇒ 28 403 741
50-54 22 420 075 +3%⇒ 23 085 099
55-59 18 395 521 +5.2%⇒ 19 358 115
60-64 14 177 048 +10.4%⇒ 15 654 008
65-69 10 292 358 +14%⇒ 11 737 097
70-74 6 677 649 +21.4%⇒ 8 106 032
75-79 3 940 914 +27.8%⇒ 5 036 710
80-84 2 268 907 +32.2%⇒ 2 998 959
85-89 1 113 786 +40.2%⇒ 1 561 936
90-94 405 618 +50%⇒ 608 589
95-99 38 765 +65.4%⇒ 64 123
100+ 2 559 +100.2%⇒ 5 122

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)