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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 2026-05-13*

  Male % Female
0-4 114 381 865 ⇐+2.9% 111 129 840
5-9 104 087 813 ⇐+3.5% 100 562 695
10-14 89 886 012 ⇐+2.2% 87 942 818
15-19 76 953 259 ⇐+2.1% 75 355 375
20-24 66 323 617 ⇐+3.5% 64 098 070
25-29 58 886 714 ⇐+2.2% 57 610 632
30-34 53 762 936 ⇐+0.8% 53 348 151
35-39 46 026 024 +1.5%⇒ 46 724 525
40-44 36 849 866 +1.4%⇒ 37 355 288
45-49 28 612 655 +1.7%⇒ 29 090 672
50-54 22 921 012 +2.9%⇒ 23 584 095
55-59 18 853 235 +5%⇒ 19 799 899
60-64 14 536 260 +10.4%⇒ 16 041 204
65-69 10 559 625 +13.8%⇒ 12 020 977
70-74 6 836 170 +21.3%⇒ 8 294 883
75-79 4 022 395 +27.8%⇒ 5 140 489
80-84 2 340 945 +31.9%⇒ 3 087 236
85-89 1 169 929 +39.9%⇒ 1 636 315
90-94 436 280 +49.3%⇒ 651 513
95-99 41 158 +63.8%⇒ 67 435
100+ 2 701 +96.9%⇒ 5 317

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)