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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 2025-09-02*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 080 387 ⇐+2.9% 109 857 267
5-9 102 647 083 ⇐+3.5% 99 207 675
10-14 88 668 921 ⇐+2.2% 86 743 469
15-19 75 993 638 ⇐+2.2% 74 387 460
20-24 65 547 595 ⇐+3.4% 63 412 244
25-29 58 174 102 ⇐+2.1% 56 963 919
30-34 52 921 232 ⇐+0.7% 52 553 696
35-39 45 200 654 +1.5%⇒ 45 875 049
40-44 36 197 032 +1.4%⇒ 36 686 279
45-49 28 165 026 +1.7%⇒ 28 643 592
50-54 22 594 983 +2.9%⇒ 23 259 330
55-59 18 555 337 +5.2%⇒ 19 512 369
60-64 14 302 471 +10.4%⇒ 15 789 202
65-69 10 385 678 +14%⇒ 11 836 218
70-74 6 732 999 +21.4%⇒ 8 171 972
75-79 3 969 364 +27.8%⇒ 5 072 946
80-84 2 294 060 +32.1%⇒ 3 029 782
85-89 1 133 389 +40.1%⇒ 1 587 906
90-94 416 324 +49.8%⇒ 623 577
95-99 39 601 +64.8%⇒ 65 280
100+ 2 609 +98.9%⇒ 5 190

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)