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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 2025-07-11*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 807 858 ⇐+2.9% 109 590 791
5-9 102 345 394 ⇐+3.5% 98 923 933
10-14 88 414 062 ⇐+2.2% 86 492 325
15-19 75 792 693 ⇐+2.2% 74 184 779
20-24 65 385 096 ⇐+3.3% 63 268 632
25-29 58 024 882 ⇐+2.1% 56 828 497
30-34 52 744 979 ⇐+0.7% 52 387 337
35-39 45 027 821 +1.5%⇒ 45 697 169
40-44 36 060 329 +1.3%⇒ 36 546 189
45-49 28 071 292 +1.7%⇒ 28 549 974
50-54 22 526 713 +3%⇒ 23 191 325
55-59 18 492 958 +5.2%⇒ 19 452 161
60-64 14 253 516 +10.4%⇒ 15 736 433
65-69 10 349 253 +14%⇒ 11 797 529
70-74 6 711 395 +21.4%⇒ 8 146 234
75-79 3 958 259 +27.8%⇒ 5 058 802
80-84 2 284 243 +32.1%⇒ 3 017 751
85-89 1 125 738 +40.2%⇒ 1 577 770
90-94 412 145 +49.9%⇒ 617 727
95-99 39 274 +65.1%⇒ 64 828
100+ 2 589 +99.5%⇒ 5 164

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)