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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 2025-07-07*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 790 472 ⇐+2.9% 109 573 790
5-9 102 326 147 ⇐+3.5% 98 905 831
10-14 88 397 803 ⇐+2.2% 86 476 303
15-19 75 779 873 ⇐+2.2% 74 171 849
20-24 65 374 729 ⇐+3.3% 63 259 470
25-29 58 015 362 ⇐+2.1% 56 819 858
30-34 52 733 734 ⇐+0.7% 52 376 724
35-39 45 016 795 +1.5%⇒ 45 685 820
40-44 36 051 607 +1.3%⇒ 36 537 252
45-49 28 065 312 +1.7%⇒ 28 544 001
50-54 22 522 358 +3%⇒ 23 186 986
55-59 18 488 978 +5.2%⇒ 19 448 320
60-64 14 250 393 +10.4%⇒ 15 733 067
65-69 10 346 929 +14%⇒ 11 795 061
70-74 6 710 016 +21.4%⇒ 8 144 592
75-79 3 957 551 +27.8%⇒ 5 057 900
80-84 2 283 616 +32.1%⇒ 3 016 984
85-89 1 125 250 +40.2%⇒ 1 577 123
90-94 411 878 +49.9%⇒ 617 354
95-99 39 254 +65.1%⇒ 64 800
100+ 2 588 +99.5%⇒ 5 162

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)