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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 2026-11-02*

  Male % Female
0-4 115 270 729 ⇐+2.9% 111 998 964
5-9 105 071 783 ⇐+3.5% 101 488 128
10-14 90 717 245 ⇐+2.2% 88 761 933
15-19 77 608 647 ⇐+2.1% 76 016 428
20-24 66 853 614 ⇐+3.5% 64 566 465
25-29 59 373 403 ⇐+2.3% 58 052 315
30-34 54 337 792 ⇐+0.8% 53 890 737
35-39 46 589 724 +1.5%⇒ 47 304 688
40-44 37 295 729 +1.4%⇒ 37 812 198
45-49 28 918 371 +1.7%⇒ 29 396 013
50-54 23 143 678 +2.9%⇒ 23 805 899
55-59 19 056 688 +4.9%⇒ 19 996 271
60-64 14 695 930 +10.3%⇒ 16 213 313
65-69 10 678 425 +13.8%⇒ 12 147 162
70-74 6 906 633 +21.3%⇒ 8 378 828
75-79 4 058 614 +27.8%⇒ 5 186 619
80-84 2 372 966 +31.8%⇒ 3 126 476
85-89 1 194 885 +39.7%⇒ 1 669 376
90-94 449 909 +49.1%⇒ 670 593
95-99 42 222 +63.2%⇒ 68 907
100+ 2 765 +95.4%⇒ 5 403

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)