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?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

Current Africa population *

700000000

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 1.056 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 0.767 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 2.806 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

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 2026-04-29*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	114 308 831	⇐+2.9%	111 058 429
5-9	104 006 965	⇐+3.5%	100 486 657
10-14	89 817 714	⇐+2.2%	87 875 516
15-19	76 899 408	⇐+2.1%	75 301 060
20-24	66 280 070	⇐+3.5%	64 059 584
25-29	58 846 725	⇐+2.2%	57 574 341
30-34	53 715 703	⇐+0.8%	53 303 569
35-39	45 979 708	+1.5%⇒	46 676 856
40-44	36 813 231	+1.4%⇒	37 317 746
45-49	28 587 536	+1.7%⇒	29 065 584
50-54	22 902 716	+2.9%⇒	23 565 871
55-59	18 836 518	+5%⇒	19 783 764
60-64	14 523 141	+10.4%⇒	16 027 063
65-69	10 549 864	+13.8%⇒	12 010 609
70-74	6 830 381	+21.3%⇒	8 287 986
75-79	4 019 419	+27.8%⇒	5 136 699
80-84	2 338 314	+31.9%⇒	3 084 012
85-89	1 167 879	+39.9%⇒	1 633 598
90-94	435 160	+49.4%⇒	649 946
95-99	41 071	+63.9%⇒	67 314
100+	2 696	+97%⇒	5 310

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)

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