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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 2025-07-18*

  Male % Female
0-4 112 846 941 ⇐+2.9% 109 629 005
5-9 102 388 658 ⇐+3.5% 98 964 624
10-14 88 450 611 ⇐+2.2% 86 528 341
15-19 75 821 510 ⇐+2.2% 74 213 845
20-24 65 408 400 ⇐+3.3% 63 289 227
25-29 58 046 281 ⇐+2.1% 56 847 918
30-34 52 770 255 ⇐+0.7% 52 411 194
35-39 45 052 607 +1.5%⇒ 45 722 678
40-44 36 079 933 +1.3%⇒ 36 566 279
45-49 28 084 734 +1.7%⇒ 28 563 399
50-54 22 536 504 +2.9%⇒ 23 201 077
55-59 18 501 904 +5.2%⇒ 19 460 795
60-64 14 260 537 +10.4%⇒ 15 744 001
65-69 10 354 477 +14%⇒ 11 803 077
70-74 6 714 493 +21.4%⇒ 8 149 925
75-79 3 959 852 +27.8%⇒ 5 060 830
80-84 2 285 651 +32.1%⇒ 3 019 477
85-89 1 126 835 +40.1%⇒ 1 579 223
90-94 412 744 +49.9%⇒ 618 566
95-99 39 321 +65%⇒ 64 893
100+ 2 592 +99.3%⇒ 5 167

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)