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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 2026-08-16*

  Male % Female
0-4 114 869 813 ⇐+2.9% 111 606 952
5-9 104 627 971 ⇐+3.5% 101 070 718
10-14 90 342 323 ⇐+2.2% 88 392 478
15-19 77 313 039 ⇐+2.1% 75 718 265
20-24 66 614 563 ⇐+3.5% 64 355 199
25-29 59 153 885 ⇐+2.2% 57 853 097
30-34 54 078 507 ⇐+0.8% 53 646 007
35-39 46 335 471 +1.5%⇒ 47 043 010
40-44 37 094 626 +1.4%⇒ 37 606 112
45-49 28 780 480 +1.7%⇒ 29 258 291
50-54 23 043 246 +2.9%⇒ 23 705 856
55-59 18 964 922 +5%⇒ 19 907 699
60-64 14 623 912 +10.3%⇒ 16 135 685
65-69 10 624 841 +13.8%⇒ 12 090 247
70-74 6 874 851 +21.3%⇒ 8 340 965
75-79 4 042 278 +27.8%⇒ 5 165 813
80-84 2 358 523 +31.8%⇒ 3 108 777
85-89 1 183 629 +39.8%⇒ 1 654 464
90-94 443 762 +49.2%⇒ 661 987
95-99 41 742 +63.5%⇒ 68 243
100+ 2 736 +96.1%⇒ 5 364

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)