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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 2026-03-12*

  Male % Female
0-4 114 061 125 ⇐+2.9% 110 816 224
5-9 103 732 755 ⇐+3.5% 100 228 760
10-14 89 586 069 ⇐+2.2% 87 647 247
15-19 76 716 767 ⇐+2.1% 75 116 840
20-24 66 132 372 ⇐+3.4% 63 929 053
25-29 58 711 096 ⇐+2.2% 57 451 254
30-34 53 555 504 ⇐+0.8% 53 152 363
35-39 45 822 618 +1.5%⇒ 46 515 178
40-44 36 688 979 +1.4%⇒ 37 190 416
45-49 28 502 340 +1.7%⇒ 28 980 493
50-54 22 840 664 +2.9%⇒ 23 504 059
55-59 18 779 820 +5.1%⇒ 19 729 039
60-64 14 478 644 +10.4%⇒ 15 979 100
65-69 10 516 757 +13.9%⇒ 11 975 445
70-74 6 810 744 +21.3%⇒ 8 264 593
75-79 4 009 326 +27.8%⇒ 5 123 844
80-84 2 329 391 +31.9%⇒ 3 073 077
85-89 1 160 924 +39.9%⇒ 1 624 385
90-94 431 362 +49.4%⇒ 644 629
95-99 40 774 +64.1%⇒ 66 904
100+ 2 679 +97.3%⇒ 5 286

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)