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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 2025-09-18*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 162 908 ⇐+2.9% 109 937 955
5-9 102 738 433 ⇐+3.5% 99 293 590
10-14 88 746 091 ⇐+2.2% 86 819 514
15-19 76 054 483 ⇐+2.2% 74 448 831
20-24 65 596 799 ⇐+3.4% 63 455 729
25-29 58 219 286 ⇐+2.1% 57 004 924
30-34 52 974 600 ⇐+0.7% 52 604 069
35-39 45 252 987 +1.5%⇒ 45 928 910
40-44 36 238 425 +1.4%⇒ 36 728 698
45-49 28 193 408 +1.7%⇒ 28 671 940
50-54 22 615 655 +2.9%⇒ 23 279 922
55-59 18 574 226 +5.1%⇒ 19 530 600
60-64 14 317 295 +10.4%⇒ 15 805 181
65-69 10 396 707 +14%⇒ 11 847 933
70-74 6 739 540 +21.4%⇒ 8 179 765
75-79 3 972 727 +27.8%⇒ 5 077 228
80-84 2 297 033 +32.1%⇒ 3 033 425
85-89 1 135 706 +40.1%⇒ 1 590 976
90-94 417 589 +49.8%⇒ 625 348
95-99 39 699 +64.8%⇒ 65 416
100+ 2 615 +98.8%⇒ 5 198

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)