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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 2025-12-05*

  Male % Female
0-4 113 563 193 ⇐+2.9% 110 329 351
5-9 103 181 547 ⇐+3.5% 99 710 343
10-14 89 120 423 ⇐+2.2% 87 188 389
15-19 76 349 626 ⇐+2.1% 74 746 526
20-24 65 835 474 ⇐+3.4% 63 666 663
25-29 58 438 458 ⇐+2.2% 57 203 829
30-34 53 233 477 ⇐+0.7% 52 848 413
35-39 45 506 840 +1.5%⇒ 46 190 177
40-44 36 439 212 +1.4%⇒ 36 934 460
45-49 28 331 082 +1.7%⇒ 28 809 445
50-54 22 715 929 +2.9%⇒ 23 379 808
55-59 18 665 848 +5.1%⇒ 19 619 033
60-64 14 389 199 +10.4%⇒ 15 882 687
65-69 10 450 207 +13.9%⇒ 11 904 758
70-74 6 771 272 +21.4%⇒ 8 217 568
75-79 3 989 037 +27.8%⇒ 5 098 002
80-84 2 311 453 +32%⇒ 3 051 096
85-89 1 146 944 +40%⇒ 1 605 864
90-94 423 727 +49.6%⇒ 633 940
95-99 40 178 +64.5%⇒ 66 079
100+ 2 643 +98.1%⇒ 5 237

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)