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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 2026-09-11*

  Male % Female
0-4 115 001 529 ⇐+2.9% 111 735 742
5-9 104 773 779 ⇐+3.5% 101 207 852
10-14 90 465 498 ⇐+2.2% 88 513 857
15-19 77 410 157 ⇐+2.1% 75 816 222
20-24 66 693 100 ⇐+3.5% 64 424 607
25-29 59 226 005 ⇐+2.3% 57 918 547
30-34 54 163 692 ⇐+0.8% 53 726 410
35-39 46 419 003 +1.5%⇒ 47 128 981
40-44 37 160 695 +1.4%⇒ 37 673 819
45-49 28 825 782 +1.7%⇒ 29 303 538
50-54 23 076 241 +2.9%⇒ 23 738 724
55-59 18 995 070 +5%⇒ 19 936 798
60-64 14 647 572 +10.3%⇒ 16 161 188
65-69 10 642 446 +13.8%⇒ 12 108 946
70-74 6 885 293 +21.3%⇒ 8 353 404
75-79 4 047 645 +27.8%⇒ 5 172 648
80-84 2 363 268 +31.8%⇒ 3 114 592
85-89 1 187 327 +39.8%⇒ 1 659 363
90-94 445 782 +49.1%⇒ 664 815
95-99 41 899 +63.4%⇒ 68 461
100+ 2 746 +95.8%⇒ 5 377

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)