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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 2026-04-15*

  Male % Female
0-4 114 237 194 ⇐+2.9% 110 988 382
5-9 103 927 663 ⇐+3.5% 100 412 072
10-14 89 750 722 ⇐+2.2% 87 809 500
15-19 76 846 588 ⇐+2.1% 75 247 783
20-24 66 237 356 ⇐+3.5% 64 021 834
25-29 58 807 501 ⇐+2.2% 57 538 744
30-34 53 669 373 ⇐+0.8% 53 259 840
35-39 45 934 277 +1.5%⇒ 46 630 098
40-44 36 777 297 +1.4%⇒ 37 280 922
45-49 28 562 897 +1.7%⇒ 29 040 975
50-54 22 884 771 +2.9%⇒ 23 547 995
55-59 18 820 121 +5%⇒ 19 767 937
60-64 14 510 272 +10.4%⇒ 16 013 192
65-69 10 540 289 +13.9%⇒ 12 000 440
70-74 6 824 702 +21.3%⇒ 8 281 220
75-79 4 016 500 +27.8%⇒ 5 132 981
80-84 2 335 734 +31.9%⇒ 3 080 850
85-89 1 165 868 +39.9%⇒ 1 630 934
90-94 434 062 +49.4%⇒ 648 408
95-99 40 985 +64%⇒ 67 195
100+ 2 691 +97.1%⇒ 5 303

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)