Population of Africa today

1,570,276,180
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,570,276,180 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,570,276,180
Growth Rate2.222%
Male784,432,930 (49.955%)
Female785,843,250 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 76,367
Births today104,338
Deaths today26,070
Births in 20266,485,085
Deaths in 20261,620,339
Change in 2026+ 4,746,536 (0.303%)

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
20251,530,554,48134,550,0622.257%1,565,104,543
20241,496,125,53834,004,7722.273%1,530,130,310
20231,461,863,68033,808,7532.313%1,495,672,433
20221,428,401,84133,046,9762.314%1,461,448,817
20211,395,651,24532,339,6322.317%1,427,990,877
20201,362,589,87132,639,1992.395%1,395,229,070
20191,330,068,84132,103,3852.414%1,362,172,226
20181,297,434,90232,206,2532.482%1,329,641,155
20171,265,084,80231,879,3752.52%1,296,964,177
20161,234,084,32630,534,7192.474%1,264,619,045

Population of Africa Countries

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Africa
1DZ Algeria47,817,5273.049%
2AO Angola39,780,9272.531%
3BJ Benin15,039,6670.958%
4BW Botswana2,588,1660.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,408,8421.555%
6BI Burundi14,605,1430.93%
7CM Cameroon30,361,6941.933%
8CV Cape Verde528,8150.034%
9CF Central African...5,630,5430.358%
10TD Chad21,355,2421.359%
11KM Comoros893,1270.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...115,118,4177.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,193,7170.076%
14EG Egypt119,468,8007.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,967,6560.125%
16ER Eritrea3,654,8690.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,264,8690.081%
18ET Ethiopia137,643,7728.763%
19GA Gabon2,627,5610.167%
20GH Ghana35,467,4792.26%
21GN Guinea15,317,4520.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,280,2200.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,208,1082.114%
24KE Kenya58,233,0563.71%
25LS Lesotho2,379,8020.152%
26LR Liberia5,807,3850.37%
27LY Libya7,509,0710.479%
28MG Madagascar33,235,6092.116%
29MW Malawi22,575,3381.437%
30ML Mali25,662,2011.633%
31MR Mauritania5,407,6340.344%
32MU Mauritius1,266,2780.081%
33MA Morocco38,644,5082.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,266,8062.308%
35NA Namibia3,131,5570.2%
36NE Niger28,484,5981.812%
37NG Nigeria240,633,38615.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,581,4010.419%
39RW Rwanda14,774,5080.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...243,2620.015%
41SN Senegal19,207,0041.223%
42SC Seychelles134,2060.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,932,3080.569%
44SO Somalia20,065,3151.276%
45ZA South Africa65,201,7824.159%
46SS South Sudan12,344,4910.786%
47SD Sudan52,692,0273.352%
48TZ Tanzania71,822,4834.57%
49GM The Gambia2,861,4740.182%
50TG Togo9,853,6900.628%
51TN Tunisia12,391,8890.791%
52UG Uganda52,257,4853.326%
53ZM Zambia22,297,8921.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,155,1211.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata