Population of Africa today

1,574,580,221
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,574,580,221 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,574,580,221
Growth Rate2.222%
Male786,583,018 (49.955%)
Female787,997,203 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 91,476
Births today124,982
Deaths today31,228
Births in 202612,365,600
Deaths in 20263,089,622
Change in 2026+ 9,050,577 (0.578%)

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 Algeria47,888,6403.049%
2AO Angola39,925,7332.531%
3BJ Benin15,083,4580.958%
4BW Botswana2,593,2880.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,473,5201.555%
6BI Burundi14,646,6810.93%
7CM Cameroon30,455,0611.933%
8CV Cape Verde529,0910.034%
9CF Central African...5,653,3110.358%
10TD Chad21,423,8261.359%
11KM Comoros895,1040.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...115,562,5997.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,195,6540.076%
14EG Egypt119,681,8177.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,973,2860.125%
16ER Eritrea3,664,1980.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,266,5530.081%
18ET Ethiopia138,064,6818.763%
19GA Gabon2,634,2200.167%
20GH Ghana35,544,8302.26%
21GN Guinea15,359,1890.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,286,1190.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,303,9432.114%
24KE Kenya58,368,5883.71%
25LS Lesotho2,383,0210.152%
26LR Liberia5,822,9940.37%
27LY Libya7,519,4690.479%
28MG Madagascar33,331,5232.116%
29MW Malawi22,645,6491.437%
30ML Mali25,752,3381.633%
31MR Mauritania5,425,5650.344%
32MU Mauritius1,265,8610.081%
33MA Morocco38,684,4332.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,391,3402.308%
35NA Namibia3,138,8420.2%
36NE Niger28,594,6111.812%
37NG Nigeria241,236,96915.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,600,2810.419%
39RW Rwanda14,813,1480.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...243,8430.015%
41SN Senegal19,260,4731.223%
42SC Seychelles134,4600.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,953,9440.569%
44SO Somalia20,145,3941.276%
45ZA South Africa65,286,6854.159%
46SS South Sudan12,375,2120.786%
47SD Sudan52,888,8743.352%
48TZ Tanzania72,069,9044.57%
49GM The Gambia2,869,0530.182%
50TG Togo9,879,5820.628%
51TN Tunisia12,399,7800.791%
52UG Uganda52,425,9543.326%
53ZM Zambia22,372,7071.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,194,9211.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata