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PopulationToday's Africa population is 1,547,607,137 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.
| Population | 1,547,607,137 |
|---|---|
| Growth Rate | 2.257% |
| Male | 773,075,216 (49.953%) |
| Female | 774,531,922 (50.047%) |
| Today Change | + 14,270 |
| Births today | 19,432 |
|---|---|
| Deaths today | 4,829 |
| Births in 2025 | 23,221,344 |
| Deaths in 2025 | 5,771,180 |
| Change in 2025 | + 17,052,656 (1.114%) |
| Year | Population (01 Jan) | Natural Change | Growth Rate (%) | Total Population (31 December) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,496,125,538 | 34,004,772 | 2.273% | 1,530,130,310 |
| 2023 | 1,461,863,680 | 33,808,753 | 2.313% | 1,495,672,433 |
| 2022 | 1,428,401,841 | 33,046,976 | 2.314% | 1,461,448,817 |
| 2021 | 1,395,651,245 | 32,339,632 | 2.317% | 1,427,990,877 |
| 2020 | 1,362,589,871 | 32,639,199 | 2.395% | 1,395,229,070 |
| 2019 | 1,330,068,841 | 32,103,385 | 2.414% | 1,362,172,226 |
| 2018 | 1,297,434,902 | 32,206,253 | 2.482% | 1,329,641,155 |
| 2017 | 1,265,084,802 | 31,879,375 | 2.52% | 1,296,964,177 |
| 2016 | 1,234,084,326 | 30,534,719 | 2.474% | 1,264,619,045 |
| 2015 | 1,202,862,027 | 30,799,963 | 2.561% | 1,233,661,990 |
| Rank | Iso | Country | Population | Equivalent Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DZ | Algeria | 47,429,511 | 3.079% |
| 2 | AO | Angola | 39,024,124 | 2.513% |
| 3 | BJ | Benin | 14,810,140 | 0.956% |
| 4 | BW | Botswana | 2,561,698 | 0.166% |
| 5 | BF | Burkina Faso | 24,068,322 | 1.556% |
| 6 | BI | Burundi | 14,385,894 | 0.929% |
| 7 | CM | Cameroon | 29,869,773 | 1.927% |
| 8 | CV | Cape Verde | 527,309 | 0.034% |
| 9 | CF | Central African... | 5,510,578 | 0.354% |
| 10 | TD | Chad | 20,996,557 | 1.354% |
| 11 | KM | Comoros | 882,672 | 0.057% |
| 12 | CD | Democratic Repu... | 112,781,322 | 7.255% |
| 13 | DJ | Djibouti | 1,183,935 | 0.077% |
| 14 | EG | Egypt | 118,348,280 | 7.677% |
| 15 | GQ | Equatorial Guin... | 1,937,868 | 0.125% |
| 16 | ER | Eritrea | 3,606,141 | 0.233% |
| 17 | SZ | Eswatini | 1,256,052 | 0.082% |
| 18 | ET | Ethiopia | 135,428,908 | 8.74% |
| 19 | GA | Gabon | 2,592,498 | 0.168% |
| 20 | GH | Ghana | 35,057,291 | 2.27% |
| 21 | GN | Guinea | 15,095,577 | 0.975% |
| 22 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 2,248,952 | 0.145% |
| 23 | CI | Ivory Coast | 32,701,932 | 2.112% |
| 24 | KE | Kenya | 57,520,250 | 3.723% |
| 25 | LS | Lesotho | 2,363,088 | 0.154% |
| 26 | LR | Liberia | 5,729,858 | 0.371% |
| 27 | LY | Libya | 7,457,847 | 0.485% |
| 28 | MG | Madagascar | 32,731,070 | 2.114% |
| 29 | MW | Malawi | 22,208,988 | 1.433% |
| 30 | ML | Mali | 25,188,966 | 1.623% |
| 31 | MR | Mauritania | 5,313,139 | 0.343% |
| 32 | MU | Mauritius | 1,268,298 | 0.083% |
| 33 | MA | Morocco | 38,427,810 | 2.5% |
| 34 | MZ | Mozambique | 35,618,340 | 2.295% |
| 35 | NA | Namibia | 3,092,124 | 0.2% |
| 36 | NE | Niger | 27,905,066 | 1.795% |
| 37 | NG | Nigeria | 237,472,247 | 15.36% |
| 38 | CG | Republic of the... | 6,482,591 | 0.419% |
| 39 | RW | Rwanda | 14,565,496 | 0.941% |
| 40 | ST | São Tomé and Pr... | 240,201 | 0.016% |
| 41 | SN | Senegal | 18,926,787 | 1.223% |
| 42 | SC | Seychelles | 132,754 | 0.009% |
| 43 | SL | Sierra Leone | 8,817,758 | 0.57% |
| 44 | SO | Somalia | 19,645,447 | 1.263% |
| 45 | ZA | South Africa | 64,740,823 | 4.207% |
| 46 | SS | South Sudan | 12,186,021 | 0.788% |
| 47 | SD | Sudan | 51,639,167 | 3.322% |
| 48 | TZ | Tanzania | 70,518,951 | 4.544% |
| 49 | GM | The Gambia | 2,821,363 | 0.182% |
| 50 | TG | Togo | 9,719,193 | 0.628% |
| 51 | TN | Tunisia | 12,348,054 | 0.805% |
| 52 | UG | Uganda | 51,366,950 | 3.312% |
| 53 | ZM | Zambia | 21,905,921 | 1.412% |
| 54 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 16,947,236 | 1.097% |
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