Population of Africa today

1,555,226,811
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,555,226,811 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,555,226,811
Growth Rate2.257%
Male776,881,467 (49.953%)
Female778,345,345 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 61,327
Births today83,512
Deaths today20,755
Births in 202533,597,385
Deaths in 20258,349,928
Change in 2025+ 24,672,330 (1.612%)

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
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
20151,202,862,02730,799,9632.561%1,233,661,990

Population of Africa Countries

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Africa
1DZ Algeria47,562,6643.079%
2AO Angola39,276,7092.513%
3BJ Benin14,887,2610.956%
4BW Botswana2,570,6220.166%
5BF Burkina Faso24,183,0131.556%
6BI Burundi14,459,7210.929%
7CM Cameroon30,035,0231.927%
8CV Cape Verde527,8310.034%
9CF Central African...5,550,5460.354%
10TD Chad21,116,6451.354%
11KM Comoros886,2120.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...113,561,0197.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,187,2260.077%
14EG Egypt118,728,1667.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,947,9000.125%
16ER Eritrea3,622,5460.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,259,0530.082%
18ET Ethiopia136,172,6148.74%
19GA Gabon2,604,3200.168%
20GH Ghana35,196,2212.27%
21GN Guinea15,170,4420.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,259,5140.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,872,2922.112%
24KE Kenya57,761,0273.723%
25LS Lesotho2,368,7590.154%
26LR Liberia5,755,6030.371%
27LY Libya7,474,9790.485%
28MG Madagascar32,900,6652.114%
29MW Malawi22,331,6661.433%
30ML Mali25,347,1991.623%
31MR Mauritania5,344,8050.343%
32MU Mauritius1,267,6180.083%
33MA Morocco38,502,3192.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,834,8302.295%
35NA Namibia3,105,5360.2%
36NE Niger28,098,4011.795%
37NG Nigeria238,537,68815.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,515,7890.419%
39RW Rwanda14,636,4130.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...241,2350.016%
41SN Senegal19,021,0201.223%
42SC Seychelles133,2560.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,856,4620.57%
44SO Somalia19,785,2931.263%
45ZA South Africa64,899,1514.207%
46SS South Sudan12,239,2190.788%
47SD Sudan51,992,0823.322%
48TZ Tanzania70,955,4374.544%
49GM The Gambia2,834,8990.182%
50TG Togo9,764,3740.628%
51TN Tunisia12,363,2890.805%
52UG Uganda51,665,8173.312%
53ZM Zambia22,037,0921.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,017,3331.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata