Population of Africa today

1,588,885,121
Thursday, September 3, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,588,885,121 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,588,885,121
Growth Rate2.222%
Male793,729,044 (49.955%)
Female795,156,077 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 4,629
Births today6,324
Deaths today1,580
Births in 202631,910,064
Deaths in 20267,972,928
Change in 2026+ 23,355,477 (1.492%)

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 Algeria48,124,9903.049%
2AO Angola40,407,0082.531%
3BJ Benin15,229,0020.958%
4BW Botswana2,610,3110.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,688,4841.555%
6BI Burundi14,784,7370.93%
7CM Cameroon30,765,3761.933%
8CV Cape Verde530,0080.034%
9CF Central African...5,728,9830.358%
10TD Chad21,651,7691.359%
11KM Comoros901,6770.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...117,038,8847.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,202,0930.076%
14EG Egypt120,389,7997.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,991,9980.125%
16ER Eritrea3,695,2050.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,272,1520.081%
18ET Ethiopia139,463,6138.763%
19GA Gabon2,656,3500.167%
20GH Ghana35,801,9152.26%
21GN Guinea15,497,9060.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,305,7250.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,622,4592.114%
24KE Kenya58,819,0423.71%
25LS Lesotho2,393,7210.152%
26LR Liberia5,874,8750.37%
27LY Libya7,554,0300.479%
28MG Madagascar33,650,3022.116%
29MW Malawi22,879,3331.437%
30ML Mali26,051,9151.633%
31MR Mauritania5,485,1620.344%
32MU Mauritius1,264,4760.081%
33MA Morocco38,817,1282.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,805,2432.308%
35NA Namibia3,163,0530.2%
36NE Niger28,960,2471.812%
37NG Nigeria243,243,03815.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,663,0300.419%
39RW Rwanda14,941,5730.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...245,7770.015%
41SN Senegal19,438,1831.223%
42SC Seychelles135,3020.009%
43SL Sierra Leone9,025,8520.569%
44SO Somalia20,411,5471.276%
45ZA South Africa65,568,8684.159%
46SS South Sudan12,477,3160.786%
47SD Sudan53,543,1133.352%
48TZ Tanzania72,892,2314.57%
49GM The Gambia2,894,2410.182%
50TG Togo9,965,6360.628%
51TN Tunisia12,426,0030.791%
52UG Uganda52,985,8783.326%
53ZM Zambia22,621,3621.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,327,2011.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata