Population of Africa today

1,553,406,823
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,553,406,823 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,553,406,823
Growth Rate2.257%
Male775,972,329 (49.953%)
Female777,434,494 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 39,835
Births today54,245
Deaths today13,482
Births in 202531,119,028
Deaths in 20257,733,984
Change in 2025+ 22,852,342 (1.493%)

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 Algeria47,530,8603.079%
2AO Angola39,216,3782.513%
3BJ Benin14,868,8400.956%
4BW Botswana2,568,4900.166%
5BF Burkina Faso24,155,6191.556%
6BI Burundi14,442,0870.929%
7CM Cameroon29,995,5521.927%
8CV Cape Verde527,7060.034%
9CF Central African...5,540,9990.354%
10TD Chad21,087,9621.354%
11KM Comoros885,3660.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...113,374,7867.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,186,4400.077%
14EG Egypt118,637,4297.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,945,5040.125%
16ER Eritrea3,618,6270.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,258,3360.082%
18ET Ethiopia135,994,9778.74%
19GA Gabon2,601,4970.168%
20GH Ghana35,163,0372.27%
21GN Guinea15,152,5600.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,256,9910.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,831,6012.112%
24KE Kenya57,703,5173.723%
25LS Lesotho2,367,4040.154%
26LR Liberia5,749,4540.371%
27LY Libya7,470,8870.485%
28MG Madagascar32,860,1562.114%
29MW Malawi22,302,3641.433%
30ML Mali25,309,4051.623%
31MR Mauritania5,337,2420.343%
32MU Mauritius1,267,7800.083%
33MA Morocco38,484,5222.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,783,1212.295%
35NA Namibia3,102,3330.2%
36NE Niger28,052,2221.795%
37NG Nigeria238,283,20415.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,507,8590.419%
39RW Rwanda14,619,4740.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...240,9880.016%
41SN Senegal18,998,5121.223%
42SC Seychelles133,1360.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,847,2180.57%
44SO Somalia19,751,8901.263%
45ZA South Africa64,861,3344.207%
46SS South Sudan12,226,5120.788%
47SD Sudan51,907,7873.322%
48TZ Tanzania70,851,1804.544%
49GM The Gambia2,831,6650.182%
50TG Togo9,753,5820.628%
51TN Tunisia12,359,6500.805%
52UG Uganda51,594,4313.312%
53ZM Zambia22,005,7611.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,000,5901.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata