Population of Africa today

1,574,575,882
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,574,575,882 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,574,575,882
Growth Rate2.222%
Male786,580,850 (49.955%)
Female787,995,032 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 87,138
Births today119,054
Deaths today29,746
Births in 202612,359,672
Deaths in 20263,088,141
Change in 2026+ 9,046,238 (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 Algeria47,888,5683.049%
2AO Angola39,925,5872.531%
3BJ Benin15,083,4140.958%
4BW Botswana2,593,2830.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,473,4551.555%
6BI Burundi14,646,6390.93%
7CM Cameroon30,454,9671.933%
8CV Cape Verde529,0910.034%
9CF Central African...5,653,2880.358%
10TD Chad21,423,7561.359%
11KM Comoros895,1020.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...115,562,1527.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,195,6530.076%
14EG Egypt119,681,6027.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,973,2800.125%
16ER Eritrea3,664,1890.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,266,5510.081%
18ET Ethiopia138,064,2578.763%
19GA Gabon2,634,2130.167%
20GH Ghana35,544,7522.26%
21GN Guinea15,359,1470.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,286,1130.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,303,8462.114%
24KE Kenya58,368,4513.71%
25LS Lesotho2,383,0180.152%
26LR Liberia5,822,9790.37%
27LY Libya7,519,4590.479%
28MG Madagascar33,331,4262.116%
29MW Malawi22,645,5781.437%
30ML Mali25,752,2471.633%
31MR Mauritania5,425,5470.344%
32MU Mauritius1,265,8620.081%
33MA Morocco38,684,3932.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,391,2152.308%
35NA Namibia3,138,8350.2%
36NE Niger28,594,5001.812%
37NG Nigeria241,236,36115.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,600,2620.419%
39RW Rwanda14,813,1090.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...243,8430.015%
41SN Senegal19,260,4191.223%
42SC Seychelles134,4590.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,953,9220.569%
44SO Somalia20,145,3141.276%
45ZA South Africa65,286,5994.159%
46SS South Sudan12,375,1810.786%
47SD Sudan52,888,6763.352%
48TZ Tanzania72,069,6544.57%
49GM The Gambia2,869,0450.182%
50TG Togo9,879,5560.628%
51TN Tunisia12,399,7720.791%
52UG Uganda52,425,7853.326%
53ZM Zambia22,372,6311.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,194,8811.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata