Population of Africa today

1,543,287,436
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,543,287,436 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,543,287,436
Growth Rate2.257%
Male770,917,398 (49.953%)
Female772,370,038 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 48,823
Births today66,485
Deaths today16,523
Births in 202517,339,019
Deaths in 20254,309,251
Change in 2025+ 12,732,955 (0.832%)

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 Algeria47,354,0263.079%
2AO Angola38,880,9292.513%
3BJ Benin14,766,4190.956%
4BW Botswana2,556,6390.166%
5BF Burkina Faso24,003,3021.556%
6BI Burundi14,344,0400.929%
7CM Cameroon29,776,0901.927%
8CV Cape Verde527,0130.034%
9CF Central African...5,487,9190.354%
10TD Chad20,928,4771.354%
11KM Comoros880,6650.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...112,339,3017.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,182,0700.077%
14EG Egypt118,132,9187.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,932,1800.125%
16ER Eritrea3,596,8400.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,254,3510.082%
18ET Ethiopia135,007,2918.74%
19GA Gabon2,585,7960.168%
20GH Ghana34,978,5302.27%
21GN Guinea15,053,1350.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,242,9650.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,605,3532.112%
24KE Kenya57,383,7503.723%
25LS Lesotho2,359,8730.154%
26LR Liberia5,715,2630.371%
27LY Libya7,448,1350.485%
28MG Madagascar32,634,9252.114%
29MW Malawi22,139,4411.433%
30ML Mali25,099,2621.623%
31MR Mauritania5,295,1870.343%
32MU Mauritius1,268,6840.083%
33MA Morocco38,385,5702.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,495,6082.295%
35NA Namibia3,084,5210.2%
36NE Niger27,795,4611.795%
37NG Nigeria236,868,23315.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,463,7700.419%
39RW Rwanda14,525,2920.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...239,6150.016%
41SN Senegal18,873,3651.223%
42SC Seychelles132,4690.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,795,8170.57%
44SO Somalia19,566,1671.263%
45ZA South Africa64,651,0654.207%
46SS South Sudan12,155,8620.788%
47SD Sudan51,439,0953.322%
48TZ Tanzania70,271,5014.544%
49GM The Gambia2,813,6890.182%
50TG Togo9,693,5790.628%
51TN Tunisia12,339,4170.805%
52UG Uganda51,197,5183.312%
53ZM Zambia21,831,5581.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe16,907,4971.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata