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PopulationToday's Africa population is 1,539,002,902 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.
| Population | 1,539,002,902 |
|---|---|
| Growth Rate | 2.257% |
| Male | 768,777,148 (49.953%) |
| Female | 770,225,754 (50.047%) |
| Today Change | + 23,886 |
| Births today | 32,526 |
|---|---|
| Deaths today | 8,084 |
| Births in 2025 | 11,504,582 |
| Deaths in 2025 | 2,859,223 |
| Change in 2025 | + 8,448,421 (0.552%) |
| Year | Population (01 Jan) | Natural Change | Growth Rate (%) | Total Population (31 December) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,496,125,538 | 34,004,772 | 2.273% | 1,530,130,310 |
| 2023 | 1,461,863,680 | 33,808,753 | 2.313% | 1,495,672,433 |
| 2022 | 1,428,401,841 | 33,046,976 | 2.314% | 1,461,448,817 |
| 2021 | 1,395,651,245 | 32,339,632 | 2.317% | 1,427,990,877 |
| 2020 | 1,362,589,871 | 32,639,199 | 2.395% | 1,395,229,070 |
| 2019 | 1,330,068,841 | 32,103,385 | 2.414% | 1,362,172,226 |
| 2018 | 1,297,434,902 | 32,206,253 | 2.482% | 1,329,641,155 |
| 2017 | 1,265,084,802 | 31,879,375 | 2.52% | 1,296,964,177 |
| 2016 | 1,234,084,326 | 30,534,719 | 2.474% | 1,264,619,045 |
| 2015 | 1,202,862,027 | 30,799,963 | 2.561% | 1,233,661,990 |
| Rank | Iso | Country | Population | Equivalent Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DZ | Algeria | 47,279,154 | 3.079% |
| 2 | AO | Angola | 38,738,901 | 2.513% |
| 3 | BJ | Benin | 14,723,054 | 0.956% |
| 4 | BW | Botswana | 2,551,621 | 0.166% |
| 5 | BF | Burkina Faso | 23,938,811 | 1.556% |
| 6 | BI | Burundi | 14,302,528 | 0.929% |
| 7 | CM | Cameroon | 29,683,170 | 1.927% |
| 8 | CV | Cape Verde | 526,719 | 0.034% |
| 9 | CF | Central African... | 5,465,445 | 0.354% |
| 10 | TD | Chad | 20,860,952 | 1.354% |
| 11 | KM | Comoros | 878,674 | 0.057% |
| 12 | CD | Democratic Repu... | 111,900,878 | 7.255% |
| 13 | DJ | Djibouti | 1,180,220 | 0.077% |
| 14 | EG | Egypt | 117,919,309 | 7.677% |
| 15 | GQ | Equatorial Guin... | 1,926,539 | 0.125% |
| 16 | ER | Eritrea | 3,587,616 | 0.233% |
| 17 | SZ | Eswatini | 1,252,664 | 0.082% |
| 18 | ET | Ethiopia | 134,589,106 | 8.74% |
| 19 | GA | Gabon | 2,579,149 | 0.168% |
| 20 | GH | Ghana | 34,900,410 | 2.27% |
| 21 | GN | Guinea | 15,011,038 | 0.975% |
| 22 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 2,237,026 | 0.145% |
| 23 | CI | Ivory Coast | 32,509,560 | 2.112% |
| 24 | KE | Kenya | 57,248,361 | 3.723% |
| 25 | LS | Lesotho | 2,356,685 | 0.154% |
| 26 | LR | Liberia | 5,700,787 | 0.371% |
| 27 | LY | Libya | 7,438,501 | 0.485% |
| 28 | MG | Madagascar | 32,539,562 | 2.114% |
| 29 | MW | Malawi | 22,070,460 | 1.433% |
| 30 | ML | Mali | 25,010,288 | 1.623% |
| 31 | MR | Mauritania | 5,277,381 | 0.343% |
| 32 | MU | Mauritius | 1,269,066 | 0.083% |
| 33 | MA | Morocco | 38,343,674 | 2.5% |
| 34 | MZ | Mozambique | 35,373,875 | 2.295% |
| 35 | NA | Namibia | 3,076,980 | 0.2% |
| 36 | NE | Niger | 27,686,749 | 1.795% |
| 37 | NG | Nigeria | 236,269,137 | 15.36% |
| 38 | CG | Republic of the... | 6,445,103 | 0.419% |
| 39 | RW | Rwanda | 14,485,416 | 0.941% |
| 40 | ST | São Tomé and Pr... | 239,034 | 0.016% |
| 41 | SN | Senegal | 18,820,377 | 1.223% |
| 42 | SC | Seychelles | 132,187 | 0.009% |
| 43 | SL | Sierra Leone | 8,774,053 | 0.57% |
| 44 | SO | Somalia | 19,487,532 | 1.263% |
| 45 | ZA | South Africa | 64,562,037 | 4.207% |
| 46 | SS | South Sudan | 12,125,948 | 0.788% |
| 47 | SD | Sudan | 51,240,651 | 3.322% |
| 48 | TZ | Tanzania | 70,026,065 | 4.544% |
| 49 | GM | The Gambia | 2,806,078 | 0.182% |
| 50 | TG | Togo | 9,668,174 | 0.628% |
| 51 | TN | Tunisia | 12,330,850 | 0.805% |
| 52 | UG | Uganda | 51,029,465 | 3.312% |
| 53 | ZM | Zambia | 21,757,801 | 1.412% |
| 54 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 16,868,082 | 1.097% |
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