Population of Africa today

1,594,621,398
Monday, November 2, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,594,621,398 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,594,621,398
Growth Rate2.222%
Male796,594,607 (49.955%)
Female798,026,792 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 22,330
Births today30,510
Deaths today7,623
Births in 202639,747,411
Deaths in 20269,931,138
Change in 2026+ 29,091,754 (1.858%)

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 Algeria48,219,7673.049%
2AO Angola40,600,0002.531%
3BJ Benin15,287,3650.958%
4BW Botswana2,617,1370.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,774,6851.555%
6BI Burundi14,840,0980.93%
7CM Cameroon30,889,8131.933%
8CV Cape Verde530,3760.034%
9CF Central African...5,759,3280.358%
10TD Chad21,743,1741.359%
11KM Comoros904,3120.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...117,630,8757.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,204,6750.076%
14EG Egypt120,673,7007.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,999,5010.125%
16ER Eritrea3,707,6390.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,274,3970.081%
18ET Ethiopia140,024,5868.763%
19GA Gabon2,665,2250.167%
20GH Ghana35,905,0062.26%
21GN Guinea15,553,5320.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,313,5870.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,750,1842.114%
24KE Kenya58,999,6753.71%
25LS Lesotho2,398,0110.152%
26LR Liberia5,895,6790.37%
27LY Libya7,567,8890.479%
28MG Madagascar33,778,1332.116%
29MW Malawi22,973,0401.437%
30ML Mali26,172,0451.633%
31MR Mauritania5,509,0610.344%
32MU Mauritius1,263,9200.081%
33MA Morocco38,870,3392.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,971,2182.308%
35NA Namibia3,172,7620.2%
36NE Niger29,106,8671.812%
37NG Nigeria244,047,47215.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,688,1920.419%
39RW Rwanda14,993,0720.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...246,5520.015%
41SN Senegal19,509,4451.223%
42SC Seychelles135,6390.009%
43SL Sierra Leone9,054,6870.569%
44SO Somalia20,518,2741.276%
45ZA South Africa65,682,0244.159%
46SS South Sudan12,518,2590.786%
47SD Sudan53,805,4643.352%
48TZ Tanzania73,221,9854.57%
49GM The Gambia2,904,3420.182%
50TG Togo10,000,1440.628%
51TN Tunisia12,436,5190.791%
52UG Uganda53,210,4083.326%
53ZM Zambia22,721,0731.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,380,2461.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata