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PopulationToday's Africa population is 1,526,347,987 with an annual growth rate of 2.273%.
| Population | 1,526,347,987 |
|---|---|
| Growth Rate | 2.273% |
| Male | 762,410,319 (49.95%) |
| Female | 763,937,668 (50.05%) |
| Today Change | + 26,954 |
| Births today | 36,929 |
|---|---|
| Deaths today | 9,126 |
| Births in 2024 | 41,406,897 |
| Deaths in 2024 | 10,232,586 |
| Change in 2024 | + 30,222,449 (2.02%) |
| Year | Population (01 Jan) | Natural Change | Growth Rate (%) | Total Population (31 December) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2014 | 1,172,433,671 | 30,001,605 | 2.559% | 1,202,435,276 |
| Rank | Iso | Country | Population | Equivalent Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DZ | Algeria | 47,057,052 | 3.108% |
| 2 | AO | Angola | 38,316,024 | 2.494% |
| 3 | BJ | Benin | 14,594,957 | 0.955% |
| 4 | BW | Botswana | 2,536,844 | 0.167% |
| 5 | BF | Burkina Faso | 23,748,054 | 1.556% |
| 6 | BI | Burundi | 14,178,505 | 0.927% |
| 7 | CM | Cameroon | 29,407,752 | 1.921% |
| 8 | CV | Cape Verde | 525,852 | 0.035% |
| 9 | CF | Central African... | 5,398,320 | 0.35% |
| 10 | TD | Chad | 20,616,414 | 1.328% |
| 11 | KM | Comoros | 872,806 | 0.057% |
| 12 | CD | Democratic Repu... | 110,595,005 | 7.186% |
| 13 | DJ | Djibouti | 1,174,728 | 0.078% |
| 14 | EG | Egypt | 117,270,252 | 7.725% |
| 15 | GQ | Equatorial Guin... | 1,909,830 | 0.125% |
| 16 | ER | Eritrea | 3,561,318 | 0.234% |
| 17 | SZ | Eswatini | 1,247,832 | 0.083% |
| 18 | ET | Ethiopia | 133,346,419 | 8.713% |
| 19 | GA | Gabon | 2,559,503 | 0.168% |
| 20 | GH | Ghana | 34,670,187 | 2.28% |
| 21 | GN | Guinea | 14,885,834 | 0.975% |
| 22 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 2,219,517 | 0.146% |
| 23 | CI | Ivory Coast | 32,226,326 | 2.109% |
| 24 | KE | Kenya | 56,850,050 | 3.735% |
| 25 | LS | Lesotho | 2,347,380 | 0.155% |
| 26 | LR | Liberia | 5,657,930 | 0.371% |
| 27 | LY | Libya | 7,410,604 | 0.491% |
| 28 | MG | Madagascar | 32,257,305 | 2.111% |
| 29 | MW | Malawi | 21,865,913 | 1.429% |
| 30 | ML | Mali | 24,746,442 | 1.612% |
| 31 | MR | Mauritania | 5,224,257 | 0.341% |
| 32 | MU | Mauritius | 1,270,119 | 0.085% |
| 33 | MA | Morocco | 38,219,613 | 2.533% |
| 34 | MZ | Mozambique | 35,009,365 | 2.281% |
| 35 | NA | Namibia | 3,054,404 | 0.2% |
| 36 | NE | Niger | 27,361,745 | 1.777% |
| 37 | NG | Nigeria | 234,507,567 | 15.391% |
| 38 | CG | Republic of the... | 6,389,938 | 0.418% |
| 39 | RW | Rwanda | 14,370,508 | 0.943% |
| 40 | ST | São Tomé and Pr... | 237,324 | 0.016% |
| 41 | SN | Senegal | 18,663,864 | 1.222% |
| 42 | SC | Seychelles | 131,341 | 0.009% |
| 43 | SL | Sierra Leone | 8,709,649 | 0.572% |
| 44 | SO | Somalia | 19,250,810 | 1.249% |
| 45 | ZA | South Africa | 64,298,009 | 4.253% |
| 46 | SS | South Sudan | 12,037,204 | 0.79% |
| 47 | SD | Sudan | 50,754,498 | 3.345% |
| 48 | TZ | Tanzania | 69,298,972 | 4.517% |
| 49 | GM | The Gambia | 2,783,524 | 0.182% |
| 50 | TG | Togo | 9,593,253 | 0.629% |
| 51 | TN | Tunisia | 12,305,533 | 0.818% |
| 52 | UG | Uganda | 50,529,498 | 3.297% |
| 53 | ZM | Zambia | 21,538,901 | 1.405% |
| 54 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 16,753,134 | 1.101% |
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