Population of Africa today

1,501,863,617
Sunday, October 6, 2024

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,501,863,617 with an annual growth rate of 2.332%.

Population1,501,863,617
Growth Rate2.332%
Male750,049,686 (49.941%)
Female751,813,931 (50.059%)
Today Change+ 1,130
Births today1,539
Deaths today377
Births in 202435,703,534
Deaths in 20248,744,298
Change in 2024+ 26,229,177 (1.777%)

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
20231,441,508,37933,697,4902.338%1,475,205,869
20221,408,201,20832,889,3142.336%1,441,090,522
20211,375,445,42532,341,4552.351%1,407,786,880
20201,342,259,28132,754,0482.44%1,375,013,329
20191,309,554,58332,274,8872.465%1,341,829,470
20181,277,452,28231,673,8212.479%1,309,126,103
20171,245,757,86931,244,8622.508%1,277,002,731
20161,215,069,58630,237,9132.489%1,245,307,499
20151,183,807,57130,834,5272.605%1,214,642,098
20141,153,514,53629,870,5312.59%1,183,385,067

Population of Africa Countries

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Africa
1DZ Algeria46,447,5153.114%
2AO Angola38,087,9852.524%
3BJ Benin14,173,8140.942%
4BW Botswana2,730,9710.183%
5BF Burkina Faso23,990,3551.595%
6BI Burundi13,681,4430.909%
7CM Cameroon29,584,6871.966%
8CV Cape Verde605,9570.041%
9CF Central African...5,960,2930.395%
10TD Chad18,991,3011.258%
11KM Comoros871,5680.058%
12CD Democratic Repu...106,478,6627.042%
13DJ Djibouti1,156,4240.078%
14EG Egypt114,945,2547.697%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,765,2690.118%
16ER Eritrea3,835,7090.256%
17SZ Eswatini1,225,3390.082%
18ET Ethiopia130,530,2148.682%
19GA Gabon2,496,8920.167%
20GH Ghana34,946,1952.334%
21GN Guinea14,615,5060.973%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,209,1020.147%
23CI Ivory Coast29,789,3051.981%
24KE Kenya56,486,8543.771%
25LS Lesotho2,362,6790.159%
26LR Liberia5,567,3090.371%
27LY Libya6,983,5040.469%
28MG Madagascar31,243,2682.08%
29MW Malawi21,615,7341.437%
30ML Mali24,199,8251.603%
31MR Mauritania5,027,4780.334%
32MU Mauritius1,302,3320.088%
33MA Morocco38,306,0532.577%
34MZ Mozambique35,102,3072.329%
35NA Namibia2,657,2200.178%
36NE Niger28,501,7321.878%
37NG Nigeria230,519,05715.346%
38CG Republic of the...6,279,6240.418%
39RW Rwanda14,496,4590.966%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...237,5410.016%
41SN Senegal18,338,5771.219%
42SC Seychelles108,4150.007%
43SL Sierra Leone9,025,6450.602%
44SO Somalia18,849,9101.248%
45ZA South Africa61,191,8354.113%
46SS South Sudan11,326,3770.758%
47SD Sudan49,675,0613.302%
48TZ Tanzania69,921,4424.637%
49GM The Gambia2,859,2880.19%
50TG Togo9,313,6490.621%
51TN Tunisia12,591,5100.848%
52UG Uganda50,264,1453.338%
53ZM Zambia21,278,3771.413%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,110,6481.141%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata