Population of Africa today

1,532,741,158
Friday, January 24, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,532,741,158 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,532,741,158
Growth Rate2.257%
Male765,649,223 (49.953%)
Female767,091,936 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 9,551
Births today13,006
Deaths today3,232
Births in 20252,977,694
Deaths in 2025740,044
Change in 2025+ 2,186,677 (0.143%)

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 Algeria47,169,7323.079%
2AO Angola38,531,3292.513%
3BJ Benin14,659,6770.956%
4BW Botswana2,544,2870.166%
5BF Burkina Faso23,844,5601.556%
6BI Burundi14,241,8580.929%
7CM Cameroon29,547,3691.927%
8CV Cape Verde526,2900.034%
9CF Central African...5,432,6000.354%
10TD Chad20,762,2651.354%
11KM Comoros875,7650.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...111,260,1347.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,177,5160.077%
14EG Egypt117,607,1257.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,918,2940.125%
16ER Eritrea3,574,1340.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,250,1980.082%
18ET Ethiopia133,977,9388.74%
19GA Gabon2,569,4340.168%
20GH Ghana34,786,2402.27%
21GN Guinea14,949,5150.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,228,3470.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,369,5612.112%
24KE Kenya57,050,4933.723%
25LS Lesotho2,352,0240.154%
26LR Liberia5,679,6300.371%
27LY Libya7,424,4230.485%
28MG Madagascar32,400,1922.114%
29MW Malawi21,969,6461.433%
30ML Mali24,880,2541.623%
31MR Mauritania5,251,3580.343%
32MU Mauritius1,269,6260.083%
33MA Morocco38,282,4442.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,195,9662.295%
35NA Namibia3,065,9580.2%
36NE Niger27,527,8691.795%
37NG Nigeria235,393,57215.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,417,8210.419%
39RW Rwanda14,427,1380.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...238,1850.016%
41SN Senegal18,742,9381.223%
42SC Seychelles131,7740.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,742,2470.57%
44SO Somalia19,372,6091.263%
45ZA South Africa64,431,9264.207%
46SS South Sudan12,082,2310.788%
47SD Sudan50,950,6313.322%
48TZ Tanzania69,667,3674.544%
49GM The Gambia2,794,9540.182%
50TG Togo9,631,0450.628%
51TN Tunisia12,318,3300.805%
52UG Uganda50,783,8603.312%
53ZM Zambia21,650,0061.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe16,810,4771.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata