Population of Africa today

1,549,092,080
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,549,092,080 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,549,092,080
Growth Rate2.257%
Male773,816,988 (49.953%)
Female775,275,092 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 79,347
Births today108,050
Deaths today26,854
Births in 202525,243,455
Deaths in 20256,273,733
Change in 2025+ 18,537,599 (1.211%)

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 Algeria47,455,4603.079%
2AO Angola39,073,3482.513%
3BJ Benin14,825,1690.956%
4BW Botswana2,563,4370.166%
5BF Burkina Faso24,090,6731.556%
6BI Burundi14,400,2810.929%
7CM Cameroon29,901,9771.927%
8CV Cape Verde527,4100.034%
9CF Central African...5,518,3670.354%
10TD Chad21,019,9601.354%
11KM Comoros883,3610.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...112,933,2727.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,184,5770.077%
14EG Egypt118,422,3147.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,939,8230.125%
16ER Eritrea3,609,3380.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,256,6370.082%
18ET Ethiopia135,573,8448.74%
19GA Gabon2,594,8020.168%
20GH Ghana35,084,3662.27%
21GN Guinea15,110,1670.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,251,0100.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,735,1322.112%
24KE Kenya57,567,1733.723%
25LS Lesotho2,364,1930.154%
26LR Liberia5,734,8750.371%
27LY Libya7,461,1860.485%
28MG Madagascar32,764,1212.114%
29MW Malawi22,232,8961.433%
30ML Mali25,219,8031.623%
31MR Mauritania5,319,3100.343%
32MU Mauritius1,268,1650.083%
33MA Morocco38,442,3312.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,660,5302.295%
35NA Namibia3,094,7380.2%
36NE Niger27,942,7431.795%
37NG Nigeria237,679,88315.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,489,0600.419%
39RW Rwanda14,579,3170.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...240,4020.016%
41SN Senegal18,945,1511.223%
42SC Seychelles132,8520.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,825,3010.57%
44SO Somalia19,672,7011.263%
45ZA South Africa64,771,6784.207%
46SS South Sudan12,196,3880.788%
47SD Sudan51,707,9443.322%
48TZ Tanzania70,604,0144.544%
49GM The Gambia2,824,0010.182%
50TG Togo9,727,9980.628%
51TN Tunisia12,351,0230.805%
52UG Uganda51,425,1943.312%
53ZM Zambia21,931,4841.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe16,960,8971.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata