Population of Africa today

1,528,164,829
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,528,164,829 with an annual growth rate of 2.273%.

Population1,528,164,829
Growth Rate2.273%
Male763,317,831 (49.95%)
Female764,846,998 (50.05%)
Today Change+ 78,521
Births today107,580
Deaths today26,585
Births in 202443,896,099
Deaths in 202410,847,724
Change in 2024+ 32,039,291 (2.141%)

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
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
20141,172,433,67130,001,6052.559%1,202,435,276

Population of Africa Countries

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Africa
1DZ Algeria47,090,7143.108%
2AO Angola38,376,3302.494%
3BJ Benin14,613,4160.955%
4BW Botswana2,539,0260.167%
5BF Burkina Faso23,775,8361.556%
6BI Burundi14,196,7570.927%
7CM Cameroon29,447,4411.921%
8CV Cape Verde525,9870.035%
9CF Central African...5,407,8230.35%
10TD Chad20,661,2581.328%
11KM Comoros873,6660.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...110,780,0927.186%
13DJ Djibouti1,175,5610.078%
14EG Egypt117,371,9587.725%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,912,2480.125%
16ER Eritrea3,564,8970.234%
17SZ Eswatini1,248,5250.083%
18ET Ethiopia133,526,2498.713%
19GA Gabon2,562,3670.168%
20GH Ghana34,703,9552.28%
21GN Guinea14,904,1260.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,222,0500.146%
23CI Ivory Coast32,267,1172.109%
24KE Kenya56,908,0953.735%
25LS Lesotho2,348,7580.155%
26LR Liberia5,664,2140.371%
27LY Libya7,414,6960.491%
28MG Madagascar32,298,1192.111%
29MW Malawi21,895,3561.429%
30ML Mali24,783,9601.612%
31MR Mauritania5,231,9360.341%
32MU Mauritius1,269,9750.085%
33MA Morocco38,238,7492.533%
34MZ Mozambique35,062,2472.281%
35NA Namibia3,057,7860.2%
36NE Niger27,407,9921.777%
37NG Nigeria234,762,24315.391%
38CG Republic of the...6,397,8920.418%
39RW Rwanda14,386,3880.943%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...237,5730.016%
41SN Senegal18,686,4551.222%
42SC Seychelles131,4690.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,719,0720.572%
44SO Somalia19,284,7751.249%
45ZA South Africa64,338,2944.253%
46SS South Sudan12,050,2710.79%
47SD Sudan50,796,9353.345%
48TZ Tanzania69,402,4174.517%
49GM The Gambia2,786,8080.182%
50TG Togo9,604,1260.629%
51TN Tunisia12,309,4570.818%
52UG Uganda50,601,4813.297%
53ZM Zambia21,570,2421.405%
54ZW Zimbabwe16,769,6501.101%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata