Population of Africa today

1,534,087,032
Friday, February 7, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,534,087,032 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,534,087,032
Growth Rate2.257%
Male766,321,526 (49.953%)
Female767,765,506 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 30,217
Births today41,148
Deaths today10,226
Births in 20254,810,429
Deaths in 20251,195,531
Change in 2025+ 3,532,551 (0.231%)

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 Algeria47,193,2513.079%
2AO Angola38,575,9442.513%
3BJ Benin14,673,2990.956%
4BW Botswana2,545,8630.166%
5BF Burkina Faso23,864,8181.556%
6BI Burundi14,254,8980.929%
7CM Cameroon29,576,5581.927%
8CV Cape Verde526,3820.034%
9CF Central African...5,439,6600.354%
10TD Chad20,783,4761.354%
11KM Comoros876,3900.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...111,397,8537.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,178,0970.077%
14EG Egypt117,674,2247.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,920,0660.125%
16ER Eritrea3,577,0320.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,250,7280.082%
18ET Ethiopia134,109,3008.74%
19GA Gabon2,571,5220.168%
20GH Ghana34,810,7792.27%
21GN Guinea14,962,7380.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,230,2120.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,399,6522.112%
24KE Kenya57,093,0223.723%
25LS Lesotho2,353,0260.154%
26LR Liberia5,684,1770.371%
27LY Libya7,427,4490.485%
28MG Madagascar32,430,1482.114%
29MW Malawi21,991,3141.433%
30ML Mali24,908,2031.623%
31MR Mauritania5,256,9510.343%
32MU Mauritius1,269,5060.083%
33MA Morocco38,295,6052.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,234,2052.295%
35NA Namibia3,068,3270.2%
36NE Niger27,562,0181.795%
37NG Nigeria235,581,76215.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,423,6850.419%
39RW Rwanda14,439,6640.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...238,3670.016%
41SN Senegal18,759,5821.223%
42SC Seychelles131,8630.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,749,0830.57%
44SO Somalia19,397,3101.263%
45ZA South Africa64,459,8914.207%
46SS South Sudan12,091,6270.788%
47SD Sudan51,012,9673.322%
48TZ Tanzania69,744,4644.544%
49GM The Gambia2,797,3450.182%
50TG Togo9,639,0250.628%
51TN Tunisia12,321,0210.805%
52UG Uganda50,836,6503.312%
53ZM Zambia21,673,1751.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe16,822,8591.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata