Population of Africa today

1,567,227,794
Sunday, January 18, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,567,227,794 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,567,227,794
Growth Rate2.222%
Male782,910,106 (49.955%)
Female784,317,688 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 77,888
Births today106,417
Deaths today26,589
Births in 20262,320,144
Deaths in 2026579,702
Change in 2026+ 1,698,150 (0.108%)

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
20251,530,554,48134,550,0622.257%1,565,104,543
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

Population of Africa Countries

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Africa
1DZ Algeria47,767,1603.049%
2AO Angola39,678,3672.531%
3BJ Benin15,008,6520.958%
4BW Botswana2,584,5390.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,363,0331.555%
6BI Burundi14,575,7230.93%
7CM Cameroon30,295,5661.933%
8CV Cape Verde528,6200.034%
9CF Central African...5,614,4170.358%
10TD Chad21,306,6671.359%
11KM Comoros891,7260.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...114,803,8197.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,192,3450.076%
14EG Egypt119,317,9287.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,963,6680.125%
16ER Eritrea3,648,2610.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,263,6760.081%
18ET Ethiopia137,345,6598.763%
19GA Gabon2,622,8450.167%
20GH Ghana35,412,6942.26%
21GN Guinea15,287,8910.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,276,0410.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,140,2322.114%
24KE Kenya58,137,0643.71%
25LS Lesotho2,377,5220.152%
26LR Liberia5,796,3290.37%
27LY Libya7,501,7060.479%
28MG Madagascar33,167,6772.116%
29MW Malawi22,525,5401.437%
30ML Mali25,598,3611.633%
31MR Mauritania5,394,9340.344%
32MU Mauritius1,266,5740.081%
33MA Morocco38,616,2302.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,178,6032.308%
35NA Namibia3,126,3980.2%
36NE Niger28,406,6811.812%
37NG Nigeria240,205,89115.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,568,0290.419%
39RW Rwanda14,747,1400.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...242,8500.015%
41SN Senegal19,169,1341.223%
42SC Seychelles134,0270.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,916,9840.569%
44SO Somalia20,008,5971.276%
45ZA South Africa65,141,6484.159%
46SS South Sudan12,322,7330.786%
47SD Sudan52,552,6083.352%
48TZ Tanzania71,647,2444.57%
49GM The Gambia2,856,1060.182%
50TG Togo9,835,3520.628%
51TN Tunisia12,386,3010.791%
52UG Uganda52,138,1653.326%
53ZM Zambia22,244,9031.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,126,9321.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata