Population of Africa today

1,537,890,820
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,537,890,820 with an annual growth rate of 2.257%.

Population1,537,890,820
Growth Rate2.257%
Male768,221,630 (49.953%)
Female769,669,190 (50.047%)
Today Change+ 47,697
Births today64,951
Deaths today16,142
Births in 20259,990,212
Deaths in 20252,482,859
Change in 2025+ 7,336,339 (0.479%)

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 Algeria47,259,7213.079%
2AO Angola38,702,0362.513%
3BJ Benin14,711,7980.956%
4BW Botswana2,550,3180.166%
5BF Burkina Faso23,922,0721.556%
6BI Burundi14,291,7530.929%
7CM Cameroon29,659,0521.927%
8CV Cape Verde526,6430.034%
9CF Central African...5,459,6120.354%
10TD Chad20,843,4251.354%
11KM Comoros878,1570.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...111,787,0827.255%
13DJ Djibouti1,179,7400.077%
14EG Egypt117,863,8657.677%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,925,0750.125%
16ER Eritrea3,585,2210.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,252,2260.082%
18ET Ethiopia134,480,5638.74%
19GA Gabon2,577,4230.168%
20GH Ghana34,880,1342.27%
21GN Guinea15,000,1110.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,235,4850.145%
23CI Ivory Coast32,484,6972.112%
24KE Kenya57,213,2193.723%
25LS Lesotho2,355,8570.154%
26LR Liberia5,697,0290.371%
27LY Libya7,436,0010.485%
28MG Madagascar32,514,8102.114%
29MW Malawi22,052,5551.433%
30ML Mali24,987,1941.623%
31MR Mauritania5,272,7590.343%
32MU Mauritius1,269,1660.083%
33MA Morocco38,332,8002.5%
34MZ Mozambique35,342,2792.295%
35NA Namibia3,075,0220.2%
36NE Niger27,658,5321.795%
37NG Nigeria236,113,63715.36%
38CG Republic of the...6,440,2580.419%
39RW Rwanda14,475,0660.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...238,8830.016%
41SN Senegal18,806,6241.223%
42SC Seychelles132,1140.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,768,4050.57%
44SO Somalia19,467,1221.263%
45ZA South Africa64,538,9294.207%
46SS South Sudan12,118,1840.788%
47SD Sudan51,189,1443.322%
48TZ Tanzania69,962,3604.544%
49GM The Gambia2,804,1020.182%
50TG Togo9,661,5800.628%
51TN Tunisia12,328,6270.805%
52UG Uganda50,985,8463.312%
53ZM Zambia21,738,6571.412%
54ZW Zimbabwe16,857,8511.097%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata