Africa Population (2023)

Today's Africa population is 1,472,694,894 with an annual growth rate of 2.338%.

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

Population	1,472,694,894
Growth Rate	2.338%
Male	735,427,869 (49.938%)
Female	737,267,025 (50.062%)
Today Change	+ 74,037

Births today	101,790
Deaths today	25,625
Births in 2023	42,877,052
Deaths in 2023	10,793,953
Change in 2023	+ 31,186,515 (2.163%)

Year	Population (01 Jan)	Natural Change	Growth Rate (%)	Total Population (31 December)
2022	1,408,201,208	32,889,314	2.336%	1,441,090,522
2021	1,375,445,425	32,341,455	2.351%	1,407,786,880
2020	1,342,259,281	32,754,048	2.44%	1,375,013,329
2019	1,309,554,583	32,274,887	2.465%	1,341,829,470
2018	1,277,452,282	31,673,821	2.479%	1,309,126,103
2017	1,245,757,869	31,244,862	2.508%	1,277,002,731
2016	1,215,069,586	30,237,913	2.489%	1,245,307,499
2015	1,183,807,571	30,834,527	2.605%	1,214,642,098
2014	1,153,514,536	29,870,531	2.59%	1,183,385,067
2013	1,123,634,531	29,466,513	2.622%	1,153,101,044

Population of Africa Countries

Rank	Iso	Country	Population	Equivalent Africa
1	DZ	Algeria	45,894,142	3.14%
2	AO	Angola	37,141,521	2.506%
3	BJ	Benin	13,862,851	0.939%
4	BW	Botswana	2,694,013	0.184%
5	BF	Burkina Faso	23,493,283	1.593%
6	BI	Burundi	13,383,423	0.906%
7	CM	Cameroon	28,953,612	1.962%
8	CV	Cape Verde	601,111	0.041%
9	CF	Central African...	5,811,785	0.393%
10	TD	Chad	18,509,881	1.249%
11	KM	Comoros	858,562	0.059%
12	CD	Democratic Repu...	103,622,394	6.979%
13	DJ	Djibouti	1,143,078	0.078%
14	EG	Egypt	113,443,572	7.759%
15	GQ	Equatorial Guin...	1,731,308	0.118%
16	ER	Eritrea	3,776,765	0.258%
17	SZ	Eswatini	1,214,983	0.084%
18	ET	Ethiopia	127,842,979	8.667%
19	GA	Gabon	2,456,388	0.167%
20	GH	Ghana	34,392,784	2.345%
21	GN	Guinea	14,329,105	0.973%
22	GW	Guinea-Bissau	2,169,795	0.148%
23	CI	Ivory Coast	29,173,150	1.978%
24	KE	Kenya	55,554,795	3.785%
25	LS	Lesotho	2,341,230	0.161%
26	LR	Liberia	5,467,293	0.372%
27	LY	Libya	6,920,670	0.475%
28	MG	Madagascar	30,626,107	2.079%
29	MW	Malawi	21,153,023	1.434%
30	ML	Mali	23,586,006	1.591%
31	MR	Mauritania	4,916,203	0.333%
32	MU	Mauritius	1,301,199	0.09%
33	MA	Morocco	37,998,885	2.612%
34	MZ	Mozambique	34,290,688	2.318%
35	NA	Namibia	2,620,344	0.179%
36	NE	Niger	27,616,673	1.852%
37	NG	Nigeria	226,002,735	15.342%
38	CG	Republic of the...	6,163,810	0.419%
39	RW	Rwanda	14,227,250	0.967%
40	ST	São Tomé and Pr...	233,731	0.016%
41	SN	Senegal	17,950,895	1.217%
42	SC	Seychelles	107,922	0.007%
43	SL	Sierra Leone	8,868,621	0.603%
44	SO	Somalia	18,372,453	1.239%
45	ZA	South Africa	60,644,690	4.172%
46	SS	South Sudan	11,165,638	0.763%
47	SD	Sudan	48,623,415	3.294%
48	TZ	Tanzania	68,247,507	4.61%
49	GM	The Gambia	2,801,404	0.19%
50	TG	Togo	9,139,366	0.621%
51	TN	Tunisia	12,504,325	0.86%
52	UG	Uganda	49,133,562	3.324%
53	ZM	Zambia	20,801,117	1.408%
54	ZW	Zimbabwe	16,812,854	1.144%

Population of Africa today

Today's Africa Population

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

Population of Africa Countries