Population of Africa today

1,575,294,221
Monday, April 13, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,575,294,221 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,575,294,221
Growth Rate2.222%
Male786,939,697 (49.955%)
Female788,354,524 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 43,000
Births today58,749
Deaths today14,679
Births in 202613,341,122
Deaths in 20263,333,362
Change in 2026+ 9,764,577 (0.624%)

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 Algeria47,900,4373.049%
2AO Angola39,949,7542.531%
3BJ Benin15,090,7230.958%
4BW Botswana2,594,1380.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,484,2491.555%
6BI Burundi14,653,5720.93%
7CM Cameroon30,470,5501.933%
8CV Cape Verde529,1370.034%
9CF Central African...5,657,0880.358%
10TD Chad21,435,2031.359%
11KM Comoros895,4320.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...115,636,2857.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,195,9760.076%
14EG Egypt119,717,1547.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,974,2200.125%
16ER Eritrea3,665,7460.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,266,8330.081%
18ET Ethiopia138,134,5068.763%
19GA Gabon2,635,3240.167%
20GH Ghana35,557,6622.26%
21GN Guinea15,366,1130.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,287,0970.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,319,8412.114%
24KE Kenya58,391,0723.71%
25LS Lesotho2,383,5550.152%
26LR Liberia5,825,5840.37%
27LY Libya7,521,1940.479%
28MG Madagascar33,347,4342.116%
29MW Malawi22,657,3121.437%
30ML Mali25,767,2901.633%
31MR Mauritania5,428,5400.344%
32MU Mauritius1,265,7920.081%
33MA Morocco38,691,0562.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,411,9992.308%
35NA Namibia3,140,0500.2%
36NE Niger28,612,8611.812%
37NG Nigeria241,337,09815.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,603,4130.419%
39RW Rwanda14,819,5580.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...243,9400.015%
41SN Senegal19,269,3431.223%
42SC Seychelles134,5020.009%
43SL Sierra Leone8,957,5330.569%
44SO Somalia20,158,6791.276%
45ZA South Africa65,300,7694.159%
46SS South Sudan12,380,3080.786%
47SD Sudan52,921,5293.352%
48TZ Tanzania72,110,9484.57%
49GM The Gambia2,870,3100.182%
50TG Togo9,883,8770.628%
51TN Tunisia12,401,0880.791%
52UG Uganda52,453,9023.326%
53ZM Zambia22,385,1181.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,201,5241.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata