Population of Africa today

1,589,345,000
Monday, September 7, 2026

Today's Africa Population

Today's Africa population is 1,589,345,000 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.

Population1,589,345,000
Growth Rate2.222%
Male793,958,777 (49.955%)
Female795,386,223 (50.045%)
Today Change+ 83,269
Births today113,769
Deaths today28,426
Births in 202632,538,386
Deaths in 20268,129,919
Change in 2026+ 23,815,356 (1.521%)

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 Algeria48,132,5883.049%
2AO Angola40,422,4802.531%
3BJ Benin15,233,6800.958%
4BW Botswana2,610,8580.165%
5BF Burkina Faso24,695,3951.555%
6BI Burundi14,789,1760.93%
7CM Cameroon30,775,3521.933%
8CV Cape Verde530,0380.034%
9CF Central African...5,731,4160.358%
10TD Chad21,659,0971.359%
11KM Comoros901,8880.057%
12CD Democratic Repu...117,086,3447.322%
13DJ Djibouti1,202,3000.076%
14EG Egypt120,412,5597.616%
15GQ Equatorial Guin...1,992,5990.125%
16ER Eritrea3,696,2020.233%
17SZ Eswatini1,272,3320.081%
18ET Ethiopia139,508,5868.763%
19GA Gabon2,657,0620.167%
20GH Ghana35,810,1802.26%
21GN Guinea15,502,3660.975%
22GW Guinea-Bissau2,306,3550.145%
23CI Ivory Coast33,632,6992.114%
24KE Kenya58,833,5243.71%
25LS Lesotho2,394,0650.152%
26LR Liberia5,876,5430.37%
27LY Libya7,555,1410.479%
28MG Madagascar33,660,5512.116%
29MW Malawi22,886,8451.437%
30ML Mali26,061,5461.633%
31MR Mauritania5,487,0780.344%
32MU Mauritius1,264,4310.081%
33MA Morocco38,821,3942.466%
34MZ Mozambique36,818,5492.308%
35NA Namibia3,163,8310.2%
36NE Niger28,972,0021.812%
37NG Nigeria243,307,52915.328%
38CG Republic of the...6,665,0470.419%
39RW Rwanda14,945,7020.941%
40ST São Tomé and Pr...245,8390.015%
41SN Senegal19,443,8961.223%
42SC Seychelles135,3290.009%
43SL Sierra Leone9,028,1630.569%
44SO Somalia20,420,1031.276%
45ZA South Africa65,577,9404.159%
46SS South Sudan12,480,5980.786%
47SD Sudan53,564,1463.352%
48TZ Tanzania72,918,6674.57%
49GM The Gambia2,895,0510.182%
50TG Togo9,968,4030.628%
51TN Tunisia12,426,8460.791%
52UG Uganda53,003,8793.326%
53ZM Zambia22,629,3561.419%
54ZW Zimbabwe17,331,4541.093%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank, Nations Geo ,Census,Wikidata