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PopulationToday's Africa population is 1,578,903,723 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.
| Population | 1,578,903,723 |
|---|---|
| Growth Rate | 2.222% |
| Male | 788,742,827 (49.955%) |
| Female | 790,160,896 (50.045%) |
| Today Change | + 30,737 |
| Births today | 41,996 |
|---|---|
| Deaths today | 10,493 |
| Births in 2026 | 18,272,704 |
| Deaths in 2026 | 4,565,549 |
| Change in 2026 | + 13,374,079 (0.854%) |
| Year | Population (01 Jan) | Natural Change | Growth Rate (%) | Total Population (31 December) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,530,554,481 | 34,550,062 | 2.257% | 1,565,104,543 |
| 2024 | 1,496,125,538 | 34,004,772 | 2.273% | 1,530,130,310 |
| 2023 | 1,461,863,680 | 33,808,753 | 2.313% | 1,495,672,433 |
| 2022 | 1,428,401,841 | 33,046,976 | 2.314% | 1,461,448,817 |
| 2021 | 1,395,651,245 | 32,339,632 | 2.317% | 1,427,990,877 |
| 2020 | 1,362,589,871 | 32,639,199 | 2.395% | 1,395,229,070 |
| 2019 | 1,330,068,841 | 32,103,385 | 2.414% | 1,362,172,226 |
| 2018 | 1,297,434,902 | 32,206,253 | 2.482% | 1,329,641,155 |
| 2017 | 1,265,084,802 | 31,879,375 | 2.52% | 1,296,964,177 |
| 2016 | 1,234,084,326 | 30,534,719 | 2.474% | 1,264,619,045 |
| Rank | Iso | Country | Population | Equivalent Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DZ | Algeria | 47,960,074 | 3.049% |
| 2 | AO | Angola | 40,071,193 | 2.531% |
| 3 | BJ | Benin | 15,127,447 | 0.958% |
| 4 | BW | Botswana | 2,598,433 | 0.165% |
| 5 | BF | Burkina Faso | 24,538,490 | 1.555% |
| 6 | BI | Burundi | 14,688,407 | 0.93% |
| 7 | CM | Cameroon | 30,548,851 | 1.933% |
| 8 | CV | Cape Verde | 529,368 | 0.034% |
| 9 | CF | Central African... | 5,676,182 | 0.358% |
| 10 | TD | Chad | 21,492,719 | 1.359% |
| 11 | KM | Comoros | 897,091 | 0.057% |
| 12 | CD | Democratic Repu... | 116,008,790 | 7.322% |
| 13 | DJ | Djibouti | 1,197,600 | 0.076% |
| 14 | EG | Egypt | 119,895,797 | 7.616% |
| 15 | GQ | Equatorial Guin... | 1,978,941 | 0.125% |
| 16 | ER | Eritrea | 3,673,570 | 0.233% |
| 17 | SZ | Eswatini | 1,268,245 | 0.081% |
| 18 | ET | Ethiopia | 138,487,493 | 8.763% |
| 19 | GA | Gabon | 2,640,909 | 0.167% |
| 20 | GH | Ghana | 35,622,531 | 2.26% |
| 21 | GN | Guinea | 15,401,115 | 0.975% |
| 22 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 2,292,044 | 0.145% |
| 23 | CI | Ivory Coast | 33,400,211 | 2.114% |
| 24 | KE | Kenya | 58,504,733 | 3.71% |
| 25 | LS | Lesotho | 2,386,255 | 0.152% |
| 26 | LR | Liberia | 5,838,675 | 0.37% |
| 27 | LY | Libya | 7,529,915 | 0.479% |
| 28 | MG | Madagascar | 33,427,871 | 2.116% |
| 29 | MW | Malawi | 22,716,277 | 1.437% |
| 30 | ML | Mali | 25,842,882 | 1.633% |
| 31 | MR | Mauritania | 5,443,578 | 0.344% |
| 32 | MU | Mauritius | 1,265,443 | 0.081% |
| 33 | MA | Morocco | 38,724,538 | 2.466% |
| 34 | MZ | Mozambique | 36,516,438 | 2.308% |
| 35 | NA | Namibia | 3,146,160 | 0.2% |
| 36 | NE | Niger | 28,705,120 | 1.812% |
| 37 | NG | Nigeria | 241,843,282 | 15.328% |
| 38 | CG | Republic of the... | 6,619,246 | 0.419% |
| 39 | RW | Rwanda | 14,851,963 | 0.941% |
| 40 | ST | São Tomé and Pr... | 244,428 | 0.015% |
| 41 | SN | Senegal | 19,314,184 | 1.223% |
| 42 | SC | Seychelles | 134,714 | 0.009% |
| 43 | SL | Sierra Leone | 8,975,677 | 0.569% |
| 44 | SO | Somalia | 20,225,836 | 1.276% |
| 45 | ZA | South Africa | 65,371,972 | 4.159% |
| 46 | SS | South Sudan | 12,406,072 | 0.786% |
| 47 | SD | Sudan | 53,086,611 | 3.352% |
| 48 | TZ | Tanzania | 72,318,443 | 4.57% |
| 49 | GM | The Gambia | 2,876,666 | 0.182% |
| 50 | TG | Togo | 9,905,591 | 0.628% |
| 51 | TN | Tunisia | 12,407,705 | 0.791% |
| 52 | UG | Uganda | 52,595,185 | 3.326% |
| 53 | ZM | Zambia | 22,447,860 | 1.419% |
| 54 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 17,234,902 | 1.093% |
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