Africa Population (2024)

Today's Africa population is 1,499,459,047 with an annual growth rate of 2.332%.

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

Population	1,499,459,047
Growth Rate	2.332%
Male	748,848,813 (49.941%)
Female	750,610,233 (50.059%)
Today Change	+ 40,751

Births today	55,470
Deaths today	13,585
Births in 2024	32,430,398
Deaths in 2024	7,942,661
Change in 2024	+ 23,824,607 (1.615%)

Year	Population (01 Jan)	Natural Change	Growth Rate (%)	Total Population (31 December)
2023	1,441,508,379	33,697,490	2.338%	1,475,205,869
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

Population of Africa Countries

Rank	Iso	Country	Population	Equivalent Africa
1	DZ	Algeria	46,401,915	3.114%
2	AO	Angola	38,010,246	2.524%
3	BJ	Benin	14,148,189	0.942%
4	BW	Botswana	2,727,920	0.183%
5	BF	Burkina Faso	23,949,385	1.595%
6	BI	Burundi	13,656,910	0.909%
7	CM	Cameroon	29,532,710	1.966%
8	CV	Cape Verde	605,554	0.041%
9	CF	Central African...	5,948,040	0.395%
10	TD	Chad	18,951,740	1.258%
11	KM	Comoros	870,494	0.058%
12	CD	Democratic Repu...	106,244,009	7.042%
13	DJ	Djibouti	1,155,318	0.078%
14	EG	Egypt	114,820,625	7.697%
15	GQ	Equatorial Guin...	1,762,470	0.118%
16	ER	Eritrea	3,830,811	0.256%
17	SZ	Eswatini	1,224,461	0.082%
18	ET	Ethiopia	130,308,969	8.682%
19	GA	Gabon	2,493,542	0.167%
20	GH	Ghana	34,900,406	2.334%
21	GN	Guinea	14,591,865	0.973%
22	GW	Guinea-Bissau	2,205,852	0.147%
23	CI	Ivory Coast	29,738,533	1.981%
24	KE	Kenya	56,409,775	3.771%
25	LS	Lesotho	2,360,902	0.159%
26	LR	Liberia	5,559,052	0.371%
27	LY	Libya	6,978,305	0.469%
28	MG	Madagascar	31,192,375	2.08%
29	MW	Malawi	21,577,540	1.437%
30	ML	Mali	24,149,317	1.603%
31	MR	Mauritania	5,018,301	0.334%
32	MU	Mauritius	1,302,238	0.088%
33	MA	Morocco	38,280,619	2.577%
34	MZ	Mozambique	35,035,548	2.329%
35	NA	Namibia	2,654,129	0.178%
36	NE	Niger	28,429,112	1.878%
37	NG	Nigeria	230,146,508	15.346%
38	CG	Republic of the...	6,270,073	0.418%
39	RW	Rwanda	14,474,264	0.966%
40	ST	São Tomé and Pr...	237,226	0.016%
41	SN	Senegal	18,306,629	1.219%
42	SC	Seychelles	108,374	0.007%
43	SL	Sierra Leone	9,012,687	0.602%
44	SO	Somalia	18,810,656	1.248%
45	ZA	South Africa	61,145,647	4.113%
46	SS	South Sudan	11,313,031	0.758%
47	SD	Sudan	49,588,523	3.302%
48	TZ	Tanzania	69,783,825	4.637%
49	GM	The Gambia	2,854,516	0.19%
50	TG	Togo	9,299,282	0.621%
51	TN	Tunisia	12,584,304	0.848%
52	UG	Uganda	50,171,145	3.338%
53	ZM	Zambia	21,239,093	1.413%
54	ZW	Zimbabwe	17,086,083	1.141%

Population of Africa today

Today's Africa Population

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

Population of Africa Countries