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PopulationToday's Africa population is 1,501,863,617 with an annual growth rate of 2.332%.
| Population | 1,501,863,617 |
|---|---|
| Growth Rate | 2.332% |
| Male | 750,049,686 (49.941%) |
| Female | 751,813,931 (50.059%) |
| Today Change | + 1,130 |
| Births today | 1,539 |
|---|---|
| Deaths today | 377 |
| Births in 2024 | 35,703,534 |
| Deaths in 2024 | 8,744,298 |
| Change in 2024 | + 26,229,177 (1.777%) |
| 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 |
| Rank | Iso | Country | Population | Equivalent Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DZ | Algeria | 46,447,515 | 3.114% |
| 2 | AO | Angola | 38,087,985 | 2.524% |
| 3 | BJ | Benin | 14,173,814 | 0.942% |
| 4 | BW | Botswana | 2,730,971 | 0.183% |
| 5 | BF | Burkina Faso | 23,990,355 | 1.595% |
| 6 | BI | Burundi | 13,681,443 | 0.909% |
| 7 | CM | Cameroon | 29,584,687 | 1.966% |
| 8 | CV | Cape Verde | 605,957 | 0.041% |
| 9 | CF | Central African... | 5,960,293 | 0.395% |
| 10 | TD | Chad | 18,991,301 | 1.258% |
| 11 | KM | Comoros | 871,568 | 0.058% |
| 12 | CD | Democratic Repu... | 106,478,662 | 7.042% |
| 13 | DJ | Djibouti | 1,156,424 | 0.078% |
| 14 | EG | Egypt | 114,945,254 | 7.697% |
| 15 | GQ | Equatorial Guin... | 1,765,269 | 0.118% |
| 16 | ER | Eritrea | 3,835,709 | 0.256% |
| 17 | SZ | Eswatini | 1,225,339 | 0.082% |
| 18 | ET | Ethiopia | 130,530,214 | 8.682% |
| 19 | GA | Gabon | 2,496,892 | 0.167% |
| 20 | GH | Ghana | 34,946,195 | 2.334% |
| 21 | GN | Guinea | 14,615,506 | 0.973% |
| 22 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 2,209,102 | 0.147% |
| 23 | CI | Ivory Coast | 29,789,305 | 1.981% |
| 24 | KE | Kenya | 56,486,854 | 3.771% |
| 25 | LS | Lesotho | 2,362,679 | 0.159% |
| 26 | LR | Liberia | 5,567,309 | 0.371% |
| 27 | LY | Libya | 6,983,504 | 0.469% |
| 28 | MG | Madagascar | 31,243,268 | 2.08% |
| 29 | MW | Malawi | 21,615,734 | 1.437% |
| 30 | ML | Mali | 24,199,825 | 1.603% |
| 31 | MR | Mauritania | 5,027,478 | 0.334% |
| 32 | MU | Mauritius | 1,302,332 | 0.088% |
| 33 | MA | Morocco | 38,306,053 | 2.577% |
| 34 | MZ | Mozambique | 35,102,307 | 2.329% |
| 35 | NA | Namibia | 2,657,220 | 0.178% |
| 36 | NE | Niger | 28,501,732 | 1.878% |
| 37 | NG | Nigeria | 230,519,057 | 15.346% |
| 38 | CG | Republic of the... | 6,279,624 | 0.418% |
| 39 | RW | Rwanda | 14,496,459 | 0.966% |
| 40 | ST | São Tomé and Pr... | 237,541 | 0.016% |
| 41 | SN | Senegal | 18,338,577 | 1.219% |
| 42 | SC | Seychelles | 108,415 | 0.007% |
| 43 | SL | Sierra Leone | 9,025,645 | 0.602% |
| 44 | SO | Somalia | 18,849,910 | 1.248% |
| 45 | ZA | South Africa | 61,191,835 | 4.113% |
| 46 | SS | South Sudan | 11,326,377 | 0.758% |
| 47 | SD | Sudan | 49,675,061 | 3.302% |
| 48 | TZ | Tanzania | 69,921,442 | 4.637% |
| 49 | GM | The Gambia | 2,859,288 | 0.19% |
| 50 | TG | Togo | 9,313,649 | 0.621% |
| 51 | TN | Tunisia | 12,591,510 | 0.848% |
| 52 | UG | Uganda | 50,264,145 | 3.338% |
| 53 | ZM | Zambia | 21,278,377 | 1.413% |
| 54 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 17,110,648 | 1.141% |
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