Africa Population (2024)

Today's Africa population is 1,486,864,655 with an annual growth rate of 2.332%.

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

Population	1,486,864,655
Growth Rate	2.332%
Male	742,559,015 (49.941%)
Female	744,305,640 (50.059%)
Today Change	+ 43,342

Births today	58,998
Deaths today	14,450
Births in 2024	15,286,730
Deaths in 2024	3,743,935
Change in 2024	+ 11,230,215 (0.761%)

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	46,163,074	3.114%
2	AO	Angola	37,603,073	2.524%
3	BJ	Benin	14,013,971	0.942%
4	BW	Botswana	2,711,943	0.183%
5	BF	Burkina Faso	23,734,798	1.595%
6	BI	Burundi	13,528,413	0.909%
7	CM	Cameroon	29,260,474	1.966%
8	CV	Cape Verde	603,447	0.041%
9	CF	Central African...	5,883,864	0.395%
10	TD	Chad	18,744,532	1.258%
11	KM	Comoros	864,866	0.058%
12	CD	Democratic Repu...	105,014,967	7.042%
13	DJ	Djibouti	1,149,525	0.078%
14	EG	Egypt	114,167,859	7.697%
15	GQ	Equatorial Guin...	1,747,808	0.118%
16	ER	Eritrea	3,805,157	0.256%
17	SZ	Eswatini	1,219,859	0.082%
18	ET	Ethiopia	129,150,156	8.682%
19	GA	Gabon	2,475,998	0.167%
20	GH	Ghana	34,660,582	2.334%
21	GN	Guinea	14,468,045	0.973%
22	GW	Guinea-Bissau	2,188,825	0.147%
23	CI	Ivory Coast	29,472,600	1.981%
24	KE	Kenya	56,006,062	3.771%
25	LS	Lesotho	2,351,596	0.159%
26	LR	Liberia	5,515,806	0.371%
27	LY	Libya	6,951,074	0.469%
28	MG	Madagascar	30,925,810	2.08%
29	MW	Malawi	21,377,492	1.437%
30	ML	Mali	23,884,773	1.603%
31	MR	Mauritania	4,970,234	0.334%
32	MU	Mauritius	1,301,747	0.088%
33	MA	Morocco	38,147,403	2.577%
34	MZ	Mozambique	34,685,881	2.329%
35	NA	Namibia	2,637,938	0.178%
36	NE	Niger	28,048,752	1.878%
37	NG	Nigeria	228,195,211	15.346%
38	CG	Republic of the...	6,220,048	0.418%
39	RW	Rwanda	14,358,013	0.966%
40	ST	São Tomé and Pr...	235,577	0.016%
41	SN	Senegal	18,139,300	1.219%
42	SC	Seychelles	108,161	0.007%
43	SL	Sierra Leone	8,944,817	0.602%
44	SO	Somalia	18,605,057	1.248%
45	ZA	South Africa	60,903,731	4.113%
46	SS	South Sudan	11,243,128	0.758%
47	SD	Sudan	49,135,266	3.302%
48	TZ	Tanzania	69,063,033	4.637%
49	GM	The Gambia	2,829,526	0.19%
50	TG	Togo	9,224,033	0.621%
51	TN	Tunisia	12,546,563	0.848%
52	UG	Uganda	49,684,039	3.338%
53	ZM	Zambia	21,033,334	1.413%
54	ZW	Zimbabwe	16,957,416	1.141%

Population of Africa today

Today's Africa Population

Population chart for Africa

Population History of Africa

Population of Africa Countries