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PopulationToday's Africa population is 1,578,611,179 with an annual growth rate of 2.222%.
| Population | 1,578,611,179 |
|---|---|
| Growth Rate | 2.222% |
| Male | 788,596,686 (49.955%) |
| Female | 790,014,492 (50.045%) |
| Today Change | + 24,122 |
| Births today | 32,957 |
|---|---|
| Deaths today | 8,235 |
| Births in 2026 | 17,873,007 |
| Deaths in 2026 | 4,465,682 |
| Change in 2026 | + 13,081,535 (0.836%) |
| 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 | 47,955,240 | 3.049% |
| 2 | AO | Angola | 40,061,351 | 2.531% |
| 3 | BJ | Benin | 15,124,471 | 0.958% |
| 4 | BW | Botswana | 2,598,085 | 0.165% |
| 5 | BF | Burkina Faso | 24,534,094 | 1.555% |
| 6 | BI | Burundi | 14,685,584 | 0.93% |
| 7 | CM | Cameroon | 30,542,504 | 1.933% |
| 8 | CV | Cape Verde | 529,350 | 0.034% |
| 9 | CF | Central African... | 5,674,635 | 0.358% |
| 10 | TD | Chad | 21,488,057 | 1.359% |
| 11 | KM | Comoros | 896,956 | 0.057% |
| 12 | CD | Democratic Repu... | 115,978,599 | 7.322% |
| 13 | DJ | Djibouti | 1,197,469 | 0.076% |
| 14 | EG | Egypt | 119,881,318 | 7.616% |
| 15 | GQ | Equatorial Guin... | 1,978,559 | 0.125% |
| 16 | ER | Eritrea | 3,672,935 | 0.233% |
| 17 | SZ | Eswatini | 1,268,131 | 0.081% |
| 18 | ET | Ethiopia | 138,458,884 | 8.763% |
| 19 | GA | Gabon | 2,640,456 | 0.167% |
| 20 | GH | Ghana | 35,617,274 | 2.26% |
| 21 | GN | Guinea | 15,398,278 | 0.975% |
| 22 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 2,291,643 | 0.145% |
| 23 | CI | Ivory Coast | 33,393,697 | 2.114% |
| 24 | KE | Kenya | 58,495,521 | 3.71% |
| 25 | LS | Lesotho | 2,386,036 | 0.152% |
| 26 | LR | Liberia | 5,837,614 | 0.37% |
| 27 | LY | Libya | 7,529,208 | 0.479% |
| 28 | MG | Madagascar | 33,421,351 | 2.116% |
| 29 | MW | Malawi | 22,711,498 | 1.437% |
| 30 | ML | Mali | 25,836,755 | 1.633% |
| 31 | MR | Mauritania | 5,442,359 | 0.344% |
| 32 | MU | Mauritius | 1,265,471 | 0.081% |
| 33 | MA | Morocco | 38,721,825 | 2.466% |
| 34 | MZ | Mozambique | 36,507,973 | 2.308% |
| 35 | NA | Namibia | 3,145,664 | 0.2% |
| 36 | NE | Niger | 28,697,643 | 1.812% |
| 37 | NG | Nigeria | 241,802,257 | 15.328% |
| 38 | CG | Republic of the... | 6,617,963 | 0.419% |
| 39 | RW | Rwanda | 14,849,337 | 0.941% |
| 40 | ST | São Tomé and Pr... | 244,388 | 0.015% |
| 41 | SN | Senegal | 19,310,550 | 1.223% |
| 42 | SC | Seychelles | 134,697 | 0.009% |
| 43 | SL | Sierra Leone | 8,974,206 | 0.569% |
| 44 | SO | Somalia | 20,220,393 | 1.276% |
| 45 | ZA | South Africa | 65,366,201 | 4.159% |
| 46 | SS | South Sudan | 12,403,984 | 0.786% |
| 47 | SD | Sudan | 53,073,231 | 3.352% |
| 48 | TZ | Tanzania | 72,301,626 | 4.57% |
| 49 | GM | The Gambia | 2,876,151 | 0.182% |
| 50 | TG | Togo | 9,903,831 | 0.628% |
| 51 | TN | Tunisia | 12,407,169 | 0.791% |
| 52 | UG | Uganda | 52,583,735 | 3.326% |
| 53 | ZM | Zambia | 22,442,775 | 1.419% |
| 54 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 17,232,196 | 1.093% |
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