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Africa Population

Population of Africa as Continent
1,552,050,255
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Historical Africa Population Past 10 Years

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
20241,496,125,53834,004,7722.27%1,530,130,310
20231,461,863,68033,808,7532.31%1,495,672,433
20221,428,401,84133,046,9762.31%1,461,448,817
20211,395,651,24532,339,6322.32%1,427,990,877
20201,362,589,87132,639,1992.40%1,395,229,070
20191,330,068,84132,103,3852.41%1,362,172,226
20181,297,434,90232,206,2532.48%1,329,641,155
20171,265,084,80231,879,3752.52%1,296,964,177
20161,234,084,32630,534,7192.47%1,264,619,045
20151,202,862,02730,799,9632.56%1,233,661,990
Sources V.27 Edition UN Population Division

Africa Population Growth Rate Past 10 Years

Countries of Africa in Population

In Africa, there are 54 sovereign countries with independent governments, totaling 1,552,050,255 people.

CountryISO 3166-1Today PopulationDaily BirthsDaily DeathsEquivalent Africa
AlgeriaDZ47,507,1542,3446043.08%
AngolaAO39,171,4093,9177232.51%
BeninBJ14,855,1101,3413500.96%
BotswanaBW2,566,901168400.17%
Burkina FasoBF24,135,2002,0325171.56%
BurundiBI14,428,9431,2842610.93%
CameroonCM29,966,1322,6875661.93%
Cape VerdeCV527,6131770.03%
Central African RepublicCF5,533,8846851400.35%
ChadTD21,066,5822,4866371.35%
ComorosKM884,73667170.06%
Democratic Republic of the CongoCD113,235,97212,4922,5767.25%
DjiboutiDJ1,185,85467240.08%
EgyptEG118,569,7966,7121,8007.68%
Equatorial GuineaGQ1,943,718157410.13%
EritreaER3,615,707283590.23%
EswatiniSZ1,257,80280270.08%
EthiopiaET135,862,57211,4432,1538.74%
GabonGA2,599,392189440.17%
GhanaGH35,138,3032,4606712.27%
GuineaGN15,139,2321,3553700.98%
Guinea-BissauGW2,255,111179430.15%
Ivory CoastCI32,801,2712,7886772.11%
KenyaKE57,660,6504,2211,1273.72%
LesothoLS2,366,395152670.15%
LiberiaLR5,744,8704751250.37%
LibyaLY7,467,8373291150.48%
MadagascarMG32,829,9632,8046652.11%
MalawiMW22,280,5231,8783191.43%
MaliML25,281,2342,7045781.62%
MauritaniaMR5,331,604490770.34%
MauritiusMU1,267,90131320.08%
MoroccoMA38,471,2571,6966122.5%
MozambiqueMZ35,744,5783,5746662.3%
NamibiaNA3,099,945216520.2%
NigerNE28,017,8013,1186561.79%
NigeriaNG238,093,51820,9337,52215.36%
Republic of the CongoCG6,501,9495361100.42%
RwandaRW14,606,8481,1072340.94%
São Tomé and PríncipeST240,8041840.02%
SenegalSN18,981,7351,5012821.22%
SeychellesSC133,047530.01%
Sierra LeoneSL8,840,3277131960.57%
SomaliaSO19,726,9932,2535201.26%
South AfricaZA64,833,1463,2211,6454.21%
South SudanSS12,217,0419803290.79%
SudanSD51,844,9564,5388833.32%
TanzaniaTZ70,773,4716,6281,0934.54%
The GambiaGM2,829,256226480.18%
TogoTG9,745,5388112030.63%
TunisiaTN12,356,9384402100.8%
UgandaUG51,541,2234,7526633.31%
ZambiaZM21,982,4081,9423081.41%
ZimbabweZW16,988,1101,3723431.1%
Sources V.27 Edition UN Population Division

Territories/Dependencies in Africa

CountryISO 3166-1Today PopulationDaily BirthsDaily Deaths
MayotteYT338,193312
RéunionRE882,8673114
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSH5,192N/AN/A
Western SaharaEH602,0902511

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The 2022 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-seventh edition of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.