Population of Africa as Continent
1,573,787,113
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Historical Africa Population Past 10 Years
| Year | Population (01 Jan) | Natural Change | Growth Rate (%) | Total Population (31 December) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,530,554,481 | 34,550,062 | 2.26% | 1,565,104,543 |
| 2024 | 1,496,125,538 | 34,004,772 | 2.27% | 1,530,130,310 |
| 2023 | 1,461,863,680 | 33,808,753 | 2.31% | 1,495,672,433 |
| 2022 | 1,428,401,841 | 33,046,976 | 2.31% | 1,461,448,817 |
| 2021 | 1,395,651,245 | 32,339,632 | 2.32% | 1,427,990,877 |
| 2020 | 1,362,589,871 | 32,639,199 | 2.40% | 1,395,229,070 |
| 2019 | 1,330,068,841 | 32,103,385 | 2.41% | 1,362,172,226 |
| 2018 | 1,297,434,902 | 32,206,253 | 2.48% | 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 | 2.47% | 1,264,619,045 |
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 1,573,787,113 people.
| Country | ISO 3166-1 | Today Population | Daily Births | Daily Deaths | Equivalent Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | DZ | 47,875,536 | 2,280 | 616 | 3.05% |
| Angola | AO | 39,899,049 | 4,003 | 737 | 2.53% |
| Benin | BJ | 15,075,389 | 1,354 | 356 | 0.96% |
| Botswana | BW | 2,592,344 | 167 | 41 | 0.16% |
| Burkina Faso | BF | 24,461,601 | 2,049 | 524 | 1.55% |
| Burundi | BI | 14,639,027 | 1,292 | 265 | 0.93% |
| Cameroon | CM | 30,437,856 | 2,717 | 571 | 1.93% |
| Cape Verde | CV | 529,040 | 17 | 8 | 0.03% |
| Central African Republic | CF | 5,649,116 | 698 | 143 | 0.36% |
| Chad | TD | 21,411,188 | 2,493 | 646 | 1.36% |
| Comoros | KM | 894,740 | 67 | 17 | 0.06% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | CD | 115,480,750 | 12,699 | 2,627 | 7.32% |
| Djibouti | DJ | 1,195,298 | 67 | 25 | 0.08% |
| Egypt | EG | 119,642,564 | 6,738 | 1,842 | 7.62% |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ | 1,972,248 | 159 | 42 | 0.13% |
| Eritrea | ER | 3,662,479 | 289 | 59 | 0.23% |
| Eswatini | SZ | 1,266,243 | 80 | 27 | 0.08% |
| Ethiopia | ET | 137,987,120 | 11,543 | 2,179 | 8.76% |
| Gabon | GA | 2,632,993 | 190 | 45 | 0.17% |
| Ghana | GH | 35,530,577 | 2,476 | 682 | 2.26% |
| Guinea | GN | 15,351,498 | 1,363 | 374 | 0.98% |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW | 2,285,032 | 181 | 44 | 0.15% |
| Ivory Coast | CI | 33,286,283 | 2,819 | 689 | 2.11% |
| Kenya | KE | 58,343,614 | 4,269 | 1,145 | 3.71% |
| Lesotho | LS | 2,382,428 | 152 | 66 | 0.15% |
| Liberia | LR | 5,820,118 | 479 | 127 | 0.37% |
| Libya | LY | 7,517,553 | 326 | 102 | 0.48% |
| Madagascar | MG | 33,313,849 | 2,832 | 676 | 2.12% |
| Malawi | MW | 22,632,692 | 1,897 | 324 | 1.44% |
| Mali | ML | 25,735,728 | 2,755 | 586 | 1.63% |
| Mauritania | MR | 5,422,261 | 497 | 78 | 0.34% |
| Mauritius | MU | 1,265,938 | 31 | 33 | 0.08% |
| Morocco | MA | 38,677,076 | 1,682 | 627 | 2.47% |
| Mozambique | MZ | 36,368,392 | 3,627 | 677 | 2.31% |
| Namibia | NA | 3,137,500 | 216 | 54 | 0.2% |
| Niger | NE | 28,574,339 | 3,170 | 666 | 1.81% |
| Nigeria | NG | 241,125,747 | 21,128 | 7,619 | 15.33% |
| Republic of the Congo | CG | 6,596,802 | 544 | 112 | 0.42% |
| Rwanda | RW | 14,806,028 | 1,121 | 237 | 0.94% |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | ST | 243,736 | 19 | 4 | 0.02% |
| Senegal | SN | 19,250,621 | 1,519 | 285 | 1.22% |
| Seychelles | SC | 134,413 | 5 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Sierra Leone | SL | 8,949,957 | 716 | 199 | 0.57% |
| Somalia | SO | 20,130,638 | 2,292 | 531 | 1.28% |
| South Africa | ZA | 65,271,040 | 3,199 | 1,670 | 4.16% |
| South Sudan | SS | 12,369,551 | 1,003 | 337 | 0.79% |
| Sudan | SD | 52,852,601 | 4,641 | 906 | 3.35% |
| Tanzania | TZ | 72,024,311 | 6,738 | 1,112 | 4.57% |
| The Gambia | GM | 2,867,656 | 226 | 49 | 0.18% |
| Togo | TG | 9,874,811 | 820 | 206 | 0.63% |
| Tunisia | TN | 12,398,326 | 430 | 214 | 0.79% |
| Uganda | UG | 52,394,911 | 4,786 | 673 | 3.33% |
| Zambia | ZM | 22,358,921 | 1,976 | 315 | 1.42% |
| Zimbabwe | ZW | 17,187,587 | 1,384 | 345 | 1.09% |
Sources V.27 Edition UN Population Division
Territories/Dependencies in Africa
| Country | ISO 3166-1 | Today Population | Daily Births | Daily Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayotte | YT | 344,729 | 31 | 3 |
| Réunion | RE | 885,250 | 31 | 14 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | SH | 5,163 | N/A | N/A |
| Western Sahara | EH | 608,255 | 25 | 11 |
Sources:
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.
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