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Africa Population

Population of Africa as Continent
1,449,605,724
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Historical Africa Population Past 10 Years

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
20221,408,201,20832,889,3142.34%1,441,090,522
20211,375,445,42532,341,4552.35%1,407,786,880
20201,342,259,28132,754,0482.44%1,375,013,329
20191,309,554,58332,274,8872.46%1,341,829,470
20181,277,452,28231,673,8212.48%1,309,126,103
20171,245,757,86931,244,8622.51%1,277,002,731
20161,215,069,58630,237,9132.49%1,245,307,499
20151,183,807,57130,834,5272.60%1,214,642,098
20141,153,514,53629,870,5312.59%1,183,385,067
20131,123,634,53129,466,5132.62%1,153,101,044
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 1,449,605,724 people.

CountryISO 3166-1Today PopulationDaily BirthsDaily DeathsEquivalent Africa
AlgeriaDZ45,426,7662,4535433.14%
AngolaAO36,391,4513,7867372.51%
BeninBJ13,617,4331,3363410.94%
BotswanaBW2,663,655165510.18%
Burkina FasoBF23,098,1052,1955261.59%
BurundiBI13,146,4051,2142590.91%
CameroonCM28,452,5742,6516081.96%
Cape VerdeCV597,1762780.04%
Central African RepublicCF5,697,9236671650.39%
ChadTD18,130,4372,1355891.25%
ComorosKM848,00566180.06%
Democratic Republic of the CongoCD101,389,60311,6092,4936.98%
DjiboutiDJ1,132,32268270.08%
EgyptEG112,261,8346,7111,8667.76%
Equatorial GuineaGQ1,704,138138390.12%
EritreaER3,731,423291660.26%
EswatiniSZ1,208,24978360.08%
EthiopiaET125,691,70710,8622,1188.67%
GabonGA2,424,101175470.17%
GhanaGH33,951,8652,4936862.34%
GuineaGN14,102,9131,2973710.97%
Guinea-BissauGW2,138,883177490.15%
Ivory CoastCI28,682,6222,6306601.98%
KenyaKE54,814,6604,1191,1023.78%
LesothoLS2,323,541163810.16%
LiberiaLR5,387,4944571210.37%
LibyaLY6,868,3373191030.48%
MadagascarMG30,135,4262,5155262.08%
MalawiMW20,791,2601,8603791.43%
MaliML23,106,6302,6105541.59%
MauritaniaMR4,829,138435900.33%
MauritiusMU1,300,16636320.09%
MoroccoMA37,741,6751,7476042.61%
MozambiqueMZ33,646,5263,3096832.32%
NamibiaNA2,594,061190730.18%
NigerNE26,935,1173,3345601.85%
NigeriaNG222,412,93222,2177,52815.34%
Republic of the CongoCG6,070,8854991210.42%
RwandaRW14,010,8891,1232230.97%
São Tomé and PríncipeST230,6751840.02%
SenegalSN17,643,8951,5412431.22%
SeychellesSC107,499420.01%
Sierra LeoneSL8,742,2167312090.6%
SomaliaSO17,996,7792,1225151.24%
South AfricaZA60,271,7583,1251,7874.17%
South SudanSS11,040,6348813130.76%
SudanSD47,781,9944,2928563.29%
TanzaniaTZ66,921,0766,5331,0424.61%
The GambiaGM2,755,272245500.19%
TogoTG8,999,6587722020.62%
TunisiaTN12,429,7065162050.86%
UgandaUG48,231,3714,7377353.32%
ZambiaZM20,422,4211,9043551.41%
ZimbabweZW16,572,4441,3533541.14%
Sources V.27 Edition UN Population Division

Territories/Dependencies in Africa

CountryISO 3166-1Today PopulationDaily BirthsDaily Deaths
MayotteYT333,363302
RéunionRE979,8033815
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSH5,330N/AN/A
Western SaharaEH584,3252610

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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.