Live population of African Continent
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This Day
87,545
This Month
612,813
This Year
96,211,635
According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of African Continent as of
2023 Jun 7 was
1,405,365,972
According to the
2022 Census, African Continent's share of the world population is
17.199%
African Continent population (2022) and previous data
Year
Over-all-population
Male
Female
Rural-population
Density- /km2
fertility-rate /women
Death-rate
M
F
2020
1,340,598,113
669,878,340
670,719,773
764,884,396
45.21
1.22
28,755,549
25,584,535
2015
1,182,438,803
590,281,019
592,157,784
702,838,816
39.88
4.43
27,286,743
24,549,714
2010
1,039,304,030
518,252,648
521,051,382
640,859,299
35.05
4.73
27,205,522
24,878,176
2005
916,154,285
456,648,127
459,506,158
583,724,116
30.90
4.89
28,219,602
26,199,152
2000
810,984,232
404,163,048
406,821,184
531,568,392
27.35
5.07
29,079,496
26,860,660
1995
717,270,112
357,597,604
359,672,508
481,097,777
24.19
5.35
27,683,484
25,259,111
1990
630,349,685
314,377,324
315,972,361
434,455,748
21.26
5.72
25,384,443
23,045,616
1985
548,626,140
273,685,814
274,940,326
392,074,281
18.50
6.18
22,469,784
20,499,202
1980
476,386,225
237,700,047
238,686,178
351,396,255
16.06
6.50
20,982,788
19,121,439
1975
414,674,676
206,736,229
207,938,447
314,699,085
13.98
6.63
19,856,426
18,085,736
1970
363,447,593
181,078,481
182,369,112
283,821,559
12.25
6.70
18,531,108
17,263,136
1965
320,147,295
159,347,724
160,799,571
256,122,057
10.79
6.70
17,789,328.16
16,492,003
1960
283,361,171
141,012,754
142,348,417
232,133,581
9.55
6.69
17,168,401
15,821,152
1955
252,748,917
125,613,462
127,135,455
212,575,808
8.52
6.62
15,284,139
15,456,663
1950
227,794,137
113,209,034
114,585,103
196,011,057
7.68
6.57
16,565,218
15,308,824
Demographics Of African Continent
Migrants
-0.10
per 1,000 population
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Yearly Change
2.49%
Changes every year
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Infant Mortality (under age 5)
71.074
per 1,000 live births
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