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The population of Africa first surpassed one billion in 2009, with a doubling time of 27 years (growth rate 2.6% p.a.). [15] Population growth has continued at almost the same pace, and total population is expected to surpass 2 billion by 2038 (doubling time 29 years, 2.4% p.a.). [6]
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1]
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.
This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km 2. Saint Helena , being closest to Africa, has been included. [ 1 ]
With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; [10] [11] the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. [12] Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will reach 3.8 billion people by 2099. [13]
Demographics of South Africa (4 C, 12 P) Demographics of South Sudan (4 C, 2 P) Demographics of Sudan (3 C, 3 P) T. ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
Southern Africa’s middle-income countries will continue to miss out on the demographic opportunity of having above-average shares of people of working age in populations unless their governments ...
This is a list of continental landmasses, continents, and continental subregions by population. For statistical convenience, the population of continental landmasses also include the population of their associated islands .