Africa Population

Africa is a huge continent measuring 32,221,532 sq km and while its population in 1850 was estimated to be around 110 million, today it stands at 1,373,486,514. This accelerated growth rate is now slowing as traditionally most women had around 5-8 children not least with the expectation that one in five would die before their 5th birthday, however better health care, preventing so many preventable child deaths, and the spread of AIDS, leading to wider use of protection, have, among other factors, resulted in an overall fall in the birth rate.

Overall there are an estimated 3000 distinct tribes in Africa with 370 in Nigeria alone and some 2000 languages spoken across the continent with Arabic being the most widely spoken with 170 million doing so. The table below shows the current population of Africa with data taken from a number of sources and all estimates are believed to be correct based on the latest data available. The video below shows African population projections up to the year 2100.

Africa Population

Africa Country	Population (2021 Estimate)	GDP per Capita
Algeria	44,616,624	$3,310.4 (2020)
Angola	33,933,610	$1,895.8 (2020)
Benin	12,451,040	$1,291.0 (2020)
Botswana	2,397,241	$6,711.0 (2020)
Burkina Faso	21,497,096	$830.9 (2020)
Burundi	12,255,433	$274.0 (2020)
Cameroon	27,224,265	$1,499.4 (2020)
Cape Verde	561,898	$3,064.3 (2020)
Central African Republic	4,919,981	$476.9 (2020)
Chad	16,914,985	$614.5 (2020)
Comoros	888,451	$1,402.6 (2020)
Congo, Democratic Republic	92,377,993	$556.8 (2020)
Congo, Republic of	5,657,013	$1,972.5 (2020)
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	27,053,629	$2,325.7 (2020
Djibouti	1,002,187	$3,425.5
Egypt	104,258,327	$3,547.9 (2020)
Equatorial Guinea	1,449,896	$7,143.2 (2020)
Eritrea	3,601,46	3,601,46
Eswatini (Swaziland)	1,172,362	$3,415.5 (2020)
Ethiopia	117,876,227	$936.3 (2020)
Gabon	2,278,825	$7,005.9 (2020)
Gambia	2,486,945	$787.0 (2020)
Ghana	31,732,129	$2,328.5 (2020)
Guinea	13,497,244	$1194 (2021)
Guinea-Bissau	2,015,494	$697 (2019)
Kenya	54,985,698	$1,816 (2019)
Lesotho	2,159,0779	$1,118 (2019)
Liberia	5,180,203	$621 (2019)
Libya	6,958,532	$7,685 (2019)
Madagascar	28,427,328	$523 (2019)
Malawi	19,647,684	$411 (2019)
Mali	20,855,735	$879 (2019)
Mauritania	4,775,119	$1,679 (2019)
Mauritius	1,273,433	$11,099 (2019)
Morocco	37,344,795	$3,204 (2019)
Mozambique	32,163,047	$503 (2019)
Namibia	2,587,344	$4,957 (2019)
Niger	25,130,817	$553 (2019)
Nigeria	211,400,708	$2,229 (2019)
Rwanda	13,276,513	$820 (2019)
Sao Tome and Principe	223,368	$1,946 (2019)
Senegal	17,196,301	$1,446 (2019)
Seychelles	98,908	$17,448 (2019)
Sierra Leone	8,141,343	$527 (2019)
Somalia	16,359,504	$126.00 (2019)
South Africa	60,041,994	$6,001 (2019)
South Sudan	11,381,378	$1,119 (2019)
Sudan	44,909,353	$441 (2019)
Tanzania	61,498,437	$1,122 (2019)
Togo	8,478,250	$679 (2019)
Tunisia	11,935,766	$3,317
Uganda	47,123,531	$794 (2019)
Western Sahara	611,875	$1,585 (2018)
Zambia	18,920,651	$1,305 (2019)
Zimbabwe	15,092,171	$1,464 (2019)