Historic, current and future population of Africa

country population mid-year
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 (1)
Algeria 8,892,718 10,909,294 13,931,846 18,806,061 25,089,032 30,429,227
34,586,184 38,594,083 41,640,607 43,424,543 44,163,403 5.0 x
Angola 4,117,617 4,797,344 5,605,626 6,743,080 8,296,606 10,377,267
13,068,161 15,898,046 18,959,940 21,955,159 24,746,652 6.0 x
Benin 1,672,661 2,055,083 2,619,809 3,458,062 4,705,442 6,619,120
9,056,010 11,956,340 15,248,065 18,702,967 22,118,545 13.2 x
Botswana 430,413 496,695 583,999 900,476 1,262,981 1,639,319
1,893,471 2,097,700 2,214,790 2,293,925 2,385,685 5.5 x
Burkina Faso 4,376,162 4,865,796 5,303,777 6,318,189 8,361,039 11,587,750
16,241,811 21,977,701 29,153,064 37,714,081 47,429,509 10.8 x
Burundi 2,362,522 2,815,405 3,521,913 4,299,555 5,505,113 6,621,126
9,280,931 12,265,708 15,636,620 19,221,024 22,852,556 9.7 x
Cameroon 4,887,591 5,608,760 6,726,733 8,762,486 11,884,495 15,343,036
19,294,149 23,471,167 27,531,020 31,370,702 34,908,839 7.1 x
Cape Verde 146,403 196,768 268,867 296,042 348,617 401,553
431,822 449,930 451,763 430,924 387,962 2.6 x
Central African Republic 1,259,816 1,467,449 1,839,245 2,348,575 3,085,222 3,940,259
4,578,768 5,225,184 5,744,331 6,153,321 6,523,563 5.2 x
Chad 2,607,769 3,042,303 3,727,238 4,522,391 5,841,411 7,942,675
10,543,464 12,755,612 15,114,185 17,658,355 20,473,601 7.9 x
Comoros 148,057 182,899 236,252 333,514 429,136 578,626
773,407 1,000,801 1,264,345 1,550,188 1,837,671 12.4 x
Congo, Rep. 826,308 1,002,214 1,272,408 1,674,005 2,264,842 3,102,404
4,124,339 5,444,635 6,892,353 8,299,008 9,618,358 11.6 x
Congo, DR 13,568,762 16,610,482 21,780,955 29,012,545 39,047,458 51,848,551
70,916,439 95,605,489 124,621,772 156,368,197 189,310,849 14.0 x
Cote d'Ivoire 2,860,288 3,576,077 5,579,014 8,593,262 12,490,877 16,884,578
21,058,798 25,503,829 29,723,572 33,609,146 37,111,782 13.0 x
Djibouti 60,036 78,417 158,034 279,149 366,088 430,822
525,856 627,132 737,514 859,275 993,011 16.5 x
Egypt 21,197,691 26,846,610 33,574,026 42,634,215 56,683,220 70,512,306
84,440,272 97,466,065 109,331,000 119,469,647 127,563,256 6.0 x
Equatorial Guinea 211,204 243,867 270,435 256,009 371,100 491,483
650,702 836,178 1,036,912 1,237,932 1,428,139 6.8 x
Eritrea 1,402,510 1,614,698 2,160,460 2,568,741 3,137,919 4,197,310
5,792,984 7,259,952 8,709,998 10,108,602 11,381,250 8.1 x
Ethiopia 20,174,562 24,168,672 29,468,504 36,036,457 48,397,408 64,164,965
88,013,491 120,420,018 162,490,305 215,353,580 278,283,137 13.8 x
Gabon 415,767 446,003 514,579 713,827 938,084 1,236,429
1,545,255 1,876,719 2,266,044 2,716,581 3,229,741 7.8 x
Gambia, The 271,369 351,953 484,580 670,523 949,255 1,367,884
1,830,591 2,345,932 2,912,055 3,493,969 4,068,861 15.0 x
Ghana 5,297,454 6,958,283 8,788,945 11,016,641 15,413,800 19,736,036
24,279,458 28,567,000 32,398,353 35,814,417 38,735,638 7.3 x
Guinea 2,585,509 3,026,091 3,643,361 4,447,369 6,118,452 8,350,413
10,324,025 13,419,912 17,225,813 21,608,257 26,407,254 10.2 x
Guinea-Bissau 573,268 616,682 620,020 788,898 995,989 1,278,859
1,565,126 1,892,584 2,230,730 2,567,727 2,894,545 5.0 x
Kenya 6,121,184 8,156,827 11,247,182 16,330,543 23,354,478 30,507,979
40,046,566 48,319,475 54,149,733 60,316,721 65,175,864 10.6 x
Lesotho 726,182 858,551 1,067,136 1,344,719 1,721,260 2,067,669
2,133,145 2,138,673 2,085,270 2,003,833 1,946,586 2.7 x
Liberia 823,885 1,054,837 1,396,565 1,848,799 2,117,239 2,694,875
3,533,896 4,324,136 5,205,583 6,142,434 7,091,537 8.6 x
Libya 961,305 1,337,947 1,999,162 3,065,365 4,139,825 5,115,450
6,447,047 7,740,156 8,879,850 9,951,155 10,817,176 11.3 x
Madagascar 4,620,437 5,481,721 6,765,644 8,691,245 11,632,868 15,741,942
21,281,844 28,373,956 36,797,205 46,296,341 56,513,827 12.2 x
Malawi 2,816,600 3,450,444 4,508,062 6,258,512 9,536,250 11,559,538
14,612,928 18,312,797 22,182,077 26,023,551 29,820,957 10.6 x
Mali 3,687,654 4,494,738 5,546,065 6,758,153 8,084,632 10,048,561
13,024,680 17,504,737 23,693,258 31,398,792 40,002,414 10.8 x
Mauritania 1,005,595 1,117,376 1,289,420 1,549,589 1,984,449 2,667,859
3,561,498 4,670,891 5,941,909 7,286,189 8,635,801 8.6 x
Mauritius 481,270 663,229 829,511 963,701 1,061,598 1,185,932
1,294,104 1,379,365 1,436,809 1,456,339 1,441,100 3.0 x
Mayotte 21,597 27,579 36,502 51,995 89,659 155,909
231,139 311,761 403,263 498,142 592,046 27.4 x
Morocco 9,343,384 12,423,434 15,909,275 19,487,272 24,734,809 30,184,084
35,373,364 40,352,591 44,759,481 48,380,509 51,083,745 5.5 x
Mozambique 6,250,443 7,472,230 9,304,375 12,102,619 12,666,573 18,124,564
22,061,451 26,479,637 31,340,391 36,390,482 41,842,274 6.7 x
Namibia 463,729 590,731 764,683 1,058,021 1,470,569 1,893,442
2,128,471 2,262,573 2,280,688 2,222,681 2,149,815 4.6 x
Niger 3,271,073 3,912,663 4,840,501 6,118,518 7,945,137 10,516,111
14,053,697 18,456,800 23,585,574 29,106,337 34,419,502 10.5 x
Nigeria 31,796,939 41,547,479 55,585,637 74,821,273 96,603,759 123,178,818
152,217,341 182,344,492 211,775,517 239,311,250 264,262,405 8.3 x
Rwanda 2,439,435 3,031,804 3,769,171 5,138,478 6,981,760 8,278,209
10,768,777 13,982,521 17,488,421 21,279,457 25,128,735 10.3 x
Saint Helena 5,248 5,316 5,676 6,469 6,681 7,230
7,670 7,862 7,871 7,686 7,296 1.4 x
Sao Tome and Principe 59,730 63,403 73,631 94,071 119,361 159,948
219,334 291,776 367,017 438,420 504,753 8.5 x
Senegal 2,653,637 3,269,808 4,317,891 5,775,906 7,846,295 10,332,013
13,516,112 16,946,008 20,514,983 24,111,952 27,519,852 10.4 x
Seychelles 32,903 41,662 54,106 66,489 73,439 79,326
82,949 86,482 89,345 90,530 89,713 2.7 x
Sierra Leone 2,087,055 2,396,304 2,789,306 3,334,822 4,226,425 4,815,613
6,588,598 8,236,545 10,105,683 12,065,549 14,005,153 6.7 x
Somalia 2,437,932 2,955,803 3,666,949 5,793,555 6,692,038 7,385,722
10,112,453 13,271,556 17,193,477 21,529,475 26,024,500 10.7 x
South Africa 13,595,840 17,416,653 22,739,921 29,251,588 38,476,273 45,064,098
49,109,107 48,529,675 48,854,012 49,071,171 49,400,628 3.6 x
Sudan 8,051,151 10,588,993 13,787,599 19,063,992 26,049,595 34,193,831
41,980,182 52,040,919 63,060,358 75,006,303 88,227,761 11.0 x
Swaziland 277,384 351,842 455,145 611,447 884,616 1,109,750
1,118,575 1,055,589 952,654 838,572 751,328 2.7 x
Tanzania 7,934,924 10,259,653 13,806,869 18,665,062 25,214,284 33,712,118
41,892,895 49,988,673 56,529,885 62,068,209 66,843,312 8.4 x
Togo 1,171,897 1,455,900 1,964,128 2,481,375 3,504,813 4,711,655
6,184,969 7,999,523 10,025,096 12,275,108 14,714,623 12.6 x
Tunisia 3,517,210 4,149,157 5,098,627 6,443,183 8,211,005 9,567,553
10,589,025 11,558,730 12,216,020 12,522,186 12,512,323 3.6 x
Uganda 5,521,758 7,261,862 9,742,933 12,414,719 17,455,758 23,955,822
33,398,682 47,691,458 67,286,176 93,631,679 128,007,514 23.2 x
Western Sahara 9,057 27,811 89,131 130,342 221,385 308,794
416,758 544,999 691,018 843,915 996,674 110.0 x
Zambia 2,553,000 3,254,000 4,251,612 5,699,777 7,977,698 10,205,262
12,056,923 13,947,690 15,646,985 17,115,569 18,435,053 7.2 x
Zimbabwe 2,853,151 4,010,933 5,514,536 7,169,968 10,156,044 11,820,025
11,651,858 15,831,990 18,819,523 21,839,223 25,198,196 8.8 x
Africa 227,939,046 285,108,535 365,897,577 478,071,639 633,224,161 810,431,700
1,016,511,552 1,251,941,753 1,507,900,283 1,783,501,287 2,073,016,270 9.1 x
U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base (2008-06-18). note: 1 - growth from 1950 untill 2050 (i.e. 2050 population divided by 1950 population).