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Africa 1950-2050
Population data: Past/Future
Africa 1950-2050
Americas 1950-2050
Asia 1950-2050
Europe 1950-2050
Oceania 1950-2050
World 1950-2050 (all countries)
World 1950-2050 by continent
World 1950-2050 by region
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).