Africa's century

Africa's share of world population rises sharply this century. The largest African countries in 2100, projected.

Africa is the demographic story of the 21st century. As fertility falls elsewhere, the continent's share of world population rises sharply, and several African nations climb into the ranks of the world's most populous countries. Nigeria leads the African table for 2100 with about 477 million people.

Sort by any year to see how quickly these populations grow over the century.

#Country2024 2050 2100 '24–'100
1Nigeria230,271,141357,001,017476,692,581+107%
2DR Congo107,516,151215,863,204429,293,088+299%
3Ethiopia130,355,024223,205,803366,401,052+181%
4Tanzania67,578,209128,293,576261,694,295+287%
5Egypt115,578,409160,903,980201,846,600+75%
6Angola37,312,85673,497,124149,486,497+301%
7Sudan50,048,57384,518,643136,603,048+173%
8Uganda49,332,09384,783,555120,824,718+145%
9Kenya55,884,49483,160,549104,215,393+86%
10Mozambique34,129,69462,971,941104,152,501+205%
11Côte d'Ivoire31,547,78855,241,372103,650,711+229%
12South Africa63,627,88478,941,38794,206,139+48%
13Niger26,592,43951,997,96790,649,996+241%
14Cameroon28,747,54150,651,20688,621,753+208%
15Madagascar31,578,39052,769,05985,155,249+170%
16Mali24,122,34645,715,84979,202,005+228%
17Chad19,870,44438,469,56569,387,414+249%
18Ghana34,108,45750,270,36267,500,042+98%
19Somalia18,685,82636,834,38267,221,045+260%
20Algeria46,497,09559,354,84964,547,402+39%
21Zambia21,017,54837,760,28264,307,449+206%
22Malawi21,376,13237,061,86959,016,045+176%
23Burkina Faso23,285,91637,065,76049,845,642+114%
24Senegal18,288,07430,138,09846,932,746+157%
25Benin14,287,90324,236,53239,506,383+177%
26Morocco37,901,28443,399,09238,000,823+0%
27Burundi13,874,90123,949,99437,822,574+173%
28Zimbabwe16,478,38425,691,68937,131,556+125%
29Rwanda14,106,34722,560,00732,743,828+132%
30Guinea14,581,54123,248,15431,996,082+119%
31Togo9,412,39215,463,02326,225,213+179%
32South Sudan11,819,85318,243,51023,837,722+102%
33Congo6,257,62810,909,68319,957,138+219%
34Central African Republic5,240,24910,507,70718,742,529+258%
35Mauritania5,096,5219,327,87217,065,958+235%
36Sierra Leone8,552,90512,875,94915,945,184+86%
37Liberia5,553,3928,856,74112,653,423+128%
38Tunisia12,240,26013,142,42810,690,654-13%
39Libya7,342,5409,234,5429,793,152+33%
40Eritrea3,501,7805,656,4278,433,227+141%
41Gabon2,511,8624,052,9986,881,647+174%
42Namibia2,998,1534,485,6595,895,275+97%
43Gambia2,728,9054,274,9645,702,713+109%
44Equatorial Guinea1,869,6183,120,6714,992,145+167%
45Guinea-Bissau2,177,3883,416,0084,662,404+114%
46Botswana2,500,5523,423,3373,839,891+54%
47Lesotho2,324,4482,982,8083,262,573+40%
48Comoros858,5071,298,9661,908,335+122%
49Djibouti1,160,8721,525,3011,841,188+59%
50Mayotte321,252638,4221,368,908+326%

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