Africa Population Pyramid 2023

Africa
2023
Population: 1,480,770,524

Year

-5 -1   2023  +1 +5

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Africa in 2023

In 2023, Africa had a total population of 1,480,770,525 people. That is 27.8% more than in 2013, when the population stood at 1,158,780,294. The median age was 20.0 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 69.2 children under 15 and 6.3 people aged 65 or over. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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