Africa | Population, total

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source
Africa | Population, total
1960 283089111
1961 290038651.56
1962 297175900.84
1963 304522752.12
1964 312103283.2
1965 319938089
1966 328045228.32
1967 336434140.32
1968 345106595.52
1969 354059605.72
1970 363295848
1971 372829752.11
1972 382665229.9177
1973 392836469.7977
1974 403388215.35
1975 414353561
1976 425744006.0712
1977 437553361.2646
1978 449787096.7859
1979 462449516.2014
1980 475538231
1981 489038695.70236
1982 502941747.55248
1983 517236307.5036
1984 531868386.2827
1985 546938716.9695
1986 562388022.221
1987 578140279.2211
1988 594152157.9398
1989 610292069.9192
1990 626662623
1991 643267729.75009
1992 660181932.75302
1993 677322833.80534
1994 694621958.28392
1995 711991936
1996 729483762.954
1997 747215908.038
1998 765232742.777
1999 783660476.534
2000 802548724
2001 821735090
2002 841088433
2003 860799368
2004 880941369
2005 901493519
2006 922391914
2007 943610207
2008 965283315
2009 987489446
2010 1010316993
2011 1034039314
2012

Africa | Population, total

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source