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.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 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.