Region · REG_AFRICA
Africa
1.48B
Population · 2023
2.32%
Growth rate · 2023
4.07
Fertility rate · 2023
63.8 yrs
Life expectancy · 2023
Latest estimates · UN 2024
Africa, as the UN Population Division groups countries (location code 903).
Total fertility rate
1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest 2.02, projected).
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Births
1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest 53M, projected).
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Crude birth rate
1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest 13.9, projected).
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Mean age at childbearing
1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest 29.8 yrs, projected).
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