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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).

Net migration

Africa195019802010204020702100-1.5M-1M-500k0500kpeople

1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest -904.7k, projected).

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Net migration rate

Africa195019802010204020702100-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.0per 1,000 population

1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest -0.2, projected).

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Population growth rate

Africa1950198020102040207021000.0%0.5%1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%

1 series: Africa (1950–2100, latest 0.4%, projected).

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Birth and death rates

BirthsDeaths19501980201020402070210010.020.030.040.050.0per 1,000 population

2 series: Births (1950–2100, latest 13.9, projected); Deaths (1950–2100, latest 10.0, projected).

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