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Population growth in Africa

Population growth in Africa: latest available values for 54 countries, observation years, World Bank source and CSV export. The figures below come from prepared World Bank datasets. Every row shows its year; missing data is never replaced with an estimate.

Coverage : 54/54 countries · Source code : SP.POP.GROW · Retrieved : 2026-10-20

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Values by country

Population growth · Latest available observation, with each country’s actual year
CountryPopulation growthYearSource
Algeria1.3 %2025World Bank WDI
Angola3 %2025World Bank WDI
Benin2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Botswana1.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Burkina Faso2.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Burundi2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Cabo Verde0.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Cameroon2.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Central African Republic3.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Chad3.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Comoros1.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Congo, Rep.2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Côte d’Ivoire2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Djibouti1.3 %2025World Bank WDI
DR Congo3.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Egypt1.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Equatorial Guinea2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Eritrea2 %2025World Bank WDI
Eswatini1.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Ethiopia2.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Gabon2.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Ghana1.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Guinea2.3 %2025World Bank WDI
Guinea-Bissau2.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Kenya1.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Lesotho1.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Liberia2.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Libya1 %2025World Bank WDI
Madagascar2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Malawi2.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Mali2.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Mauritania2.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Mauritius-0.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Morocco0.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Mozambique2.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Namibia2 %2025World Bank WDI
Niger3.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Nigeria2.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Rwanda2.2 %2025World Bank WDI
São Tomé and Príncipe2 %2025World Bank WDI
Senegal2.3 %2025World Bank WDI
Seychelles1.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Sierra Leone2 %2025World Bank WDI
Somalia3.3 %2025World Bank WDI
South Africa1.1 %2025World Bank WDI
South Sudan2 %2025World Bank WDI
Sudan2.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Tanzania2.9 %2025World Bank WDI
The Gambia2.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Togo2.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Tunisia0.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Uganda2.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Zambia2.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Zimbabwe1.9 %2025World Bank WDI

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