PROJECTIONS
Projected population in Africa
Projected population in Africa: 2030 and 2050 projections 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.TOTL · Retrieved : 2026-10-20
Values for 2030 and 2050 are projections, not observations. World Bank source 40 publishes UN WPP 2024 projections.
Values by country
| Country | 2030 · projection | 2050 · projection | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 50.2m | 59.6m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Angola | 45.2m | 74.3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Benin | 16.6m | 24.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Botswana | 2.8m | 3.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Burkina Faso | 26.7m | 37.3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Burundi | 16.2m | 24.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Cabo Verde | 538.6k | 566.1k | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Cameroon | 33.8m | 51.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Central African Republic | 6.5m | 10.6m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Chad | 24.2m | 38.9m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Comoros | 964.3k | 1.3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Congo, Rep. | 7.3m | 11m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 36.7m | 55.7m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Djibouti | 1.3m | 1.5m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| DR Congo | 131.5m | 218.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Egypt | 127.1m | 161.6m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2.2m | 3.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Eritrea | 4m | 5.7m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Eswatini | 1.3m | 1.5m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Ethiopia | 152.9m | 225m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Gabon | 2.9m | 4.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Ghana | 38.2m | 50.6m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Guinea | 16.8m | 23.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2.5m | 3.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Kenya | 63.1m | 83.6m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Lesotho | 2.5m | 3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Liberia | 6.4m | 8.9m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Libya | 7.9m | 9.3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Madagascar | 36.7m | 53.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Malawi | 25.2m | 37.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Mali | 29m | 46.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Mauritania | 6.1m | 9.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Mauritius | 1.2m | 1.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Morocco | 40m | 43.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Mozambique | 40.8m | 63.5m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Namibia | 3.4m | 4.5m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Niger | 32.5m | 52.5m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Nigeria | 262.4m | 359.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Rwanda | 16.2m | 22.7m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 264.6k | 365.1k | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Senegal | 21.2m | 30.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Seychelles | 129.2k | 130.2k | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Sierra Leone | 9.7m | 12.9m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Somalia | 22.9m | 37.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| South Africa | 68.2m | 79.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| South Sudan | 13.5m | 18.3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Sudan | 58.6m | 85.2m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Tanzania | 80.9m | 129.6m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| The Gambia | 3.1m | 4.3m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Togo | 9.6m | 14m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Tunisia | 12.6m | 13.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Uganda | 58.3m | 85.4m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Zambia | 25m | 38.1m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |
| Zimbabwe | 18.6m | 25.9m | 2050 | UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40) |