African people

Demographics of Africa
Demographics of Africa
	Population pyramid of Africa in 2023 based on the United Nations geoscheme for Africa collective grouping
Density	44 per sq km (2019 est.)
Growth rate	2.5% per annum (2017 est.)

Map of Africa indicating Human Development Index (2021).

  0.800–0.849

  0.750–0.799

  0.700–0.749

  0.650–0.699

  0.600–0.649

  0.550–0.599

  0.500–0.549

  0.450–0.499

  0.400–0.449

  ≤ 0.399

  No data

The population of Africa has grown rapidly over the past century^[1] and consequently shows a large youth bulge, further reinforced by a low life expectancy of below 50 years in some African countries.^[2] Total population as of 2020 is estimated to be more than 1.3 billion,^[3] with a growth rate of more than 2.5% p.a. The total fertility rate (births per woman) for Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world according to the World Bank.^[4] The most populous African country is Nigeria with over 206 million inhabitants as of 2020 and a growth rate of 2.6% p.a.^[5]

Population

Genetics

History

Alternative Estimates of African Population, 0–2018 AD (in thousands)

Source: Maddison and others. (University of Groningen).^[6]

Year^[6]	0	1000	1500	1600	1700	1820	1870	1913	1950	1973	1998	2018	2100 (projected)
Africa	16 500	33 000	46 000	55 000	61 000	74 208	90 466	124 697	228 342	387 645	759 954	1 321 000^[7]	3 924 421^[8]
World	230 820	268 273	437 818	555 828	603 410	1 041 092	1 270 014	1 791 020	2 524 531	3 913 482	5 907 680	7 500 000^[9]	10 349 323^[8]

Shares of Africa and World Population, 0–2020 AD (% of world total)

Source: Maddison and others (University of Groningen) and others.^[6]

Year^[6]	0	1000	1500	1600	1700	1820	1870	1913	1950	1973	1998	2020	2100 (projected)
Africa	7.1	12.3	10.5	9.9	10.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	9.0	9.9	12.9	18.2^[7]	39.4^[10]

Vital Statistics 1950–2021AD

Registration of vital events in most of Africa is incomplete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.^[11]

	Mid-year population (thousands)	Live births (thousands)	Deaths (thousands)	Natural change (thousands)	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Crude migration change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate (TFR)	Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)	Life expectancy (in years)
1950	227 549	10 949	6 063	4 886	48.1	26.6	21.5	0.2	6.59	186.6	37.62
1951	232 484	11 200	6 132	5 068	48.2	26.4	21.8	0.1	6.59	184.5	37.93
1952	237 586	11 448	6 155	5 293	48.2	25.9	22.3	-0.2	6.60	181.3	38.44
1953	242 837	11 708	6 188	5 520	48.2	25.5	22.7	-0.4	6.61	178.0	38.92
1954	248 245	11 941	6 234	5 708	48.1	25.1	23.0	-0.4	6.61	174.7	39.30
1955	253 848	12 190	6 258	5 933	48.0	24.6	23.4	-0.6	6.62	171.5	39.80
1956	259 631	12 453	6 312	6 141	47.9	24.3	23.6	-0.9	6.63	168.9	40.17
1957	265 515	12 717	6 490	6 227	47.9	24.4	23.4	-1.1	6.64	169.1	40.01
1958	271 430	12 982	6 556	6 427	47.8	24.1	23.7	-0.8	6.65	166.5	40.30
1959	277 648	13 244	6 459	6 785	47.7	23.2	24.4	-0.5	6.66	161.0	41.28
1960	284 288	13 538	6 553	6 985	47.6	23.0	24.6	-0.4	6.67	158.6	41.48
1961	291 178	13 864	6 612	7 251	47.6	22.7	24.9	-0.3	6.69	156.2	41.87
1962	298 334	14 205	6 670	7 535	47.6	22.3	25.2	-0.3	6.71	153.9	42.32
1963	305 755	14 531	6 724	7 808	47.5	22.0	25.5	-0.3	6.71	151.6	42.78
1964	313 466	14 864	6 773	8 090	47.4	21.6	25.8	-0.3	6.72	149.3	43.25
1965	321 447	15 202	6 887	8 315	47.3 Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=African_people Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

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