Subregions in Africa by population (2024)

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# Region Population
(2023)
Yearly
Change
Net
Change
Density
(P/Km²)
Area
(Km²)
Migrants
(net)
Fert.
Rate
Med.
Age
Urban
Pop %
World
Share
1 Eastern Africa 485,066,925 2.55 % 12,062,07873 6,667,493 -293,170 4.085 18 31.1 % 6 %
2 Western Africa 439,868,541 2.51 % 10,783,61673 6,064,060 -165,799 4.817 17 49 % 5.5 %
3 Northern Africa 264,205,998 1.63 % 4,236,05234 7,769,438 -90,383 2.989 25 52 % 3.3 %
4 Middle Africa 202,105,149 3.07 % 6,027,25231 6,496,820 -34,116 5.487 16 50.6 % 2.5 %
5 Southern Africa 69,235,158 0.93 % 636,46826 2,650,670 48,317 2.393 27 66.8 % 0.9 %

World Population by Region in 1950

#RegionPopulation
(1950)
World
Share
1 Asia 1,379,048,370 55.2 %
2 Europe 549,721,718 22 %
3 Africa 227,549,258 9.1 %
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 168,335,846 6.7 %
5 Northern America 162,089,353 6.5 %
6 Oceania 12,577,612 0.5 %

World Population by Region in 2050

#RegionPopulation
(2050)
World
Share
1 Asia 5,292,947,571 54.5 %
2 Africa 2,485,135,539 25.6 %
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 749,168,715 7.7 %
4 Europe 703,007,486 7.2 %
5 Northern America 421,397,985 4.3 %
6 Oceania 57,834,465 0.6 %