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Population growth in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % per year. World ranking →

First in the ranking

3.41 %

Chad

Median country

2.17 %

half above, half below

World

0.91 %

World Bank aggregate

Range

-0.16 to 3.41

Mauritius - Chad

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Chad (3.41 %) and the lowest in Mauritius (-0.16 %).

The median country is at 2.17 %: half are above, half below.

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications… · via World Bank WDI (SP.POP.GROW) · licence

Population growth over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Chad in chart	1	Chad	3.41
Central African Republic in chart	2	Central African Republic	3.37
Somalia in chart	3	Somalia	3.34
Niger in chart	4	Niger	3.22
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.20
Angola in chart	6	Angola	3.00
Mali in chart	7	Mali	2.90
Tanzania in chart	8	Tanzania	2.86
Mozambique in chart	9	Mozambique	2.85
Mauritania in chart	10	Mauritania	2.78
Zambia in chart	11	Zambia	2.77
Uganda in chart	12	Uganda	2.70
Cameroon in chart	13	Cameroon	2.56
Malawi in chart	14	Malawi	2.56
Ethiopia in chart	15	Ethiopia	2.55
Burundi in chart	16	Burundi	2.41
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	17	Côte d'Ivoire	2.41
Benin in chart	18	Benin	2.40
Madagascar in chart	19	Madagascar	2.40
Equatorial Guinea in chart	20	Equatorial Guinea	2.40
Sudan in chart	21	Sudan	2.38
Republic of the Congo in chart	22	Republic of the Congo	2.36
Guinea in chart	23	Guinea	2.31
Senegal in chart	24	Senegal	2.30
The Gambia in chart	25	The Gambia	2.23
Burkina Faso in chart	26	Burkina Faso	2.21
Togo in chart	27	Togo	2.18
Rwanda in chart	28	Rwanda	2.17
Guinea-Bissau in chart	29	Guinea-Bissau	2.16
Gabon in chart	30	Gabon	2.11
Liberia in chart	31	Liberia	2.09
Nigeria in chart	32	Nigeria	2.06
Namibia in chart	33	Namibia	2.05
Sierra Leone in chart	34	Sierra Leone	2.04
South Sudan in chart	35	South Sudan	2.03
Eritrea in chart	36	Eritrea	2.00
São Tomé and Principe in chart	37	São Tomé and Principe	1.98
Kenya in chart	38	Kenya	1.93
Zimbabwe in chart	39	Zimbabwe	1.88
Comoros in chart	40	Comoros	1.85
Ghana in chart	41	Ghana	1.83
Botswana in chart	42	Botswana	1.61
Egypt in chart	43	Egypt	1.56
Algeria in chart	44	Algeria	1.32
Djibouti in chart	45	Djibouti	1.31
South Africa in chart	46	South Africa	1.15
Seychelles in chart	47	Seychelles	1.13
Lesotho in chart	48	Lesotho	1.10
Eswatini in chart	49	Eswatini	1.07
Libya in chart	50	Libya	1.04
Morocco in chart	51	Morocco	0.91
Tunisia in chart	52	Tunisia	0.58
Cabo Verde in chart	53	Cabo Verde	0.47
Mauritius in chart	54	Mauritius	-0.16

World Bank, WDI · SP.POP.GROW · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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