Population — all countries

Population — Eastern Africa

Population in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 512,231,691 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 520.1%.

2025 512M people +2.56% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 512M people2025
Period minimum 82.6M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — Eastern Africa, 1960–20250200M400M600M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 82,603,112 people1962: 87,128,831 people1964: 92,055,554 people1966: 97,386,759 people1968: 103,125,947 people1970: 109,277,864 people1972: 115,662,380 people1974: 122,487,331 people1976: 129,839,312 people1978: 137,444,396 people1980: 145,675,183 people1982: 154,736,599 people1984: 164,216,129 people1986: 174,370,962 people1988: 185,018,275 people1990: 195,769,944 people1992: 206,899,076 people1994: 218,095,814 people1996: 230,683,991 people1998: 244,567,163 people2000: 258,539,830 people2002: 273,450,792 people2004: 289,656,725 people2006: 306,778,534 people2008: 325,020,148 people2010: 344,189,700 people2012: 363,788,024 people2014: 384,092,202 people2016: 404,590,519 people2018: 426,245,384 people2020: 450,017,999 people2022: 474,103,850 people2024: 499,464,295 people2025: 512,231,691 people
Change over the period: +430M (+520.11%) Average annual rate: 2.85 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 512M people
World 8.22B people
Population — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 512M +12.77M +2.56%
2024 499M +12.83M +2.64%
2023 487M +12.53M +2.64%
2022 474M +12.04M +2.61%
2021 462M +12.04M +2.68%
2020 450M +12.02M +2.75%
2019 438M +11.75M +2.76%
2018 426M +11.1M +2.67%
2017 415M +10.56M +2.61%
2016 405M +10.41M +2.64%
2015 394M +10.08M +2.63%
2014 384M +10.1M +2.7%
2013 374M +10.21M +2.81%
2012 364M +9.84M +2.78%
2011 354M +9.76M +2.83%
2010 344M +9.73M +2.91%
2009 334M +9.44M +2.9%
2008 325M +9.26M +2.93%
2007 316M +8.98M +2.93%
2006 307M +8.68M +2.91%
2005 298M +8.44M +2.91%
2004 290M +8.25M +2.93%
2003 281M +7.95M +2.91%
2002 273M +7.6M +2.86%
2001 266M +7.31M +2.83%
2000 259M +7.1M +2.82%
1999 251M +6.87M +2.81%
1998 245M +6.8M +2.86%
1997 238M +7.08M +3.07%
1996 231M +6.98M +3.12%
1995 224M +5.61M +2.57%
1994 218M +5.32M +2.5%
1993 213M +5.88M +2.84%
1992 207M +5.57M +2.76%
1991 201M +5.56M +2.84%
1990 196M +5.53M +2.91%
1989 190M +5.22M +2.82%
1988 185M +5.27M +2.93%
1987 180M +5.37M +3.08%
1986 174M +5.17M +3.05%
1985 169M +4.99M +3.04%
1984 164M +4.77M +2.99%
1983 159M +4.71M +3.05%
1982 155M +4.74M +3.16%
1981 150M +4.33M +2.97%
1980 146M +4.02M +2.84%
1979 142M +4.21M +3.06%
1978 137M +3.91M +2.93%
1977 134M +3.69M +2.84%
1976 130M +3.74M +2.97%
1975 126M +3.61M +2.95%
1974 122M +3.52M +2.96%
1973 119M +3.3M +2.86%
1972 116M +3.19M +2.84%
1971 112M +3.2M +2.92%
1970 109M +3.11M +2.93%
1969 106M +3.04M +2.95%
1968 103M +2.94M +2.94%
1967 100M +2.8M +2.87%
1966 97.39M +2.69M +2.84%
1965 94.7M +2.64M +2.87%
1964 92.06M +2.53M +2.82%
1963 89.53M +2.4M +2.75%
1962 87.13M +2.32M +2.74%
1961 84.81M +2.2M +2.67%
1960 82.6M

About the indicator

Total population counts all residents of a country regardless of legal status or citizenship, as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN: national censuses and population registers are harmonized to a single de facto definition of population, so the figures may diverge from the official data of countries that count resident population instead.

Important: Values for the years after the latest census are estimates; for countries with heavy migration the gap with national statistics can reach several percent.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.