Population — all countries

Population — Middle Africa

Population in Middle Africa in 2025 — 219,525,088 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 579.3%.

2025 220M people +3.1% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 220M people2025
Period minimum 32.31M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — Middle Africa, 1960–20250100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32,314,608 people1962: 33,699,880 people1964: 35,221,113 people1966: 36,884,027 people1968: 38,706,472 people1970: 40,657,263 people1972: 42,807,252 people1974: 45,183,139 people1976: 47,611,326 people1978: 50,220,330 people1980: 53,287,740 people1982: 56,488,814 people1984: 60,064,153 people1986: 63,867,500 people1988: 68,003,841 people1990: 72,458,535 people1992: 77,389,187 people1994: 83,073,681 people1996: 88,437,181 people1998: 93,115,519 people2000: 99,234,665 people2002: 105,569,805 people2004: 112,366,298 people2006: 119,767,324 people2008: 127,557,670 people2010: 135,884,555 people2012: 145,133,648 people2014: 154,986,638 people2016: 165,456,681 people2018: 176,708,415 people2020: 187,912,228 people2022: 199,713,824 people2024: 212,915,636 people2025: 219,525,088 people
Change over the period: +187M (+579.34%) Average annual rate: 2.99 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 220M people
World 8.22B people
Population — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 220M +6.61M +3.1%
2024 213M +6.79M +3.29%
2023 206M +6.42M +3.21%
2022 200M +5.93M +3.06%
2021 194M +5.87M +3.13%
2020 188M +5.69M +3.12%
2019 182M +5.52M +3.12%
2018 177M +5.57M +3.25%
2017 171M +5.68M +3.44%
2016 165M +5.43M +3.39%
2015 160M +5.04M +3.25%
2014 155M +4.99M +3.32%
2013 150M +4.87M +3.35%
2012 145M +4.69M +3.34%
2011 140M +4.55M +3.35%
2010 136M +4.26M +3.24%
2009 132M +4.06M +3.18%
2008 128M +3.96M +3.21%
2007 124M +3.83M +3.19%
2006 120M +3.74M +3.22%
2005 116M +3.66M +3.26%
2004 112M +3.5M +3.21%
2003 109M +3.3M +3.12%
2002 106M +3.18M +3.1%
2001 102M +3.16M +3.18%
2000 99.23M +3.09M +3.22%
1999 96.14M +3.03M +3.25%
1998 93.12M +2.62M +2.9%
1997 90.49M +2.06M +2.32%
1996 88.44M +2.23M +2.59%
1995 86.21M +3.13M +3.77%
1994 83.07M +3.13M +3.91%
1993 79.95M +2.56M +3.3%
1992 77.39M +2.53M +3.37%
1991 74.86M +2.4M +3.32%
1990 72.46M +2.28M +3.25%
1989 70.18M +2.18M +3.2%
1988 68M +2.1M +3.19%
1987 65.9M +2.03M +3.18%
1986 63.87M +1.95M +3.16%
1985 61.91M +1.85M +3.08%
1984 60.06M +1.79M +3.07%
1983 58.27M +1.79M +3.16%
1982 56.49M +1.69M +3.09%
1981 54.79M +1.51M +2.83%
1980 53.29M +1.49M +2.88%
1979 51.8M +1.58M +3.14%
1978 50.22M +1.4M +2.87%
1977 48.82M +1.21M +2.53%
1976 47.61M +1.21M +2.6%
1975 46.41M +1.22M +2.71%
1974 45.18M +1.21M +2.74%
1973 43.98M +1.17M +2.73%
1972 42.81M +1.1M +2.64%
1971 41.7M +1.05M +2.58%
1970 40.66M +998,985 +2.52%
1969 39.66M +951,806 +2.46%
1968 38.71M +928,409 +2.46%
1967 37.78M +894,036 +2.42%
1966 36.88M +853,378 +2.37%
1965 36.03M +809,536 +2.3%
1964 35.22M +773,811 +2.25%
1963 34.45M +747,422 +2.22%
1962 33.7M +703,865 +2.13%
1961 33M +681,407 +2.11%
1960 32.31M

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.