Subregions in Africa by population (2024)

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# Region Population
(2024)
Yearly
Change
Net
Change
Density
(P/Km²)
Area
(Km²)
Migrants
(net)
Fert.
Rate
Med.
Age
Urban
Pop %
World
Share
1 Eastern Africa 500,703,846 2.63 % 12,846,51575 6,667,493 -251,932 4.038 18 31.5 % 6.1 %
2 Western Africa 456,251,329 2.29 % 10,206,84475 6,064,060 -188,147 4.351 18 49 % 5.6 %
3 Northern Africa 272,131,339 1.34 % 3,590,23435 7,769,438 -504,830 2.917 25 51.5 % 3.3 %
4 Middle Africa 212,915,636 3.29 % 6,785,73333 6,496,820 147,094 5.447 16 49.9 % 2.6 %
5 Southern Africa 73,138,701 1.3 % 941,00028 2,650,670 153,543 2.288 28 64.4 % 0.9 %

World Population by Region in 1950

#RegionPopulation
(1950)
World
Share
1 Asia 1,368,075,415 54.9 %
2 Europe 548,867,473 22 %
3 Africa 227,776,419 9.1 %
4 Northern America 168,009,338 6.7 %
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 167,782,158 6.7 %
6 Oceania 12,582,044 0.5 %

World Population by Region in 2050

#RegionPopulation
(2050)
World
Share
1 Asia 5,280,378,401 54.6 %
2 Africa 2,466,647,618 25.5 %
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 730,056,747 7.6 %
4 Europe 703,027,759 7.3 %
5 Northern America 426,579,885 4.4 %
6 Oceania 57,688,178 0.6 %