Population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
The population of Sub-Saharan Africa changed by 2.43% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1961.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
2.43%
Change from 2024
−0.01percentage points
World, 2025
0.91%
Population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.43% | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 2.44% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 2.46% | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 2.48% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 2.53% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 2.57% | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 2.61% | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 2.65% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 2.63% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 2.65% | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 2.69% | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 2.71% | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 2.74% | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 2.73% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 2.74% | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 2.76% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 2.76% | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 2.77% | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 2.75% | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 2.73% | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 2.73% | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 2.72% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 2.70% | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 2.69% | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 2.67% | 1.34% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from 2.44% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.69%, the figure has changed by −0.26 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Population
1,321,654,217 people
2025 · World Bank
Net migration
-223,909 people
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
3.2%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
40.4%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
4.26 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
32.8 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank