Population in Sub-Saharan Africa
The population of Sub-Saharan Africa was 1,321,654,217 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
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
1,321,654,217
Change from 2024
+2.5%
World, 2025
8,215,424,893 people
Population in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,321,654,217 people | 8,215,424,893 people |
| 2024 | 1,289,936,286 people | 8,140,897,523 people |
| 2023 | 1,258,809,472 people | 8,062,923,417 people |
| 2022 | 1,228,187,451 people | 7,988,550,201 people |
| 2021 | 1,198,069,722 people | 7,919,567,995 people |
| 2020 | 1,168,133,785 people | 7,853,863,139 people |
| 2019 | 1,138,472,475 people | 7,777,162,476 people |
| 2018 | 1,109,196,428 people | 7,696,159,728 people |
| 2017 | 1,080,208,893 people | 7,613,788,655 people |
| 2016 | 1,052,166,739 people | 7,528,221,579 people |
| 2015 | 1,024,659,421 people | 7,441,084,771 people |
| 2014 | 997,426,231 people | 7,353,532,223 people |
| 2013 | 970,746,312 people | 7,265,404,737 people |
| 2012 | 944,523,292 people | 7,176,482,165 people |
| 2011 | 919,112,234 people | 7,086,704,141 people |
| 2010 | 894,259,855 people | 7,000,860,073 people |
| 2009 | 869,926,373 people | 6,916,168,196 people |
| 2008 | 846,224,198 people | 6,830,080,867 people |
| 2007 | 823,124,982 people | 6,744,049,498 people |
| 2006 | 800,828,364 people | 6,659,536,021 people |
| 2005 | 779,233,636 people | 6,575,410,029 people |
| 2004 | 758,237,956 people | 6,492,354,627 people |
| 2003 | 737,918,076 people | 6,409,352,386 people |
| 2002 | 718,276,009 people | 6,327,171,255 people |
| 2001 | 699,215,347 people | 6,244,739,668 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.5% from 1,289,936,286 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,024,659,421 people, the figure has changed by +29.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Population growth
2.43%
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
Crude death rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank