Africa 2024 Population. The current population of africa is 1,543,063,640 as of october 22, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest united nations data. The current population of south africa is 64,245,093 as of sunday, october 27, 2024, based on worldometer's elaboration of the latest united nations data 1.;
The least populous country in africa is seychelles. ( 1 ) united nations population division.