Africa

=== Alternative Estimates of African Population, 0–2018 AD (in thousands) ===
Source: Maddison and others. (University of Groningen).<ref name="ggdc.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/other_books/appendix_B.pdf|title=Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820|author=Maddison|date=27 July 2016 |access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212183845/http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/other_books/appendix_B.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

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! scope="col" |0
! scope="col" |1000
! scope="col" |1500
! scope="col" |1600
! scope="col" |1700
! scope="col" |1820
! scope="col" |1870
! scope="col" |1913
! scope="col" |1950
! scope="col" |1973
! scope="col" |1998
! scope="col" |2018
! scope="col" |2100<br>(projected)
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|'''Africa'''
|16 500
|33 000
|46 000
|55 000
|61 000
|74 208
|90 466
|124 697
|228 342
|387 645
|759 954
|1 321 000<ref name="worldometers"/>
|3 924 421<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Five key findings from the 2022 UN Population Prospects |url=https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-update-2022 |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>
|-
|'''World'''
|230 820
|268 273
|437 818
|555 828
|603 410
|1 041 092
|1 270 014
|1 791 020
|2 524 531
|3 913 482
|5 907 680
|7 500 000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/2018/world-population.html|title=World Population Day: July 11, 2018|website=United States Census Bureau|date=11 July 2018|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=18 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718064224/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/2018/world-population.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10 349 323<ref name=":6" />
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