 The population of West Africa is estimated at about /1e6 round 0 million people as of , and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 are female and 192,309,000 male.Studies of human mitochondrial DNA suggest that all humans share common ancestors from Africa, originated in the southwestern regions near the coastal border of Namibia and Angola at the approximate coordinates 12.5° E, 17.5°S with a divergence in the migration path around 37.5°E, 22.5°N near the Red Sea.A particular haplogroup of DNA, haplogroup L2, evolved between 87,000 and 107,000 years ago or approx.