Largest Countriest in Africa by Population
Largest Countriest in Africa by Population: Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population. Africa’s population […]
Largest Countriest in Africa by Population: Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population. Africa’s population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.
Top 54 Largest Countriest in Africa by Population
| # | Country (or dependency) | Population (2020) | Yearly Change | Net Change | Fert. Rate | Med. Age | Urban Pop % | World Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 206,139,589 | 2.58 % | 5,175,990 | 5.4 | 18 | 52 % | 2.64 % |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 114,963,588 | 2.57 % | 2,884,858 | 4.3 | 19 | 21 % | 1.47 % |
| 3 | Egypt | 102,334,404 | 1.94 % | 1,946,331 | 3.3 | 25 | 43 % | 1.31 % |
| 4 | DR Congo | 89,561,403 | 3.19 % | 2,770,836 | 6.0 | 17 | 46 % | 1.15 % |
| 5 | South Africa | 59,308,690 | 1.28 % | 750,420 | 2.4 | 28 | 67 % | 0.76 % |
| 6 | Tanzania | 59,734,218 | 2.98 % | 1,728,755 | 4.9 | 18 | 37 % | 0.77 % |
| 7 | Kenya | 53,771,296 | 2.28 % | 1,197,323 | 3.5 | 20 | 28 % | 0.69 % |
| 8 | Uganda | 45,741,007 | 3.32 % | 1,471,413 | 5.0 | 17 | 26 % | 0.59 % |
| 9 | Algeria | 43,851,044 | 1.85 % | 797,990 | 3.1 | 29 | 73 % | 0.56 % |
| 10 | Sudan | 43,849,260 | 2.42 % | 1,036,022 | 4.4 | 20 | 35 % | 0.56 % |
| 11 | Morocco | 36,910,560 | 1.20 % | 438,791 | 2.4 | 30 | 64 % | 0.47 % |
| 12 | Angola | 32,866,272 | 3.27 % | 1,040,977 | 5.6 | 17 | 67 % | 0.42 % |
| 13 | Ghana | 31,072,940 | 2.15 % | 655,084 | 3.9 | 22 | 57 % | 0.40 % |
| 14 | Mozambique | 31,255,435 | 2.93 % | 889,399 | 4.9 | 18 | 38 % | 0.40 % |
| 15 | Madagascar | 27,691,018 | 2.68 % | 721,711 | 4.1 | 20 | 39 % | 0.36 % |
| 16 | Cameroon | 26,545,863 | 2.59 % | 669,483 | 4.6 | 19 | 56 % | 0.34 % |
| 17 | Côte d’Ivoire | 26,378,274 | 2.57 % | 661,730 | 4.7 | 19 | 51 % | 0.34 % |
| 18 | Niger | 24,206,644 | 3.84 % | 895,929 | 7.0 | 15 | 17 % | 0.31 % |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 20,903,273 | 2.86 % | 581,895 | 5.2 | 18 | 31 % | 0.27 % |
| 20 | Mali | 20,250,833 | 3.02 % | 592,802 | 5.9 | 16 | 44 % | 0.26 % |
| 21 | Malawi | 19,129,952 | 2.69 % | 501,205 | 4.3 | 18 | 18 % | 0.25 % |
| 22 | Zambia | 18,383,955 | 2.93 % | 522,925 | 4.7 | 18 | 45 % | 0.24 % |
| 23 | Senegal | 16,743,927 | 2.75 % | 447,563 | 4.7 | 19 | 49 % | 0.21 % |
| 24 | Chad | 16,425,864 | 3.00 % | 478,988 | 5.8 | 17 | 23 % | 0.21 % |
| 25 | Somalia | 15,893,222 | 2.92 % | 450,317 | 6.1 | 17 | 47 % | 0.20 % |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 14,862,924 | 1.48 % | 217,456 | 3.6 | 19 | 38 % | 0.19 % |
| 27 | Guinea | 13,132,795 | 2.83 % | 361,549 | 4.7 | 18 | 39 % | 0.17 % |
| 28 | Rwanda | 12,952,218 | 2.58 % | 325,268 | 4.1 | 20 | 18 % | 0.17 % |
| 29 | Benin | 12,123,200 | 2.73 % | 322,049 | 4.9 | 19 | 48 % | 0.16 % |
| 30 | Tunisia | 11,818,619 | 1.06 % | 123,900 | 2.2 | 33 | 70 % | 0.15 % |
| 31 | Burundi | 11,890,784 | 3.12 % | 360,204 | 5.5 | 17 | 14 % | 0.15 % |
| 32 | South Sudan | 11,193,725 | 1.19 % | 131,612 | 4.7 | 19 | 25 % | 0.14 % |
| 33 | Togo | 8,278,724 | 2.43 % | 196,358 | 4.4 | 19 | 43 % | 0.11 % |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 7,976,983 | 2.10 % | 163,768 | 4.3 | 19 | 43 % | 0.10 % |
| 35 | Libya | 6,871,292 | 1.38 % | 93,840 | 2.3 | 29 | 78 % | 0.09 % |
| 36 | Congo | 5,518,087 | 2.56 % | 137,579 | 4.5 | 19 | 70 % | 0.07 % |
| 37 | Liberia | 5,057,681 | 2.44 % | 120,307 | 4.4 | 19 | 53 % | 0.06 % |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 4,829,767 | 1.78 % | 84,582 | 4.8 | 18 | 43 % | 0.06 % |
| 39 | Mauritania | 4,649,658 | 2.74 % | 123,962 | 4.6 | 20 | 57 % | 0.06 % |
| 40 | Eritrea | 3,546,421 | 1.41 % | 49,304 | 4.1 | 19 | 63 % | 0.05 % |
| 41 | Namibia | 2,540,905 | 1.86 % | 46,375 | 3.4 | 22 | 55 % | 0.03 % |
| 42 | Gambia | 2,416,668 | 2.94 % | 68,962 | 5.3 | 18 | 59 % | 0.03 % |
| 43 | Botswana | 2,351,627 | 2.08 % | 47,930 | 2.9 | 24 | 73 % | 0.03 % |
| 44 | Gabon | 2,225,734 | 2.45 % | 53,155 | 4.0 | 23 | 87 % | 0.03 % |
| 45 | Lesotho | 2,142,249 | 0.80 % | 16,981 | 3.2 | 24 | 31 % | 0.03 % |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,968,001 | 2.45 % | 47,079 | 4.5 | 19 | 45 % | 0.03 % |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,402,985 | 3.47 % | 46,999 | 4.6 | 22 | 73 % | 0.02 % |
| 48 | Mauritius | 1,271,768 | 0.17 % | 2,100 | 1.4 | 37 | 41 % | 0.02 % |
| 49 | Eswatini | 1,160,164 | 1.05 % | 12,034 | 3.0 | 21 | 30 % | 0.01 % |
| 50 | Djibouti | 988,000 | 1.48 % | 14,440 | 2.8 | 27 | 79 % | 0.01 % |
| 51 | Réunion | 895,312 | 0.72 % | 6,385 | 2.3 | 36 | 100 % | 0.01 % |
| 52 | Comoros | 869,601 | 2.20 % | 18,715 | 4.2 | 20 | 29 % | 0.01 % |
| 53 | Western Sahara | 597,339 | 2.55 % | 14,876 | 2.4 | 28 | 87 % | 0.01 % |
| 54 | Cabo Verde | 555,987 | 1.10 % | 6,052 | 2.3 | 28 | 68 % | 0.01 % |
| 55 | Mayotte | 272,815 | 2.50 % | 6,665 | 3.7 | 20 | 46 % | 0.00 % |
| 56 | Sao Tome & Principe | 219,159 | 1.91 % | 4,103 | 4.4 | 19 | 74 % | 0.00 % |
| 57 | Seychelles | 98,347 | 0.62 % | 608 | 2.5 | 34 | 56 % | 0.00 % |
Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).
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