African countries and dependent territories sorted by population

This is a list of African countries and dependent territories sorted by population, which is sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data.

Country Population
Nigeria 206,139,589
Ethiopia 114,963,588
Egypt 102,334,404
Democratic Republic of the Congo 89,561,403
Tanzania 59,734,218
South Africa 59,622,350
Kenya 53,714,296
Uganda 45,741,007
Algeria 43,000,420
Sudan 42,268,269
Morocco 37,034,729
Mozambique 28,013,000
Ghana 31,072,940
Angola 24,383,301
Somalia 22,316,895
Ivory Coast 22,671,331
Madagascar 22,434,363
Cameroon 21,917,602
Burkina Faso 18,450,494
Niger 17,138,707
Malawi 16,832,900
Zambia 15,473,905
Mali 14,528,662
Senegal 14,354,690
Zimbabwe 13,061,239
Chad 11,039,873
Tunisia 10,982,754
Guinea 10,628,972
Rwanda 10,515,973
Benin 10,008,749
Burundi 9,823,828
South Sudan 8,260,490
Eritrea 6,536,000
Sierra Leone 6,348,350
Togo 6,191,155
Libya 5,298,152
Central African Republic 3,859,139
Mauritania 3,718,678
Republic of the Congo 3,697,490
Liberia 3,476,608
Namibia 2,280,700
Botswana 2,024,904
Lesotho 1,894,194
Gambia 1,882,450
Gabon 1,802,278
Guinea-Bissau 1,530,673
Mauritius 1,261,208
Equatorial Guinea 1,222,442
Eswatini 1,119,375
Djibouti 864,618
Réunion (France) 840,974
Comoros 806,200
Western Sahara[5] 510,713
Cape Verde 491,875
Mayotte (France) 212,600
São Tomé and Príncipe 201,784
Seychelles 90,945
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 5,633

 

Proportion of total African population by country

  Nigeria (15.38%)
  Ethiopia (8.37%)
  Egypt (7.65%)
  Democratic Republic of the Congo (6.57%)
  Tanzania (4.55%)
  South Africa (4.47%)
  Kenya (3.88%)
  Uganda (3.38%)
  Algeria (3.36%)
  Other (42.39%)