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%)
