List of African countries 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. Africa remains one of the world's fastest growing regions.[1] 60% of Africa is 25 years of age or younger.[2]

Countries
(or dependent territory)		 Official
figure
(where
available)		 Date of
last figure		 Source
 Nigeria206,139,589 2020Worldometers[3]
 Ethiopia109,224,4142018UN population projections[4][5]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo115,261,403July 1, 2020National annual projection
 Egypt101,334,404December 8, 2020National population clock
 South Africa60,142,9782021Official estimate
 Tanzania59,734,2182020Worldometers
 Kenya47,564,2902019Worldometers
 Algeria44,700,0002021Official estimate
 Uganda42,885,9002021National annual projection
 Sudan42,268,269January 25, 2020Official population clock
 Morocco37,034,729October 10, 2020Worldometers
 Angola32,097,6712021National projection
 Ghana31,072,9402020Official estimate
 Cameroon28,524,175April 15, 2021Official estimate
 Madagascar28,427,3282021UN - World Population Prospects
 Mozambique28,013,0002015Official estimate
 Ivory Coast27,087,7322021National projection
 Niger24,112,7532021National projection
 Mali20,856,0002021UN projection
 Malawi18,898,4412021National annual projection
 Burkina Faso18,450,4942015Official estimate
 Chad16,818,3912021National projection
 Somalia15,893,222January 1, 2019UN estimate
 Zimbabwe15,790,7162021National projection
 Zambia15,473,9052015Official estimate
 Senegal14,354,6902015Official estimate
 South Sudan13,249,9242021National projection
 Rwanda12,955,7682021Official projection
 Guinea12,907,3952021Official estimate
 Benin12,506,3472021National projection
 Tunisia11,746,6952020National semi-projection estimate
 Burundi9,823,8282015Official estimate
 Sierra Leone8,297,8822021Official estimate
 Togo7,886,0002021National projection
 Libya6,959,0002021UN projection
 Republic of the Congo5,657,0002019UN projection
 Liberia4,661,0102021National projection
 Central African Republic3,859,1392017[6]
 Mauritania3,718,6782016Official estimate
 Eritrea3,601,0002021UN projection
 Namibia2,550,2262021National projection
 Gambia2,487,0002021UN projection
 Botswana2,410,3382021Annual projection
 Gabon2,233,2722021Official projection
 Lesotho2,007,2012016Census 2016
 Guinea-Bissau1,530,6732015Official estimate
 Equatorial Guinea1,505,5882021Official estimate
 Mauritius1,266,3342021National semi-annual estimate
 Eswatini1,119,3752015Official estimate
 Djibouti976,1072021Official projection
 Réunion (France)840,974January 1, 2013Official estimate
 Comoros758,3162017Census result
 Cape Verde563,1982021National projection
Western Sahara[7]510,713September 2, 2014Preliminary 2014 census result
 Mayotte (France)212,600August 21, 20122012 census result
 São Tomé and Príncipe201,7842018Official estimate
 Seychelles99,2022021National estimate
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)5,633June 20162016 census result

Proportion of total African population by country

  Nigeria (16.38%)
  Ethiopia (8.37%)
  Egypt (7.65%)
  Democratic Republic of the Congo (6.57%)
  Tanzania (4.55%)
  South Africa (4.47%)
  Kenya (3.88%)
  Uganda (3.3%)
  Other (44.83%)

See also

References
  1. "Africa's economic growth in a new global context". ODI.
  2. "Population" (PDF). www.un.org. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  3. "African countries by population (2019)". Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ""World Population prospects – Population division"". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  5. ""Overall total population" – World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision" (xslx). population.un.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  6. "Population by Country (2020)". Worldometer. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  7. Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.
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