African Countries by population (2023)

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Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest
July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the 2022 U.N. Revision
# Country (or dependency) Population
(2023)		 Yearly
Change		 Net
Change		 Density
(P/Km²)		 Land Area
(Km²)		 Migrants
(net)		 Fert.
Rate		 Med.
Age		 Urban
Pop %		 World
Share
1 Nigeria 223,804,632 2.41 % 5,263,420 246 910,770 -59,996 5.1 17 54 % 2.78 %
2 Ethiopia 126,527,060 2.55 % 3,147,136 127 1,000,000 -11,999 4.0 19 22 % 1.57 %
3 Egypt 112,716,598 1.56 % 1,726,495 113 995,450 -29,998 2.8 24 41 % 1.40 %
4 DR Congo 102,262,808 3.29 % 3,252,596 45 2,267,050 -14,999 6.1 16 46 % 1.27 %
5 Tanzania 67,438,106 2.96 % 1,940,358 76 885,800 -39,997 4.6 17 38 % 0.84 %
6 South Africa 60,414,495 0.87 % 520,610 50 1,213,090 58,496 2.3 28 69 % 0.75 %
7 Kenya 55,100,586 1.99 % 1,073,099 97 569,140 -10,000 3.2 20 31 % 0.68 %
8 Sudan 48,109,006 2.63 % 1,234,802 27 1,765,048 -9,999 4.3 19 35 % 0.60 %
9 Uganda 48,582,334 2.82 % 1,332,749 243 199,810 -126,181 4.4 16 29 % 0.60 %
10 Algeria 45,606,480 1.57 % 703,255 19 2,381,740 -9,999 2.8 28 75 % 0.57 %
11 Morocco 37,840,044 1.02 % 382,073 85 446,300 -39,998 2.3 29 66 % 0.47 %
12 Angola 36,684,202 3.08 % 1,095,215 29 1,246,700 -1,000 5.1 16 68 % 0.46 %
13 Ghana 34,121,985 1.93 % 646,115 150 227,540 -9,999 3.5 21 57 % 0.42 %
14 Mozambique 33,897,354 2.81 % 927,836 43 786,380 -5,000 4.5 17 40 % 0.42 %
15 Madagascar 30,325,732 2.41 % 714,018 52 581,795 -1,500 3.7 19 40 % 0.38 %
16 Côte d'Ivoire 28,873,034 2.53 % 712,492 91 318,000 6,000 4.3 18 52 % 0.36 %
17 Cameroon 28,647,293 2.63 % 732,757 61 472,710 -4,800 4.3 18 58 % 0.36 %
18 Niger 27,202,843 3.80 % 994,866 21 1,266,700 1,000 6.7 15 17 % 0.34 %
19 Burkina Faso 23,251,485 2.55 % 577,723 85 273,600 -24,998 4.6 17 32 % 0.29 %
20 Mali 23,293,698 3.10 % 700,108 19 1,220,190 -39,998 5.8 15 44 % 0.29 %
21 Malawi 20,931,751 2.58 % 526,434 222 94,280 -6,000 3.8 17 19 % 0.26 %
22 Zambia 20,569,737 2.76 % 552,062 28 743,390 -5,000 4.2 17 46 % 0.26 %
23 Chad 18,278,568 3.13 % 555,253 15 1,259,200 -2,000 6.1 15 24 % 0.23 %
24 Senegal 17,763,163 2.58 % 446,714 92 192,530 -19,999 4.3 18 52 % 0.22 %
25 Somalia 18,143,378 3.10 % 545,867 29 627,340 -30,000 6.1 15 46 % 0.23 %
26 Zimbabwe 16,665,409 2.11 % 344,872 43 386,850 -9,999 3.4 18 37 % 0.21 %
27 Guinea 14,190,612 2.39 % 331,271 58 245,720 -4,000 4.2 18 40 % 0.18 %
28 Rwanda 14,094,683 2.31 % 317,985 571 24,670 -8,999 3.7 19 18 % 0.18 %
29 Benin 13,712,828 2.70 % 359,964 122 112,760 -200 4.8 18 48 % 0.17 %
30 Tunisia 12,458,223 0.83 % 102,106 80 155,360 -4,000 2.0 32 69 % 0.15 %
31 Burundi 13,238,559 2.71 % 348,983 516 25,680 2,000 4.9 16 15 % 0.16 %
32 South Sudan 11,088,796 1.61 % 175,632 18 610,952 -23,291 4.3 17 28 % 0.14 %
33 Togo 9,053,799 2.32 % 205,100 166 54,390 -2,000 4.1 19 44 % 0.11 %
34 Sierra Leone 8,791,092 2.15 % 185,374 122 72,180 -4,000 3.8 19 43 % 0.11 %
35 Libya 6,888,388 1.12 % 76,047 4 1,759,540 -2,000 2.4 27 82 % 0.09 %
36 Congo 6,106,869 2.29 % 136,445 18 341,500 -1,000 4.0 18 70 % 0.08 %
37 Central African Republic 5,742,315 2.92 % 163,171 9 622,980 -14,716 5.8 15 40 % 0.07 %
38 Liberia 5,418,377 2.18 % 115,696 56 96,320 -5,000 4.0 18 54 % 0.07 %
39 Mauritania 4,862,989 2.68 % 126,850 5 1,030,700 3,000 4.3 18 61 % 0.06 %
40 Eritrea 3,748,901 1.76 % 64,869 37 101,000 -15,297 3.7 19 67 % 0.05 %
41 Gambia 2,773,168 2.48 % 67,176 274 10,120 -3,000 4.5 17 58 % 0.03 %
42 Botswana 2,675,352 1.71 % 45,056 5 566,730 3,000 2.7 24 69 % 0.03 %
43 Namibia 2,604,172 1.45 % 37,160 3 823,290 -3,916 3.2 21 60 % 0.03 %
44 Gabon 2,436,566 1.99 % 47,574 9 257,670 1,000 3.4 22 85 % 0.03 %
45 Lesotho 2,330,318 1.06 % 24,493 77 30,360 -4,000 2.9 22 31 % 0.03 %
46 Guinea-Bissau 2,150,842 2.15 % 45,276 76 28,120 -1,400 3.8 19 45 % 0.03 %
47 Equatorial Guinea 1,714,671 2.37 % 39,763 61 28,050 4,000 4.1 21 67 % 0.02 %
48 Mauritius 1,300,557 0.08 % 1,088 641 2,030 0 1.4 37 40 % 0.02 %
49 Eswatini 1,210,822 0.76 % 9,152 70 17,200 -5,268 2.8 22 31 % 0.02 %
50 Djibouti 1,136,455 1.39 % 15,606 49 23,180 900 2.7 24 72 % 0.01 %
51 Réunion 981,796 0.80 % 7,744 393 2,500 -630 2.2 34 93 % 0.01 %
52 Comoros 852,075 1.83 % 15,301 458 1,861 -2,000 3.8 20 33 % 0.01 %
53 Cabo Verde 598,682 0.93 % 5,533 149 4,030 -1,227 1.9 27 67 % 0.01 %
54 Western Sahara 587,259 1.96 % 11,273 2 266,000 5,600 2.2 32 95 % 0.01 %
55 Mayotte 335,995 3.03 % 9,894 896 375 0 4.3 17 40 % 0.00 %
56 Sao Tome & Principe 231,856 1.97 % 4,476 242 960 -600 3.7 19 77 % 0.00 %
57 Seychelles 107,660 0.51 % 542 234 460 -200 2.3 33 53 % 0.00 %
58 Saint Helena 5,314 -1.12 % -60 14 390 0 1.6 53 32 % 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 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).