Africa Population

Africa is home to 59 countries with a combined population of 1.46 billion people, representing 18.2% of the world's population.

Africa Population (Live)

1,462,464,411

Countries

Total Area

30.3M km²

Avg Density

48/km²

Avg Growth

1.86%

Most Populous in Africa

Africa Demographics

Avg Life Expectancy: 65.4 years
World Population Share: 18.2%
Largest Country (Area): Algeria
Smallest Country (Area): British Indian Ocean Territory

By Subregion

Western Africa

440M

17 countries

Eastern Africa

440M

19 countries

Northern Africa

263M

7 countries

Middle Africa

231M

10 countries

Southern Africa

89M

6 countries

All Countries in Africa

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Growth	Capital
1	Nigeria	223,800,000	923,768	2.32%	Abuja
2	DR Congo	112,832,000	2,344,858	3.12%	Kinshasa
3	Ethiopia	111,652,998	1,104,300	2.46%	Addis Ababa
4	Egypt	107,271,260	1,002,450	1.58%	Cairo
5	Tanzania	68,153,004	947,303	2.98%	Dodoma
6	South Africa	63,100,945	1,221,037	0.82%	Pretoria
7	Kenya	53,330,978	580,367	1.80%	Nairobi
8	Sudan	51,662,000	1,886,068	2.40%	Khartoum
9	Algeria	47,400,000	2,381,741	1.47%	Algiers
10	Uganda	45,905,417	241,550	3.02%	Kampala
11	Morocco	36,828,330	446,550	0.98%	Rabat
12	Angola	36,170,961	1,246,700	3.13%	Luanda
13	Mozambique	34,090,466	801,590	2.70%	Maputo
14	Ghana	33,742,380	238,533	1.88%	Accra
15	Madagascar	31,727,042	587,041	2.60%	Antananarivo
16	Ivory Coast	31,719,275	322,463	0.88%	Yamoussoukro
17	Cameroon	29,442,327	475,442	2.37%	Yaoundé
18	Niger	26,312,034	1,267,000	3.73%	Niamey
19	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	272,967	2.57%	Ouagadougou
20	Mali	22,395,489	1,240,192	2.98%	Bamako
21	Malawi	20,734,262	118,484	2.57%	Lilongwe
22	Zambia	19,693,423	752,612	2.70%	Lusaka
23	Somalia	19,655,000	637,657	2.90%	Mogadishu
24	Chad	19,340,757	1,284,000	3.00%	N'Djamena
25	Senegal	18,593,258	196,722	2.60%	Dakar
26	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	390,757	1.86%	Harare
27	South Sudan	15,786,898	619,745	0.73%	Juba
28	Guinea	14,363,931	245,857	2.37%	Conakry
29	Rwanda	14,104,969	26,338	2.22%	Kigali
30	Benin	13,224,860	112,622	2.62%	Porto-Novo
31	Burundi	12,332,788	27,834	2.87%	Gitega
32	Tunisia	11,972,169	163,610	0.69%	Tunis
33	Sierra Leone	9,077,691	71,740	2.11%	Freetown
34	Togo	8,095,498	56,785	2.30%	Lomé
35	Libya	7,459,000	1,759,540	1.10%	Tripoli
36	Central African Republic	6,470,307	622,984	1.58%	Bangui
37	Republic of the Congo	6,142,180	342,000	0.88%	Brazzaville
38	Liberia	5,248,621	111,369	2.18%	Monrovia
39	Mauritania	4,927,532	1,030,700	0.88%	Nouakchott
40	Eritrea	3,607,000	117,600	1.21%	Asmara
41	Namibia	3,022,401	825,615	1.65%	Windhoek
42	Gabon	2,469,296	267,668	2.36%	Libreville
43	Gambia	2,422,712	10,689	2.48%	Banjul
44	Botswana	2,359,609	582,000	1.53%	Gaborone
45	Lesotho	2,116,427	30,355	0.76%	Maseru
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	36,125	2.28%	Bissau
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	28,051	3.40%	Ciudad de la Paz
48	Mauritius	1,243,741	2,040	0.01%	Port Louis
49	Eswatini	1,235,549	17,364	0.98%	Mbabane
50	Djibouti	1,066,809	23,200	1.37%	Djibouti
51	Comoros	919,901	1,862	0.88%	Moroni
52	Réunion	896,175	2,511	0.88%	Saint-Denis
53	Western Sahara	600,904	266,000	0.88%	El Aaiún
54	Cape Verde	491,233	4,033	0.88%	Praia
55	Mayotte	320,901	374	0.88%	Mamoudzou
56	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	964	0.88%	São Tomé
57	Seychelles	122,729	452	0.88%	Victoria
58	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,651	394	0.88%	Jamestown
59	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	0.88%	Diego Garcia

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