List of African countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	07 May 2020

UN (Population)
Country/Region	Population			Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2020)
Country/Region	2019	2020	Change	Africa	World	Africa	World	%	W rank
Burundi	11,530,580	11,890,784	360,204	0.887	0.153	30	78	3.12	7
Comoros	850,886	869,601	18,715	0.0649	0.0112	52	163	2.20	47
Djibouti	973,560	988,000	14,440	0.0737	0.0127	50	160	1.48	77
Eritrea	3,497,117	3,546,421	49,304	0.265	0.0455	40	133	1.41	81
Ethiopia	112,078,730	114,963,588	2,884,858	8.58	1.47	2	12	2.57	28
Kenya	52,573,973	53,771,296	1,197,323	4.01	0.690	7	27	2.28	45
Madagascar	26,969,307	27,691,018	721,711	2.07	0.355	15	51	2.68	23
Malawi	18,628,747	19,129,952	501,205	1.43	0.245	21	62	2.69	22
Mauritius	1,269,668	1,271,768	2,100	0.0949	0.0163	48	157	0.17	192
Mayotte	266,150	272,815	6,665	0.0204	0.00350	55	186	2.50	34
Mozambique	30,366,036	31,255,435	889,399	2.33	0.401	13	46	2.93	13
Réunion	888,927	895,312	6,385	0.0668	0.0115	51	162	0.72	141
Rwanda	12,626,950	12,952,218	325,268	0.966	0.166	28	76	2.58	26
Seychelles	97,739	98,347	608	0.00734	0.00126	57	200	0.62	153
Somalia	15,442,905	15,893,222	450,317	1.19	0.204	25	73	2.92	15
South Sudan	11,062,113	11,193,725	131,612	0.835	0.144	32	84	1.19	100
Uganda	44,269,594	45,741,007	1,471,413	3.41	0.587	8	31	3.32	4
United Republic of Tanzania	58,005,463	59,734,218	1,728,755	4.46	0.766	5	24	2.98	11
Zambia	17,861,030	18,383,955	522,925	1.37	0.236	22	65	2.93	14
Zimbabwe	14,645,468	14,862,924	217,456	1.11	0.191	26	74	1.48	76
Angola	31,825,295	32,866,272	1,040,977	2.45	0.422	12	44	3.27	5
Cameroon	25,876,380	26,545,863	669,483	1.98	0.341	16	52	2.59	25
Central African Republic	4,745,185	4,829,767	84,582	0.360	0.0620	38	125	1.78	62
Chad	15,946,876	16,425,864	478,988	1.23	0.211	24	72	3.00	10
Congo	5,380,508	5,518,087	137,579	0.412	0.0708	36	117	2.56	30
Democratic Republic of the Congo	86,790,567	89,561,403	2,770,836	6.68	1.15	4	16	3.19	6
Equatorial Guinea	1,355,986	1,402,985	46,999	0.105	0.0180	47	153	3.47	3
Gabon	2,172,579	2,225,734	53,155	0.166	0.0286	44	146	2.45	36
Sao Tome and Principe	215,056	219,159	4,103	0.0163	0.00281	56	187	1.91	55
Botswana	2,303,697	2,351,627	47,930	0.175	0.0302	43	145	2.08	50
Eswatini	1,148,130	1,160,164	12,034	0.0865	0.0149	49	159	1.05	113
Lesotho	2,125,268	2,142,249	16,981	0.160	0.0275	45	147	0.80	135
Namibia	2,494,530	2,540,905	46,375	0.190	0.0326	41	143	1.86	58
South Africa	58,558,270	59,308,690	750,420	4.42	0.761	6	25	1.28	90
Benin	11,801,151	12,123,200	322,049	0.904	0.156	29	77	2.73	20
Burkina Faso	20,321,378	20,903,273	581,895	1.56	0.268	19	59	2.86	16
Cabo Verde	549,935	555,987	6,052	0.0415	0.00713	54	172	1.10	106
Côte d'Ivoire	25,716,544	26,378,274	661,730	1.97	0.338	17	53	2.57	29
Gambia	2,347,706	2,416,668	68,962	0.180	0.0310	42	144	2.94	12
Ghana	30,417,856	31,072,940	655,084	2.32	0.399	14	47	2.15	48
Guinea	12,771,246	13,132,795	361,549	0.980	0.168	27	75	2.83	17
Guinea-Bissau	1,920,922	1,968,001	47,079	0.147	0.0252	46	150	2.45	35
Liberia	4,937,374	5,057,681	120,307	0.377	0.0649	37	123	2.44	37
Mali	19,658,031	20,250,833	592,802	1.51	0.260	20	60	3.02	9
Mauritania	4,525,696	4,649,658	123,962	0.347	0.0597	39	127	2.74	19
Niger	23,310,715	24,206,644	895,929	1.81	0.311	18	56	3.84	1
Nigeria	200,963,599	206,139,589	5,175,990	15.4	2.64	1	7	2.58	27
Saint Helena	6,059	6,077	18	0.00045	0.00008	58	229	0.30	179
Senegal	16,296,364	16,743,927	447,563	1.25	0.215	23	70	2.75	18
Sierra Leone	7,813,215	7,976,983	163,768	0.595	0.102	34	103	2.10	49
Togo	8,082,366	8,278,724	196,358	0.618	0.106	33	102	2.43	38
Algeria	43,053,054	43,851,044	797,990	3.27	0.563	9	33	1.85	59
Egypt	100,388,073	102,334,404	1,946,331	7.63	1.31	3	14	1.94	54
Libya	6,777,452	6,871,292	93,840	0.513	0.0882	35	108	1.38	85
Morocco	36,471,769	36,910,560	438,791	2.75	0.474	11	40	1.20	98
Sudan	42,813,238	43,849,260	1,036,022	3.27	0.563	10	34	2.42	40
Tunisia	11,694,719	11,818,619	123,900	0.882	0.152	31	79	1.06	112
Western Sahara	582,463	597,339	14,876	0.0446	0.00766	53	170	2.55	31
Africa	1,308,064,195	1,340,598,147	32,533,952		17.20			2.49

UN (Demographics)
Country/Region	Density (2020)			Sex ratio (2020)		Fert. rate (2015-20)		Med. age (2020)		Life exp. (2015-20)
Country/Region	P/sq km	P/sq mile	rank	M/100 F	rank	births/W	rank	years	rank	years	rank
Nigeria	226.3	586.2	65	102.754	172	5.42	8	18.064	186	54.18	197
Ethiopia	115.0	297.8	99	100.122	129	4.30	33	19.466	170	65.97	161
Egypt	102.8	266.3	112	102.116	162	3.33	57	24.606	137	71.74	124
Democratic Republic of the Congo	39.51	102.3	173	99.685	113	5.96	3	16.988	195	60.21	187
United Republic of Tanzania	67.44	174.7	148	99.893	124	4.92	12	17.992	188	64.84	164
South Africa	48.89	126.6	164	97.087	65	2.41	89	27.621	120	63.62	171
Kenya	94.48	244.7	119	98.764	101	3.52	54	20.119	163	66.18	158
Uganda	228.9	592.9	63	97.207	69	5.01	11	16.733	196	62.76	177
Algeria	18.41	47.68	200	102.104	161	3.05	60	28.521	111	76.59	73
Sudan	24.84	64.34	192	99.842	120	4.43	28	19.659	168	64.95	163
Morocco	82.70	214.2	129	98.511	94	2.42	87	29.538	106	76.33	78
Angola	26.36	68.28	185	97.925	84	5.55	6	16.677	198	60.54	185
Mozambique	39.75	102.9	172	94.529	38	4.89	13	17.620	190	60.05	188
Ghana	136.6	353.7	89	102.787	173	3.89	42	21.507	155	63.65	170
Madagascar	47.60	123.3	165	99.555	111	4.11	36	19.568	169	66.49	157
Cameroon	56.16	145.4	156	100.062	127	4.60	21	18.688	180	58.77	190
Côte d'Ivoire	82.95	214.8	128	101.701	156	4.68	18	18.854	177	57.25	195
Niger	19.11	49.49	199	101.111	149	6.95	1	15.151	201	61.80	178
Burkina Faso	76.40	197.9	136	99.868	123	5.23	10	17.551	193	60.92	183
Mali	16.60	42.98	206	100.391	137	5.92	4	16.347	200	58.71	191
Malawi	202.9	525.5	74	97.299	73	4.25	34	18.080	185	63.43	174
Zambia	24.73	64.05	193	98.083	87	4.66	19	17.592	192	63.26	175
Senegal	86.97	225.2	124	95.307	44	4.65	20	18.514	183	67.47	151
Chad	13.05	33.79	214	99.690	114	5.80	5	16.554	199	53.80	199
Somalia	25.33	65.61	189	99.435	109	6.12	2	16.683	197	56.94	196
Zimbabwe	38.42	99.51	176	91.263	20	3.63	48	18.668	181	60.83	184
Guinea	53.45	138.4	158	93.712	28	4.74	16	18.020	187	61.04	181
Rwanda	525.0	1,360	25	96.699	58	4.10	39	20.039	166	68.44	147
Benin	107.5	278.5	106	99.758	116	4.87	14	18.781	179	61.30	180
Burundi	463.0	1,199	29	98.480	93	5.45	7	17.320	194	61.03	182
Tunisia	76.07	197.0	137	98.370	90	2.20	104	32.835	80	76.41	75
South Sudan	18.32	47.45	201	100.220	132	4.74	17	19.040	176	57.43	194
Togo	152.2	394.2	81	99.040	104	4.35	30	19.350	173	60.53	186
Sierra Leone	110.5	286.2	103	99.637	112	4.32	32	19.402	172	54.07	198
Libya	3.905	10.11	226	101.945	159	2.25	101	28.817	110	72.70	115
Congo	16.16	41.85	210	99.828	119	4.45	26	19.204	175	64.16	167
Liberia	52.51	136.0	159	101.089	148	4.35	31	19.411	171	63.60	172
Central African Republic	7.753	20.08	219	98.289	89	4.75	15	17.611	191	52.67	201
Mauritania	4.511	11.68	222	100.877	144	4.59	22	20.114	164	64.61	165
Eritrea	35.11	90.94	178	100.490	138	4.10	38	19.209	174	65.74	162
Namibia	3.086	7.993	231	94.077	34	3.42	55	21.832	154	63.02	176
Gambia	238.8	618.5	61	98.392	91	5.25	9	17.844	189	61.54	179
Botswana	4.149	10.75	224	93.944	32	2.89	68	24.044	141	69.10	146
Gabon	8.638	22.37	218	103.658	180	4.00	40	22.511	148	66.06	159
Lesotho	70.56	182.8	143	97.388	74	3.16	58	24.010	142	53.51	200
Guinea-Bissau	69.99	181.3	145	95.762	48	4.51	25	18.833	178	57.82	193
Equatorial Guinea	50.02	129.5	161	125.341	194	4.55	24	22.335	152	58.25	192
Mauritius	626.5	1,623	20	97.391	75	1.39	187	37.457	61	74.76	96
Eswatini	67.45	174.7	147	96.662	57	3.03	62	20.729	160	59.31	189
Djibouti	42.62	110.4	170	110.657	192	2.76	74	26.570	126	66.54	156
Réunion	358.1	927.5	37	93.787	30	2.27	99	35.895	66	80.03	36
Comoros	467.3	1,210	27	101.789	157	4.24	35	20.370	161	63.98	169
Western Sahara	2.246	5.817	232	109.538	190	2.41	90	28.424	113	69.86	140
Cabo Verde	138.0	357.3	87	100.811	142	2.29	96	27.604	121	72.70	116
Mayotte	727.5	1,884	16	96.758	59	3.73	45	20.073	165	79.35	43
Sao Tome and Principe	228.3	591.3	64	100.173	130	4.35	29	18.612	182	70.05	139
Seychelles	213.8	553.7	70	105.298	182	2.46	82	34.181	72	73.29	109
Saint Helena	15.58	40.36	212	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Africa	45.22	117.1		99.875		4.44		19.682		62.66

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