List of African countries by Population (2018)

Source	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Last Updated	15 Oct 2018

Country/Territory	Population		Rank (Population)		Sex ratio	Rank (Sex ratio)		Density		Rank (Density)
Country/Territory	2017	2018	World	Africa	Sex ratio	World	Africa	per sq km	per sq mile	World	Africa
Burundi	10,864,245	11,216,450	82	32	96.745	61	13	436.78	1,131.25	28	5
Comoros	813,912	832,347	163	52	101.749	160	49	447.26	1,158.39	27	4
Djibouti	956,985	971,408	160	50	100.803	149	46	41.91	108.54	171	38
Eritrea	5,068,831	5,187,948	120	37	100.356	140	43	51.37	133.04	158	32
Ethiopia	104,957,438	107,534,882	12	2	99.698	122	36	107.53	278.51	101	16
Kenya	49,699,862	50,950,879	28	7	98.812	99	25	89.52	231.86	119	20
Madagascar	25,570,895	26,262,810	51	15	99.42	120	34	45.14	116.91	168	36
Malawi	18,622,104	19,164,728	61	20	98.091	88	21	203.27	526.48	72	12
Mauritius	1,265,138	1,268,315	158	49	98.133	90	22	624.79	1,618.19	18	2
Mayotte	253,045	259,682	186	55	96.513	55	11	692.49	1,793.53	15	1
Mozambique	29,668,834	30,528,673	47	13	95.192	38	6	38.82	100.55	173	39
Réunion	876,562	883,247	162	51	93.896	28	1	353.30	915.04	37	6
Rwanda	12,208,407	12,501,156	77	29	96.169	50	8	506.74	1,312.44	24	3
Seychelles	94,737	95,235	201	57	98.257	91	23	207.03	536.21	70	11
Somalia	14,742,523	15,181,925	74	26	99.283	111	31	24.20	62.68	189	42
South Sudan	12,575,714	12,919,053	76	28	100.304	137	42	21.15	54.77	195	45
Uganda	42,862,958	44,270,563	32	8	98.907	101	26	221.56	573.85	62	7
United Republic of Tanzania	57,310,019	59,091,392	24	5	97.702	79	17	66.71	172.78	147	29
Zambia	17,094,130	17,609,178	66	22	98.473	98	24	23.69	61.35	190	43
Zimbabwe	16,529,904	16,913,261	69	23	94.799	36	5	43.72	113.24	170	37
Angola	29,784,193	30,774,205	46	12	96.113	49	7	24.68	63.93	186	41
Cameroon	24,053,727	24,678,234	55	17	100.119	132	40	52.21	135.21	156	31
Central African Republic	4,659,080	4,737,423	127	39	97.328	74	14	7.60	19.70	217	53
Chad	14,899,994	15,353,184	73	25	100.185	135	41	12.19	31.58	212	50
Congo	5,260,750	5,399,895	118	36	100.09	131	39	15.81	40.95	205	48
Democratic Republic of the Congo	81,339,988	84,004,989	16	4	99.465	121	35	37.05	95.97	175	40
Equatorial Guinea	1,267,689	1,313,894	156	48	123.043	194	57	46.84	121.32	164	35
Gabon	2,025,137	2,067,561	149	45	105.707	185	55	8.02	20.78	216	52
Sao Tome and Principe	204,327	208,818	187	56	99.163	108	28	217.52	563.37	63	8
Algeria	41,318,142	42,008,054	34	9	102.003	166	51	17.64	45.68	200	46
Egypt	97,553,151	99,375,741	14	3	102.242	168	52	99.83	258.56	111	19
Libya	6,374,616	6,470,956	108	35	101.998	165	50	3.68	9.53	224	56
Morocco	35,739,580	36,191,805	40	11	97.938	83	18	81.09	210.03	129	22
Sudan	40,533,330	41,511,526	35	10	99.805	123	37	23.52	60.91	191	44
Tunisia	11,532,127	11,659,174	78	30	97.669	77	15	75.05	194.37	136	25
Western Sahara	552,628	567,421	171	53	110.528	192	56	2.13	5.52	230	58
Botswana	2,291,661	2,333,201	144	42	97.681	78	16	4.12	10.66	221	55
Lesotho	2,233,339	2,263,010	145	43	94.178	31	3	74.54	193.06	137	26
Namibia	2,533,794	2,587,801	143	41	94.539	33	4	3.14	8.14	229	57
South Africa	56,717,156	57,398,421	25	6	96.473	54	10	47.32	122.55	163	34
Swaziland	1,367,254	1,391,385	153	47	94.007	29	2	80.89	209.52	130	23
Benin	11,175,692	11,485,674	81	31	99.327	115	33	101.86	263.81	109	18
Burkina Faso	19,193,382	19,751,651	59	19	99.196	110	30	72.19	186.98	140	27
Cabo Verde	546,388	553,335	172	54	99.186	109	29	137.30	355.62	85	14
Côte d'Ivoire	24,294,750	24,905,843	53	16	103.063	177	54	78.32	202.85	132	24
Gambia	2,100,568	2,163,765	146	44	98.03	86	20	213.81	553.77	67	10
Ghana	28,833,629	29,463,643	49	14	99.026	103	27	129.49	335.37	89	15
Guinea	12,717,176	13,052,608	75	27	100.451	142	45	53.12	137.58	154	30
Guinea-Bissau	1,861,283	1,907,268	151	46	96.683	59	12	67.83	175.67	145	28
Liberia	4,731,906	4,853,516	123	38	101.656	159	48	50.39	130.51	159	33
Mali	18,541,980	19,107,706	62	21	100.039	129	38	15.66	40.56	206	49
Mauritania	4,420,184	4,540,068	128	40	101.447	155	47	4.40	11.41	220	54
Niger	21,477,348	22,311,375	57	18	100.387	141	44	17.61	45.62	201	47
Nigeria	190,886,311	195,875,237	7	1	102.635	172	53	215.07	557.02	65	9
Saint Helena	4,049	4,074	229	58	-	-	-	10.45	27.06	213	51
Senegal	15,850,567	16,294,270	71	24	96.393	53	9	84.63	219.20	123	21
Sierra Leone	7,557,212	7,719,729	103	34	97.979	85	19	106.95	277.00	104	17
Togo	7,797,694	7,990,926	102	33	99.318	114	32	146.92	380.52	82	13
Africa	1,256,268,025	1,287,920,518			99.690			43.44	112.51

Top Statistics

Top 10 largest economies by GDP

Top 10 richest economies by GDP per capita

Global Innovation Index